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I have a question about calendars

CollectiveMind — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:55:08 -0800

Can anyone see any benefit to a calendar that (1) identifies those months within a range of years that share the same days of the week and dates of the month, and (2) identifies those days of the week within a range of years that have less than 53 occurences in any particular year?

Rainy everyday but one...what's this movie?

heather-b — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:07:39 -0800

Challenge: find me that movie/tv movie for children. I remember this one from my childhood, but don't remember the title. Can you help? It rains every day except once a year. All of these children are in school and looking forward to the sun coming out. One little girl is locked in a closet by some mean bullies and misses the sun coming out. She misses the grass growing, the flowers blooming, and all the frolicking. The end is her running through the flowers/rain after she got out somehow. Anyone remember this? Probably late 70s or early 80s.

I need a plan of attack for Fleet Week in San Francisco.

GuyZero — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:50:44 -0800

I need a plan of attack for Fleet Week in San Francisco. Where is the best place / least crowded place to see the airshow? Where should I park or should I take the BART/Caltrain in? It will be me and the two kids who are able (if only marginally willing) to walk anywhere. I've been to San Francisco lots of times before but I'm not sure whether Fleet Week(end) is especially busy or crazy.

Restaurants named for the days of the week in the NYC area?

jasonsmall — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:17:11 -0800

Do you know restaurants named for the days of the week in the NYC area? For a project, I'm trying to find restaurants in the city named for the days of the week. Ruby Tuesdays and TGI Fridays, obviously, but can you think of others?

Seeing two weekends at once?

sparrows — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:45:28 -0800

Can I force iCal to display more than 7 days at once in its Week view? (Say, 9 or 10 days at once?) I'm not finding a definitive answer on the web, just other people wishing for the same thing (or suggestions of non-iCal programs, which I can't use). I'm running Tiger but would also be happy to hear if there are any differences here in Leopard.

Is a day of rest good for productivity?

JaySunSee — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:19:22 -0800

I've heard of studies that having a day of rest in the week (like Sunday) actually increases productivity than had they worked all seven days. Does anybody know of any studies or statistics to support this claim?

Whence the 35-hour work week?

unknowncommand — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:56:06 -0800

New York City and Boston both have standard work weeks of 35 hours. It's 9-5pm but your lunch is included in there. Texas, California, North Carolina have a standard work week of 40 hours, so it's 9-6 to accomodate your lunch hour. I realize that it has to do with your job somewhat, but it is overwhelmingly consistent (even blue/white collar, salaried/hourly). Why? Is this a state by state thing, or a NYC/Boston/city thing? And if so, is it law and/or unions and/or some vestige? Is it based on the govt employee standard in each area (even though it is not just them)? What is the history of it?

I don't have enough data points to put anything coherent together. I tried to locate labor statutes, but I'm not sure if I should be looking at state or local govt.

Are weekends a good idea?

cillit bang — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:23:54 -0800

Have there been any studies into whether weeks and weekends are a good idea? Are there better ways once could organize time on and time off? (I'm unemployed and working on some personal projects, and am finding observing weekends completely stupid)

whence the weekend

humuhumu — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:26:13 -0800

From when and where does the idea of having a 'weekend' come? Who first decided that two days out of seven should be kept work-free (for most working people)?