[Ipg-smz] Our decade is coming to a close -- what will it be called?

Christine Hall christine at fossforce.com
Sat Feb 23 15:43:38 UTC 2019


Charles Osgood always called it the aughts when he was doing CBS Sunday 
Morning.

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
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On 2/22/19 10:45 PM, Dana Blankenhorn wrote:
> I remember complaining all through the last decade that they should call 
> it the "aughts," as they called the first decade of the 1900s the 
> aughts, and no one did.
> 
> A few weeks ago, I hear someone talking about the last decade and guess 
> what they called it? The aughts.
> 
> Which means these will be the teens to our children and grandchildren.
> 
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 6:59 PM Brian Santo 
> <thedukeofdefinition at gmail.com <mailto:thedukeofdefinition at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     The meh decade.
> 
>     On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 3:51 PM Tom Henderson
>     <thenderson at extremelabs.com <mailto:thenderson at extremelabs.com>> wrote:
> 
>         The Decade Of Our Discontent.
> 
>         Tom
> 
> 
>         On 2/22/19 5:03 PM, Phil Shapiro wrote:
>>
>>         To my mind, a pithy summary --
>>
>>         "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time."
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>         "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates
>>         "Learning happens thru gentleness."
>>         "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can
>>         choose from real options."  David Suzuki
>>
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