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- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: THE NEXT DECADE?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.220125.9554@nezsdc.icl.co.nz>
- From: derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne)
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 22:01:25 GMT
- References: <1993Jan9.063702.28123@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> <1993Jan9.064920.18995@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand
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- In article <1993Jan9.064920.18995@bmerh85.bnr.ca> nadeau@bnr.ca (Rheal Nadeau) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan9.063702.28123@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> adelle@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (adelle.s.Petrocco) writes:
- >>In article <19394@mindlink.bc.ca> Marg_Meikle@mindlink.bc.ca (Marg Meikle) writes:
- >>>So whaddya think. If the last decade was the eighties and this is the
- >>>nineties, what will we call the next decade?
- >>
- >>The turn of the century, of course.
- >
- >Sheesh! I've just realized we're living in the "fin de siecle"! Heck,
- >we're living in the "fin de millenaire"!
-
- Yes and before the 'when does the turn of the [century/millenia] thread
- starts again...
-
- Most people will be partying down at midnight Dec 31st 1999.
-
- The pedants, scientists and some others will refuse to party until the real
- turn of the [century/millenia] at midnight Dec 31st 2000.
-
- Some of us will be partying seriously both times - probably with different
- friends.
-
- The question is, where will the best party be? Any ideas? It would make a
- great sub-plot and anyway that's where I want to be that night.
-
- The Pedantic party should be at the South Pole and involve hopping around
- the time zones every hour to prolong the party!
-
-
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- Derek Tearne. -- derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz -- Fujitsu New Zealand --
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