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old chestnut:from 15 to 18

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(thing) by /dev/joe (4.2 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sun Apr 16 2000 at 23:07:42

An old chestnut goes like this:

Two days ago I was 15 years old. Next year I'll be 18 years old. How is this possible?

There are no time zone or leap year tricks involved here; just assume the usual American age convention (that you are X years old from the day of your Xth birthday until the day before your (X+1)th birthday).

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