melbaboutown@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 3 days agoDaily Discussion Thread: 🌞🍹🪭Thursday, November 21, 2024message-squaremessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up114
arrow-up114message-squareDaily Discussion Thread: 🌞🍹🪭Thursday, November 21, 2024melbaboutown@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · 3 days agomessage-square195fedilink
minus-squareNath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYes. I didn’t realise the English persisted with Julian after 1582, though. I just looked it up: England skipped 11 days in September 1752.
minus-squareTheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt’s a major plot point in Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco. So it stuck in my little pink mind more than might otherwise have done. Stunning book that - self-delusion on steroids.
Yes. I didn’t realise the English persisted with Julian after 1582, though.
I just looked it up: England skipped 11 days in September 1752.
It’s a major plot point in Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco. So it stuck in my little pink mind more than might otherwise have done. Stunning book that - self-delusion on steroids.