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sl8

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1. About time you showed up! :)

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Dec 31, 2016, 12:41 AM

Dec 2016

I admit, I don't quite get the year 2016 animus - aren't the Gregorian years (or any other years, for that matter) just an artificial construct?

How does it matter if somone dies on December 31, 2016 or January 1, 2017?

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Friday Night Wine-Buzz. The sooner this year is over, the better... [View all] Aristus Dec 2016 OP

About time you showed up! :) sl8 Dec 2016 #1

Hi! Aristus Dec 2016 #2

Nah, you just showed up at the wrong place & wrong time, pardner. sl8 Dec 2016 #5

Already have... Aristus Dec 2016 #6

Sure it's a construct BlueSpot Dec 2016 #4

No, I grant that years are a useful construct, and they serve certain purposes very well indeed, sl8 Dec 2016 #8

Did you run out of vodka? TexasTowelie Dec 2016 #3

No, still got some. Aristus Dec 2016 #7

Sigh. Just woke up. Too late for a wine buzz tonight. Tomorrow is another story. In_The_Wind Dec 2016 #9

Good morning! Aristus Dec 2016 #10

Yes, indeed! In_The_Wind Dec 2016 #11

Shoulda gone straight to the wine pinboy3niner Dec 2016 #12

It's chillin' In_The_Wind Dec 2016 #13