Different rules.
Why does "the decade" get different rules from "the millenium"? The first decade started in 01, right? Aren't we losing a year somewhere?
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§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:44:39 am PST #25563 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
DavidS - Dec 16, 2009 8:44:56 am PST #25564 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I concur on different rules. The twenties, for example, will be a discrete decade and are neatly delineated by having a "2" in the tens spot.
DavidS - Dec 16, 2009 8:45:36 am PST #25565 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The first decade started in 01, right? Aren't we losing a year somewhere?
Milleniums and decades measure different things. Like weeks don't fit into months.
Zenkitty - Dec 16, 2009 8:46:49 am PST #25566 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Unless I really don't like someone or they have fleas or something, I'm usually willing to be hugged if they want to. I don't often initiate hugs, even with people I'm close to and have hugged before. The only person I'll initiate a spontaneous hug with is the person I'm currently sleeping with. If I'm not hugging them, a breakup is imminent.
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I just added it up, and next year my vacation+sick time totals 65.5 days. I am surprised. I'm taking two weeks vacation right now, to burn off the days I can't carry over; it's bull, because I've been working every day anyway. I'll carry over 10, I get 24, and the rest is accrued sick days.
-t - Dec 16, 2009 8:47:04 am PST #25567 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The first decade of the 21st century = 2001-2010 while the noughts are 2000-2009. Both perfectly cromulent decades.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:47:24 am PST #25568 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Milleniums and decades measure different things. Like weeks don't fit into months.
Hmm. You might have had me with your former post, except the whole powers of ten thing does fit really neatly and now I don't want to subscribe to your literature.
§ ita § - Dec 16, 2009 8:48:42 am PST #25569 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The first decade of the 21st century = 2001-2010 while the noughts are 2000-2009. Both perfectly cromulent decades.
Vacillatingly, I'm perfectly willing to get behind this, even moreso if the end of next year has at least a couple "No, seriously, end of this decade" best/worst of lists.
ZenKitty, I'm so mad you're working through your vacation. You need to not count it as time off.
-t - Dec 16, 2009 8:50:51 am PST #25570 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm taking two weeks vacation right now, to burn off the days I can't carry over; it's bull, because I've been working every day anyway.
So wrong! So much wrong. Argh.
Jessica - Dec 16, 2009 8:51:04 am PST #25571 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The first decade of the 21st century = 2001-2010 while the noughts are 2000-2009. Both perfectly cromulent decades.
Ah, clarity!
It's 2pm and way too warm in my office. Can I take a nap?
tommyrot - Dec 16, 2009 8:52:59 am PST #25572 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Why does "the decade" get different rules from "the millenium"? The first decade started in 01, right? Aren't we losing a year somewhere?
I subscribe to the "millennium began in 2000" theory, for psychological reasons. It's like when your car odometer turns over. Yeah, we lost a year somewhere, but that was 2000 years ago. Screw those people.