Posted on 02/29/2020 12:48:20 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
It is every 4 years, except for century turnover. Every 400 years that rule is ignored so 2000 was a leap year. This makes the Gregorian calendar 365.2425 days long which is very close to the actual time for Earth’s orbit period .
Bummer
You wouldn’t be celebrating anything cause the world is going to end in 11 years. Although when you think of it,that prediction could come true. But not for the reasons that the climate alarmists claim.
So, if you live on the 3rd floor of an apt. building and the elevators are not working....how many flights of stairs do you have to climb?
Smile....the answer is 2!!!!
Oh yeah.... Forgot about that.
Guess I better go buy water in plastic bottles, use plastic bags at grocery stores, make extra trips to town for feed and raise more cows for farting purposes.
That should speed things right along
My dad was born Feb. 29.
Even so, Russia still celebrates Christmas on January 7. At least Ukraine celebrates December 25 too, but January 7 is still the main date.
Leap year
here you go:
If it is 0 degrees and it gets twice as cold how cold is it?
I don’t know.
A year is a leap year if it divisible by 4, unless it is also divisible by a 100 in which case it is not, unless it is also divisible by 400 in which case it is. This results in an average of 365.2422 days per year, which is pretty close to the actual of 365.242199.
There is no such thing as twice as cold unless you mean half as hot. But doing any math with temperature means you have to use the Kelvin scale, or any which starts at absolute zero, not the freezing point of water or something.
Currently the Gregorian Calendar loses about one day every 3200 years. Some future pope may have to declare that years divisible by 3200 are not leap years. The Gregorian calendar reform was instituted to keep the calendar aligned with the seasons from about 325 AD, the year of the Nicene Counsel, which set the date of observance of Christmas on the Julian Calendar.
okay, half as cold, then what is half of zero degrees, use any scale you wish.
I’m surprised the global warming shysters haven’t converted to Kelvin. Those temps would make great headlines.
Every 4 years, February gets an esteem booster...and folks born on Feb 29 only age at 1/4 the rate of the rest of us....sweeeeet!
Of course, that can be a detriment if one considers that those who have the most birthdays also tend to live the longest.....bummmmer!
The “Party of Science” probably has no idea that Kelvin even exists, or what it is used for. But they are definitely smarter than the rest of us.
Fun question will have to use it on friends.
My answer is convert between degrees F and C. Mathematically it would workout.
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