JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days agoThe final year of the 20th century was 2000 (not 1999) but a person in their 20th year is 19 (not 20)message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1message-squareThe final year of the 20th century was 2000 (not 1999) but a person in their 20th year is 19 (not 20)JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 8 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·8 days agomy granfather was born in 1899 and wanted to make it to 2000 to be alive in three centuries. No one wanted to correct him. He did not make it though but he got close.
my granfather was born in 1899 and wanted to make it to 2000 to be alive in three centuries. No one wanted to correct him. He did not make it though but he got close.