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Letter: Letter

Published 6 July 2002

From John Postlethwaite

Why not go one stage further and add a 13th month? With 13 months each of 28 days, a Sunday could always be the 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd of every month, with the other days of the week following suit. New Year’s Eve would then be either monthless or the 29th day of the 13th month.

Of course, this calendar would consign birthdays to always being on, say, a Wednesday. Some people might object.

Ramsgate, Kent

Issue no. 2350 published 6 July 2002

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