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Sorry, Mairead, old family habits die hard, and that's what the McAllister-O'Brien side have always dubbed themselves. But anyway, I was referring to those in the bogside diurnal region, not to East Coast Ivy League livin' folks like you and me--Candice on 6/10/01 9:28 PM, Mairead Byrne at [log in to unmask] wrote: > don't like being called a mick. > mairead > > On Sun, 10 Jun 2001, Candice Ward wrote: > >> Ah, thank you, Jill--and please forgive what must have seemed like >> Northern-Hemispheric insularity on my part, but was just the usual ignorance >> and confusion so endemic to Yanks. Not that your system of holidays isn't a >> tad opaque, like this baffling queen's birthday that isn't or perhaps is the >> birthday of some other queen? (But maybe this is why you once alleged that >> Sydney has too many queens as it is and not enough up the republic!) >> >> Yeah, that soprano axe ain't bad when yer in the mood fer sum letting down >> of the old mayhem--oh but it's June already, so I'm even behind on that >> score. Let me rush things, then, by proposing 800.40 hours instead of >> 20(hundred).40, as proposed by Robin, to put ourselves out of the misery all >> the sooner. Whaddyarekkon? By my reckoning this would be in US Eastern >> Standard Time (which is all I know for sure) eight-forty tomorrow morning, >> so creeping up on mid-afternoon for the Brits, Scots, Welsh, and Micks--but >> perhaps getting too close to cocoa time for you and your countrypeople? >> (Please advise.) >> >> And Kent has sent me a b-c plea for attention to BOTH johnsons@, so those of >> you who plan to participate in this strike might want to add the second >> e-address as a CC to your "unsubscribe" messages. Up to you, of corps-- >> >> Candice >> >> >> >> on 6/10/01 8:24 PM, Jill Jones at [log in to unmask] wrote: >> >>> Candice - unfortunately today here is a holiday known as the Queen's >>> Birthday (Father's Day is in September). Although ostensibly it's for a >>> certain Betty Windsor (whose actual birthday it isn't - don't ask), I'm sure >>> we could claim it for Clytemnestra. She played a mean axe. >>> >>> Jill >>