Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:23 am
Damn right he's not. 
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That's a really cool insight alooneyel - they start at 1? Why?
And Av...you're getting there dude haha !!
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:38 am
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 !!
That's a really cool insight alooneyel - they start at 1? Why?
And Av...you're getting there dude haha !!
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:16 pm
I don't know why they start at 1, but I have a few guesses:Vain wrote:That's a really cool insight alooneyel - they start at 1? Why?
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.Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:10 pm
Harpy Birfday Av!
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:25 am
Thanks Cag. 
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Yeah...tell me about it.Vain wrote:And Av...you're getting there dude haha !!
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:42 am
There's a reason well travelled people are coolAuleliel wrote:I don't know why they start at 1, but I have a few guesses:Vain wrote:That's a really cool insight alooneyel - they start at 1? Why?
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
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:13 pm
Thanks. I think.Vain wrote:There's a reason well travelled people are cool
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:40 am
Well travelled people just tend to have more perspectives, that's all.
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:44 am
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation...
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!
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation...
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!
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:09 am
Happy birthday, Blackhawk and DW!
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 2:11 am
Happy b-day, Blackhawk and DW!
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:18 am
Happy birthday guys.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 5:32 am
Happy b-day, Blackhawk and DW!
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:04 pm
Happy belated b-day Blackhawk and DUKKHA!!!
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:45 pm
Happy Birthday BlackHawk and DW
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:37 pm
Happy birthday, rdhopeca!
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:29 am
Happy b-day, rdhopeca!
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:31 am
Aww thanks guys 
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:41 am
Happy birthday man.--A
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:59 am
Happy Belated Birthday Rob