Friday, February 29, 2008

HOW DO YOU COUNT IT ?

Self-help guru Tony Robbins was only 6 years old when he published his first book, "Unlimited Power", or was he 26 years old?

Rapper Ja Rule was only 5 years old when his debut album, "Venni Vetti Vecci" went platinum, or was he 23 years old?

Actor Alex Rocco is best known for playing Vegas mob boss Moe Green in "The Godfather", is 18 years old, or is he 22 years old?

It all depends on how you count it. I suppose they could be either or?

No I'm not senile -- yet. So tell me how do you count your age? Are you a year older on the anniversary of your birth?
Or do you just pick a day each year and say I'm a year older this year and every year thereafter no matter what day you were born on.

How do you count your birthday?

If a birthday should be counted on the day of our birth like most of us do, then these people are out of luck, or maybe they are the lucky ones, because three years out of four they get to pick a day.
They are the 'leap year ' babies of the world, all born on February 29th regardless of the year.
Oh what a dilemma, If I had been born in February of 1944 instead of August of 1944 I could claim to be 18 years old instead of well --- none of your business.

Leap years, leap days and leaplings owe their existence to the peculiar way we keep time and lay out our calendars.
While we conventionally count a year as lasting 365 days, it actually takes our planet 365 days, six hours, nine minutes and 9.7 seconds to complete a single revolution in its orbit around the sun. Astronomers call that a sidereal year, and it's close enough to count as 365 and one quarter days.

So in order to get rid of that pesky quarter-day (and make the scientific facts reconcile with our regular calendar), we add a single day back onto the calendar every four years. So 2008 will last 366 days, not 365--and anyone born Feb. 29, 2008, will have to wait until 2012 for their next birthday --- Or will they?

15 Comments:

Blogger The T-Dude said...

I was listening to a sports radio show today and they were talking about how you should do something special on leap day, a special thing you only do once every 4 years. The problem is, I'm not sure what it would be for me. What would it be for you?

9:18 PM  
Blogger EXSENO said...

Hi T-Dude,
That is an awesome question, worthy of using as a post. You should blog it.

I can think of so many things, it would take too long to list them.

Anonymously help someone that really needed help.

Travel. Every fourth year I would pick a new far away place to travel to.
First year Italy, rent a place over looking the beautiful countryside.
Ah, what a fantasy.

Now your turn, think about it, what would you do??

6:45 AM  
Blogger anonymous gal(retired blogger) said...

this are some depp a$$ questions o. wats on ur mind u sound kinda...wqats the word im lookin 4?

12:34 AM  
Blogger The T-Dude said...

If the weather were better, I'd disappear into the woods for a week to just take stock. Reassess and recharge.

4:34 AM  
Blogger AVIANA said...

i've always said that if i ever get pregnant and i'm about to go in labor on February 29...i will hold out as much as a i can until March 1 or try to push the hardest i can on February 28...

well....it's a nice a thought that i have control when my baby comes out...

5:33 AM  
Blogger Jinta said...

ha. i just got an education. well done.

i wonder, if there is some way we can avoid this leap year anomaly, such like having a day make 24hrs and 1.25 mins, instead of just 24hrs. Watches could simply be recalibrated which will not be a big deal anyway as most of them are quartz.

3:10 AM  
Blogger EXSENO said...

anonymous gal,
I don't know what word you're looking for when you find it, let me know.



The T-Dude,
Reassess and recharge. That's not a bad idea. Everyone should do that every once in a while.




AVIANA,

haha, Can't be done girlfriend, when that baby is ready it coming out.




Jinta,
Then what would we end up with at the end of the year?

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