From: Floyd Davidson <fl...@ptialaska.net>
Subject: Re: Leap years, yet again
Date: 2000/03/05
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jvar...@nospam.com (John Varela) wrote:
>On Sun, 5 Mar 2000 22:25:48, nor...@mech.eng.usyd.edu.au wrote:
>
>> I have never understood why people would want Christmas in the middle 
>> of winter when the weather is so crap. If you are going to get a two week
>> stat holiday, isn't better to have it in summer when you can make the best
>> use of it and go sailing?
>
>No no no.  As it is, we retired guys have the golf course to ourselves
>all week long.  We wouldn't want you working stiffs taking a holiday 
>in the middle of the summer and crowding up our golf course.  Here in 
>Virginia we can usually play golf up until the middle of December, 
>just in time to knock off for the Xmas holiday.  Let's keep it that 
>way.

Don't be paying no never mind to them Aussies.  Christmas in the
middle of summer!  What can you expect from someone whose whole
world is upside-down...

We're on top of the world here, and Christmas is a big deal in
December.  We tend to have lots of outside Christmas light
displays, because with only an hour or two of dim twilight, we
have all day long to look at them. :-)

  Floyd

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Floyd L. Davidson                          fl...@barrow.com
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)