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Re: Today's political question - meaning of "shift"

  • Subject: Re: Today's political question - meaning of "shift"
  • From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 14:42:01 -0400
On 2026-08-06 13:53, Eric Marceau via linux wrote:
> /Point of order .../
> 
> If it is not too improper a question, may I ask that the person who raised
> the question also identify themselves, so we know who we are addressing?

I get it that you need more information to understand the question.

In fairness to Rob, I received their question in the context of a
community that has at least a couple of decades of familiarity with the
members.  It might well have been intended to open up the conversation
that much more broadly.

> /Topic Clarification .../
> 
> Are we talking about
> 
>  * a salaried position, non-salaried position, or unionized?
>  * is this daytime, evening, night or weekend?
>  * is this governmenta, industrial, commercial, retail, financial,
>    construction, agricultural, etc.?
> 
> The other consideration is the motivation for the question:
> 
>  * issue of money?
>  * issue of work/life balance?
> 
> /The point being that/, as someone else pointed out, the *question is too
> open-ended* without additional specifics for context.
> 
> Thank you in advance for addressing the above-mentioned clarification
> request.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On 2026-08-06 02:09, Rob Echlin via linux wrote:
> > How long is a work shift?

	slainte mhath, RGB

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