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Damn right he's not. :lol:

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Stay off FB Av...it's of the Devil !!

That's a really cool insight alooneyel - they start at 1? Why?

And Av...you're getting there dude haha !! :)
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Vain wrote:That's a really cool insight alooneyel - they start at 1? Why?
I don't know why they start at 1, but I have a few guesses:
1) Maybe instead of counting the years they've completed, they count the years they started.
2) Maybe they count the time in the womb as a year, even though it's really only 9ish months.
3) Maybe they didn't have a word for zero when they started paying attention to the number of years a person lived.
4) Maybe some other thing that I haven't thought of.

I looked it up on Wikipedia (because that's always accurate, you know :) ), and this is all I could find: Wikipedia page about East Asian age reckoning. Apparently this is common in many parts of Asia.
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Thanks Cag. :D

Vain wrote:And Av...you're getting there dude haha !! :)
Yeah...tell me about it. :D

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Vain wrote:That's a really cool insight alooneyel - they start at 1? Why?
I don't know why they start at 1, but I have a few guesses:
1) Maybe instead of counting the years they've completed, they count the years they started.
2) Maybe they count the time in the womb as a year, even though it's really only 9ish months.
3) Maybe they didn't have a word for zero when they started paying attention to the number of years a person lived.
4) Maybe some other thing that I haven't thought of.

I looked it up on Wikipedia (because that's always accurate, you know :) ), and this is all I could find: Wikipedia page about East Asian age reckoning. Apparently this is common in many parts of Asia.
There's a reason well travelled people are cool :)
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Vain wrote:There's a reason well travelled people are cool :)
Thanks. I think. :)
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Sorry to be a day late, Blackhawk!
Belated happy!!

...is it just me, or is that not the perfect birthing day song for Blackhawk?

And DW, I can't quote lyrics at ya without knowing your birth year, but Happy Birthday anyway, dude!
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Happy birthday, Blackhawk and DW!
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Happy b-day, Blackhawk and DW!
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Happy birthday guys.

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Happy b-day, Blackhawk and DW!
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Happy belated b-day Blackhawk and DUKKHA!!!
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Happy Birthday BlackHawk and DW
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Happy birthday, rdhopeca!
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Aww thanks guys :oops: :biggrin:
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:lol: Happy birthday man.

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Happy Belated Birthday Rob
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