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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (104)	12/30/1999 11:26:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 286

Not a good time for this. Hope it gets resolved. Sprint Workers Set Strike Deadline RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A midnight Thursday strike deadline loomed for thousands of Sprint employees in six states as contract talks remained stalled between the workers' union and the telecommunications company. Communications Workers of America negotiators have in talks with Sprint Corp. representatives for months in North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, Oregon and Indiana ... About 3,500 workers, or 14 percent of Sprint's work force are affected, Matthews said. They are currently working without a contract. CWA employees who are threatening to strike all work in local phone operations and are mainly installers, repairmen and technicians, with a few operators, he said ... CWA representatives said a strike would slow repairs, but otherwise not affect phone service ... biz.yahoo.com

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (104)	12/30/1999 11:41:00 AM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 286

Hi Gersh, Just Checked....Our 500 bills are back in the fold.in our billfolds ready, not quite, as standby, to be put to good use. You and all others out there in our cyber universe have a safe and sane celebration as we try to bring this one to a close and start a new one.. the coug. P.S., Decided to leave the thermo on low..55 or so..

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (104)	12/30/1999 11:51:00 AM
From: RogerWillco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 286

I can never remember the rules for determining when a year that's divisible by 100 is a leap year, so I had to look it up for myself. From wiskit.com (a perpetual calendar), "Prior to 1582, every year divisible by 4 was a leap year. Since a year contains only 365.242199 days (slightly less than 365.25 days), an error of ten days accumulated over the centuries. To compensate for this error, Pope Gregory XIII (after whom the Gregorian Calendar is named) decreed that the ten days between October 5, 1582 and October 14, 1582 would be eliminated from the calendar. This made October 1582 the shortest month, with only 21 days. After 1582, years divisible by 100 are not leap years unless they are also divisible by 400. Thus, 1900 is not a leap year, but 2000 is." rw

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (104)	12/30/1999 11:56:00 AM
From: Mighty_Mezz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 286

2000 is a leap year. In general terms the algorithm for calculating a leap year is as follows... A year will be a leap year if it is divisible by 4 but not by 100. If a year is divisible by 4 and by 100, it is not a leap year unless it is also divisible by 400. Thus years such as 1996, 1992, 1988 and so on are leap years because they are divisible by 4 but not by 100. For century years, the 400 rule is important. Thus, century years 1900, 1800 and 1700 while all still divisible by 4 are also exactly divisible by 100. As they are not further divisible by 400, they are not leap years. ...Mezz - a 111 grub! :)