April 4th, 1984

"Leebehr" <lgrupsmith RemoveThis @gmail.com> writes:

> ...was a Wednesday. What were the 2 parsons kids doing home all
> day? Was school out? Were they on half days? I realize there's no
> evidence one way or the other. Just curious what other people
> theorize.

A search using http://www.online-literature.com/booksearch.php reveals
that Saturday & Sunday are mentioned, so it seems the week has
survived -- like the common era for years. Whether the weekend has
survived is not so clear; in Part 2, Chapter 1 we read "Can you get
Sunday afternoon off?", so maybe not. With full central control of
people's schedules, the week might not be very important. I vaguely
remember reading that for a while in Nazi Germany the schools were run
on an 8-day week (6 school days); this was to give the kids two
strength-thru-joy days without reorganizing the existing 6-day school
week. In the commune I lived in in the 1970s, labor was assigned by
the week (Friday thru Thursday!), but the scheduling was flexible; if
you wanted a day off, you crossed it off before filing your sheet on
Thursday, and the labor people would schedule around it. I myself
used to take my sabbath every 10 days.
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