‘February 28/29: and
November: "30° are heppy

- months. I ‘can't’ imagine a
~ ingle Teason. ‘why anyone in

—his right’: uld wish.
to. retain, them. Particularly
.-Februaty.

‘January i is bad enough, but
’ at least.it has a few
going fori it, The euphoria of

s steonce the

Easter along with it.

Throw i in St. Patriék’s Day
and. thei. ever
“evenings, and March — even

with’a. little late snow to.
teas6 us now and again — isa”
~ final date,

wholly Admirable month.:

we go on tolerating it at all?
. dates because they. mark the ~ :

wend. of the year’s ‘two. most. .
‘objectionable. and unwanted

‘round ‘of ‘Christmas ‘bills
_ afrives. - and our January.
- payments (minus January-
purchases). seem. to have .
made scarcely: a. dent in the .

year,

“paid. For ‘those’ who worry
‘oc . about
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- deadline. .
means the gloomy. business
_of figuring out your income

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"February ‘is “usually* the |
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month when the second.

balance. owing. . ‘The “new.
. inspiration “and |

. The groundhog takesa quick —
taken down and =

‘outside . and hurries
backi into its lair.

y February meéans:. finding
is $300.or:more for ICBC. It

tax shelters and

retirement it means finding.
“ several thousand ‘dollars ‘in
cash from somewhere to-

meet the ‘March 1 RRSP.
That, in turn,

tax ten weeks before the

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October is. fun — ~ still full
Of summer memories, still
‘with . light. evenings and
bonus sunshine. by day,
‘highlighted by Thanksgiving *
and Halloween. December is.
fun with its irresistible build-
up to Santa, the ceremonial
turkey feast and New Year's.

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empty, gloomy, | -ever-
darkening “month ‘heralding
interminable winter
ahead.

November, like February,
should never have been
allowed.

It's well within the power

of the Metric Commission —
which is busily changing
everything clse — simply to
abolish February and
November by order-in-
council.

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