tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post1286869076280036295..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Calendar Daze - Part 2Ally Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-2681275891329799182011-09-20T18:49:14.371+10:002011-09-20T18:49:14.371+10:00Argh, Rachel! You are wicked! LOL
... though I ...Argh, Rachel! You are wicked! LOL<br /><br />... though I do know what you mean about spring... there's that *renewal* that makes is such an excellent time for a beginning. But oh, the confusion it would cause!<br /><br />:)<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-44657357879264723032011-09-20T18:46:59.634+10:002011-09-20T18:46:59.634+10:00Kaelee, you're so right about the people livin...Kaelee, you're so right about the people living in remote places! How unnerving to go to town and find the whole world had changed while you were busy!<br />:)<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-79420724166453600572011-09-20T18:45:48.940+10:002011-09-20T18:45:48.940+10:00Anna, Bright Young-thing Time works for me - any *...Anna, Bright Young-thing Time works for me - any *Old* Father Time stuff and you'd definitely be at risk of retribution - so good call! LOL<br /><br />Yes, indeed, Lady Day *is* exactly nine months before Xmas - it's when the Angel Gabriel came to announce to Mary she was going to be pregnant - I Googled!<br />:)<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-64760898299249427932011-09-20T08:46:31.138+10:002011-09-20T08:46:31.138+10:00I bet they thought there was something bigger goin...I bet they thought there was something bigger going on back then since people were even more superstitious than they are now. <br /><br />You know, I'd like the year to start at the start of spring. Feels like new year to me then. It gets so messy with Christmas and New Year together. Do you think we could take up a petition...?Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-71085818168158348132011-09-20T07:08:31.892+10:002011-09-20T07:08:31.892+10:00Another bunch of really interesting facts. I too ...Another bunch of really interesting facts. I too am glad that all these changes took place before my time. <br /><br />Can you just imagine the logistics of putting some of these changes into effect back in the days when the only form of communicating them was by letter? I can just imagine some people in remote places coming to town to find out all manners of change. How confusing it must have been.Kaeleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897964695988614355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-73238756454447193292011-09-19T22:40:58.409+10:002011-09-19T22:40:58.409+10:00Sharon, this stuff is fascinating, isn't it? A...Sharon, this stuff is fascinating, isn't it? And have you noticed Lady Day is exactly nine months before Christmas? Do you have more calendar treasures awaiting us? I'm going to call you Bright Young Thing Time (as compared to Old Father Time! If I call you that, you might hit me!).Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-82594246791028834522011-09-19T21:56:28.183+10:002011-09-19T21:56:28.183+10:00LOL, Vanessa! What have you done with your two we...LOL, Vanessa! What have you done with your two weeks? <br /><br />Or is it that you've been so efficient that you've done two weeks worth of work ahead of schedule - now that would be pretty good!<br /><br />:)<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-61395395605706011412011-09-19T21:54:22.696+10:002011-09-19T21:54:22.696+10:00Emily, I surely would have been wondering and prob...Emily, I surely would have been wondering and probably been as suspicious as anything that there was some sort of conspiracy going on! <br /><br />Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory were obviously very smart - firstly to come up with the way of measuring passing time and then later to understand what was going wrong and to devise a solution!Sharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-9151089266639937782011-09-19T20:24:17.377+10:002011-09-19T20:24:17.377+10:00Hi, Sharon! I am soooo glad we weren't around ...Hi, Sharon! I am soooo glad we weren't around when these changes to the calendar came to be. I'd definitely be among the confused folk. Especially as I seem to be two weeks ahead of myself right now.Vanessa Barneveldhttp://www.vanessabarneveld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-45813173820263643602011-09-19T19:48:10.739+10:002011-09-19T19:48:10.739+10:00I sure as heck would have wondered what they were ...I sure as heck would have wondered what they were up to, Sharon!!! It's funny, I knew about the Julian calendar having studied Latin and Classics, but had no idea about all the Georgian kerfuffle. Very complicated stuff! Must have been hard to figure out without the calculators and computers that we take for granted these days.Emily Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16958085922194448672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-7421022050660603352011-09-19T19:18:39.724+10:002011-09-19T19:18:39.724+10:00LOL, Marybelle! I'm very glad it was all sort...LOL, Marybelle! I'm very glad it was all sorted so long ago too!<br />:-D<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-66799373413681803522011-09-19T19:17:30.069+10:002011-09-19T19:17:30.069+10:00Michelle, they had such good reason to be confused...Michelle, they had such good reason to be confused, didn't they? It seems so logical now to have the New Year start on Jan 1st --- but then to the people back then the 25 March seemed perfectly logical... I'm trying to imagine how I'd feel if someone came along and said we're going to start the year on November 10th, for instance...<br />:-o<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-66618348595318660792011-09-19T19:13:54.001+10:002011-09-19T19:13:54.001+10:00Zana, YES! makes you glad we only have daylight s...Zana, YES! makes you glad we only have daylight saving to grapple with, doesn't it!<br /><br />Hey, you're in cognito - trouble signing in?<br />:)<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-37126044690008446242011-09-19T19:12:42.832+10:002011-09-19T19:12:42.832+10:00Hey, Helen, I agree with you about it being very u...Hey, Helen, I agree with you about it being very unsettling! And I imagine the people back then were terribly disturbed by it all!<br />:)<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-45408408034838911152011-09-19T18:21:11.290+10:002011-09-19T18:21:11.290+10:00I'd think that someone was taking the Mickey!!...I'd think that someone was taking the Mickey!! I'm glad it was sorted WAY before I turned up.Mary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-48219632924080082632011-09-19T15:33:27.165+10:002011-09-19T15:33:27.165+10:00That's 3 years that were all different lengths...That's 3 years that were all different lengths? Wow, Sharon, that's amazing! Gives a whole new meaning to the expression, "I don't know what day it is," huh?Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-7409188026383699452011-09-19T10:29:03.109+10:002011-09-19T10:29:03.109+10:00Fascinating information, Sharon and as Helen says,...Fascinating information, Sharon and as Helen says, we can't really gripe about having to adjust to daylight saving. <br /><br />And to think I find it hard enough these days to know what date it is!<br />ZanaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-76359668334933304102011-09-19T06:40:55.785+10:002011-09-19T06:40:55.785+10:00Sharon
This is so interesting and boy would it hav...Sharon<br />This is so interesting and boy would it have been unsettling for a while it is the same with me when day light savings starts and finishes takes me a few weeks to get used to the changes I should imagine it would have taken a little bit longer than that to get used to this big change.<br /><br />Have Fun<br />HelenHelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03984438742736003285noreply@blogger.com