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2015-01-05 Thread Thaddeus Weakley via sundial
--- Begin Message --- Hi John and All! Happy 2015! As March and November always start on the same day of the week, each year this back-to-back Friday the 13th happens, also happens in November. So years like 2015 should be trice as lucky or unlucky - with three Friday the 13ths, depending on

Re: Friday 13 and Friday 13

2015-01-05 Thread David Patte ₯
Two sequential Friday 13ths can only happen on Feb & March, and only in non-leap years. So, i would guess it happens 3/28 years, or about 11% of the time. On 2015-01-05 16:35, John Pickard wrote: Good morning all, and a happy 2015 to everyone. Looking at my diary this morning, I noticed that

Friday 13 and Friday 13

2015-01-05 Thread John Pickard
Good morning all, and a happy 2015 to everyone. Looking at my diary this morning, I noticed that 2015 is a bit unusual in having Friday 13 in consecutive months: February and March. Does anyone know how often this occurs, when was the last time, and when is the next time it will happen? (An

Rome Pantheon Sundial?

2015-01-05 Thread Claude Hartman
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall reading about this on this list before. An article from 2011, titled "Is Rome’s Pantheon a Giant Sundial?" is shown at http://www.history.com/news/is-romes-pantheon-a-giant-sundial It quotes a book “Time in Antiquity,” by Hannahas saying “In design te