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Offline Ralph Damren

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The new rule will........
« on: January 31, 2024, 06:24:49 AM »
.......BE HERE ANY DAY NOW  tiphat:. Remember, last year the released on Groundhog Day. Will history repeat itself  ??? :o ::) :!#. This Friday is Groundhog Day :bOW.
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« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2024, 06:31:15 AM »
Did you intentionally use the singular? :sTiR:
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Re: The new rule will........
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2024, 08:23:10 AM »
Usually it's around Valentines day.  But I'm ok with earlier!
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2024, 10:17:24 AM »
 pray:;
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Offline ted skoundrianos

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Re: The new rule will........
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2024, 02:11:01 PM »
Ralph, I think this friday which is groundhog day. The release of the new 2024 football rule. Just like last year.
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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2024, 08:05:37 AM »
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Re: The new rule will........
« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2024, 04:53:27 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Damren on January 31, 2024, 06:24:49 AM
.......BE HERE ANY DAY NOW  tiphat:. Remember, last year the released on Groundhog Day. Will history repeat itself  ??? :o ::) :!#. This Friday is Groundhog Day :bOW.

A cleanup of 10-4 and 10-5 ?
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Offline Ralph Damren

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Re: The new rule will........
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2024, 07:09:50 AM »
Sorry to say but Groundhog Day has come and gone  :-[.  I'll still stand by "any day, now"  tiphat: Other notable upcoming days in February :

  12 - Abe Lincoln's birthday
  14 - St. Valentine's Day (also Ash Wendesday)
  19 - Presidents' Day
  22 - George Washington's birthday
  24 - full moon
  29 - leap day

TODAY'S TRIVIA : How is leap year determined  ??? ??? ??? ???
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Re: The new rule will........
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2024, 09:16:53 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Damren on February 03, 2024, 07:09:50 AM
Sorry to say but Groundhog Day has come and gone  :-[.  I'll still stand by "any day, now"  tiphat: Other notable upcoming days in February :

  12 - Abe Lincoln's birthday
  14 - St. Valentine's Day (also Ash Wendesday)
  19 - Presidents' Day
  22 - George Washington's birthday
  24 - full moon
  29 - leap day

TODAY'S TRIVIA : How is leap year determined  ??? ??? ??? ???

..the atomic clock is off by fractions of a second everyday....every 4 years it catches up to 24 hours so an extra day is added to the year
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2024, 09:53:38 AM »
It has nothing to do with atomic clocks. Centuries ago, long before anybody knew about atoms or atomic characteristics, the smart people of the time figured out that the astronomical year ain’t exactly 365 days. By hours (somewhere around 1/4 day per year), it is slightly more. So, they decided to add an extra day, every four years, to get the ‘people’ calendar back on track with the actual universe. This causes traditional dates like Christmas, which normally advance by one day of the week each year, to advance an extra day of the week, e.g., Christmas was on a Sunday in 2022, then Monday in 2023; in leap year 2024, Christmas Day will ‘leap’ forward to Wednesday (instead of Tuesday).
Enjoy the extra day. It ought to be an international holiday, IMHO.
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Offline Ralph Damren

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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2024, 12:12:22 PM »
As I recall, a bunch of smart dudes approched Pope Gregory some 500 years ago with a calandar problem. The seasons were getting out of line and , unlike today with Trump or Biden around, he needed to fix it. Pope Gregory did, skipped over several days to fine-tune, and the Gregorian Calendar began with the following ground rules :
(1) Every year divisible by four will have an extra day'
(2) Except Century Years -1900, 1800,-etc.
(3) Except Century Years divisible by 400, which will also have an extra day. (2000 had a leap day, 2100 will not)

This may be useless knowledge excepting the fact that even a pope can have exceptions, or to win a drink on Leap Day tR:oLl.
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Re: The new rule will........
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2024, 01:12:58 PM »
Quote from: fudilligas on February 03, 2024, 09:16:53 AM
..the atomic clock is off by fractions of a second everyday....every 4 years it catches up to 24 hours so an extra day is added to the year

Just to finish the math on this... in 4 (normal) years, there are 365*4 = 1460 days. 1 day has 24*60*60 = 86400 seconds. In order for the clock to be off one full day after 4 years, that's 86400 seconds / 1460 days = 59.17 seconds.

That's not fractions of a second. That's a whole minute.

