On 2021-12-09 08:27, arthurdavidolson at gmail.com (Arthur David Olson) wrote:
Discussion at an online meeting today made me realize that, alas, we missed the recent 35th anniversary of the start of the time zone mailing list.
Put 2026-11-25 on your calendars now.-)
Noticing the date 1986-11-25, it might be a good time to lighten the mood, in the spirit of the season and the group, by suggesting and requesting late anniversary submissions by filkers and literary posters based on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas and pastiches and parodies like: http://www.appleseeds.org/twas-night_vers.htm perhaps titled "A Visit from St. Arthur", starting: "Twas a month before Xmas, ..." hopefully including mentions of other early participants, possibly as reindeer ;^> At the latter link, for inspiration perhaps look at: "Tis the Month Before Christmas" "The Net Before Christmas" "Twas the Night Before Y2K" or: http://www.poppyfields.net/filks/00227.html "Twas the Night Before Implementation" http://c4vct.com/kym/humor/cybrnite.htm "Twas The Cyber Night Before Christmas" https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/security-essentials/twas-the-night-befor... http://suburbanbanshee.net/filk/compulnk.html https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc968 "Twas the night before start-up" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]