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d'Kong76 Oct 13 2013 07:20 PM

Not working. I think Columbus Day is the most bogus holiday of them all.

seawolf17 Oct 13 2013 07:32 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Agree. And I'm half-Italian. Always working. Big visit day for us on campus because high schools are closed. Plus I get to listen to all of our students bitch on Twitter all day about the fact that they're in class.

d'Kong76 Oct 13 2013 07:47 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

It's not an Italian thing ... the Vikings 'discovered' America. Oh, wait ... no there were natives here too. Columbus Day = Bogus

metirish Oct 13 2013 07:59 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Not working .....

seawolf17 Oct 13 2013 08:15 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Kong76 wrote: It's not an Italian thing ... the Vikings 'discovered' America. Oh, wait ... no there were natives here too. Columbus Day = Bogus I totally agree. I'm saying that as a New Yorker of Italian descent, this is supposed to be a big deal to me and it ain't, for all the reasons you mentioned.

metirish Oct 13 2013 08:17 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

seawolf17 wrote: Agree. And I'm half-Italian. Always working. Big visit day for us on campus because high schools are closed. Plus I get to listen to all of our students bitch on Twitter all day about the fact that they're in class. what's the other half?

Fman99 Oct 13 2013 08:41 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

The kids and I are off. The wife is working. I'm going to drag these youngins all over town all morning and wear them out so I can nap after lunch. It's a devious plan.

Ashie62 Oct 13 2013 08:52 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Waiting for St. Patrick's day.. Trading currency tomorrow....

sharpie Oct 13 2013 09:56 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

I work for a company that has recently merged with another company. We have traditionally not gotten Columbus Day off but since the other company did we get it this year only.

themetfairy Oct 14 2013 05:13 AM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

MK has school, D-Dad is working.

MFS62 Oct 14 2013 06:25 AM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Working. And a shout out to our Canadian friends who are celebrating their Thanksgiving Day today. Later

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2013 06:52 AM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Kong76 wrote: It's not an Italian thing ... the Vikings 'discovered' America. Oh, wait ... no there were natives here too. Columbus Day = Bogus But particularly in the northeast here, it IS considered an Italian thing which gives it a built-in advocacy group to ensure that it'll never get the 'Pluto' treatment and be demoted from its status as a holiday. Of course not only did ol' Chris sail for Spain and not Italy but Columbus wouldn't even have considered himself 'Italian'; he would have referred to himself as Genovese since what we know today as 'Italy' was really just a bunch of independent (and often antagonistic) city-states connected by an only somewhat related language. And then there's that whole thing about never actually setting foot on mainland North America. C.C. = great explorer, top-notch ship captain, really lousy administrator, and someone totally worth knowing and admiring as an historical figure. Worthy of a U.S. major holiday? ... ehh, not so much.

Ceetar Oct 14 2013 07:38 AM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

I think Columbus was part of something that had a big impact on leading to America as it is today, in terms of colonization and all that. And learning about that era and how America came to be (and including smallpox and the Vikings..) is important and even worth celebrating/remembering but it shouldn't be for Columbus because he was a bastard. Anyway, not off. My current company does not believe in these "holiday" things apparently. Although neither does the client/MTA. My future company? I think they have off. [url]http://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day

Frayed Knot Oct 14 2013 10:03 AM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Columbus is NOT on the same par holiday-wise as Lincoln seeing as how Lincoln's birthday never was a federal holiday. btw, the whole "sex-slaver" and "mass murderer" things are a bit over the top

RealityChuck Oct 14 2013 10:40 AM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Working. I haven't had Columbus day off since 1970. It's just a holiday in public schools and for government employees.

Ashie62 Oct 14 2013 12:22 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\< Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 14 2013 04:47 PM

Did the Native Americans discover America? I guess Thanksgiving kinda covers that.

d'Kong76 Oct 14 2013 02:12 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Ashie62 wrote: Did the Native Americans discover America? They were here long before any discoverers. No parade for them today!

Edgy MD Oct 14 2013 03:28 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Have the day off and am proudly displaying my inflatable Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria on the lawn. It's always a neighborhood thrill when I let the air out of the Santa Maria and "sink" it in the early evening. The Knights of Columbus thing (and let us all celebrate how that graphic spits out "male-only" and "Catholic") is overstated. They certainly lobbied, but the officialness of the holiday had come about rather organically, observed since at least the mid-19th century, and lobbied for by many entities until given recognition in various states until consensus hits a tipping point. Consensus is moving in a different direction, and since it's among the least observed holidays, and the sacred status of his civic contributions is clearly dubious, I have no problem with it's elimination, but since it's near impossible to knock a holiday off the calendar, and it has a natural lobby group, getting past them as well as organized labor is going to be a tough haul. And I happen to BE from Bumretch, Nebrahoma!

Edgy MD Oct 14 2013 04:35 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

I'm all for re-establishing the holiday as "Some Proto-Mongolian Guy Day."

sharpie Oct 14 2013 04:59 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

It is kind of nice having a holiday in the middle of October. All due respects to Martin Luther King but I wish he wasn't born in mid-January.

Mets – Willets Point Oct 14 2013 07:29 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

I agree, mid-October is the perfect time for a long weekend. No love for Columbus, but definitely a good time for a break.

Fman99 Oct 14 2013 07:44 PM Re: >/>/>/-+Off-day check, 10/14+-\<\<\<

Edgy MD wrote: I'm all for re-establishing the holiday as "Some Proto-Mongolian Guy Day." Finally some recognition!