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2008 February 29

Happy Leap Year, St. David’s Day and Mothers Day!

By Nicola

Hi all,

I just wanted to wish you all a “Happy Leap Year!”

Yup 2008 has a grand total of 366 days. The extra day being today, February 29th, is to compensate for the 365 days and 6 hours that the Earth takes to revolve around the sun. So every 4 years we get to have an extra day of work - booooo!

On a more quirky note February 29th is also the day that women are entitled to propose to men. Nothing as exciting as that has happened here in the office today though :-(

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