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Re: Weekend
« Reply #900 on: September 17, 2010, 09:57:26 AM »
Why is Oktoberfest in September? I saw that somewhere else this week and wondered about the timing and title.

Time difference.

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Re: Weekend
« Reply #901 on: September 17, 2010, 10:10:06 AM »
Why is Oktoberfest in September? I saw that somewhere else this week and wondered about the timing and title.

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Re: Weekend
« Reply #902 on: September 17, 2010, 10:16:30 AM »
Watching the University of Colorado probably lose, possibly badly, to Hawaii in Football. Go Buffs! I've got spirit, yes I do, I've got spirit, how bout you?

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Re: Weekend
« Reply #903 on: September 17, 2010, 11:43:01 AM »
Why is Oktoberfest in September? I saw that somewhere else this week and wondered about the timing and title.

Back when the Oktoberfest was born, it only lasted for a day or a weekend in early October. Now, the rule is that it always ends on the first Sunday of October. Usually it lasts for 16 days, so it always starts on a Saturday in mid- to late September.

It can be 17 or 18 days long if the first Sunday of October is the 1st or the 2nd - in these cases it is extended until the 3rd, our national holiday.
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Re: Weekend
« Reply #904 on: September 17, 2010, 01:17:48 PM »
My weekend: St. Vincent concert at UConn on Saturday, podcast recording on Sunday. Halo playing all other times.
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Re: Weekend
« Reply #905 on: September 17, 2010, 03:41:47 PM »
Ripping up the kitchen floor to dry out the floorboards, as the waste pipe got disconnected and seeped water EVERYWHERE

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Re: Weekend
« Reply #906 on: September 17, 2010, 03:43:54 PM »
Ripping up the kitchen floor to dry out the floorboards, as the waste pipe got disconnected and seeped water EVERYWHERE
Oh, dear - that sounds truly awful.

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Re: Weekend
« Reply #907 on: September 23, 2010, 12:06:50 AM »
Pack a towel, Keith.
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Re: Weekend
« Reply #908 on: September 23, 2010, 08:29:25 AM »
A Wine Tour on Saturday. A Saturday not filled with kids stuff. It has been a while.

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Re: Weekend
« Reply #909 on: September 23, 2010, 10:51:49 PM »