Twins born in different years

[DHCJr]

This article got me thinking, what would happen if they take up fencing.

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strol...ent-years.aspx

What would happen if they started fencing. The first would be able to start fencing in August 2016, but the other would not be able to fence until the next year. The younger one will be able to fence later in the Junior/Cadet/Youth events.

I came up with a strange question. How can you treat the participation of twins with age retrictions differently. Above is the answer.

I put this in Fencing, instead of water cooler as I was wondering, if the ones were restricted could they sue and win to be able to fence together?

[erik_blank]

As a natural born cynic with no leagal standing other than that learned on the very reliable show Boston Legal, I would have to say that yes they could sue and win if they have a good enough laywer and enough money to pay him/her.
But honestly, I do not think that htis would make any more difference than someone else who does NOT have a twin born on seperate "days" or "Years." If the current rules allow people to "bend" them for people born on or around the cut off date, then the answer would be yes, they are allowed to compete together. If not, then I would say that the same rules that apply to others would apply to both the twins.

My $.00002 (ok, so it's not even worth $.02)

[Allen Evans]

What do the birth certificates say?

I put this in Fencing, instead of water cooler as I was wondering, if the ones were restricted could they sue and win to be able to fence together?

This is the kind of thinking that keeps my house payments current.

AE

[hello?]

The sick thing is that I thought of the same thing when I read the article about the twins being born on different years -- what if they take up fencing? But, contrary to the poster, I had no doubt that they would simply have to fence according to whether they were born in 2008 or 2009. The rules are clear. I am sure that, fencing or not, the different birth years will have them facing funny situations throughout their lives.

[Torg]

I bet you could argue to let both fence the same way. That is, 12:17 in Detroit is still only 9:17 in California. Detroit is, within experimental uncertainty, directly north of parts of the central time zone... You could just argue that they were born in the wrong place or something.

[Mo]

I taught a pottery class for seniors. In the class was a woman who was a twin. She was born on Feb 29th during a leap year. Her sister twin was born on March 1.
She turned 19 during the class and her sister turned 76.
I thought that was cool.

The Momster

[dcmdale]

I bet you could argue to let both fence the same way. That is, 12:17 in Detroit is still only 9:17 in California. Detroit is, within experimental uncertainty, directly north of parts of the central time zone... You could just argue that they were born in the wrong place or something.

My son was born at 9:05 p.m. on New Year's Eve in California. We now live on the east coast where it was 12:05 on New Year's Day, so we go through this discussion every year. "If I wait up until the exact time of my birth, it is New Year's Day, so my birthday must be New Year's Day." My argument is that I took the tax exemption, so it must be New Year's Eve. ;-)

He quit fencing fairly young, although he was classified in the older year. But being at a year's disadvantage probably figured into why he dropped out. I think I recall some a discussion on f.net a few years ago about the impact of being born early in the year vs. late in the year on fencer success.

[Allen Evans]

There is an interesting discussion of birth dates and success in profession hockey in Gladwell's most recent book Outliers: The Story of Success.

AE

[HDG]

I taught a pottery class for seniors. In the class was a woman who was a twin. She was born on Feb 29th during a leap year. Her sister twin was born on March 1.
She turned 19 during the class and her sister turned 76.
I thought that was cool.

The Momster

My Leap Year-baby Mom takes great pleasure in being less than half my age…