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Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar,
and attempting in passing to create a more perfect Church calendar, I say the following: 1. That Christmas day should be fixed to a Sunday, and this should be the Sunday between Dec. 21 and 27, and that in all civilised countries the Monday should be considered a holiday, or the Saturday if not normally. 2. That similarly Easter day should be fixed to the Sunday which is 15 weeks following Christmas. 3. That the leap year rule be changed to have a leap year occur every fourth save that it be delayed when the leap year would start on a Thursday, and that this gives 7 leap years in every 29, which is near enough. 4. That the perpetual calendar can be made, by considering the first day of the year of weeks to occur on the Sunday after the Assumption, and if this is the first possible calendar day, it is called week 1, and otherwise week 2, and every year runs through week 53. And this calendar ensures that everything can be fixed to a day of a certain week, in particular the American Thanksgiving must be made 31 days before Christmas. 6. This is surely the best possible arrangement that can be made, without disturbing the cycle of weeks or that of calendar days inherited from the Romans. Andrew Usher |
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On 2/18/10 10:13 PM, Andrew Usher wrote:
Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar... Why not get rid of the calendar altogether... thru the majority of human existance none was used. |
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"Andrew Usher" wrote in message ... Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar, and attempting in passing to create a more perfect Church calendar, I say the following: 1. That Christmas day should be fixed to a Sunday, and this should be the Sunday between Dec. 21 and 27, and that in all civilised countries the Monday should be considered a holiday, or the Saturday if not normally. 2. That similarly Easter day should be fixed to the Sunday which is 15 weeks following Christmas. 3. That the leap year rule be changed to have a leap year occur every fourth save that it be delayed when the leap year would start on a Thursday, and that this gives 7 leap years in every 29, which is near enough. 4. That the perpetual calendar can be made, by considering the first day of the year of weeks to occur on the Sunday after the Assumption, and if this is the first possible calendar day, it is called week 1, and otherwise week 2, and every year runs through week 53. And this calendar ensures that everything can be fixed to a day of a certain week, in particular the American Thanksgiving must be made 31 days before Christmas. 6. This is surely the best possible arrangement that can be made, without disturbing the cycle of weeks or that of calendar days inherited from the Romans. Andrew Usher The calendar has several sources, not just the Rome and the onewe habe in fine as it is. |
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In sci.physics Sam Wormley wrote:
On 2/18/10 10:13 PM, Andrew Usher wrote: Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar... Why not get rid of the calendar altogether... thru the majority of human existance none was used. True enough, but... Prior to about 10,000 years ago, humans lived as hunter-gatherers and had little need for a calendar. During the Neolithic Revolution, humans "invented" agriculture, established permanent settlements, domesticated animals, and started using metal tools. At about this time, the calendar was invented. If you want to live as a hunter-gatherer wandering the wilderness, hunting for rabbits and grubbing for berries to stay alive, go ahead and throw away your calendar. If you like any of the advances humans have made in the last 10,000 years, like a permanent structure to shelter you from the elements and food on a regular basis, I guess you are stuck with calendars. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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On 19 Feb, 04:58, "Ray O'Hara" wrote:
"Andrew Usher" wrote in message ... Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar, and attempting in passing to create a more perfect Church calendar, I say the following: 1. That Christmas day should be fixed to a Sunday, and this should be the Sunday between Dec. 21 and 27, and that in all civilised countries the Monday should be considered a holiday, or the Saturday if not normally. 2. That similarly Easter day should be fixed to the Sunday which is 15 weeks following Christmas. 3. That the leap year rule be changed to have a leap year occur every fourth save that it be delayed when the leap year would start on a Thursday, and that this gives 7 leap years in every 29, which is near enough. 4. That the perpetual calendar can be made, by considering the first day of the year of weeks to occur on the Sunday after the Assumption, and if this is the first possible calendar day, it is called week 1, and otherwise week 2, and every year runs through week 53. And this calendar ensures that everything can be fixed to a day of a certain week, in particular the American Thanksgiving must be made 31 days before Christmas. 6. This is surely the best possible arrangement that can be made, without disturbing the cycle of weeks or that of calendar days inherited from the Romans. Andrew Usher The calendar has several sources, not just the Rome and the onewe habe in fine as it is I just wish they'd settle on a date for Easter and be done with it. -- Halmyre |
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Andrew Usher wrote:
Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar, and attempting in passing to create a more perfect Church calendar, I say the following: 1. That Christmas day should be fixed to a Sunday, and this should be the Sunday between Dec. 21 and 27, and that in all civilised countries the Monday should be considered a holiday, or the Saturday if not normally. 2. That similarly Easter day should be fixed to the Sunday which is 15 weeks following Christmas. 3. That the leap year rule be changed to have a leap year occur every fourth save that it be delayed when the leap year would start on a Thursday, and that this gives 7 leap years in every 29, which is near enough. 4. That the perpetual calendar can be made, by considering the first day of the year of weeks to occur on the Sunday after the Assumption, and if this is the first possible calendar day, it is called week 1, and otherwise week 2, and every year runs through week 53. And this calendar ensures that everything can be fixed to a day of a certain week, in particular the American Thanksgiving must be made 31 days before Christmas. 6. This is surely the best possible arrangement that can be made, without disturbing the cycle of weeks or that of calendar days inherited from the Romans. Andrew Usher Give the sound of your name, I suppose you would also renumber the years, with year 1 in what is now 4004 BC. -- James |
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James Hogg filted:
Andrew Usher wrote: Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar, and attempting in passing to create a more perfect Church calendar, I say the following: 1. That Christmas day should be fixed to a Sunday, and this should be the Sunday between Dec. 21 and 27, and that in all civilised countries the Monday should be considered a holiday, or the Saturday if not normally. et seq Give the sound of your name, I suppose you would also renumber the years, with year 1 in what is now 4004 BC. I'm taking a survey...how many were thinking something along the same lines?... (On a more serious note, I'd like to see an actual printed calendar for Andrew's proposed system...I have a gnawing unease that it may actually make Friday the 13th *more* common than it is already)....r -- A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. An optometrist asks whether you see the glass more full like this?...or like this? |
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Halmyre wrote:
On 19 Feb, 04:58, "Ray O'Hara" wrote: "Andrew Usher" wrote in message ... Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar, and attempting in passing to create a more perfect Church calendar, I say the following: 1. That Christmas day should be fixed to a Sunday, and this should be the Sunday between Dec. 21 and 27, and that in all civilised countries the Monday should be considered a holiday, or the Saturday if not normally. 2. That similarly Easter day should be fixed to the Sunday which is 15 weeks following Christmas. 3. That the leap year rule be changed to have a leap year occur every fourth save that it be delayed when the leap year would start on a Thursday, and that this gives 7 leap years in every 29, which is near enough. 4. That the perpetual calendar can be made, by considering the first day of the year of weeks to occur on the Sunday after the Assumption, and if this is the first possible calendar day, it is called week 1, and otherwise week 2, and every year runs through week 53. And this calendar ensures that everything can be fixed to a day of a certain week, in particular the American Thanksgiving must be made 31 days before Christmas. 6. This is surely the best possible arrangement that can be made, without disturbing the cycle of weeks or that of calendar days inherited from the Romans. Andrew Usher The calendar has several sources, not just the Rome and the onewe habe in fine as it is I just wish they'd settle on a date for Easter and be done with it. But, the whole point of Easter is that it has a full moon! You might as well scrap the whole thing otherwise. Or are you suggesting that we only take holidays at Easter every four years or so, when your “settled” date just happens to correspond with the right lunar phase? J. |
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John Atkinson wrote:
Halmyre wrote: On 19 Feb, 04:58, "Ray O'Hara" wrote: "Andrew Usher" wrote in message ... Owing to the inconveniences which attend the shifting of the calendar, and attempting in passing to create a more perfect Church calendar, I say the following: 1. That Christmas day should be fixed to a Sunday, and this should be the Sunday between Dec. 21 and 27, and that in all civilised countries the Monday should be considered a holiday, or the Saturday if not normally. 2. That similarly Easter day should be fixed to the Sunday which is 15 weeks following Christmas. 3. That the leap year rule be changed to have a leap year occur every fourth save that it be delayed when the leap year would start on a Thursday, and that this gives 7 leap years in every 29, which is near enough. 4. That the perpetual calendar can be made, by considering the first day of the year of weeks to occur on the Sunday after the Assumption, and if this is the first possible calendar day, it is called week 1, and otherwise week 2, and every year runs through week 53. And this calendar ensures that everything can be fixed to a day of a certain week, in particular the American Thanksgiving must be made 31 days before Christmas. 6. This is surely the best possible arrangement that can be made, without disturbing the cycle of weeks or that of calendar days inherited from the Romans. Andrew Usher The calendar has several sources, not just the Rome and the onewe habe in fine as it is I just wish they'd settle on a date for Easter and be done with it. But, the whole point of Easter is that it has a full moon! You might as well scrap the whole thing otherwise. Or are you suggesting that we only take holidays at Easter every four years or so, when your settled date just happens to correspond with the right lunar phase? My Book of Common Prayer makes things easy by pointing out that "the moon referred to in the definition of Easter Day is not the actual moon of the heavens, but the Calendar Moon, or Moon of the Lunar Cycle, which is counted as full on its fourteenth day, reckoned from the day of the Calendar New Moon inclusive." Also, in a Bissextile Year "the number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same, as if Easter Day had fallen one day later than it really does." What could be simpler? -- James |
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Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:34:10 +0100: James Hogg :
in sci.lang: What could be simpler? The Jewish calendar. -- Ruud Harmsen, http://rudhar.com |
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