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In article <33A54DC9...@domain.com>, philbert
<defau...@domain.com> writes

>Bullshit buddy .I can identify the week commencing the 20th of  June
>1997.

Well there's a clever boy!

> So why can`t i identify the millenium starting at the end of this
>century? 2000ad to 3000ad.

Because a span of time is NOT a 'Millenium' until it has reached 1000
years. 

> There i just did it 

No you didn't!
 
>and it is pretty clear to all what this means.

Really?

> You start at the start of the year 2000 and count
>all the years until you reach 1000 and there you have it 3000ad.

Defining 'start' and 'end' periods is a major part of the discussion
underway in this thread. Do you think perhaps you're over simplifying
the situation with your basic comment?

>> Just try to remember that when a Millenium is 'born' it HAS, by
>> definition,to be in the past!
>>
>
>If the word born was exclusively past tense then you would have had to
>swap your "is `born`" for "was `born`" 

Do you mean I should have stated:

(Just try to remember that when a Millenium was 'born' it HAS, by
definition,to be in the past!)

Nah, I dont think so. Do you?


>.The word born is what is known
>as a past particle and in no way  exclusively implies past tense.

Who said it did?

>Where the hell do you come up with stuff? 1000 years is 1000 years,past
>present or future. A millenium is a unit of time the same as a second a
>year or a week .It can be identified wherever and whenever the user
>wants.

Yep! Applying that approach logically means that following the passage
of the first 1000 years, new 'Milleniums' are being born every second,
or every nano second or whatever is the minutest time span you can think
of.

But really we're looking for something a bit more meaningful. Savvy?
                                        

>I don`t know about you but i can enter a new 1000 year period whenever i
>feel like it. Just like i can enter a new hour or whatever.

( Yawn) See above.
>
>Example.  It`s 11:56 PM where i am . Now, i will start a new thousand
>year period(or 20 minute period or whatever) at 11:58 PM. All i have to
>do is wait for my watch to start clocking the minute starting at 11:58
>and there you go. I will have just entered a new millenium.
>I can validly call it a millenium and i can validly call it new because
>it is not as old as the one i identified  earlier on in the day and it
>is a lot newer than the one someone identified way back in 992 (that one
>ended years ago, what a party that was hey!!)

( Bigger yawn) Talk about repetetive!
>
>If anyone wants to discuss a millenium that ends at the same time as the
>20th century. Then i guess it should really be reffered to as a calander
>millenium. Like a calander year as opposed to financial year or just a
>plain old year.

Now this is where we came in. Please read earlier postings from a
multiude of folk to get yourself up to speed.
>
>> Now concentrate hard and I'm sure you'll grasp it this time;-)
>> --
>> Bill Newton
>
>   No relation to Izaac Newton thats for sure.
                   ^^^^^
No, but I can spell his name correctly!
-- 
Bill Newton