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From: Peter T. Daniels on 1 Mar 2010 07:51 On Mar 1, 12:37 am, tony cooper <tony_cooper...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:19:23 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" > > > > > > <gramma...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > >On Feb 28, 9:40 pm, Hatunen <hatu...(a)cox.net> wrote: > >> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:44:53 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" > > >> <gramma...(a)verizon.net> wrote: > >> >On Feb 28, 6:29 pm, Hatunen <hatu...(a)cox.net> wrote: > >> >> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:09:57 -0800, David Harmon > > >> >> <sou...(a)netcom.com> wrote: > >> >> >On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:56:25 -0500 in alt.usage.english, tony cooper > >> >> ><tony_cooper...(a)earthlink.net> wrote, > >> >> >>As far as I can tell, the only employers that are closed on > >> >> >>President's Day are government offices, schools, and banks. To the > > >> >> >There is no such holiday as "President's Day" to US government offices. > >> >> >http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/2010.asp > > >> >> Interesting. I had assumed there was. And I see that there is one > >> >> in some states. Certainly businesses think there is one in their > >> >> sales advertisements. > > >> >The Post Office was closed for Presidents' Day in 2010. > > >> Not an American post office. They were closed for Washington's > >> Birthday, no matter what a sign on the door or whatnot might have > >> said. > > >Don't be ridiculous. Washington's Birthday is February 22 (Gregorian), > >and Presidents' Day was observed on Feburary 15. > > Your foot's bleeding again. Have the bullet removed before the wound > festers. > > Washington's Birthday was officially shifted to the third Monday in > February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1971. The federal > holiday has never officially been changed to President's Day. > > The change was made 39 years ago. You've never noticed? In some states, we think Lincoln was pretty important, too. We note that you moved to a part of the country where Lincoln is despised. In case you can't remember, Lincoln was born on the very same day as Charles Darwin, and his birthday was a state holiday in each of the two states I lived in before 39 years ago..
From: Adam Funk on 1 Mar 2010 08:10 On 2010-02-28, PaulJK wrote: > Brian M. Scott wrote: >> On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:47:16 +1300, PaulJK >> <paul.kriha(a)paradise.net.nz> wrote in >> <news:hm7u3v$etu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org> in >> sci.math,sci.physics,sci.astro,sci.lang,alt.usage.english: >>> jmfbahciv wrote: >>>> Bob Myers wrote: >>>>> Andrew Usher wrote: >> >>>>>> Well, I'm astounded. Indexing from 0 is so obviously the Right Way >>>>>> that I can't imagine why anyone would do it the other way. >> >>>>> Oh, absolutely. Why, I see people in the stores every day, >>>>> counting out their money or the number of items they're >>>>> going to purchase, and saying to themselves "Zero, one, two..." >>>>> ;-) >> >>>> Especially when the clerk counts change. I'm sure Usher wouldn't >>>> object when he gets a dollar short. >> >>> Would he perhaps see some value in minting zero cent coins? >> >> Probably: after all, its zero sense. > > I bet he would forge them too. Drop-forge them? -- I heard that Hans Christian Andersen lifted the title for "The Little Mermaid" off a Red Lobster Menu. [Bucky Katt]
From: Adam Funk on 1 Mar 2010 08:16 On 2010-02-27, David Bernier wrote: > I've secretly been listening to a sound file containing > theta wave binaural beats. (...not any more!) Why secretly? > According to Wikipedia, >< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binaural_beats > > > theta waves are usually associated to dreams, deep meditation and REM sleep. > The theta wave binaural beats produce drowsiness in me. > > Source of the files: >< http://www.archive.org/details/20091111BinauralBeats > . I always wanted to try those biofeedback gadgets in the Edmund Scientific catalogue, but they were too expensive when I was a kid. (Actually, everything in the catalogue was ... and probably still is.) -- Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile. [Victor Hugo]
From: J. Clarke on 1 Mar 2010 08:25 On 2/28/2010 2:09 PM, David Harmon wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:56:25 -0500 in alt.usage.english, tony cooper > <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote, >> As far as I can tell, the only employers that are closed on >> President's Day are government offices, schools, and banks. To the > > There is no such holiday as "President's Day" to US government offices. > http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/2010.asp While that is a true statement, it does not alter the fact that the post office was closed on that date. >
From: tony cooper on 1 Mar 2010 08:35
On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 04:51:09 -0800 (PST), "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim(a)verizon.net> wrote: >> >Don't be ridiculous. Washington's Birthday is February 22 (Gregorian), >> >and Presidents' Day was observed on Feburary 15. >> >> Your foot's bleeding again. �Have the bullet removed before the wound >> festers. >> >> Washington's Birthday was officially shifted to the third Monday in >> February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1971. �The federal >> holiday has never officially been changed to President's Day. >> >> The change was made 39 years ago. �You've never noticed? > >In some states, we think Lincoln was pretty important, too. > >We note that you moved to a part of the country where Lincoln is >despised. > If there's an anti-Lincoln sentiment in Florida I'm not aware of it. To be honest about it - and I should be when Abe is involved - Lincoln really isn't the subject of many conversations around here. Is your "We" an insular "We" or a Royal "We"? For what group do you speak? New Yorkers, linguists, or generally-considered-to-be-potty cross-posters? -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida |