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*** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK ***
| Fman99 Oct 09 2011 05:47 PM |
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Everyone off tomorrow except Fwife. Going to drag the kids all over the place and try and fit a nap in there at some point as well.
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| themetfairy Oct 09 2011 06:19 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Everyone on down here. D-Dad is working, my office is open (although I don't work most Mondays. But if I did, I'd be working) and MK has school.
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| John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 09 2011 06:26 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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how the hell do you get a nap?
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| Rockin' Doc Oct 09 2011 06:35 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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It's hard for me to imagine people being off for Columbus Day. As a holiday, I consider it on par with Arbor Day. Needless to say, life goes on the same as any other Monday.
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| MFS62 Oct 09 2011 06:51 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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You're right. Office open and I'm working tomrrow. I'm going to ask them for Lief Ericson Day off instead. Later
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| Kong76 Oct 09 2011 06:57 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Off! And we closed at noon for Yom Kippur (sundown was early
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| sharpie Oct 09 2011 07:02 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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On.
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| metirish Oct 09 2011 07:39 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Wife is working , I'm off but have two nieces along with Lorcan to contend with, probably take them to the City.
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| Ceetar Oct 09 2011 11:14 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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office is open..almost always is.
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 10 2011 04:01 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Working. Will "enjoy" the lighter-than-usual traffic.
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| Fman99 Oct 10 2011 05:28 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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My daughter still beds down after lunch most days for about two hours. Once I get her sleeping, I'll set Fboy up with a kids' movie downstairs and that will buy me about 80 minutes of shut eye. Believe me, between the nap, and the morning run I'm about to embark on (Fwife doesn't leave till 8:45 or so on Mondays), and coffee, I need LOTS of refueling to get through a weekday solo with these guys. They have reservoirs of energy.
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| seawolf17 Oct 10 2011 05:51 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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I feel you, but naps just ain't an option for me any more. (Maybe because neither of them do.) Either way -- on. Fake holidays like this are big in college admissions, because they're huge campus tour days.
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| Edgy DC Oct 10 2011 07:05 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Off but catching up on work at home.
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| Frayed Knot Oct 10 2011 07:24 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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That's because you don't live in the northeast where many among the greater concentration of Italian descendants consider it more a celebration of their ethnicity than anything else. Just the thought of the shit-storm which would befall whichever politician/council to suggest that maybe such a 'minor holiday' should no longer be considered a paid day-off would be substantial enough to ensure it'll never be brought up.
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| Edgy DC Oct 10 2011 07:34 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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The Columbus Day Parade is also the traditional start of the political season in New York.
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| dgwphotography Oct 10 2011 07:42 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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This descendant of Italian immigrants hasn't had Columbus Day off in decades. Today is just another day at the office...
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 10 2011 07:48 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Yeah, I haven't had an office-closed day off on Columbus Day since the late 1980s. My kids have the day off from school, but very few offices seem to be closed. Rush-hour traffic this morning was only a little bit lighter than normal.
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| metsguyinmichigan Oct 10 2011 11:51 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Columbus Day not a big deal in the Midwest. Working.
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| TransMonk Oct 10 2011 11:56 AM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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This...although, while I am working today, I receive an extra personal day to use this year.
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| sharpie Oct 10 2011 12:28 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... pear_.html
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| metirish Oct 10 2011 12:54 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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probably my favorite part of Slate is "Explainer ".
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| Fman99 Oct 10 2011 06:51 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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A four mile run, Kmart, Wegmans, the vacuum repair store, park #1, home for macaroni and cheese lunch, nap (90 minutes for Fgirl, 70 minutes for yours truly), cartoons, park #2, chicken parm, baths, and now, finally, Monday Night Football and a vodka-themed refreshment.
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| MFS62 Oct 10 2011 09:54 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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I got tired just reading that. Also -I learned that today is Thanksgiving day in Canada. I wonder how you stuff a walrus. Later
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| Ashie62 Oct 11 2011 12:21 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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then move...Just kidding..You are in a very nice area, you no like???
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| themetfairy Oct 11 2011 12:35 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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It's nice, but way too far from New York. I belong in New York. One day I'll return home....
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| Centerfield Oct 11 2011 12:45 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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I don't care who we honor so long as we get the day off. Can we repopularize Columbus/Indigenous Peoples/Native American/Immigrants Day please?
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| Ashie62 Oct 14 2011 05:18 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Like Felix Unger?
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| themetfairy Oct 14 2011 07:22 PM Re: *** COLUMBUS DAY OFF CHECK *** |
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Exactly :)
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