| Not the end of the decade 22:16 - Dec 31 with 1821 views | Guthrum |
Grump grump. No year zero. Mutter mutter. |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 22:31 - Dec 31 with 1796 views | Terry_Nutkins |
Is it you that keeps banging on about this or someone else. I literally don't get your point. First year is 0-1. What's the problem? |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 22:35 - Dec 31 with 1787 views | Guthrum |
| Not the end of the decade on 22:31 - Dec 31 by Terry_Nutkins |
Is it you that keeps banging on about this or someone else. I literally don't get your point. First year is 0-1. What's the problem? |
Only once a decade 
No year zero (1BC/BCE followed by 1AD/CE), thus first year of a decade ends in a 1. And final year ends in a 0.
Pedantic grumbling. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 22:56 - Dec 31 with 1759 views | EatonBlue |
. . . and another thing - fireworks all evening here - they are supposed to be at midnight ffs [Post edited 31 Dec 2019 23:06]
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| Not the end of the decade on 23:14 - Dec 31 with 1717 views | hoppy |
| Not the end of the decade on 22:56 - Dec 31 by EatonBlue |
. . . and another thing - fireworks all evening here - they are supposed to be at midnight ffs [Post edited 31 Dec 2019 23:06]
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Probably based on the fact it might be midnight somewhere in the world? |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 23:25 - Dec 31 with 1698 views | jeera |
| Not the end of the decade on 23:14 - Dec 31 by hoppy |
Probably based on the fact it might be midnight somewhere in the world? |
Or those who just haven't got around to changing all of their clocks yet.
I have a couple. One is up on the wall which means I have get up on a chair and all that.
It's not worth it. Give it a few months and we're back on track anyway. |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 00:07 - Jan 1 with 1643 views | Pendejo |
| Not the end of the decade on 22:56 - Dec 31 by EatonBlue |
. . . and another thing - fireworks all evening here - they are supposed to be at midnight ffs [Post edited 31 Dec 2019 23:06]
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Had them last night also, but I guess that's cos the big show is only 4 miles away |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 00:13 - Jan 1 with 1637 views | Oldsmoker |
By that reasoning 2000 was not the first year of the 21st century but the last year of the 20th century.
I don't buy that. |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 00:16 - Jan 1 with 1630 views | Oldsmoker |
| Not the end of the decade on 22:56 - Dec 31 by EatonBlue |
. . . and another thing - fireworks all evening here - they are supposed to be at midnight ffs [Post edited 31 Dec 2019 23:06]
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I live in an efnic area and the excuse is that they are celebrating the new year from their origin country.
Fireworks have been going off every hour since 4 pm when it got dark. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 00:18 - Jan 1 with 1625 views | Ftnfwest |
| Not the end of the decade on 00:16 - Jan 1 by Oldsmoker |
I live in an efnic area and the excuse is that they are celebrating the new year from their origin country.
Fireworks have been going off every hour since 4 pm when it got dark. |
Isn’t it diwali or something? |  | | |
| Not the end of the decade on 00:36 - Jan 1 with 1593 views | Oldsmoker |
| Not the end of the decade on 00:18 - Jan 1 by Ftnfwest |
Isn’t it diwali or something? |
Not Diwali until november.
It's just a lame excuse to frighten my cat. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 10:28 - Jan 1 with 1406 views | Guthrum |
| Not the end of the decade on 00:13 - Jan 1 by Oldsmoker |
By that reasoning 2000 was not the first year of the 21st century but the last year of the 20th century.
I don't buy that. |
Tis true, tho. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 12:01 - Jan 1 with 1322 views | Oldsmoker |
| Not the end of the decade on 10:28 - Jan 1 by Guthrum |
Tis true, tho. |
A total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face has always seen me through.
Baaaaaa. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 12:09 - Jan 1 with 1306 views | hoppy |
| Not the end of the decade on 00:13 - Jan 1 by Oldsmoker |
By that reasoning 2000 was not the first year of the 21st century but the last year of the 20th century.
I don't buy that. |
Don’t you remember the confusion regarding the Millennium Bug? When nothing untoward happened as it clicked over to midnight 2000, it probably meant all chaos would occur the following year instead... | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 12:19 - Jan 1 with 1295 views | Oldsmoker |
| Not the end of the decade on 12:09 - Jan 1 by hoppy |
Don’t you remember the confusion regarding the Millennium Bug? When nothing untoward happened as it clicked over to midnight 2000, it probably meant all chaos would occur the following year instead... |
I landed a 3-month contract to check a companys resilience to the 2000 bug.
It took 1 week to learn there was nothing wrong with their system.
It wasn't the easiest money I'd ever earnt as I had to look busy for the remaining 12 weeks. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 13:47 - Jan 1 with 1230 views | stonojnr |
| Not the end of the decade on 00:13 - Jan 1 by Oldsmoker |
By that reasoning 2000 was not the first year of the 21st century but the last year of the 20th century.
I don't buy that. |
you dont have to buy it,but its true, they celebrated the start of the 20th century in 1901, and no doubt the 19th in 1801 as well, we only changed it no doubt because 2000 sounded like a nice round number.
but culturally for decades they are measured 0-9 instead. so the last decade has gone and we are in the 3rd decade of the 21st century...yeah its confusing but just go with it :) | | | |
| Not the end of the decade on 18:06 - Jan 1 with 1193 views | Terry_Nutkins |
| Not the end of the decade on 22:35 - Dec 31 by Guthrum |
Only once a decade
No year zero (1BC/BCE followed by 1AD/CE), thus first year of a decade ends in a 1. And final year ends in a 0.
