Today is NOT the End of the Decade

Here we go again. Television sportscasters and news readers are saying that today is the end of the decade. They were wrong at the end of 1999 proclaiming 2000 to be the start of the 21th century and they’re wrong again.

Let’s think about a child born on 12/31/2000. So, on 12/31/2001, the child would be one. And, going along that same line of reasoning, the child would be ten on 12/31/2010. His second decade would begin on 1/1/2011. The end of his first decade would be at the end of 2010. Get it?

Aw, phooey. I know I’m knocking my noggin against a brick outdoor lavatory.