I AM CONFUSED. I MEAN REALLY, REALLY CONFUSED
GREGORIAN CALENDAR:
According to Wikipedia (which all high school students know is the ultimate 'one stop shopping' source of ALL knowledge) ....... "The Gregorian calendar, also known as the Western calendar or the Christian calendar, is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, by a decree signed on 24 February 1582 ......."
OK, FINE. I GET THAT AND THE FOLLOWING:
Wikipedia goes on to explain that most of us (whoever that might be) use this Gregorian calendar. Well, the fact is that we all know that other calendars exist. For instance, the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian calendar. We have all heard of the Mayan calendar (FYI, the lunatic fringe thinks the earth comes to an end next year). There are other calendars with that year of the rat or chicken or goat thing going on. I even suspect that there have been lots of other calendars of which I am unaware.
WHAT I DON'T GET:
What calendar is used here?
From what I can tell by having work done on the apartment (this is the third time).
A WEEK: consists usually of 11 - 13 days. I don't know what the exact names of the days are. I know for instance that Monday = lunes, Tuesday = martes, etc. What the extra 4 - 6 days are named, I am ...... clueless. In fact, I am not even sure that Saturday (as I know it) actually ='s sabado as my handy dandy Franklin Travel Ace Pocket Translator tells me. For instance last week (or was it this week on the magic calendar) I stupidly thought that when the workers would be back at 8:00 AM Saturday ........ Well apparently that meant 10:30 AM on what I think of as Monday. Maybe there was a manana thrown in there that I stupidly thought of as the next day (Saturday).
NOW I AM CONFUSING EVEN MYSLEF ...... SO BACK ON POINT HERE:
The names of the extra 4 to 6 days a week simply have to be "manana". All of them. Where they actually appear in a week is still a mystery to me. What work will actually be done on them ...... yet another mystery. In fact, I am not even sure that Tuesday actually follows Monday, and if so, how many mananas are slipped in there. It is even possible, just possible that Tuesday precedes Monday. Possible. I am beginning to feel kind of anal retentive here.
If I ever get it all figured out, I will let you know.
RE CLOCKS AND THE TIME OF DAY:
Well the answer to that is simple. "TIME ZONE DIFFERENTIAL". When you look at a time zone map, you would think that we are in the same time zone as New York (Eastern Time) ...... US daylight savings makes it a little more complicated. But just a very little.
BACK TO UNRAVELING THE "TIME ZONE DIFFERENTIAL":
- 8:00 AM could mean 8:00 AM Rocky Mountain time (10:00 AM Eastern).
- However if you are having Direct TV installed ..... 8:00 AM apparently does mean 8:00 AM somewhere in Asia ....... or about 6:00 PM Eastern.
- Maybe.
THE TRICK IS:
Learn to always ask what time zone. (A que hora la zona?)
FINAL NOTE:
So far nothing has actually happened on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
SO:
My new bathroom may actually be done this Friday ......... as I understand Friday to be. Which would make 2 weeks = 23 days. Which side of the international dateline ...... not sure.
WARNING:
Beware of "manana in la manana". Should translate as 'tomorrow in the morning'. Yeah, right! It would take a wizard to divine what that actually means. There is absolutely no spot on your Gregorian calendar where you can accurately pencil this in.
I am NOT complaining. Simply making observations. My life is all I ever hoped it would be and more than I ever expected.
Life is Sweet,
Clarke
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