<<Anyways, all this to say that the debate over whether Sunday is the
first or last day of the week is pointless.  Sunday has been the first
day of the week for almost 1700 years.  The term week-end by the way, is
really week-ends because it comprises the first and last day of the
week.>>


I guess I'd be a little hesitant to suggest a policy, much less make a
"no alternatives needed" declaration, based on little more than "that's
the way we've always done it". After all, for over 1500 of those 1700
years, if you got a serious infection, or pneumonia, or <insert other
malady here>, you died. I definitely prefer the deviation from tradition.

Steve