It's a lot more than a week earlier. Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October. This is the same day that in the USA is recognized as the day that Christopher Columbus landed his boat at San Salvador Island in the Caribbean or wherever it was he landed. I'm sure the natives were thinking, "What do you mean YOU discovered America, paleface?" (Leif Erickson would also have something to say about that - last I heard Labrador was part of America.)
I have stood on the site on Cape Breton Island where John Cabot landed five years later (1497), and, in 1998, I got two Thanksgivings - on the October one a bunch of co-workers and I were in Moncton, New Brunswick for a training class with VIA Rail Canada. Carleton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronald L. STONE Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 12:49 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:35217] Thanksgiving, recipe metrication Thanksgiving is also a fine time to be thankful for ways of measuring; and, if one can (and so chooses), for ways of using metric units for measuring. The practicable use of metric measures and units in recipes are probably an important mode of metrication. I have a hunch that, in general, that metric unit measures are easier to proportionally adjust or to adapt. The Canadian Thanksgiving is observed a week earlier than the US Thanksgiving. Is that because of the northern harvesting season occurring earlier? Best, Ron ICAS zoneDeka dates and times as of: --- UCN 12005Y21 blockday Red --- --- UCA 2005Y21 blockday Red --- --- IDC deka(SanJose) t432 --- --- day of year 321 --- --- AD 2005 November 17 Thursday --- --- (no SMH defined for zoneDeka) --- ICAS zoneZodiac times as of: --- IDC zodiac(PST) t398 --- --- SMH zodiac(PST) 09:34:27 --- 'ICAS in use' conformance per http://www.aatideas.org/now/icas.html -- Ron [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** this message does not necessarily reflect the views of any organization I may be affiliated with, and should be regarded as personal opinion. **********************************************************************
