"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
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On Oct 12, 7:12?am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Oct 12, 10:05 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
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On Oct 12, 9:02 am, "JoeSpareBedroom"
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Columbus can be hailed as an accomplished navigator and
courageous
explorer, but in my opinion his less noble and more ambitious
motivations make him a much more human and far more interesting
character.

Oh Geeze.... I knew if I went directly to the bottom of the post
I
would find the "but"... I was not dissappointed...

So what if Chuck admires CC's gumption instead of his landing
place?
It
doesn't change the fact that he didn't discover this country. Even
my
bank
has figured this out, and is now open on Columbus Day.

Yeah, that's why they decided to stay open snerk... Had nothing to
do with money!?

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So, it really had nohing to do with "figuring" anything out, you admit
you lie for ideological reasons. But we already knew that...

The gradual realization that the holiday is a dud and that it means
little
to employees - that had nothing at all to do with it. Sure.- Hide quoted
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I'm surprised that your bank wasn't closed last Monday, Ocotober 8.
My wife is in the banking industry, and she got the day off. There are
some restrictions about when banks can be closed, and most of them
date back to the 1930's when banks would remain closed for days at a
time to avoid having to settle with depositors. (For example, banks
are always open the day after Thanksgiving, or on Xmas eve is it falls
on a Monday...you can't close a bank for more than three consecutive
days). I suppose there aren't similar restrictions about when banks
can be *open*, but out this way most if not all were closed on the 8th.


I was surprised to find them open, too. Oh well.