It is currently March 28th, 2024, 8:26 am

All times are UTC-04:00




Post new topic  Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: February 29
PostPosted: February 29th, 2008, 8:48 am 
Offline
Administrator
Administrator
User avatar

Joined: July 26th, 2007, 5:15 pm
Posts: 3693
Location: Indianapolis
Zodiac: Taurus
Not really much to say. But February 29th is a calendar oddity that only comes every four years. I just felt like I had to post something.

There was someone I used to work with at the K-Mart who had her first baby on February 29, 2000. If I go over there and see the kid's grandma (the Mom doesn't work there anymore) I'll be sure to ask how she's enjoying her second birthday. She's eight years old, but it's only her second birthday. :lol:

_________________
Image


Top
   
 Post subject: Re: February 29
PostPosted: February 29th, 2008, 11:15 am 
Offline
Editorial Staff
Editorial Staff
User avatar

Joined: August 24th, 2007, 2:07 pm
Posts: 1065
Location: Suffolk, UK
Zodiac: Cancer
As it's February 29th, I as a woman am apparently allowed to propose marriage. Surely not! If a woman proposes, doesn't the universe become cosmically unbalanced? So, wait a minute - does this mean that he'd be the one wearing white to belie his virginal status, and his mother would give him away so as to relinquish ownership of him to me, and he'd take my name? Or does it all go back to normal after February 29th? Well... at least it'd mean I'd reached the highest honour a woman can aspire to and attached myself to a man.

You know what? That's a great system. Let's just go all the way and say women can vote one day in every four years, and women can work one day in every four years, and everything! It's not ideal, but it's better than what we had a hundred years ago.

I'm sorry, but that so-called "tradition" really pisses me off.

Edit: Weeeey! 600 posts! :D

_________________
'Extreme Ghostbusters was the best-written show, because it wasn't just about the ghostbusting, it was about the characters.' - Rino Romano

EGB Fan's EGB Fans
EGB Fan on FFN and AO3


Top
   
 Post subject: Re: February 29
PostPosted: February 29th, 2008, 2:43 pm 
Offline
I Have No Life
I Have No Life
User avatar

Joined: August 24th, 2007, 2:20 pm
Posts: 811
Zodiac: Gemini
what a rant :roll:

_________________
Image

Image

pleas parden my speling but I'm a littel dislexik and can't tipe whel


Top
   
 Post subject: Re: February 29
PostPosted: March 1st, 2008, 12:52 am 
Offline
I Have No Life
I Have No Life

Joined: August 24th, 2007, 7:07 pm
Posts: 772
Zodiac: Virgo
Only ten minutes left in my time zone. I usually don't think about leap year, but I am glad of it this year. It keeps my sister off the road with a permit for one more day, and her B'day is on a Saturday, so everyone should count their blessings, lol.


EGBFan: Was leap year started just for that purpose? I really have no clue.


ghostdiva

_________________
Peter: "Huh. Guess we're not welcome."
Winston: "Not welcome, there's a first. We should all get nametags that say, 'Hello, I'm not welcome'. Or maybe Tshirts or mugs or something."
--Ghostbusters the video game


Top
   
 Post subject: Re: February 29
PostPosted: March 1st, 2008, 5:03 am 
Offline
Editorial Staff
Editorial Staff
User avatar

Joined: August 24th, 2007, 2:07 pm
Posts: 1065
Location: Suffolk, UK
Zodiac: Cancer
ghostdiva wrote:
EGBFan: Was leap year started just for that purpose? I really have no clue.


No. It's to do with the earth's orbit, so it doesn't fall behind itself or something.


Top
   
 Post subject: Re: February 29
PostPosted: March 1st, 2008, 8:36 am 
Offline
Administrator
Administrator
User avatar

Joined: July 26th, 2007, 5:15 pm
Posts: 3693
Location: Indianapolis
Zodiac: Taurus
The Earth does not take exactly 365 days to go around the Sun. It's closer to 365 1/4 days--so every fourth year, an extra day is added to make up the difference.

But because it's not even exactly 365 1/4 days, every once in a while they throw in extra seconds. And every year ending in 00, except for ones evenly divisible by either 400 or 500 (I forget which, and am too lazy to check Wikipedia) , is NOT a Leap Year--though the year 2000, which is divisible by 400 or 500, was a Leap Year. This keeps things in synch.

Edit: It's every 400 years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_29

You want to know how big a difference all that makes over a few centuries? Go to this site and look at the line that says "Julian Calendar". That's where the calendar would be right now if they hadn't adjusted and revised the Leap Year system in the Sixteenth Century. It'd only be February 17th!

_________________
Image


Top
   
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic  Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 

All times are UTC-04:00


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 58 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron

EctoGreen © 2008, 2014 Fritz Baugh

Imageset from ClassyDark by ayasha : ASDesignz Themes : Black-Fusion.com © 2007
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited