Hello All You wouldn't believe what I found in the sock drawer alone... Holy Cow (as one Buddhist said to another...) (Just for the record, I have a couple of dear acquaintances who are Buddhist.) Well... here, in Australia, tomorrow (Monday) is a public holiday. It's called the Eight Hours Day. It's part of the labor movement and is based on 8 hours sleep, 8 hours work, and 8 hours play. It came to be in the 1850s. Its origin is in the Industrial Revolution (you probably already knew that...) and people were being overworked - 18 hours / day, etc... It forms part of the early history for the celebration of Labor Day and May Day. My wife just got upset because I didn't spell labor as labour, so that is about all I'm going to be able to pass on for now. Hope this finds you all well. John ps - I am available to take bribes to tell you what's in the sock drawer...

Only if they are dirty..... ----- Original Message ----- From: "JCB" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:44 AM Subject: [NYMADISO] While Tim's Away... > ps - I am available to take bribes to tell you what's in the sock > drawer... > >

Well, my wife is talking to me again: > Australia > Celebrating the Australian labour movement, the Labour Day public holiday > is fixed by the various state and territory governments, and so varies > considerably. It is the first Monday in October in the Australian Capital > Territory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both Victoria and > Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it > Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Labour Day is the first Monday in > March. In both Queensland and the Northern Territory, it is the first > Monday in May. >