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Lifespan 1000 years to 80?
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RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80?
A year in the OT is likely somewhere between 320 and 365 days in length.  Why?  Because an agrarian culture whose survival was based on when to grow crops and when to let what livestock graze where would be intimately familiar with actual yearly cycles that don't require knowing what an orbit actually is to figure it out.  Indeed, seasons are evidence of both our tilt and orbit.  Same with observing the stars.  The moon is slightly different, but also on a regular cycle that can be used with confidence in conjunction with seasons.

Drich going "Well, a year could be anything to them!  We simply don't know!" is utterly ridiculous.  The notion of a year didn't just get pulled out of one's ass.  It was based on regular and predictable observations of heavenly bodies in conjunction with the change of seasons.
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Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 3, 2016 at 12:17 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by LastPoet - May 3, 2016 at 12:46 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 3, 2016 at 1:09 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Minimalist - May 3, 2016 at 1:42 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 3, 2016 at 1:54 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Minimalist - May 3, 2016 at 2:07 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Edwardo Piet - May 5, 2016 at 1:30 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Aoi Magi - May 3, 2016 at 1:57 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 3, 2016 at 2:14 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 5, 2016 at 8:25 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 5, 2016 at 8:39 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 5, 2016 at 1:08 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Cyberman - May 5, 2016 at 2:03 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 10:34 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 5, 2016 at 3:01 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by brewer - May 5, 2016 at 1:50 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 10:29 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 5, 2016 at 8:38 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 5, 2016 at 9:29 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 5, 2016 at 1:22 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 5, 2016 at 10:23 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 5, 2016 at 1:28 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by KevinM1 - May 5, 2016 at 10:30 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 5, 2016 at 11:27 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Cyberman - May 5, 2016 at 10:35 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Minimalist - May 5, 2016 at 1:13 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by KevinM1 - May 5, 2016 at 1:31 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 5, 2016 at 1:32 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by KevinM1 - May 5, 2016 at 1:35 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 10:12 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 5, 2016 at 1:43 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 10:18 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 7, 2016 at 5:53 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 5, 2016 at 1:45 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 10:23 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Pat Mustard - May 6, 2016 at 3:11 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Pat Mustard - May 6, 2016 at 10:52 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 10:38 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Pat Mustard - May 7, 2016 at 1:50 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 2:10 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 7, 2016 at 12:06 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 12:58 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 7, 2016 at 12:40 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 1:15 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 7, 2016 at 12:45 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 1:52 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Edwardo Piet - May 7, 2016 at 1:02 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 7, 2016 at 1:16 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 7, 2016 at 2:01 pm
Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 7, 2016 at 2:20 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 9, 2016 at 9:03 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TheRocketSurgeon - May 9, 2016 at 11:21 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 9, 2016 at 1:27 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TheRocketSurgeon - May 9, 2016 at 4:44 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 10, 2016 at 8:19 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TheRocketSurgeon - May 10, 2016 at 10:37 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by KevinM1 - May 7, 2016 at 2:44 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by IATIA - May 7, 2016 at 6:08 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by KevinM1 - May 7, 2016 at 6:46 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by IATIA - May 7, 2016 at 8:07 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 8, 2016 at 12:51 am
Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 8, 2016 at 12:56 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by IATIA - May 8, 2016 at 10:17 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Minimalist - May 8, 2016 at 1:14 am
Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by LadyForCamus - May 8, 2016 at 7:41 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 8, 2016 at 10:59 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by KevinM1 - May 8, 2016 at 11:11 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by IATIA - May 8, 2016 at 12:44 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by KevinM1 - May 8, 2016 at 1:00 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 8, 2016 at 1:26 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 8, 2016 at 11:29 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - May 8, 2016 at 11:41 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 8, 2016 at 2:19 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 9, 2016 at 11:40 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by IATIA - May 8, 2016 at 2:53 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 8, 2016 at 3:12 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Gawdzilla - May 9, 2016 at 11:42 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by TubbyTubby - May 9, 2016 at 2:25 pm
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Drich - May 10, 2016 at 8:13 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by SofaKingHigh - May 10, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Pat Mustard - May 10, 2016 at 10:47 am
RE: Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by Cyberman - May 10, 2016 at 10:57 am
Lifespan 1000 years to 80? - by LadyForCamus - May 10, 2016 at 11:38 am

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