OT: new year (was: OT: Norwegian Christmas-food)

[Simon Biber]

No: HPFGUIDX 7054

> New-years eve is another big one.  Turkey in American fashion has
> become more and more the tradition in recent years.  At 8pm there is
> the King's speech.  The eve is finished with fireworks (and many people
> getting maimed, and a number of houses burning down, and with pets
> being in desperate need of Prozac or equivalents) at midnight.

This new year's eve is the end of the 2000th year, the 200th decade, the
20th century and the 2nd millennium. This new year is the start of the
2001st year, the 201st decade, the 21st century and the 3rd millennium.

This year was the last, not the first in the millennium. Please celebrate
the new millennium this time. (Only if you hold AD/CE to be important. I
don't mean to intrude on those who don't use the western calendar)

Simon.