Re: measuring systems (was: Selenites)

On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Pablo Flores wrote:

> I have to agree to this. I can assure you it's not always nice to
> celebrate Christmas and New Year at 30 degrees C here in Argentina.
> Plus, the firmly adopted use here is to eat the way Europeans and
> Americans do -- a lot of hot heavy food and alcoholic drinks, all of
> which is completely inadequate for the climate. (Of course that's out
> fault, not the Europeans' or Americans'). I'd like having this cycle
> -- Christmas in summer, then in the fall, then in winter, then in
> spring.
I predict mass emigration from Norway if this should get adopted.  How
exactly do you expect us to survive winter without Christmas?

On second thought, the Jehova's Witnesses seem to cope somehow.

Greetings,
=D8rjan.

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