by Anura Guruge
on September 4, 2023
I can still get about — a bit. Climbed this pile of rocks just to make sure.
Well, I like to AMAZE myself. Another Labor Day & here I still am. WOW.
So, here is to another Labor Day.
by Anura Guruge
on September 4, 2023
She expects to go to the ocean on holidays, birthdays & special occasions. She has been going to ‘Fort Williams‘, in ‘Portland‘, Maine, since she was a baby. She likes it there. She knows the paths & the routine. BUT, she is getting driven around by a STUDENT DRIVER & she can’t drive out of State! So, she can’t be driven to Maine. We have to stay in New Hampshire. So, of late, we go to ‘Fort Stark‘ — which is NOT a bad compromise. Not as expansive & grand as Fort Williams, but still on the ocean & NICE. So, here she is. All set for her trip.
by Anura Guruge
on August 28, 2023
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It is always the 1st Monday of September. So, it can fall between September 1 & September 7 — & as my table above shows, it has.
So, September 4 is smack in the middle.
It last fell on September 4, 6 years ago, i.e., 2017.
6 years gaps are the norm for this kind of fixed-day, yearly holidays — given we have 7 days in a week. So, we also had 6 year gaps between 1989 & 1995 as well as 2000 & 2006.
What breaks up these nice, convenient 6 year gaps are LEAP YEARS. Note that 2000 was a leap year. That messed up the sequence. Hence, the 5 year gap between 1995 & 2000.
Then 2010 was a leap year. That messed things up again to give us the 11 year gap between 2006 & 2017. 11 year gaps are also not that common. WHY 11 YEARS? 7 days in a week & 4 years between leap years.
September 4 is a rather special day. It is most famous for being the day that the ICONIC car, THE ‘Edsel‘, was launched in 1957.
September 4 is a rather special day. It is most famous for being the day that the ICONIC car, THE ‘Edsel‘, was launched in 1957.
‘Google‘ & ‘Kodak’ were formed on September 4, though a few years apart.
by Anura Guruge
on August 9, 2021
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It feels late BUT it is easy to forget that last year’s was on September 7. It was also on September 7th in 2015 & 2009.
September 7 is as late as it can be.
It is always the 1st Monday of September. So, it can fall between September 1 & September 7 — & as my table shows, it has.
Yes, if you study it you can see the pattern BETWEEN leap years. Look at 2000 to 2003. It was going down by a day: 4, 3, 2 & 1. Then came a leap year. That set it back to 6. Then it was 5, 4, 3 … & then another leap year. Got it?