Peter T. Daniels wrote: > On Feb 21, 12:20 am, Yusuf B Gursey <y...@theworld.com> wrote: >> On Feb 19, 11:25 am, Mike Barnes <mikebar...@bluebottle.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> John Atkinson <johna...@bigpond.com>: >>>> Halmyre wrote: >>>>> I just wish they'd settle on a date for Easter and be done with it. >>>> But, the whole point of Easter is that it has a full moon! >>> A full-*ish* moon, actually. The definitions of the equinox and full >>> moon used when determining Easter are rather different from the real >>> definitions used by astronomers, which would actually give rise to >>> different (perhaps several weeks different) Easter dates depending on >>> one's longitude. >>> But I thought that for most people the whole point of Easter is that >>> they get time off work. >> not in the US, at least not in my state. > > ? Time off? Offices aren't open on Sundays anyway, and retail stores > haven't closed on holidays in years.
Right. Not only are both Friday and Monday holidays, the Friday is the most closed up holiday of all in Australia - worse than Christmas Day - no paper, no shops, no pubs, no nothing. We do seem to be moving rapidly to shops being open every day; our government tells us this is progress; I am not convinced.
