[LMB] Author goofs that bug me - last night's TV

[Marilyn Traber]

PAT MATHEWS wrote:
> Yes, but Early 70s (i.e. 1972) is not Late 70's (i.e.1977) and unless they 
> were being very, very sloppy in their terminology, they kept meaning 1977. 
> Or rather, they kept saying 'thirty years ago...worked this case for thirty 
> years...'
>
> 2007-30 = 1977. Sorry. Still won't wash.
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> Pat
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well, I tend to call anything in the 70s '30 years ago' myself, as you 
basically count the whole decade ... this is 2000s, 90s, 80s, 70s.  I 
fully realize that this is the END of the 2000s, and they are probably 
thinking of the BEGINNING of the 70s, but most people are not @nally 
precise, and consider the differencee as 3 DECADES. 30 years.

Randomly polled roomie and senior hubby. They consider the whole decades 
the 70s 30 years ago.