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|    George Pope to August Abolins    |
|    nothing since may'21    |
|    09 Jan 22 14:32:50    |
   
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   > Hello George Pope!   
   > ** On Tuesday 04.01.22 - 10:26, George Pope wrote to August Abolins:   
   >> I skip the hoopla, go to bed early on 31/12, & if I wake   
   >> up the next day & all is gone, I'll just go back to bed.   
   >> (I started that bit for Y2K & kept it as I like it)   
   > I find that sticking to a regular sleep period is indeed a good   
   > idea. This year was the first time in many years that I   
   > actually had two days off in a row. When Jan 1 would all on a   
   > weekday, I'd be back at work the next day. This time Jan 2 fell   
   > on Sunday, so that was a day off too. I wouldn't want to feel   
   > "tired" or trip up my sleep pattern just because of a silly   
   > midnight tradition.   
      
   Logical. I've never been big one the holidays -- would rather work them &   
   get paid 250% for my time, than sit at home trying to figure out stuff to do   
   when everything's closed.   
      
   My coworkers love it ("you want Xmas off? Sure; no problem, no need to work   
   one of my days in exchange")   
      
   Most of my bosses only care that the shifts are covered as per the schedule   
   -- the who isn't so important as the when.   
      
   For the observances that are meaningful to me, I can take time any time, work    
   or home, to focus on the meaning & spirit of the day.   
      
   When I was a teenage business owner, & otherwise in my teens, Xmas was all    
   about the spirit -- I'd get someone to pick me up a 40 of whiskey & invite a    
   couple buddies over to get sloshed. . .   
      
   Once we went out in as much of a blizzard as Mission ever gets & did carolling.   
      
   In the hour before we got too cold, we were given enough money(we had no idea    
   that would happen!) to buy full price smokes & a hot meal in a warm   
   restaurant for all of us!   
   --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Toy-5   
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