If my *atomic clock* was off by a minute a day, I'd be building a new clock.

Anyway, the correct answer is what Elvis said -- it takes the Earth slightly more than 365 days to make one complete circuit around the Sun.
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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2024, 01:13:19 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Damren on February 03, 2024, 12:12:22 PM
As I recall, …

What? Were you there?😳
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Offline Ralph Damren

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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2024, 02:33:42 PM »
Quote from: ElvisLives on February 03, 2024, 01:13:19 PM
What? Were you there?😳

I read and remember things that are totally useless. I also recall reading that there was a Square Damon that died at the Alamo. I don't believe he was a relative.
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2024, 04:24:47 PM »
Ralph, I think between 2/12/14-2/14/24. Between abe lincoln's birthday & st.valentine's day.
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« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2024, 11:43:32 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Damren on February 03, 2024, 12:12:22 PM
As I recall, a bunch of smart dudes approched Pope Gregory some 500 years ago with a calandar problem. The seasons were getting out of line and , unlike today with Trump or Biden around, he needed to fix it. Pope Gregory did, skipped over several days to fine-tune, and the Gregorian Calendar began with the following ground rules :
(1) Every year divisible by four will have an extra day'
(2) Except Century Years -1900, 1800,-etc.
(3) Except Century Years divisible by 400, which will also have an extra day. (2000 had a leap day, 2100 will not)

This may be useless knowledge excepting the fact that even a pope can have exceptions, or to win a drink on Leap Day tR:oLl.

Really interesting clip of Neil Degrasse Tyson explaining this when he was on Joe Rogan's show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sZQ7gTNBmQ
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Re: The new rule will........
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2024, 08:57:27 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Damren on February 03, 2024, 12:12:22 PM
As I recall, a bunch of smart dudes approched Pope Gregory some 500 years ago with a calandar problem. The seasons were getting out of line and , unlike today with Trump or Biden around, he needed to fix it. Pope Gregory did, skipped over several days to fine-tune, and the Gregorian Calendar began with the following ground rules :
(1) Every year divisible by four will have an extra day'
(2) Except Century Years -1900, 1800,-etc.
(3) Except Century Years divisible by 400, which will also have an extra day. (2000 had a leap day, 2100 will not)

This may be useless knowledge excepting the fact that even a pope can have exceptions, or to win a drink on Leap Day tR:oLl.

We are celebrating my daughter's 8th birthday this leap day.  We have already celebrated her daughter's 11th birthday.  ;D   I give crap to the people who tell her Happy Birthday on Feb 28th,  If It hadn't been a leap year, she would have been born on March 1st not February 28th.
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Re: The new rule will........
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2024, 10:37:33 AM »
Quote from: riffraft on February 05, 2024, 08:57:27 AM
We are celebrating my daughter's 8th birthday this leap day.  We have already celebrated her daughter's 11th birthday.  ;D   I give crap to the people who tell her Happy Birthday on Feb 28th,  If It hadn't been a leap year, she would have been born on March 1st not February 28th.

She may only be 8, but she's mature for her age.
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« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2024, 01:18:00 PM »
Interestingly enough, there are 3 "usual" leap years in every 400 years that are actually not leap years.

All years divisible by 100 and not by 400 are not leap years.  We wouldn't have noticed a difference, cause 2000 was divisible by 400 and, therefore, a leap year.  1900 wasn't, 2100 wasn't, etc.  I guess it'll never affect me, since I won't be alive for the next exception.
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« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2024, 02:40:01 PM »


A visual representation of this thread...COMPLETELY OFF THE RAILS!!!
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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2024, 03:02:50 PM »
That’s what people do while they wait. Mindless chit-chat. Guilty. And I an’t even a NFHS guy!
It’s rather like being beamed up by an alien.  aBdUcT

Oh, would that we actually had that technology, maybe in ball-point pen form. Coach gets on the field uninvited - click, beam him at least 6’ off the field!
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« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2024, 08:50:07 AM »
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« Reply #22 on: February 08, 2024, 08:52:56 AM »
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« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2024, 08:54:42 AM »
After thinking more, I guess "editorial changes" don't count a "rule changes" ... so a complete revamp of the wording in Rule 10 doesn't have to be voted as a "new rule"?

And, as per usual, nobody gets to see the editorial changes until the rule books are released halfway through the summer.
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« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2024, 08:56:56 AM »
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