On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 09:41:47PM GMT, Craig Skinner wrote:
> Hi Raf,
Hi Craig,
> On 2016-01-11 Mon 20:33 PM |, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 07:35:50PM GMT, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > >
> > > This isn't _perfect_, but it could be a resonable starting point:
> > >
> > > +04/01
Hi Stuart,
On 2016-01-12 Tue 18:14 PM |, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> >
> >> > +11/05 Guy Fawkes' Day
> >>
>
> +1 for bonfire night. It looks like there's a different bonfire night
> in N.Ireland though.
>
Ahhh yes, you're right.
Keeping it the traditional name of Guy Fawkes' Night would solv
Hi Raf,
On 2016-01-11 Mon 20:33 PM |, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 07:35:50PM GMT, Craig Skinner wrote:
> >
> > This isn't _perfect_, but it could be a resonable starting point:
> >
> > +04/01 April Fool's Day
>
> This I'm not entirely sure of but both Google and Wikipedia
On 2016-01-11, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 08:33:56PM +, Raf Czlonka wrote:
>> > +04/01 April Fool's Day
>>
>> This I'm not entirely sure of but both Google and Wikipedia use plural
>> possessive - "April Fools' Day".
>>
>
> oxford style manual notes "Fool's" (singula
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 08:33:56PM +, Raf Czlonka wrote:
> > +04/01 April Fool's Day
>
> This I'm not entirely sure of but both Google and Wikipedia use plural
> possessive - "April Fools' Day".
>
oxford style manual notes "Fool's" (singular) as being of US in origin,
and "Fools'" as UK
On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 07:35:50PM GMT, Craig Skinner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On 2016-01-06 Wed 23:31 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
> >
> > So I instead had a stab at a calendar.united-kingdom file.
> >
>
> Following on from a bit of discussion, below is an attempt at a UK
> calendar file, with major
Hi all,
On 2016-01-06 Wed 23:31 PM |, Craig Skinner wrote:
>
> So I instead had a stab at a calendar.united-kingdom file.
>
Following on from a bit of discussion, below is an attempt at a UK
calendar file, with major items already in calendar.holiday strippped
out. e.g. New Year's Day, although
On 2016-01-04 Mon 18:33 PM |, Jason McIntyre wrote:
>
> i guess you could propose a calendar.scotland addition. i'd be up for
> that ;)
>
After a wee discussion, I began a calendar.scotland addition.
As Scottish history goes back to 5000BC, well before the time of Noah
(so I found out while sai
On 2016-01-04 Mon 18:11 PM |, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > Happy Hogmanay/New Year!
> >
> > Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations
> > hangover recovery public holiday.
> >
> > In Scotland, Hogmanay is THE mo
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:11:58PM GMT, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > Happy Hogmanay/New Year!
> >
> > Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations
> > hangover recovery public holiday.
> >
> > In Scotland, Hogmanay
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:40:13PM +, Mark Carroll wrote:
> On 04 Jan 2016, Jason McIntyre wrote:
>
> > traditionally the 2nd was described as a bank holiday. now banks are
> > open on this day. some businesses shut.
>
> It still is a bank holiday, see
> https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#scotl
On 04 Jan 2016, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> traditionally the 2nd was described as a bank holiday. now banks are
> open on this day. some businesses shut.
It still is a bank holiday, see
https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#scotland
Neither my Dundee employer nor my bank (Clydesdale) were open for it.
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:11:58PM +, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +, Craig Skinner wrote:
> > Happy Hogmanay/New Year!
> >
> > Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations
> > hangover recovery public holiday.
> >
> > In Scotland, Hogman
On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 03:46:53PM +, Craig Skinner wrote:
> Happy Hogmanay/New Year!
>
> Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations
> hangover recovery public holiday.
>
> In Scotland, Hogmanay is THE most significant winter festival, with
> internationally popular str
Happy Hogmanay/New Year!
Scotland & New Zealand have an additional New Year's celebrations
hangover recovery public holiday.
In Scotland, Hogmanay is THE most significant winter festival, with
internationally popular street parties of 400,000 people dancing.
(Xmas was banned in Scotland for over
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