Comments on: Leap This! http://www.deafdc.com/blog/vikki-washington/2008-02-29/leap-this/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Virginia L. Beach http://www.deafdc.com/blog/vikki-washington/2008-02-29/leap-this/#comment-95669 Virginia L. Beach Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:54:10 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/vikki-washington/2008-02-29/leap-this/#comment-95669 Sorry I am late with my response, as you can obviously tell, I'm behind with my blogging correspondence. Interestingly enough, I had a good friend years back (we have lost contact lately) who was born on February 29th... as was her older male cousin. I asked her this very question - how do they celebrate their birthdays during non leap years? My friend (whom we will call "Jane Doe") explained that in her family, they looked at the time of birth - Jane was born at 4:12 am in the morning on February 29th... just a little over four hours into the day, during the first half (first twelve hours) of February 29th. Thus, during common years, her birthday is celebrated on February 28th. On the other hand, her cousin (whom we will refer to as "John Doe") was born at 8:47 in the evening... just a little more than three hours before the next day - the latter half of the day (the last twelve hours). Thus, the family celebrates his birthday on March 1st during common years. According to Jane, who is/was an actual member of a national club for Leap Year Babies, this is common practice amongst many who were born on February 29th. Hope this helps... it does seem to make sense! Sorry I am late with my response, as you can obviously tell, I’m behind with my blogging correspondence.

Interestingly enough, I had a good friend years back (we have lost contact lately) who was born on February 29th… as was her older male cousin. I asked her this very question - how do they celebrate their birthdays during non leap years?

My friend (whom we will call “Jane Doe”) explained that in her family, they looked at the time of birth - Jane was born at 4:12 am in the morning on February 29th… just a little over four hours into the day, during the first half (first twelve hours) of February 29th. Thus, during common years, her birthday is celebrated on February 28th.

On the other hand, her cousin (whom we will refer to as “John Doe”) was born at 8:47 in the evening… just a little more than three hours before the next day - the latter half of the day (the last twelve hours). Thus, the family celebrates his birthday on March 1st during common years.

According to Jane, who is/was an actual member of a national club for Leap Year Babies, this is common practice amongst many who were born on February 29th.

Hope this helps… it does seem to make sense!

]]> By: CRW http://www.deafdc.com/blog/vikki-washington/2008-02-29/leap-this/#comment-95654 CRW Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:21:52 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/vikki-washington/2008-02-29/leap-this/#comment-95654 Okay I had to look up that word - that was a new one! For the rest of you out ther ewho are wondering also what the heck that means... I got this from Wikkipedia : A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, February would have 29 days in a leap year instead of the usual 28. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat at an exact number of full days, a calendar which had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year which is not a leap year is called a common year. Okay I had to look up that word - that was a new one! For the rest of you out ther ewho are wondering also what the heck that means… I got this from Wikkipedia : A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronised with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, February would have 29 days in a leap year instead of the usual 28. Because seasons and astronomical events do not repeat at an exact number of full days, a calendar which had the same number of days in each year would, over time, drift with respect to the event it was supposed to track. By occasionally inserting (or intercalating) an additional day or month into the year, the drift can be corrected. A year which is not a leap year is called a common year.

]]> By: anon http://www.deafdc.com/blog/vikki-washington/2008-02-29/leap-this/#comment-95523 anon Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:59:19 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/vikki-washington/2008-02-29/leap-this/#comment-95523 Was anyone bissextile last Friday? Was anyone bissextile last Friday?

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