3t$1@xivic.prima.de   
   From: Wolfgang.Schelongowski@gmx.de   
      
   [Subject changed for obvious reasons]   
      
   Jim Beard  writes:   
      
   >On 05/28/2012 07:54 AM, Wolfgang Schelongowski wrote:   
   >   
   >> [1] I'm getting pinged by 128.9.160.132 (jar.isi.edu) aka   
   >>      203.178.148.19 aka pinger.* aka 129.82.138.38 aka 128.9.160.132 ...   
   >>      every 11 minutes, but not today, on pentecost monday. Is it a   
   >>      holiday today in Colorado?   
   >   
   >Yes.  It is Memorial Day (observed) in the U.S.  The traditional   
   >date of Memorial Day is 30 May, but it is shifted to the Monday   
   >preceding for observance.   
      
   Thanks to you and TJ for the facts. I already knew that there is   
   something similar in the UK, a so called "bank holiday" early in May.   
   I encountered it some two dozen years ago in London. My then boss, a   
   Kiwi, hadn't thought of that when he directed me to areas of interest   
   where I wanted to lose much money fast. For English books, of course.   
   But only very few shops were open.   
      
   BTW my pinger is now at 203.178.148.19. Last delta t was 663.   
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