Re: Happy Winter Solipstice to All

On 22 Dec 2005 18:21:38 -0800, Winfield Hill
<Winfield_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>bill.sloman@xxxxxxxx wrote...
>>
>> Why do you think the Spanish invented the siesta?
>
> The thing that impressed me about my Mexican friends, was,
> yes they'd take their siesta, but then they'd come back and
> work until 7pm. And they still had a considerable commute.

I was in Mexico last week and met some chap on a coach that commuted
to work 6hrs each-way every day! I can but hope it was worth his
while. :-/

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