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Markymarkmark Feb 2017 11:01am, 24 Feb 2017 4,788 posts	0 Markymarkmark [Paczek Day - so it sort of sounds like Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) / Shrove Tuesday event? But a week early? Orthodox Easter dates?]
GlennR Feb 2017 11:35am, 24 Feb 2017 25,325 posts	0 GlennR [Polish, so Catholic rather than Orthodox. Apparently it's Fat Thursday, last Thursday before lent]
Markymarkmark Feb 2017 12:02pm, 24 Feb 2017 4,789 posts	0 Markymarkmark [Thanks Glenn. A long weekend after pigging out on sugar to recover before Lent actually begins! ]
NDWDave Feb 2017 6:43pm, 24 Feb 2017 2,101 posts	0 NDWDave That pack burro (donkey) racing is a sport en.m.wikipedia.org In a typical burro race, a runner and a burro travel a prescribed course together, with the runner leading the burro on a rope.
NDWDave Feb 2017 6:46pm, 24 Feb 2017 2,102 posts	0 NDWDave The Fairplay race is 29 miles (47 km) and counts as an ultra-marathon. It takes place in late July as part of Fairplay's Burro Days town festival. The race begins on the main street and goes to the top of Mosquito Pass.
Fragile Do Not Bend Feb 2017 8:03pm, 25 Feb 2017 1,574 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Today is World Sword Swallower's Day.
FergusG Feb 2017 8:05pm, 25 Feb 2017 1,026 posts	0 FergusG Sword Swallower's Day? I don't see the point. [heads off to fetch coat]
Dvorak Feb 2017 8:50pm, 25 Feb 2017 13,166 posts	0 Dvorak FergusG has a Fetch coat.
Carpathius Feb 2017 8:23pm, 26 Feb 2017 11,361 posts	0 Carpathius
Velociraptor Feb 2017 2:57pm, 27 Feb 2017 35,595 posts	0 Velociraptor There is a code I can use in consultations for "Diagnosis - God only knows."