[WEB4LIB] Re: Millenium Greetings

[Paul H. Gray]

The more I think of it -- the less difference it makes --
I understand the nation of Isreal skipped all the hype altogether since by
the Jewish calendar this is the year six thousand something and by the
Islamic calendar it is fourteen hundred something --
I'm not up to speed on my Chinese culture but I'm pretty sure given the age
of their civilization they are counting far more than 2 millinea.

As as Christian and a person of western European descent I am very happy
with the fact that we measure time from a date assigned to the life of
Jesus.  But the simple truth is --
That marker -- like any other dividing line is purely arbitrary.

Hey -- any excuse for a party is a good one --
But I suspect when most of us go back to work in a day or two -- the main
thing we will notice - is that it is the beginning of another week.

Happy Monday ---
Paul H. Gray


> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Gary E. Masters
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2000 2:19 PM
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> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Millenium Greetings
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> The more I think of it, the more I see it as just a matter of definition.
> OK.  There was no "zero" year.
> But why not make the first millennium to be 999 years and then start each
> following one with the "zero" year?  Makes sense to me.
>
> Best wishes to all.  I hope you get what you want.  And that you
> still want
> it six months later.
>
> Gary Masters
>
>