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To: BDParrish

Starting from “zero” point, the tenth year in not completed until the LAST DAY of the tenth year.

Just a peculiarity of the decimal system.


5 posted on 01/02/2020 7:22:12 AM PST by alloysteel (Very willful ignorance and pretense at moral authority are both roadblocks to honest dialogue.)
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To: alloysteel

Sure, but the tenth year is 2019, not 2020.


60 posted on 01/02/2020 9:23:41 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: alloysteel; V K Lee

Starting from “zero” point, the tenth year in not completed until the LAST DAY of the tenth year.

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This brings back memories of the remarks of my three year baby daughter after watching a video of herself as an infant: “When I was zero years old...”

Semantically correct, but hilarious!


70 posted on 01/03/2020 5:38:41 AM PST by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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