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A disgruntled federal employee's 1980s desk calendar (2018)

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Re: A disgruntled federal employee's 1980s desk calendar (2018)

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Post by bluedemon »

mc32 wrote: post #76

There is something odd about this persons numbers. It’s the 80s and on occasion the number zero is written with a slash through it, but most of the time not. I’m not sure there was a prevalence to distinguish 0s from Os in type back then. Maybe it was some one else later who wrote that.

It was not uncommon to draw a line through the zero to distinguish it from the letter ‘O’. Similarly, a slash was often added to the letter ‘Z’ to prevent confusion with the number 2.

On rare occassions, I still kind of do it.

Re: A disgruntled federal employee's 1980s desk calendar (2018)

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Post by paleotrope »

whatshisface wrote: post #41
egypturnash wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“He” comes from the description in the original posting on the rare books site selling these: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205191022/https://bostonrar... - possibly they knew exactly who it was from? That said, I got a femme vibe off the handwriting too. And the inclusion of cartouches around the lunar phase drawings plus a lovingly illustrated entry for Samhain suggests the artist is a neopagan of some kind, whi…

A neopagan in 1987? That's not so likely.

I am not sure if there is some context to "neopagan" that I don't know, but I knew wiccans in the military in 1990.

Re: A disgruntled federal employee's 1980s desk calendar (2018)

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Post by tiptup300 »

mikestew wrote: post #19
Ajay-p wrote: post #7

I am struggling to believe all of this. It feels like a calendar that was used but then someone later filed it in with all of this artwork, and commentary after the fact. Recording events that already happened. If this was a desk calendar, someone would have noticed, and noticed the content. If it's true, it's a glimpse into the past and thinking of someone in a very important position during a very difficult time in…

Ten minutes of viewing the “bullet journal” subreddit should convince you that, oh yes, it is probably very real. There’s an entire industry for this kind of stuff: highlighters, rubber stamps, fancy tape…

THANK YOU,

I've been trying to find this concept for the past 2 or three years.

I remember seeing this years and years ago and it was interesting.

Re: A disgruntled federal employee's 1980s desk calendar (2018)

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Post by mikestew »

tiptup300 wrote: post #83
mikestew wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ten minutes of viewing the “bullet journal” subreddit should convince you that, oh yes, it is probably very real. There’s an entire industry for this kind of stuff: highlighters, rubber stamps, fancy tape…

THANK YOU, I've been trying to find this concept for the past 2 or three years. I remember seeing this years and years ago and it was interesting.

I'm happy to hear that my random, off-hand comment was helpful to someone. :-)

Re: A disgruntled federal employee's 1980s desk calendar (2018)

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Post by fsckboy »

andrelaszlo wrote: post #67

I'm curious about the two numbers recorded every second Saturday: 242/119, 246/85, 183/78, 187/84, 207/76, 115/197, 121/201, ... Maybe it's obvious to Americans? Is it related to sports? I sure hope it's not their blood pressure!

intriguing... I'm American and I remember those days, nothing comes to mind. "Every two weeks" sounds likely paycheck related though, but for instance those don't sound like hours worked or anything like that.

the other comment about flextime, maybe, could be "hours of holiday time accrued" and it goes up and down because he spends it? Maybe a military person would know better, maybe in some subreddit.

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