CP Time

[Wilson Gray]

On Nov 4, 2004, at 4:08 PM, Baker, John wrote:

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>         "C.P. time" sounds like the more familiar (at least to me) and
> perhaps less pejorative "island time," which refers to the slower pace
> prevailing on Caribbean islands.
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> John Baker
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FWIW, "C.P. time" has always struck me as more jocular than pejorative.
Others' attitudes may, of course, differ. One never knows, do one?

-Wilson Gray