yes let us pretend that it is February 29th, and not the 28th!!
BISSEXTILE YEAR
noun, a leap year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar
According to folklore tradition, some are allowed to propose marriage to a man on February 29 of a bissextile year!
When Julius Caesar reformed the calendar in 45 b.c., he stipulated that an extra day be added to February every four years. But the Romans didn't add the extra day at the end of the month; they inserted it after the 24th day of the month. the Romans reckoned days near the end of a month by counting backward from the first of the following month. Since February 24th is six days before March 1 (the Roman method of counting days included both the beginning day and the ending day), it was known as the sextus, or "sixth day." Caesar's extra day became a second sextus or bissextus. English speakers adopted bissextile to refer to that extra day, even though its placement in the modern calendar makes that term a misnomer.
one of my favourite cars, and was lucky enough to have been taken for 3 laps at race speed around Pacific Raceway in, with a very handsome gentleman!
hugs always
karen charlie and enzo
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