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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Jan 2, 2021, The Doctor wrote   
   (in article ):   
      
   > In article<0001HW.25A02D600015002970000FAFF38F@news.eternal-september.org>,   
   > David Dalton   wrote:   
   > > On Jan 1, 2021, The Doctor wrote   
   > > (in article ):   
   > >   
   > > > In article<0001HW.259FD6B10000AF15700004C3238F@news.eterna   
   -september.org>,   
   > > > David Dalton   wrote:   
   > > > > On Dec 31, 2020, David Dalton wrote   
   > > > > (in article<0001HW.259D816C001A495570000853E38F@news.ete   
   nal-september.org   
   > > > > > )   
   > > > >   
   > > > > > Since it is now December 31 in Scotland, and indeed it is also   
   > > > > > a bit after midnight here on the Avalon peninsula of Newfoundland,   
   > > > > > Hogmanay Blessings to any readers, partly in memory of my   
   > > > > > maternal grandmother Mary Walker.   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > Some may be interested in my thread “New Year’s checklist”   
   > > > > > just on alt.magick where I am trying to make it a day   
   > > > > > “when pigs fly” (although I know that the name Hogmanay   
   > > > > > is not really related to pigs, but I like wordplay).   
   > > > >   
   > > > > According to Wikipedia Hogmanay is often extended to the   
   > > > > morning of January 1, and sometimes even to the bank   
   > > > > holiday January 2. But since January 2 is a Saturday, is   
   > > > > te the bank holiday Monday? In that case it could be an   
   > > > > extended Hogmanay from Thursday to Monday. :-)   
   > > >   
   > > > Cheers!   
   > > >   
   > > > Still in touch with Sarah McLachlan?   
   > >   
   > > Not lately, not since I met her on stage on Nov. 22, 2014, and   
   > > the last (silent) sign of romantic interest I had from her was on   
   > > the night of May 13, 1995. But I still hope that she will   
   > > call me up some night. However I am open to other women   
   > > unless she tells me not to be, but during this pandemic there   
   > > is not a big chance I will hook up with anyone.   
   > >   
   > > Cheers, though I used up all my beer last night.   
   >   
   > Nice to hear from you again!   
      
   Same here, and I got more beer for tonight, though I have told   
   a Word-using friend that I will help him format his thesis in   
   LaTeX, and if he sends me stuff tonight I won’t be consuming   
   more than one beer tonight. (He has a deadline of Jan. 5.)   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “And now the angry morning/Gives the early signs of warning/You must face   
   alone the plans you make/Decisions they will try to break" (Sarah McLachlan)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)