i agree, but some people will not let fact  interfere with commerce and
celebrating.

oh speaking of commerce, i just picked up some of the new dollar coins. the
first thing i did was try them in a machine to buy a soda. not one
recognized the coin.

i will say this, it is a pretty coin, unline the last dollar coin minted.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bobby Greer [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 9:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: February - How the Months Got their names


The Romans also did not have a numeral designating zero, Therefore, this
year is not real the Millenium, 2001 is the actual Millenium.

Bobby


>NOTE: The earliest Latin calendar was a 10-month one, beginning with March;
>thus, September was the seventh month, October, the eighth, etc. July was
>originally called Quintilis, meaning fifth; August was originally called
>Sextilis, meaning sixth