The Latest Facebook Chain Letter Meme

[tomd1969]

Recently, two friends posted this to their Facebook status updates:I was just told and I'm not superstitious, but this year July has 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays. This happens once every 823 years. This is called money bags. So, copy this to your status and money will arrive within 4 days. Based on Chinese Feng Shui. The one who does not

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A clarification

[tomd1969]

While the calendar does repeat every 28 years, too (1986 has the same exact calendar as 2011), that is only true "locally." For example, 1872 was *not* the same as 1900; while they both started on Monday, 1872 was a leap year and 1900 was not. It is more correct to say that the Gregorian calendar recycles every 400 years (for example, 1611 started on a Saturday, as did 2011).

Re: A clarification

[tomd1969]

Of course, I made an error here. Darn it all to heck. *1983* has the same exact calendar as 2011. I'm still getting the hang of all this new-fangled maff.