The current decade started with a recession, he pointed out, but now there's a boom again.
A year or two before the decade started, he wanted to be a writer but didn't know how, because no one ever really knows how.
With two title wins in 2001 and 2003, the first decade of the 21st century started well, but since then no further successes were achieved.
The next decade started on a low but ended with a high note.
When the decade started, he went to help the poor people in Sierra Leone.
The decade also started with the construction of "A" building.
The 1960s decade, started with the 1960 and 1963 honours, where in the last of these, were broken two records.
But there were signs last week that the decade of scandal might be starting to peter out after a mere five years.
The new decade would start much the way the last one ended.
When you get old, the decades start to blur.