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Re: Interresting quirk in cal? (1752)

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From: Mark Biggar
Date: Wed, 07 May 1986 16:34
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First off it's 11 days not 12.  The reason they had the "give us back our
11 days" riots, was that landlords were trying to charge a full months rent
instead of pro-rating it.  It took an Act of Parliament to get the
landlords to only charge for 2/3 of a month.

Mark Biggar
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From: markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Mark Biggar)
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Subject: Re: Interresting quirk in cal? (1752)
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Date: Wed, 7-May-86 12:34:14 EDT
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