Happy New Year!

[Huguenot]

It's just gone 2013 in Singapore! Best wishes, health and happiness! We ALL have a wonderful year ahead :)

[Isla]

Happy New Year :)

[Gingerbeer]

Happy New Year! Here's to the new year being filled with joy, forgiveness and love. Best wishes everyone!

[uncleglen]

Back at Ya! (forget the forgiveness though)

[Huguenot]

Never forgive, never forget ;)

Isn't that a line from somewhere?

India is coming up soon, any India correspondents?

[Alan Medic]

You all know that none of this HNY stuff means a jot unless some of it happens, and usually it doesn't. So, whatever your battle is in 2013, as long as it's just, fight a good fight. You can't do any more.

Good luck too. We all need a bit of that on occasions.

[StraferJack]

Main thing about 2013 is the fact that it brings the first teenagers born in 21st century

[Gingerbeer]

Bah! Lack of forgiveness creates emotional baggage. My personal preference is one small carry-on per person.

['bout now]

Strafer

don't I know it!

HNY all.

[DulwichFox]

My New Years Resolution is one I always keep.

That is to never make any resolutions.

Fox.

[Huguenot]

Okay, whatever the fight you have to fight, I wish you all the strength you need!

I have every conviction the forum will be here to fight it with you :)

[maxxi]

Gingerbeer Wrote:

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> Bah! Lack of forgiveness creates emotional

> baggage. My personal preference is one small

> carry-on per person.

My forgiveness is precariously stored in the overhead locker which means it could fall on anyone - Good Luck to all for the New Year!

[Otta]

Merry New Tear!!! Aha ha ha ha ha

 

[Otta]

or year even.

[Alan Medic]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Main thing about 2013 is the fact that it brings

> the first teenagers born in 21st century

You sure about that? If the century began on January 1st 2001 wouldn't someone born that year be 12 this year?

[Salsaboy]

What everyone else said.

[Annette Curtain]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Main thing about 2013 is the fact that it brings

> the first teenagers born in 21st century

Oh lord

A cold dark reality has JUST dawned on me

My son is 13 this year

Heeeeeelp !

[Jah Lush]

2012 seems just like yesterday.

[KidKruger]

AM, the century began on 01/01/2000.

Hence all the end-of-millenium parties the night before.

[????]

What Salsaboy said

[Marmora Man]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> AM, the century began on 01/01/2000.

> Hence all the end-of-millenium parties the night

> before.

AM and I seldom agree - but he is right, despite the many millions of people transfixed by a change of number on 31 Dece 1999. There wasn't a "Year Zero" so the end of AD 1 was 31 December 0001 and the second millenium came to an end at the end of the 2,000th year - ie 31 December 2000.

Therefore the 3rd millenium and new century began on 1 January 2001.

[Huguenot]

Hmmm, strictly speaking there weren't any years between 1AD and 525AD, and only a few doughty enthusiasts experienced 526AD to around 800AD.

[Marmora Man]

Huguenot Wrote:

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> Hmmm, strictly speaking there weren't any years

> between 1AD and 525AD, and only a few doughty

> enthusiasts experienced 526AD to around 800AD.

Yeah but - in terms of calendar and number logic ...........

[Huguenot]

Indeed! I've been reading that the actual AD 1 year was chosen because it meant that there would be a gloriously convenient conjunction of the planets in exactly AD 2000 - neatly facilitating the end of the world.

However, the fact that the Bible was clear that Jesus was 30 during some Roman Emporer's notable moment meant that Jesus could only have been born around 4 or 5 BC.

But then I also understand that none of the Churches seem to give much of a fig about that, so we probably shouldn't either.