To: Perdogg
But you can have year 2000.
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)
To: rickmichaels
ding ding ding - we have a winner!
7 posted on
12/26/2009 9:06:46 AM PST by
smokingfrog
(Don't mess with the mocking bird! - http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
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
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson