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What Would Happen Without a Leap Day?
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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... Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom that adds a 29th day to February. BY THE NUMBERS ...
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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
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