tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post6389866520993803285..comments2024-03-18T15:40:53.900-04:00Comments on Sean's Ramblings: 2010Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08811858639259602946noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-22095507272521946662009-08-20T12:34:57.832-04:002009-08-20T12:34:57.832-04:00I like "two ten", short and sweet.I like "two ten", short and sweet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-63318607642494492882009-08-20T10:10:26.603-04:002009-08-20T10:10:26.603-04:00congrats on the express blurb... oh, and the decad...congrats on the express blurb... oh, and the decade currently ending is regularly known as the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=aughts" rel="nofollow">aughts</a>... at least here in the US...Captain Easychordhttp://corsairsaffairs.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-70570445296313921862009-08-20T08:38:15.393-04:002009-08-20T08:38:15.393-04:00This was in the Washington Post express!This was in the Washington Post express!Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277874670876674498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-25702923044386177742009-08-20T08:28:20.772-04:002009-08-20T08:28:20.772-04:00Gilahi - Can we go with the zeros?
Neena - Twenty...Gilahi - Can we go with the zeros?<br /><br />Neena - Twenty-ten works, but that may be too many syllables. Two-ten doesn't work.<br /><br />Tiny - 20-oh-ten doesn't make any sense. Thanks for the head's up about today's Blog Log too. I'm famous! Plus, this has to be the first time that the word abacus appeared in the Express.<br /><br />lacochran - You've really heard people say 20-0-10?<br /><br />Captain - We'll just say twelve during that year (if we're still here) anyway.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811858639259602946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-51020154355749842872009-08-20T06:21:10.414-04:002009-08-20T06:21:10.414-04:00Congrats Sean for being quoted this morning in the...Congrats Sean for being quoted this morning in the express' Blog Log!tiny350Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371179952472759967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-17712025802234647812009-08-19T17:24:27.425-04:002009-08-19T17:24:27.425-04:00According to my abacus, the year 2010 is less than...<i>According to my abacus, the year 2010 is less than five months away. Therefore, I think it’s time for us to have a serious discussion to decide the fate of the world.</i><br /><br />oh, come now... everybody knows we don't have to worry about the fate of the world until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_millenarianism" rel="nofollow">2012</a>...Captain Easychordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-32706222028035932222009-08-19T12:47:49.310-04:002009-08-19T12:47:49.310-04:00I'm with tiny350Z, twenty-oh-ten is wrong. An...I'm with tiny350Z, twenty-oh-ten is wrong. And I've heard it. A lot.lacochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12122022168616822147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-64107722164753936032009-08-19T12:30:33.509-04:002009-08-19T12:30:33.509-04:00I am also okay w/ twenty-ten. I can also handle oh...I am also okay w/ twenty-ten. I can also handle oh-ten.<br /><br />What is horribly, awfully, wrong tho, is twenty-oh-ten. That would be 20010. And that is not next year.tiny350Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04371179952472759967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-5079795388101170272009-08-19T10:53:15.083-04:002009-08-19T10:53:15.083-04:00I'm a fan of Twenty-ten, although I suspect th...I'm a fan of Twenty-ten, although I suspect that we'll all search for an even shorter version. What we CANNOT say is Two-Ten (my old boss used to say it and it drove me mad!)neenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05670762923779558829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10023572.post-36751307295976873832009-08-19T10:20:23.440-04:002009-08-19T10:20:23.440-04:00I'm not even sure we've ever arrived at a ...I'm not even sure we've ever arrived at a consensus about what to call this decade. We had the seventies, the eighties and the nineties, but what about now? I read someone refer to this decade as the oughties or the noughties. I like that one.<br /><br />Wv - wicun - A witch who can't spell.Gilahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05331323175802868796noreply@blogger.com