HSS  +  513754 Thu, 15 May 08 12:06 AM Hi, how are you? [1] She carefully cut off the wilting flower from the old year's stem. Just to be sure, "the old year's" means "the last year's." Am I right? Does it always mean that? Could it also mean years before the time? Best, Hiro HSS Joined on Wed, Nov 16 2005 Sendai, Japan Regular Member 681 JH7JHH, First Class ham radio operator. N9COW in the US.

	nona the brit  +  513755 Thu, 15 May 08 12:09 AM Old year isn't used in this way. To double check I googled it and there wasn't a single example. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	HSS  +  513774 Thu, 15 May 08 12:49 AM Gee, that was so quick! Thanks. I was going to edit my post. I was going to add "the" before "years before the time" when I found your reply. Best, Hiro HSS