2020 in China is the year of the rat - so anyone born from 27th January this year (to 11th Feb 2021) will be a rat, as is anyone a multiple of 12 years old. For those unaware, the Chinese year is based on the lunar calendar, hence the variable start date, and their horoscopes are based on the year of birth.
As a generalisation the Chinese are deeply superstitious people, so those born in the year of the rat may feel they have to follow the prediction* : You may be filled with a vague feeling of dissatisfaction even though things will go quite well. Clearly they are destined to be hifi fanatics!
Yep, as interesting some of these OT posts may be …
My original reason for posting is that 2020 just sounds so futuristic, well to me anyway. Probably because I like old stuff - I don’t have any cars made in this century, have valve radios and an 18th century clock.
I wonder if the first year of King Richard ll’s reign (crowned July 1377) coincided with Betelgeuse exploding?
There is some speculation that it did, based on recently observed abnormal dimming of the red giant… Of course it is just speculation as not enough is known to be able to predict, so no-one knows whether it was about to happen 642.5 years ago, or might not yet have happened. But if it was in that first year of Richard ll’s reign we will see it in 2020!
Back burning would have helped but what they did need is to update some of the 30 year old trucks and gear the volunteers are meant to use. They could also got the military involved much early. They’re not trained to fight fires but they could have helped with logistics and food/medical assistance.
It doesn’t look like 2020 is going to be the springboard for flying scooters…, at least looking at World Bank economic estimates, as global growth will have a modest pickup to 2.5% in 2020 amid mounting debt and slowing productivity growth…
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