Farm chatter

[ackie]

your trick with the calculator works if they've already had their birthday this year. if they havent, then you have to subtract one. but it's a good estimate regardless.

 

[CHlCKEN]

I want Emusssss

 

[ackie]

I want Emusssss

okay let's get emuuuuussss

 

[MysteryChicken]

No. If a child is 5 and a half years old, that’s 5 years and 6 months. However, we round that down to 5 years, and so your bird would be considered 2 years until her 3rd birthday

Okay, weird.

I'm still sticking with it's been 3 years. It takes a whole year for the earth to circle the sun, so this system with months thing is just adding on confusion.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Okay, weird.

I'm still sticking with it's been 3 years. It takes a whole year for the earth to circle the sun, so this system with months thing is just adding on confusion.

The earth had not circled the sun 3 times. Only two and a half.

 

[CHlCKEN]

okay let's get emuuuuussss

We can get them together lol

 

[MysteryChicken]

she is 2.5 years old
she was born in July 2018, turned 1 on july 2019, 2 on july 2020 and this year on july 2021 she will turn 3. so she 2. or more specifically, 2.5

Okay, that makes more sense to me.

 

[ackie]

Okay, weird.

I'm still sticking with it's been 3 years. It takes a whole year for the earth to circle the sun, so this system with months thing is just adding on confusion.

in that case, she is 2 complete rotations and is half way through the 3rd one.

in july, she'll have completed her third one.

 

[MysteryChicken]

The earth had not circled the sun 3 times. Only two and a half.

What's the point of New Years then?

 

[ackie]

I am going to sell 4 of my young peacocks

but I have to catch them and keep them penned up which they dont enjoy

What's the point of New Years then?

ah, yes so you are thinking of years starting from new years

but she was born in july so she missed out on 7 months of that year, so she'll have to go 7 months past new years to get to her birthday and gain a year into her age.

if someone was born on new years day, you'd be right, though.