Pedantic grumbling. |
I still don't get it. I think you are confused i really do (or i am haha). The first ever year in history lets say is still 0-1 so carry on...0-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10 (10 years). Now carry that on for the century and so on. so 10-11, 11-12, 12-13....
What am i missing in your logic (genuine question). | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 18:11 - Jan 1 with 1187 views | jeera |
| Not the end of the decade on 18:06 - Jan 1 by Terry_Nutkins |
I still don't get it. I think you are confused i really do (or i am haha). The first ever year in history lets say is still 0-1 so carry on...0-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10 (10 years). Now carry that on for the century and so on. so 10-11, 11-12, 12-13....
What am i missing in your logic (genuine question). |
I don't understand either but it was certainly stated at the turn of the [supposed] millennium with people brighter than I pointing out the same thing.
I don't doubt them, more that I just don't 'get it'.
That's ok. I know my limitations. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 18:19 - Jan 1 with 1171 views | J2BLUE |
| Not the end of the decade on 18:06 - Jan 1 by Terry_Nutkins |
I still don't get it. I think you are confused i really do (or i am haha). The first ever year in history lets say is still 0-1 so carry on...0-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, 9-10 (10 years). Now carry that on for the century and so on. so 10-11, 11-12, 12-13....
What am i missing in your logic (genuine question). |
There was no year zero. It went from 1 BC to 1 AD. There was no 0 inbetween.
It's like a baby being born and being 1 years old on day of birth. On their tenth birthday that would have been alive only 9 years, not a decade.
Therefore, technically, if we work in decades, each decade ends on the first year. 11/21/31/41 etc. We don't do it like that for the sake of convenience so the first 'decade' of the AD/CE calendar only had 9 years. |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 18:23 - Jan 1 with 1162 views | jeera |
| Not the end of the decade on 18:19 - Jan 1 by J2BLUE |
There was no year zero. It went from 1 BC to 1 AD. There was no 0 inbetween.
It's like a baby being born and being 1 years old on day of birth. On their tenth birthday that would have been alive only 9 years, not a decade.
Therefore, technically, if we work in decades, each decade ends on the first year. 11/21/31/41 etc. We don't do it like that for the sake of convenience so the first 'decade' of the AD/CE calendar only had 9 years. |
Now that makes sense. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 18:49 - Jan 1 with 1131 views | GeoffSentence |
| Not the end of the decade on 22:56 - Dec 31 by EatonBlue |
. . . and another thing - fireworks all evening here - they are supposed to be at midnight ffs [Post edited 31 Dec 2019 23:06]
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For those of us who live out here in the Ipswich-Shotley-Sudbury Golden Triangle there are bird scarers going off all day every day. All the noise of fireworks, none of the pretty lights.
Can be like the battle of the Somme at times. |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 22:42 - Jan 2 with 1026 views | Terry_Nutkins |
| Not the end of the decade on 18:19 - Jan 1 by J2BLUE |
There was no year zero. It went from 1 BC to 1 AD. There was no 0 inbetween.
It's like a baby being born and being 1 years old on day of birth. On their tenth birthday that would have been alive only 9 years, not a decade.
Therefore, technically, if we work in decades, each decade ends on the first year. 11/21/31/41 etc. We don't do it like that for the sake of convenience so the first 'decade' of the AD/CE calendar only had 9 years. |
Ok so this gies back to that specific point in time basically from 1AD. Gotcha. But we know the system of decades has changed and its easy and makes perfect sense so this is basically just people being pedents. Haha got it.
I didn't like your baby anology though as that could confuse more as that system is correct as there is year 0-1.
* googled the 1AD bit. Yep noted. Time has all been a lie. Haha [Post edited 2 Jan 2020 22:44]
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| Not the end of the decade on 22:45 - Jan 2 with 1019 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Not the end of the decade on 00:13 - Jan 1 by Oldsmoker |
By that reasoning 2000 was not the first year of the 21st century but the last year of the 20th century.
I don't buy that. |
2000-1=1999
= 19 Centuries and 99 years  |  |
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| Not the end of the decade on 22:46 - Jan 2 with 1016 views | J2BLUE |
| Not the end of the decade on 22:42 - Jan 2 by Terry_Nutkins |
Ok so this gies back to that specific point in time basically from 1AD. Gotcha. But we know the system of decades has changed and its easy and makes perfect sense so this is basically just people being pedents. Haha got it.
I didn't like your baby anology though as that could confuse more as that system is correct as there is year 0-1.
* googled the 1AD bit. Yep noted. Time has all been a lie. Haha [Post edited 2 Jan 2020 22:44]
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The baby analogy only works because they have the year 0-1. That's what helps people understand the point. | |
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| Not the end of the decade on 11:51 - Jan 3 with 861 views | Ryorry |
| Not the end of the decade on 12:01 - Jan 1 by Oldsmoker |
A total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face has always seen me through.
Baaaaaa. |
Oi - can't you get anything right? Pig-heads go "oink", only sheep go "Baaaa"!
^Pedants' Corner^ |  |
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