The Year The World got it wrong



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Board: Etruria
Topic: Etruscan Madness 
Topic Editor: Tuscus Sempronius
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Message: The Year The World got it wrong 
Author: Sacerdos Etruriae - Camitlnas Tullius, Patron 
Date: Jan 1, 2001 05:11
      Best Wishes to the Etruria Group for the new Millennium. Some of us will 
      sigh with relief that 2000 is over together with its  Millennium hype. 

      I winced when the spokesman at Greenwich on the TV news said (almost 
      apologetically) - well technically speaking January 1 2001 is the 
      beginning of the new Millennium. Well, technically speaking I have 10 
      fingers and ten toes, but then officially I have 19 according to the world 
      media.    

      Perhaps it's good that they got it all out of the way a year early. 
      Incidentally the same mistake was made in the year 1000.  Somehow I doubt 
      if the Etruscans would have made the same mistake. 

      Anyway after a year in which at least 4 people asked me to change it, I'm 
      finally off to do a global search and replace on "this century" on my web 
      pages :) 











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