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Posted Sep 17, 2004 by Vestboy
Did people celebrate special days within their own lives? How did birthdays work out? It msut have abeen a nightmare for accounting purposes when trading abroad!
Great entry, by the way.
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Posted Sep 17, 2004 by Orcus
France was at war with nearly every country in Europe at this point in time so I doubt that the accountants were needed much 
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Posted Sep 17, 2004 by Vestboy
Selling stuff generally goes on during war time in the wierdest of ways. Some people always profit!
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Posted Sep 17, 2004 by Daddy Doodles - Now married with 2.4 Doodlets
Hi there, 
hmm, interesting point, I don't know to what extent they imposed the new calendar on newly invaded regions/states...
as for birthdays! I hadn't thought of that at all,  Although, as I think about it now, I suspect most people probably didn't celebrate birthdays in the way we think of as 'universal' today.
The whole thing must've confused the hell out of 90% of the population, anyhoo
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Posted Sep 17, 2004 by Orcus
Aye, selling stuff still goes on but little things like keeping records and paying taxes become lower priorities
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Posted Sep 18, 2004 by Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary]
Dealing with double calendars is not a problem - Israel has been doing this for ages.
Officialy, we use the Jewish calendar as well as the Gregorian, and all formal documents (like government papers and such) must carry the Jewish date; and of course, the Jewish holidays are also by the Jewish calendar. In reality, most people that aren't religious use only the Gregorian calendar and wouldn't have any idea what Jewish month it is unless they'd check their diaries.
But still, the two calendars exist, side by side. So I actually have two birthdays each year .
Happy new year 5765 everybody!
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Posted Sep 19, 2004 by Vestboy
So if you have 2 birthdays each year Lady P you must be twice as old as you look!
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Posted Sep 20, 2004 by Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary]
 No, not really... the two calendars exist side by side. So this year, for instance, I'll be 22, and then three days later I'll be 22 again.
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Posted Jun 22, 2005 by Cardi
I don't understand how your birthday is 3 days later...It's still the same day every year in the solar calender...25th august 1977 (my gregorian birthday) is 11 / Elul / 5737 AM in the Jewish calender. The year may be different so the following year it will not fall on the 11 Elul. You have to set one calender as your birthday then date will change in the others but it'll always be the same actual solar day...I think...I'm totally confused! 
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Posted Jun 23, 2005 by Vestboy
Why would you want to get rid of a day to have a party on? And presents... and cake! 
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Posted Jun 24, 2005 by Lady Pennywhistle - Back with a vengeance! [for a certain, limited value of Vengeance; actual amounts of Vengeance may vary]
What's the problem? You have the Gregorian birthday, and the Hebrew birthday. They hardly ever fall on the same day - about once every 19 years, and even then not always.
If you don't think about it too much, it works out.
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