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Veteran's Day Observed and Unobserved (split from APNP)

ScarletKnight41 Nov 09 2006 01:57 PM

My kids are off from school today and tomorrow for the NJ Teacher's Convention. When I was getting my nails done yesterday, the nail ladies were discussing how tons of teachers got their nails done the previous day so they would be ready to go to Florida for the long weekend. It seems to me that teachers should be making more productive use of their time off, considering the reason they have the time off is that they are supposed to be attending their convention.

cooby Nov 09 2006 03:23 PM

Yeah, typically all they do is sit around and eat bonbons

ScarletKnight41 Nov 09 2006 03:28 PM

I know they work hard. But this is a ridiculous time of the year for the kids to have two days off. Why not just skip this boondoggle convention and give families a full week off in February instead of this long weekend around Presidents Day? Between conference half days and Thanksgiving, November is already disjointed enough. Having two days off in addition is just silly.

Willets Point Nov 09 2006 03:29 PM

Tomorrow's a holiday.

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2006 03:33 PM

]the reason they have the time off is that they are supposed to be attending their convention. Convention = Union perk/boondoggle

Yancy Street Gang Nov 09 2006 03:35 PM

Willets Point wrote: Tomorrow's a holiday. What holiday is tomorrow? Saturday is Veterans Day. One of the few holidays that don't migrate to the nearest Monday. My bank will be closed on Saturday, and I don't think there will be mail delivery either.

Willets Point Nov 09 2006 03:39 PM

Veteran's Day observed.

Yancy Street Gang Nov 09 2006 03:54 PM

I didn't know it was being observed on Friday. So which day is there no mail delivery? I was planning on going to the bank on Friday to get my "yens" because they're closed on Saturday.

Edgy DC Nov 09 2006 04:02 PM

When Chuck Norris observes a holiday, the holiday is paralyzed by fear.

Frayed Knot Nov 09 2006 04:04 PM

I've seen signs on banks & libraries saying 'Closed Saturday'. Vet's Day was one of those where they originally tried obseving it on the nearest Monday but veterens groups objected, saying that the '11th minute/11th hour/11th day/11th month' thing was sacred and shouldn't be messed with for convenience. Ergo it was quickly changed back.

Willets Point Nov 09 2006 04:04 PM

Looks like USPS is delivering Friday but not Saturday. I don't know about the banks. All I know is that I'm not going to work tomorrow. Scarlett can look at me in disdain.

metirish Nov 09 2006 04:37 PM

] Looks like USPS is delivering Friday but not Saturday. This is info I needed to know,thanks.

soupcan Nov 09 2006 04:38 PM

Veteran's Day is friggin' Saturday. Trust me. I should know.

Willets Point Nov 09 2006 04:39 PM

I think veterans are worth two days of appreciation, so to all the veterans out there, Happy Birthday!

cooby Nov 09 2006 04:43 PM

I do too, Willets, so Happy Two Veteran's Days and happy birthday (if it happens to be your birthday, too)

Yancy Street Gang Nov 09 2006 05:07 PM

I hope that the syndicate runs a Peanuts strip that has Snoopy talking about quaffing a few root beers with Bill Mauldin.

KC Nov 09 2006 05:16 PM

Three day weekend!! First time ever we got a day off for Vet day (actual, ob- served, or moved)

MFS62 Nov 09 2006 09:30 PM

Willets Point wrote: I think veterans are worth two days of appreciation, so to all the veterans out there, Happy Birthday! Channeling Ralph Kiner again? Thanks Later

Willets Point Nov 09 2006 11:33 PM

And thanks to you.

DocTee Nov 09 2006 11:48 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 09 2006 11:51 PM

]I think veterans are worth two days of appreciation They already get Memorial Day, Armed Forces Day and now this--geez louise, you'd think they put their lives on the line for our freedom or something.

Willets Point Nov 09 2006 11:49 PM

Well, they don't get Memorial Day until they're dead.

Willets Point Nov 11 2006 01:50 PM

Well how do you do, Private William McBride Do you mind if I sit here down by your grave side? And I'll rest for awhile in the warm summer sun, I've been walking all day and I'm nearly done. I see by your gravestone you were only 19 When you joined the glorious fallen in 1916. Well I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean Or, Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene? Chorus: Did they beat the drum slowly? Did they sound the fife lowly? Did the rifles fire o'er ye as they lowered you down? Did the bugles sing 'The Last Post' in chorus? Did the pipes play 'The Flowers o' the Forest'? And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind? In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined And though you died back in 1916 To that loyal heart are you always 19? Or are you a stranger without even a name Forever enshrined behind some glass-pane In an old photograph torn and tattered and stained And fading to yellow in a brown leather frame? Chorus Well the sun's shining now on these green fields of France, The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance. The trenches are vanished long under the plough No gas, and no barbed wire, no guns firing now. But here in this graveyard it's still No Man's Land The countless white crosses in mute witness stand. To man's blind indifference to his fellow man And a whole generation who were butchered and damned. Chorus And I can't help but wonder now Willie McBride Do all those who lie here know why they died? Did you really believe them when they told you the cause? You really believed that this war would end war? But the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame - The killing and dying - it was all done in vain. For Willie McBride, it's all happened again And again, and again, and again, and again. Chorus

ScarletKnight41 Nov 11 2006 02:19 PM

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served in the Armed Forces!

ScarletKnight41 Nov 11 2006 03:06 PM

Here's a Cathy strip that even cooby will enjoy -