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Diclotican

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6. slackmaster

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Tue Jan 1, 2013, 12:32 PM

Jan 2013

slackmaster

Most country do use the gregorian calendar - some doesn't do it in church dealing - but for all purposes, the gregorian calendar is the one been used by most of the world.. I bet Pope Gregory XIII would have been amused if he know that most of the world are using his invention so many years after...

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North Korea's Kim Jong-un makes rare new year speech [View all] Bosonic Jan 2013 OP

He looks so alone and lost up there...... secondwind Jan 2013 #1

secondwind Diclotican Jan 2013 #3

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Because the NK govt owns everything. Angleae Jan 2013 #10

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He's a sexy sexy dictator. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #11

I didn't know NK used the Gregorian calendar slackmaster Jan 2013 #5

slackmaster Diclotican Jan 2013 #6

They use that calendar but officially have a different zero point for the year Posteritatis Jan 2013 #7

Yeah, I had a dim recollection of some date related to the late Great Leader slackmaster Jan 2013 #9

"The message coincides with UN Security Council discussions on how to punish Pyongyang Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #8

And here I thought he was sincere. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #12

Given Park Geun-hye was elected as the next president davidpdx Jan 2013 #14