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To: Perdogg

But you can have year 2000.


2 posted on 12/26/2009 9:02:38 AM PST by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

2000 is the last year of the 90s decade 90+10 = 100 hence 1990+10 = 2000.


5 posted on 12/26/2009 9:04:46 AM PST by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: rickmichaels

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7 posted on 12/26/2009 9:06:46 AM PST by smokingfrog (Don't mess with the mocking bird! - http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
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To: rickmichaels
But you can have year 2000.

That's because it's the 2000th year. There was, however, no 0th year. You can have a 10th inch on a ruler but the first inch is not the 0th inch.
52 posted on 12/26/2009 11:31:17 AM PST by aruanan
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