Dating systems: BC and AD, or BCE and CE?

[Alanus]

I am old-fashioned...come to think of it, I'm old (72). Anyway, I use BC and AD. It is deemed appropriate.

Ah! Welcome to the 72 Club. What AD year were we born in, anyway? hock:

To Mike,

When writing just about anything in New Times Roman, the E in BCE can lengthen the line of type, forcing the BCE down to the next line, which causes the overall sentence to become LONGER, which, in turn, forces readers with ADD to give up reading; and in the long run, creates a larger portion of potential history buffs to turn to other forms of entertainment such as watching TV, especially the History Channel, where they can get docu-info quick-time, learning Everything about the Huns in less than one hour, which cuts down on projected Hunnic book sales by university presses, or by mainstream publishers, and even indies who have advanced possible solutions to the BC-AD / BCE problem by suggesting conversion to AC-DC, whereas they become sued by rock bands and knowledgeable electicians, to the point that they revert to one-word sentences.

Oops! :woot: