Re: Merry Christmas

["Rod" <comtrain@mpx.com.au>]

John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au> wrote in message
3861B57B.C9B8D99B@melbpc.org.au">news:3861B57B.C9B8D99B@melbpc.org.au...
> Hello everyone.
> I would like to wish all readers of these newsgroups a very merry
> Christmas and a wonderful and happy New Year.
> I will not wish everyone a happy new millenium as, like our friend
> Dave McLoughlin in NZ, the millenium is not until next year.
> If anyone does not believe me, try counting from 1 and see what you
> get after counting 2000 consecutive numbers.
>
> John McCallum
but John, if the baby Jesus was born at the year 0 [zero] You know BC and AD
and all that guff
would you not start your count on his birthday [0000 AD]  not his first
birthday?? which was of course 0001 AD
;o)   Rod