What Would Happen Without a Leap Day?

Monday, February 26, 2024

Leap year. It's a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why?

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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-02-26 12:49 AM | Reply

Eventually Christmas would be in August.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-02-26 06:49 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Interesting fact: people born on leap day won't reach their 18th birthday until at least 72 years later.

#3 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-26 05:11 PM | Reply

It's not climate change it's a calendar issue ;)

#4 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2024-02-26 05:25 PM | Reply

If the world was flat...

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-02-27 02:03 AM | Reply

A little survey, when a particular date comes to mind, say May 21st, do you visualize a calendar.? If so, in what form? Some people think of calendar flipping through pages like in old movies, others a planner book or a desk blotter. For me, the pages of a calendar laid out like a monopoly board with seasons on each side. Others have no visualization at all.

Asking because it relates to a condition called synesthesia.

#6 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-02-27 06:56 AM | Reply

My mental calendar usually has naked women on it.

#7 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-02-27 09:31 AM | Reply

My mental calendar is more or less an excel spreadsheet.

I guess the celestial calendar would be a way to error check to see whether leap year is enough to keep civilization on track with the earth's normal travel patterns?

#8 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2024-02-27 09:35 PM | Reply

@#6 ... A little survey, when a particular date comes to mind, say May 21st, do you visualize a calendar.? ...

Cool question. thx.

When a date is mentioned to me, let's say by a friend to meet up for lunch, my first thought is that it seems OK.

Then I go to my calendar (I use WinDates, www.softsea.com It has features I have not yet seen on current calendar apps).

Then when I see that I've nothing else scheduled in my busy schedule (OK, that was a joke) I agree to meet.

YMMV and all that...

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-02-27 09:55 PM | Reply