Wmcmanus Posted February 16, 2013 Report Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) Too many words for this thread/forum, but interesting nonetheless:Thanksgiving is inexorably set as the fourth Thursday in November. That means the latest any Thanksgiving can happen is on November 28th. As for Chanukah, the earliest it can occur is November 28th. The Jewish calendar repeats on a 19 year cycle. Thanksgiving repeats on a 7 year cycle. You would therefore expect them to coincide roughly every 133 years (19x7). Looking back, this is approximately correct.Once in an eternity will Chanukah and Thanksgiving overlap. They will this year on November 28, 2013.That’s never happened before... and it will never happen again. Here comes more than you wanted to know! – the last time it could have happened was in 1861. But Thanksgiving was not established until 1893. So that’s never happened before and won’t happen again. Why? Because the Jewish calendar is very slowly getting out of sync with the solar calendar, at a rate of 4 days per 1000 years (not bad for a many centuries old calendar!) This means that while Chanukah can be as early as November 28th, over the years the calendar will drift forward, so that the earliest Chanukah can be is November 29th.The next time Chanukah will fall on November 28th is in the year 2146 (which is a Monday). Therefore, 2013 is the only time Chanukah will ever be the same day as Thanksgiving. Of course, if the Jewish calendar is never modified in any way, it will slowly move forward through the Gregorian calendar, until it loops all the way back to where it is now. So, Chanukah will again fall on Thursday, November 28th in the year 79,811. Consider that as "never again". Edited February 16, 2013 by Wmcmanus 1
Knuckledragger Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Posted February 17, 2013 lolski. The club I'm working in tonight has WiFi. Shitty WiFi.
Dusty Chalk Posted February 17, 2013 Report Posted February 17, 2013 ZOMG, this cat just discovered where French Fries come from: I think we all know this feeling:
Augsburger Posted February 17, 2013 Report Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) Walter Cronkite predicts the future- http://youtu.be/V6DSu3IfRlo Who knew? Edited February 17, 2013 by Augsburger
Knuckledragger Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Posted February 17, 2013 Brian Eno's Amazing DX7 Hardware Programmer
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Hopstretch Posted February 18, 2013 Report Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) . Edited February 18, 2013 by Hopstretch 1
Dusty Chalk Posted February 19, 2013 Report Posted February 19, 2013 'Millwad' would make a great porn name.
archosman Posted February 20, 2013 Report Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Guy Fieri forgot to buy the domain name of his restaurant... but someone else did! http://guysamericankitchenandbar.com/ Edited February 20, 2013 by archosman
Dusty Chalk Posted February 20, 2013 Report Posted February 20, 2013 On an unrelated note, I got a spam from a fake FBI agent -- don't they realize that impersonating an FBI agent is crossing a line?
Tyll Hertsens Posted February 20, 2013 Report Posted February 20, 2013 Ha! http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=276_1361307771 1
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