lilchief 1 #1 March 30, 2008 This has bothered me since I got into skydiving, and got my first US calendar. Why is it that US calendars have Sunday as the first day and not Monday? "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." - Da Vinci www.lilchief.no Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #2 March 30, 2008 To be awkward...... The ISO 8601 standard defines monday as the 1st day of the week. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #3 March 30, 2008 Quote This has bothered me since I got into skydiving, and got my first US calendar. Why is it that US calendars have Sunday as the first day and not Monday? the same reason that they do everything else different, national retardationYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dannydan 5 #4 March 30, 2008 Quote Quote This has bothered me since I got into skydiving, and got my first US calendar. Why is it that US calendars have Sunday as the first day and not Monday? the same reason that they do everything else different, national retardation you can say that again! But just dont paint us with a broad brush!!Hell I dont know why our calenders are like this.... What seriously pisses me off about our yearly/daily guides is that they are being filled in with all of these foreign holidays.... I mean who the heck is Martin Luther King? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #5 March 30, 2008 Quote Quote This has bothered me since I got into skydiving, and got my first US calendar. Why is it that US calendars have Sunday as the first day and not Monday? the same reason that they do everything else different, national retardation Dat true dat ... any country that puts the month before the day is just plain dumb.... day = small month= bigger, year = biggest - How difficult is that? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #6 March 30, 2008 You can say what you want about the US but there are those places that you have a hard time finding ice cubes and air conditioning. They just don't have their shit together. Oh and then there is that whole driving on the wrong(left) side of the road. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 March 30, 2008 Chris, you're such a wag... or something (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #8 March 30, 2008 Quote You can say what you want about the US but there are those places that you have a hard time finding ice cubes and air conditioning. They just don't have their shit together. Oh and then there is that whole driving on the wrong(left) side of the road. And you forgot their English!! Keep throwing all these unnecessary "u"s in (like colour) and mispronouncing words (It's A-LUM-A-NUM!!) Back to the Calendar thing... I tried to look up an answer and mainly find reference to Jewish and Christian tradition, which doesn't make sense - cuz God rested on the SEVENTH DAY... which is currently viewed as Sunday. (But then there's the whole Seventh Day Adventist thing where the sabbath is Saturday) I'm also finding that it's an Arabic tradition to have Sunday as the first day (Youmul Ahad, meaning first day.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #9 March 30, 2008 Quote Quote I'm also finding that it's an Arabic tradition to have Sunday as the first day (Youmul Ahad, meaning first day.) So, what you are saying is that United States of Americans are nothing more than bastardised Arabs...Wow that might create a few issues in IraqYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #10 March 30, 2008 The Whole God rested on the Seventh day thing is the old testament. That is a book for the Jews. The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday. Ergo the seventh day is Saturday. What's so hard about that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #11 March 30, 2008 QuoteThe Whole God rested on the Seventh day thing is the old testament. That is a book for the Jews. The Jewish Sabbath is Saturday. Ergo the seventh day is Saturday. What's so hard about that? If it's a book for the jews, then it would revolve around the Jewish calendar, not the Greco-Roman calendar, that's what's so hard about thatYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #12 March 30, 2008 There you go again, trying to apply logic to how things are done in the United States. You should know better by now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #13 March 30, 2008 Simple answer: It's called the weekend. People got confused when they invented the book ends so they had to change the calendar to make people understand. Oh, and they had to medicate them heavily so they would stop questioning it. Just wait til they realize that DST(daylight savings time) has nothing to do with anything. (No, I didn't say it made sense I said it was a simple answer)My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lilchief 1 #14 March 30, 2008 ops sorry, my bad! I'll remember that next time "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." - Da Vinci www.lilchief.no Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jtval 0 #15 March 30, 2008 Quote ops sorry, my bad! I'll remember that next time Careful, You're gonna get on the radar. They'll come to your house and medicate you.My photos My Videos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #16 March 30, 2008 Simple answer is because we wanted it that way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kschilk 0 #17 March 30, 2008 It was a simple process......that's where the dart hit."T'was ever thus." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #18 March 30, 2008 Quote Quote I'm also finding that it's an Arabic tradition to have Sunday as the first day (Youmul Ahad, meaning first day.) So, what you are saying is that United States of Americans are nothing more than bastardised Arabs...Wow that might create a few issues in Iraq You should publish this in a Dutch newspaper while you're at it...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #19 March 30, 2008 their English!! >> Sheeeeezz Doc... "They Are" English....They're (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #20 March 30, 2008 Quote If it's a book for the jews, then it would revolve around the Jewish calendar, not the Greco-Roman calendar, that's what's so hard about that It's actually the Gregorian calendar in use today, with the leap year every fourth year and such. Much more accurate than the old Julian calendar. As for your other statements, remember that America is the melting pot of many cultural influences. Never mind that our calendar is a melange of Arabic, Jewish, and European influences. We also gave the world Jazz and Rock and Roll. The last good thing to come from Down Under was Vegemite, so hush up, Squeaktoy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #21 March 30, 2008 Quote their English!! >> Sheeeeezz Doc... "They Are" English....They're I actually hadn't thought of that, but ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #22 March 30, 2008 Quote Quote The last good thing to come from Down Under was Vegemite, so hush up, Squeaktoy. Umm.. WE THAVE TIM TAMS ergo WE WIN ...so fuck you YankieYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hausse 0 #23 March 30, 2008 Quote The last good thing to come from Down Under was Vegemite, so hush up, Squeaktoy. Lol god bless you for the invention of Vegemite. If we didn't have it there wouldn't be anything to standardize our worst to best scores for food. Just imagine if we would have to take american cheese in case of Vegemite... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #24 March 31, 2008 [reply}WE THAVE TIM TAMS ergo WE WIN ...so fuck you YankieI bought a package of Tim Tams the other day in Thailand. A British girl said they were good. Yep, they were. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
