Anonymous American Machinist 05-01-2000 Letter Byline: Anonymous Volume: 144 Number: 5 ISSN: 10417958 Publication Date: 05-01-2000 Page: 14 Type: Periodical Language: English FUDGING ITS AGE? Regarding the literal sense in the March issue ("Millennium madness.
Regarding the literal sense in the March issue ("Millennium madness," p 14) upon when the new millennium actually starts: If a living body lived 1,000 years, would he begin his life forward the date of his birth or forward his first birthday?
Birthdays are celebrated concerning the completion of a year, thus someone is not really, say, 20 years old-fashioned until he has actually complet a filled 20 years of life.
