Posted by Elizabeth on January 1, 1999, at 16:49:13
In reply to Re: New year, posted by racer on January 1, 1999, at 14:27:33
> > Unbelievable. This is the last year of the century.
> Sorry, this is only the penultimate year of the century. Keep in mind, there was no year one...
> (Whaddaya think, if I weren't so anal-retentive about these things, would I still be depressive?)No year zero, you mean? :-)
(The number zero was an Indian "invention" - they didn't have it in the West when they started counting years....)
But happy 1999, regardless. (I think we're supposed to party or something.)
poster:Elizabeth
thread:1963
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/19990101/msgs/1968.html