M&D Spoiler - Chapter 64 (& others)

Rybread Celsius rybread at anok4u2.org
Tue Jun 3 13:49:41 CDT 1997


>Interestingly enough, there are _still_ lots of people on this planet who
>refuse to accept the loss of those 11 days (which, I believe, have increased
>to 13--the Gregorian counter omits leap days on century years [1800, 1900],
>while the Julian does not).  My fiance met one of them just the other week.
>He was an Old Calendar Russian Orthodox priest, eating in a local cafe.
>There are a few Russian and Greek Orthodox groups who have still never
>recognized Pope Gregory's calendar (like the English Protestants were,
>they are loathe to recognize any Popish innovations).

When they tried to skip those days many in the lower class wore worried that
the church was taking those days from their lifes and a few low level riots
occurred. Time is an odd stuff.

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