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   >> Seeing it on my desktop in a whole other year!   
   >> Jan'02 here today. . .   
   >It's really the same old same old.. one continuous timeline.  There's a lot of   
   > tradition behind "ringing in the new year" only because of a date.  Maybe it   
   >was a conspiracy of a variety of industries [hotelier, booze, etc..] to improv   
   > or maintain sales.  ;)   
      
   That would make sense, & the date of the new year changes occasionally to    
   accommodate another corporate leader's desire to cash in on it & try to outdo    
   the competition from another angle, as they've sewn up the original?   
      
   I skip the hoopla, go to bed early on 31/12, & if I wake up the next day &   
   all  is gone, I'll just go back to bed. (I started that bit for Y2K & kept it   
   as I  like it)   
      
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