Re: A Happy Leap Year Day to everyone

Thank you Frank! What a fun thing to know! -Bill On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Frank King wrote: > Dear All, > > As is my four-yearly custom, I wish readers of > this list a Happy Leap Year Day. > > I was delighted, in 2012, when I sent out a > similar greeting, that not

Re: A Happy Leap Year Day to everyone

On Wednesday, 24 February 2016, Fred Sawyer wrote: > Frank, > > Happy Leap Day. I have shared your Power poibt file on this with ny > daughter so she dan use it in the Latin classes she teaches. She is having > parties in each of the classes today. > > Best wishes, > > Fred

Re: A Happy Leap Year Day to everyone

Frank, Happy Leap Day. I have shared your Power poibt file on this with ny daughter so she dan use it in the Latin classes she teaches. She is having parties in each of the classes today. Best wishes, Fred On Wednesday, February 24, 2016, Frank King wrote: > Dear All, >

Re: A Happy Leap Year Day to everyone

There's a Wikipedia article about leap years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_year > > Frank, > > Why have you sent your wishes for a Happy Leap Year Day on February 24 ? > > Willy Leenders > Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) ---

Re: A Happy Leap Year Day to everyone

Frank, Why have you sent your wishes for a Happy Leap Year Day on February 24 ? Willy Leenders Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): http://www.wijzerweb.be

Re: A Happy Leap Year Day to everyone

dear Frank I report you also the term 'sextile' from the Republican Calendar, similar but with a different meaning. Last year I enjoyed myself publishing the Republican Calendar of the year 224: from september 2015 (fall equinox) to september 2016. The months of this calendar have 30 days,

RE: A Happy Leap Year Day to everyone

Thank you for that reminder, Frank! I will be the first to say that it made me learn something. I live in France, but I can tell you that no one, in a quick survey of a half dozen people, could explain what, literally, "bissextile" actually refers to in the calendar, except that it is the

A Happy Leap Year Day to everyone

Dear All, As is my four-yearly custom, I wish readers of this list a Happy Leap Year Day. I was delighted, in 2012, when I sent out a similar greeting, that not a single reader queried why I had sent out the message on 24 February. I will add my four-yearly lament that the perfectly good