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Old November 14th 04, 01:23 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default The October 1987 Hurricane
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16 Oct 87 was definitely a Friday. Here's how to prove it. The day of
the week advances one day from one year to the next and two days if there's a
Leap Year day. 16 Oct 2004 was a Saturday. We have to go back 17 years, with
5 leap years, so the day of the week regresses 22 days, which is 3 weeks plus 1
day. So 16/10/87 is one day-of-the-week back from 16/10/2004, a Saturday. So
it was a Friday. Anyway, I'd been down the pub the previous evening, and
remember chatting outside in the warm rain briefly, and I never went to that
pub on a Wednesday, and still don't. (The Greyhound, Carshalton).


I found it easier to click on the clock, set the year to 1987, month to
October check what day 16th was (a Friday) and click cancel. Quicker to
type too.

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