Urgent: This just in, Oct 26, 2012 has been canceled due to shift in Earth's orbit being too close to the Sun in July causing a fluctuation in our calendar. Oct 26th will be skipped and instead the day after the 25th will be the 27th.
Astronomers believe this was caused by the unusual passing by of a large asteroid field which won't appear again until the year 3128.
Oh no! At my age I can't afford to lose anymore days.
Urgent: This just in, Oct 26, 2012 has been canceled due to shift in Earth's orbit being too close to the Sun in July causing a fluctuation in our calendar. Oct 26th will be skipped and instead the day after the 25th will be the 27th.
Astronomers believe this was caused by the unusual passing by of a large asteroid field which won't appear again until the year 3128.
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Urgent: This just in, Oct 26, 2012 has been canceled due to shift in Earth's orbit being too close to the Sun in July causing a fluctuation in our calendar. Oct 26th will be skipped and instead the day after the 25th will be the 27th.
Astronomers believe this was caused by the unusual passing by of a large asteroid field which won't appear again until the year 3128.
Alert Starfleet.
Interestingly. I have seen the claim that the Gregorian calendar could be off by 3-5 years and maybe as much as 10 years. Info came out just before the start of 2001, the 21st century we are in.
Last edited by JimJoe; 19 Oct 2012 at 14:34.
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