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From: jmfbahciv on 25 Feb 2010 09:17 Cheryl wrote: > jmfbahciv wrote: >> Michael Press wrote: >>> In article <7ufdetFoc1U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Cheryl >>> <cperkins(a)mun.ca> wrote: >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> But we still lack a February holiday, unless we have a big enough >>>> snowstorm. >>> >>> February is the cruelest month. >>> >> February is the longest month. I thought US had President's Day in >> February now. >> >> /BAH > > But I'm in Canada, so we don't celebrate President's Day at all, > whenever it comes. I'd make do with a 'mid-February Holiday' in honour > of nothing in particular if I could be guaranteed a break in that dreary > month. > > I suppose we could adopt Valentine's Day as a public holiday. > Take a drive south and you'll have a holiday in February :-). If your visit is based on business, you might have to enjoy the holiday since some businesses close on that day. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 25 Feb 2010 09:19 Peter T. Daniels wrote: > On Feb 24, 8:14 am, Cheryl <cperk...(a)mun.ca> wrote: >> jmfbahciv wrote: >>> Michael Press wrote: >>>> In article <7ufdetFoc...(a)mid.individual.net>, Cheryl <cperk...(a)mun.ca> >>>> wrote: >>>> [...] >>>>> But we still lack a February holiday, unless we have a big enough >>>>> snowstorm. >>>> February is the cruelest month. >>> February is the longest month. I thought US had President's Day in >>> February now. >>> /BAH >> But I'm in Canada, so we don't celebrate President's Day at all, >> whenever it comes. I'd make do with a 'mid-February Holiday' in honour >> of nothing in particular if I could be guaranteed a break in that dreary >> month. > > We used to have Lincoln's Birthday on Feb 12 and Washington's Birthday > on Feb 22. A while ago, they were rolled into one movable feast. And were declared a government holiday. > >> I suppose we could adopt Valentine's Day as a public holiday. > > A holiday in honor of a single industry? There is Christmas and Thanksgiving and Mother's Day and Easter. >What's significant about Mr > (formerly St) Valentine? Oh, are you ever in trouble ;-) /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 25 Feb 2010 09:22 tony cooper wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:24:18 -0500, jmfbahciv <jmfbahciv(a)aol> wrote: > >> Michael Press wrote: >>> In article <7ufdetFoc1U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Cheryl <cperkins(a)mun.ca> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> But we still lack a February holiday, unless we have a big enough snowstorm. >>> February is the cruelest month. >>> >> February is the longest month. I thought US had President's Day in >> February now. > > As far as I can tell, the only employers that are closed on > President's Day are government offices, schools, and banks. There are others. > To the > rest of the working stiffs, President's Day is just another > work-day...a busier work-day for retail employees, in fact. > > For some reason, retailers think that I will be in the market for a > new refrigerator, set of pillow cases, or an automobile in honor of > President James J. Polk. Newspapers benefit from President's Day from > all of the full-page sale advertisements. > > My son was shopping for new tires and found that a local tire store, > that normally offers a 25% discount on purchase of four tires, had a > President's Day sale offering of four tires for the price of three. > Was P.T. Barnum ever President? Nope, we have one who believes he can fool all the people all of the time. So far, it looks like he's right. :-( /BAH
From: Cheryl on 25 Feb 2010 09:13 jmfbahciv wrote: > Cheryl wrote: >> jmfbahciv wrote: >> >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> What is wrong is forcing the entire populace to go through >>> a jetlag twice a year. Their driving is more dangerous >>> and productivity falls until each person has adjusted his/her >>> internal time clock. Congress has been passing laws >>> about truckers getting enough sleep. OTOH, they pass clock >>> resetting laws which causes everybody to not get enough sleep. >>> What's wrong is that it's dangerous and unhealthy. >> >> What's stopping people from going to bed an hour earlier that night? > > We're talking about resetting the biological cycle. People, essentially > do go to bed an hour earlier (or later) depending on the clock switch. > That changes the biology. > >> >> Anyway, that only works for one direction. The other time, everyone >> gets an extra hour of sleep, and therefore should be more rested and >> less likely to have accidents. >> > > Wrong. An hour extra, from the usual habit, creates a hangover. > > /BAH I've never noticed an hour either way making much difference. I must have an adjustable biological cycle. -- Cheryl
From: jmfbahciv on 25 Feb 2010 09:28
Evan Kirshenbaum wrote: > tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> writes: > >> As far as I can tell, the only employers that are closed on >> President's Day are government offices, schools, and banks. To the >> rest of the working stiffs, President's Day is just another >> work-day...a busier work-day for retail employees, in fact. > > It's a company holiday at HP (in the US). Our holiday calendar is > > New Year's Day (or the first weekday thereafter) > Martin Luther King Day > President's Day > Memorial Day > Independence Day (or the closest weekday) > Labor Day > Thanksgiving Day and the day after > Christmas > > and one "company-designated floater", typically used to make > Christmas, New Years, or the Fourth of July into a four-day weekend. > (This year it's 12/31.) Before we got MLK Day, we got a "Spring > Holiday" that always fell on Good Friday. > > In the UK, they get, let's see > > New Year's Day and, in Scotland, the day after > St. Patrick's Day (only in Northern Ireland) > Good Friday > Easter Monday (except in Scotland) > May Bank Holiday (May 3rd) > Late Spring Bank Holiday (May 31st) > Summer Holiday (July 12th in NI, August 2nd in Scotland) > Late Summer Bank Holiday (August 30th, not in Scotland) > Christmas Day > Boxing Day > > In Australia, the ones marked as "company holidays" are > > New Year's Day > Labour Day > Easter Monday > ANZAC Day (in NSW and WA) > Christmas Day > Boxing Day > > There are a bunch of others on the calendar, varying by site, but it's > not clear that those are actually days off. Interestingly, Labour Day > is all over the calendar: > > Mar. 7th Western Australia > Mar. 8th Victoria > May 3rd Queensland > Oct. 4th ACT, NSW, SA > > I don't see it listed for the Tasmanian sites (Launceston and Hobart) > And, in Massachusetts, Patriot's Day is a requirement :-). I sure would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when HP discovered that Monday was almost as holy as Christmas. /BAH |