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[Legbreaker]

Technically it's not a new decade until the beginning of 2011.
The 21st century didn't start until the 1st of January 2001.

Don't believe me It's basic maths - count 100 years from year zero and tell me when year 101 starts....

[Mohoender]

Right Leg but Happy new year, nonetheless.

[kato13]

Technically it's not a new decade until the beginning of 2011.
The 21st century didn't start until the 1st of January 2001.

Don't believe me It's basic maths - count 100 years from year zero and tell me when year 101 starts....

IMO the 60s did not end December 31st 1970. And the "Zeros" do not end December 31st 2010.

You are making an assumption about decade. It just means ten years. Just as I can say that persons #18-#29 in a line are a dozen and that is correct. Even though the number in front are not evenly divisible by 12.

If I said happy 201st decade in the currently accepted Gregorian Calender system you would be totally right of course.

[Legbreaker]

Like I said, it's just a technicality. Believe what you will, but mathematically there's only one right answer no matter what we may want to think....

Interesting observation on human perception is all.

[Grimace]

Okay, I know there's people saying the new millenium didn't start until 2001. That's fine. But really...are people trying to say that the year 1970 is part of the 60's decade The decade of the 60's include every year starting with a 196X. Just like every year of the 20's decade in the 2nd millenium with start with 202X. There's no way, no matter what "mathematics" suggest, that a completely different number could be part of another, lower, grouping.

When I say I've got "twenty some odd dollars", does that ever indicate I've got 30 bucks When a person say's they're in their 20s, do you assume they're not at least 20 years old And do you take it to mean they can be up to 30 years old when they say they're in their 20's

Sure, we can get "technical" and use things that scream in the face of what makes sense, but why nitpick

So welcome to the second decade of the second millenium A.D.

[cavtroop]

Okay, I know there's people saying the new millenium didn't start until 2001. That's fine. But really...are people trying to say that the year 1970 is part of the 60's decade The decade of the 60's include every year starting with a 196X. Just like every year of the 20's decade in the 2nd millenium with start with 202X. There's no way, no matter what "mathematics" suggest, that a completely different number could be part of another, lower, grouping.

When I say I've got "twenty some odd dollars", does that ever indicate I've got 30 bucks When a person say's they're in their 20s, do you assume they're not at least 20 years old And do you take it to mean they can be up to 30 years old when they say they're in their 20's

Sure, we can get "technical" and use things that scream in the face of what makes sense, but why nitpick

So welcome to the second decade of the second millenium A.D.

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