Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!think!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!tut!ra!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi LASK) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: Happy New Decade! Message-ID: <1990Jan2.234814.25242@uwasa.fi> Date: 2 Jan 90 23:48:14 GMT References: <9001010220.AA17906@world.std.com> <10410001@hpuamsa.UUCP> Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 16 In article <10410001@hpuamsa.UUCP> jaap@hpuamsa.UUCP (Jaap Vegter AEO) writes: >re: happy new year and happy new decade.... > >Well, stating that a new decade started on Jan.1 this year (1990) is incorrect >I think. The first decade ran from year 1 through year 10 and the second Please, please, and no offense meant, but is there any way of avoiding this subject and the finicking. This has been discussed ad nauseum at the beginning of each new decade (whenever it may be :-) in all conceivable media. It has ceased to be fun or clever a long time ago. ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi (Site 128.214.12.3) School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: vakk::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun