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Previously on "On a Calendrical theme"

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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
    Calendar Reform in England, 1752

    So, prior to 1752, March 24th 1700 was followed by March 25th 1701.

    How very odd.

    I never knew that.

    Knew about the 11 stolen days that made April 6th more significant than March 25th.

    So some chappie (as an example in the site above) was in gaol in January 1642 for an offence committed in October 1642.

    How unutterably peculiar.
    I've often wondered how the tax year ended up with the 5th/6th April thing. Now I know.

    Weird. Coincidentally some chap I looked up on Wiki yesterday had a birth date as 1929/30, but I assumed that was just because they had lost the records.

    A bit more on the 11 stolen days and how it affected the Catholic or Protestant areas, with Greece finally catching up in 1923:

    The Gregorian calendar

    Also, don't miss the famous Software Problem Report (SPR) response to a question about 2000 being a leap year:

    PROBLEM: The LIB$DAY Run-Time Library service "incorrectly" assumes the year 2000 is a leap year.

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  • d000hg
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I ain't got a clue. But I do know that insulting posters is not allowed there. Whereas in general it is complusary.
    Whatever it's about, they take it very seriously.

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  • doomage
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    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
    Calendar Reform in England, 1752

    So, prior to 1752, March 24th 1700 was followed by March 25th 1701.
    Good times for contractors in 1700. Good times for thee indeed.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I ain't got a clue. But I do know that insulting posters is not allowed there. Whereas in general it is complusary.


    My sincerest contrafibularities.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    What's that all about then Brillo, do tell?
    I ain't got a clue. But I do know that insulting posters is not allowed there. Whereas in general it is complusary.

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Or the BN66 thread.
    What's that all about then Brillo, do tell?

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  • suityou01
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    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    I thought all your project plans were like that once you had finished with them?
    Never been solely in charge of a project. Not wanting to climb the ladder too quickly, or get promoted to the level of my own incompetence just yet (open goal there eek, but don't ok?). That said I am reading for the PMI PMP exam at present, which is eye opening. Going by the lofty standards of this book all project managers are grossly negligent.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    I've worked on projects with plans like that
    No plan survives meeting the enemy.

    When it comes to project management the enemy is absolutely everyone who is not the PM.

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    Sounds like the current Anti-Terrorism laws
    Or the BN66 thread.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
    So some chappie (as an example in the site above) was in gaol in January 1642 for an offence committed in October 1642.
    Sounds like the current Anti-Terrorism laws

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  • BrilloPad
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    Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
    I've worked on projects with plans like that
    I thought all your project plans were like that once you had finished with them?

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  • suityou01
    replied
    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
    Calendar Reform in England, 1752

    So, prior to 1752, March 24th 1700 was followed by March 25th 1701.

    How very odd.

    I never knew that.

    Knew about the 11 stolen days that made April 6th more significant than March 25th.

    So some chappie (as an example in the site above) was in gaol in January 1642 for an offence committed in October 1642.

    How unutterably peculiar.
    I've worked on projects with plans like that

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  • zeitghost
    started a topic On a Calendrical theme

    On a Calendrical theme

    Calendar Reform in England, 1752

    So, prior to 1752, March 24th 1700 was followed by March 25th 1701.

    How very odd.

    I never knew that.

    Knew about the 11 stolen days that made April 6th more significant than March 25th.

    So some chappie (as an example in the site above) was in gaol in January 1642 for an offence committed in October 1642.

    How unutterably peculiar.
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