New Posts For Thread: Why aren't there 28 days in a month ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month....and 13 months of the year .would make a lot more sense surely ?Don't worry GVL the Leopard is working on onehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187666#419187666Don't worry GVL the Leopard is working on oneSun, 07 Feb 2010 10:44:54 -0600amazed no wur wikipedia cut and paste yet :0 slippinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187658#419187658amazed no wur wikipedia cut and paste yet :0 slippingSun, 07 Feb 2010 10:39:54 -0600What did the Romans ever do for us - well they messed up our calender for one!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187586#419187586What did the Romans ever do for us - well they messed up our calender for one!Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:05:56 -0600The Romans had a 10 month year, hence sept, oct, nov and dec prefixes for the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months.Got a bit mucked up when a couple of the caesar geezers decided that they were as important as Janus, Mars and co. So they stuck July (Julius)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187582#419187582The Romans had a 10 month year, hence sept, oct, nov and dec prefixes for the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months.Got a bit mucked up when a couple of the caesar geezers decided that they were as important as Janus, Mars and co. So they stuck July (Julius)Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:04:06 -0600Move to Mars imo.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187578#419187578Move to Mars imo.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:02:01 -0600why dont we make every year 24 months long then we would all live twice as longhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187570#419187570why dont we make every year 24 months long then we would all live twice as longSun, 07 Feb 2010 10:01:25 -0600I don't see how that's wacky as everything else is in the decimal system.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187558#419187558I don't see how that's wacky as everything else is in the decimal system.Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:58:38 -0600For sheer wackiness, you can't beat the French Revolutionary efforts to change the calendar.There were twelve months, each divided into three ten-day weeks called décades. The tenth day, décadi, replaced Sunday as the day of rest and festivity. Thehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187526#419187526For sheer wackiness, you can't beat the French Revolutionary efforts to change the calendar.There were twelve months, each divided into three ten-day weeks called décades. The tenth day, décadi, replaced Sunday as the day of rest and festivity. TheSun, 07 Feb 2010 09:51:48 -0600One of the 13 months would have to have 29 dayshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187514#419187514One of the 13 months would have to have 29 daysSun, 07 Feb 2010 09:50:29 -0600cunnybobbler 07 Feb 16:30 why even bother having months at all. ____________________You'd have to have a January or a month of sorts lol so Christmas day would be the 359th of January :)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23470598/why-arent-there-28-days-in-a-month?post_id=419187510#419187510cunnybobbler 07 Feb 16:30 why even bother having months at all. ____________________You'd have to have a January or a month of sorts lol so Christmas day would be the 359th of January :)Sun, 07 Feb 2010 09:44:23 -0600