Re: The CURRENT new decade: 2020-2029
| January 03, 2020 09:17PM |
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James Wrote:
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> I see that argument at times too, Hank, but I
> reject it. I prefer to stick with the popular use
> for denoting centuries--I regard the 20th century
> as 1900 through 1999. A small number of folks
> trying to go against the grain because "there was
> no year zero" are fighting the wrong battle, I
> think. There's a simpler solution staring
> everyone in the face: Because there was no year
> 0, the first century only had 99 years as a quirk
> of the calendar used. Calendars are pretty
> arbitrary things anyhow. The universe keeps its
> own schedule.
Right On, James -
My grandson Alex was born on October 2, 2016 and was zero years and "M" months old until October 2, 2017 — upon which date he became one year old. He was Three Years and Three Months old (One Thirtieth of a Century) yesterday (01/02/2020). The current millennium (2000 - 2999) – source of all that "Y2K" anguish twenty years and three days ago – actually began twenty years and three days ago (counting today, as it is mostly gone here on the west coast and even further gone on the east coast).
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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> I see that argument at times too, Hank, but I
> reject it. I prefer to stick with the popular use
> for denoting centuries--I regard the 20th century
> as 1900 through 1999. A small number of folks
> trying to go against the grain because "there was
> no year zero" are fighting the wrong battle, I
> think. There's a simpler solution staring
> everyone in the face: Because there was no year
> 0, the first century only had 99 years as a quirk
> of the calendar used. Calendars are pretty
> arbitrary things anyhow. The universe keeps its
> own schedule.
Right On, James -
My grandson Alex was born on October 2, 2016 and was zero years and "M" months old until October 2, 2017 — upon which date he became one year old. He was Three Years and Three Months old (One Thirtieth of a Century) yesterday (01/02/2020). The current millennium (2000 - 2999) – source of all that "Y2K" anguish twenty years and three days ago – actually began twenty years and three days ago (counting today, as it is mostly gone here on the west coast and even further gone on the east coast).
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
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