Editorial: Summer's last licks are here; where did the last 15 weeks go? [telecom]

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Almost three more weeks remain, but for the majority of us, this weekend is the accepted end of summer.

Labor Day weekend.

Time for the last licks on the water, the big barbecue, and the three-day -- or is it three and a half to four -- weekend. Tuesday we settle into a grind of workweeks without universal holidays until it's time to pull out the tree, put up the lights and start checking our list to see who's naughty or nice.