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Re: Today's clocks (was: Y2K: Leap Year Or Not?)
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 12 Nov 1997 15:31:03 +0000
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In article <[log in to unmask]>, Stan Sieler
<[log in to unmask]> writes
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>You also said "why can't we get rid of the leap year?".  Of course,
>we can.  Some societies did in the past.  For example, we
>could choose to say: a year is 365 days, period.  Every fourth year,
>we'd have a special day (perhaps put it between Dec 31 and Jan 1), called
>"DAY OFF" (or something).  That wouldn't be a leap year, but would have
>the same calendar-correcting effect.
>
Bit of a bummer if you happened to get born that day.....*and* you'd
probably get named Ferris....
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