From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Joy Beeson   wrote:   
   >   
   >In eighty-four years, I've seen the federal government throw   
   >many tantrums, but it has never once shut down.   
   >   
   >On one memorable occasion, it posted guards around a park   
   >that had no fence or gate, saying there was no budget for   
   >allowing people to walk across it.  Unfortunately, I don't   
   >remember enough details that I could look up the when and   
   >where.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
   Per Wikipedia...   
   1980, 1 day   
   1981, 1 day   
   1990, 3 days   
   1995 (Nov), 5 days   
   1995-96, 21 days   
   2013, 16 days   
   2018 (Jan), 3 days   
   2018-19, 35 days   
   2025, 13 days and counting.   
      
   All of those were well within the last 84 years.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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