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    Leap Years

    Why can't we have an extra day in July instead of extending the misery of February?

    Just a thought.

    #2
    Cos people would not go to work
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      Just had an idea.


      The leap day should be either a public holiday or tax free. (Permies get a paid holiday/Contractors don't pay any tax on their earnings that day)
      …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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        #4
        Because the old Roman year ended at the end of February, so the intercalary day was at the end of the year from their point of view. Though now the Anglicans are babbling about changing the date of Easter because of school holidays, I suppose everything's up for grabs

        Start a petition to get the Commons to debate it

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          #5
          Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
          Because the old Roman year ended at the end of February, so the intercalary day was at the end of the year from their point of view. Though now the Anglicans are babbling about changing the date of Easter because of school holidays, I suppose everything's up for grabs

          Start a petition to get the Commons to debate it


          Leap day is the 24th of Feb.
          …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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            #6
            Originally posted by WTFH View Post
            Leap day is the 24th of Feb.
            was

            There's been quite a few changes since then.

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              #7
              Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
              was

              There's been quite a few changes since then.


              No, it still is, the days after it are then re-numbered!
              …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                #8
                I love leap days, explaining to permies that as they're on an annual salary they're working an extra day for free

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by WTFH View Post
                  No, it still is, the days after it are then re-numbered!
                  That sounds like something Gordon Brown would have done. Like the dividend tax credit.

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                    #10
                    Yaay! I'm a contractor again for this year. In 2012 I was a permie.

                    Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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