Comments on: USPS Calendar Fail http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 16:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1583081 Rob Beschizza Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1583081 How did I forget to use that rubric in this post? Gah How did I forget to use that rubric in this post? Gah

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582945 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582945 This is Old Style; they changed the calendar in the 19A0s. This is Old Style; they changed the calendar in the 19A0s.

]]> By: Justin Forposting http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582936 Justin Forposting Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582936 This is not new.  USPS, UPS, FedEx... all of them regularly invent days: Nov. 31, Oftember 18, Fringday.  This helps them get the packages delivered on time and is considered to be one of the most important innovations in the parcel delivery service since the invention of the electronic signature pad that documents the delivery in no verifiable way. This is not new.  USPS, UPS, FedEx… all of them regularly invent days: Nov. 31, Oftember 18, Fringday.  This helps them get the packages delivered on time and is considered to be one of the most important innovations in the parcel delivery service since the invention of the electronic signature pad that documents the delivery in no verifiable way.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582816 Boundegar Thu, 15 Nov 2012 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582816 No.  Go back to Zeta Reticuli. No.  Go back to Zeta Reticuli.

]]> By: redesigned http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582787 redesigned Thu, 15 Nov 2012 01:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582787 This makes me wonder why we have months at all...wouldn't it be simpler to be born on the 273rd of 19XX? This makes me wonder why we have months at all…wouldn’t it be simpler to be born on the 273rd of 19XX?

]]> By: Jens Alfke http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582749 Jens Alfke Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582749 Even worse, there was a whole generation of people born in post-Revolutionary France whose *entire birth months* disappeared, so they never got to celebrate more than 12 birthdays in their lives! [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar] Even worse, there was a whole generation of people born in post-Revolutionary France whose *entire birth months* disappeared, so they never got to celebrate more than 12 birthdays in their lives!

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar]

]]> By: redesigned http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582742 redesigned Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582742 Lucky...I was born on Feb. 31st. Lucky…I was born on Feb. 31st.

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582712 awjt Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582712 Perfectly fine, mine arsh.  This is the most thoroughly busy, confusing, factually inaccurate crap calendar I've ever seen. Perfectly fine, mine arsh.  This is the most thoroughly busy, confusing, factually inaccurate crap calendar I’ve ever seen.

]]> By: bumblebeeeeeee http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582677 bumblebeeeeeee Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582677 hardily a calendar fail as headline suggests, december, which is the page this is for, is perfectly fine. hardily a calendar fail as headline suggests, december, which is the page this is for, is perfectly fine.

]]> By: Randal L. Schwartz http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582654 Randal L. Schwartz Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582654 But we'd have 13 months, and that'd be all kinds of crazy for most people. But we’d have 13 months, and that’d be all kinds of crazy for most people.

]]> By: Joshua Ochs http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582617 Joshua Ochs Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582617 And the small November inset calendar is correct as well. It's just the large trailing numbers leading into December that are off. And the small November inset calendar is correct as well. It’s just the large trailing numbers leading into December that are off.

]]> By: Jens Alfke http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582605 Jens Alfke Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582605 Hey, my birthday is November 31st. Do you know how rarely I get to celebrate it? So stop complaining about this. Hey, my birthday is November 31st. Do you know how rarely I get to celebrate it? So stop complaining about this.

]]> By: Jonathan Badger http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582580 Jonathan Badger Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582580 As mentioned, that's the French Republican Calendar, but an even better suggestion is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positivist_calendar" rel="nofollow">Positivist calendar</a>, with months of 28 days. Yes, 28 doesn't sound like a nice round number, but it means that only one day a year (or two in leap years) are outside the month structure. As mentioned, that’s the French Republican Calendar, but an even better suggestion is the Positivist calendar, with months of 28 days. Yes, 28 doesn’t sound like a nice round number, but it means that only one day a year (or two in leap years) are outside the month structure.

]]> By: Eric Riley http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582570 Eric Riley Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582570 The thing I find the most surprising is that the calendar for December is actually accurate to the day. Just the November one which is not. The thing I find the most surprising is that the calendar for December is actually accurate to the day. Just the November one which is not.

]]> By: Ashley Yakeley http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582532 Ashley Yakeley Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582532 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_Calendar

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582524 theophrastvs Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582524 were i potentate <i>every</i> month would have 30 days; then there would be a 5 or 6 days of airing of grievances, feats of strength, and dance'n. were i potentate every month would have 30 days; then there would be a 5 or 6 days of airing of grievances, feats of strength, and dance’n.

]]> By: BillGlover http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582516 BillGlover Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582516 I just don't understand all of this superstition about Friday the 31st... ;) I just don’t understand all of this superstition about Friday the 31st… ;)

]]> By: Paul Coleman http://boingboing.net/2012/11/14/usps-calendar-fail.html#comment-1582494 Paul Coleman Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=194147#comment-1582494 <strike>I know what I'll be doing on November 31st.</strike> Spoiler Alert. I know what I’ll be doing on November 31st. Spoiler Alert.

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