My two penny worth

Now read on...

When does it start?

There are very few starts. Oh some things seem to be beginnings.

The curtain goes up, the first pawn moves, the first shot is fired. (Probably at the first pawn.) - but that's not the start. The play, the game, the war is just a little window on a ribbon of events that may extend back thousands of years. The point is, there's always something before. It's always a case of Now Read On.

- Lords and Ladies

Terry Pratchett