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Re: A.D. vs B.C. or is it 2000+-1

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From: bri... Brian Gordon
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1989 17:48
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In article <RODNEY.89D...@picasso.ipl.rpi.edu> rod...@picasso.ipl.rpi.edu (Rodney Peck II) writes:
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>hey..
>They just talked about this end of the decade thing on Letterman.
>They say that the decade doesn't end until the end of 1990.  So there.
>Finally an authoratative answer.  (too bad he's wrong)

I don't get it -- how does giving the correct answer (the decade doesn't end
until the end of 1990) make him wrong?

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From: bri...@bari.Sun.COM (Brian Gordon)
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Subject: Re: A.D. vs B.C. or is it 2000+-1
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Date: 28 Dec 89 17:48:01 GMT
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