Posted on 02/23/2016 10:58:43 AM PST by Drango
I'm endorsing Hillary on Feb 30th. . . . (hint; there is no Feb 30th or 31st)
probably pulled cause it useless BS
My poor dad was born on February 29th. He died at 72 year, but only had 18 birthdays.
There has been one in the past.
“There has been one, and only one February 30: in Sweden (which included Finland): 30 February 1712. That same day was reckoned as 29 February 1712 in those countries who still used the Julian calendar, and 11 March 1712 in those which had adopted the Gregorian calendar.
This was done so that the next day, Sweden could rejoin the Julian calendar on its 01 March 1712. Sweden would follow the Julian calendar until 17 February (Julian) 1753, jumping the next day to 01 March (Gregorian) 1753.
Sweden, which until 28 February 1700 had used the Julian calendar, had skipped 29 February 1700, with the intention, which it abandoned later, to make a gradual transition towards the Gregorian calendar (by skipping 29 February every 4 years until it found itself synchronized with the Gregorian calendar.
Thus, from 29 February (Julian) or 11 March (Gregorian) 1700, until 28 February (Julian) or 10 March (Gregorian) 1712, Sweden (which at the time included Finland) used a calendar which was one day ahead of the Julian calendar and 10 days behind the Gregorian calendar. “
This needs to be pulled, also.
If we only counted birthdays, your dad would have been considered one of the wisest 18 year olds on the planet.
As I see it, he was one of the wisest of ANY age on the planet when he passed. I was very fortunate to have such a smart, loving and dedicated dad.
Thanks for the smile, even if it wasn’t intended. I miss the old coot.
I got you beat. I’m going to endorse her on the 12th of Never.
Why? It doesn’t suck any more than the “Your guy sucks more than my guy, and your a scumbag” threads. A little levity isn’t a bad thing.
It is not news/activism. It is puerile vanity.
I posted it in HUMOR. You need to pull the stick out of your...
Cute but your thread is domed.
DOMED, I TELL YA
YOU ARE DOMED!
At least they moved to General/Chat.
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