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  1. 10-05-2001, 12:02 PM #1
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    Does anyone get monday off?

    I'm bummed. Columbus day and I have to go to class!!!

    What good is a holiday if it doesn't apply to you...

    Argggh...
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  2. 10-05-2001, 12:10 PM #2
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    you bet your ascii i'm off! w00t!

    we follow the gov'ment work schedule, so we get all these great holidays off.. it's especially nice in the winter because the gov is such a big employer around here that they'll let 'em off pretty easily if there's a threat of snow
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  3. 10-05-2001, 12:14 PM #3
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  4. 10-05-2001, 12:38 PM #4
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    Originally posted by ironchef
    they'll let 'em off pretty easily if there's a threat of snow
    Wimps!

    My kids are out of school, but I have to work. Of couse, I've got 8 vacation days left to use before the end of the year....
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    We here in Massachusets get Columbus day off, this is one of the few benefits of living in Boston.
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    Originally posted by PuTangClan
    We here in Massachusets get Columbus day off, this is one of the few benefits of living in Boston.
    You mean, there are others?
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  7. 10-05-2001, 02:00 PM #7
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    the idea of columbus day makes me sick...honoring a man who enslaved natives...a man who 'discovered' a pre-inhabited land and raped and pillaged it for its resources and people...

    obviously i have to work

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    My hubby works for the state of Kansas and he doesn't get it off. What's up with that?? Tip: If you decide to move to Kansas, you are ****ing nuts!
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  9. 10-05-2001, 02:38 PM #9
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    Originally posted by Jenny
    If you decide to move to Kansas, you are ****ing nuts!
    Is that a line that got cut out of "The Wizard of Oz" before it went to print?
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    I've got school. My father, though, a letter carrier (and no he hasn't shot anyone) gets it off.


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  12. 10-05-2001, 06:41 PM #12
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    Originally posted by aglio412
    the idea of columbus day makes me sick...honoring a man who enslaved natives...a man who 'discovered' a pre-inhabited land and raped and pillaged it for its resources and people...

    obviously i have to work

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    Originally posted by aglio412
    the idea of columbus day makes me sick...honoring a man who enslaved natives...a man who 'discovered' a pre-inhabited land and raped and pillaged it for its resources and people...

    obviously i have to work

    beh!
    actually, columbus himself was a pretty cool guy, and he just wanted to set up trade between the continents, learn about new cultures, and of course win fame and fortune.

    the holiday, tho, pretty much just celebrates the fact that whitey ganked the land, so, yeah, the holiday sucks.
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    Originally posted by DarkFury


    Heh.. but guess what? We SHO NUFF gonna take it though! Whoo hoo!
    heh - yep. i damn well take my casimir pulaski day (it's an IL state holiday...) and do i know who he is? hellnaw! some polish general in one o the world wars or somethin... who cares. if he gets me a day off, i'll wave a flag for im!
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    Originally posted by DarkFury


    Heh.. but didn't he claim America in the name of Spain? (I know he was Italian, but his ships and crew were mostly Spainiard)
    and, most importantly, the CASH FLOW was straight from spain... (or was it portugal?!?!? i don't know much...)
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  16. 10-05-2001, 07:08 PM #16
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    We Italians get one REALLY good day a year. Columbus Day. We don't get fall down drunk and stumble around telling everyone how much we love them, (St.Patricks Day), we don't need blinking lights,special songs,decorated trees, or make believe characters,presents or countdowns. We don't need Rally's,candles, excessive spending or days and days off. We get together with our families, MAYBE go see a tournament of bands parade,honor our elders with a nice family dinner,have a game of touch football in the backyard and raise a toast of homemade chianti to Christopher Columbus,and the generations of Italians before us who like C.C. came to 'discover' a new land. Any one who had or has relatives that lived or live in other countries and came here for freedom,religious,or otherwise should appreciate this holiday. I believe the name of this thread was...Does anyone get monday off..not let's bitch about the reason we GET it off. I am proud to be an Italian American. Long Live c.c.

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  17. 10-05-2001, 07:19 PM #17
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    Spain funded Columbus.

    Portugal colonized what is now Brazil.

    Do other countries in this hemisphere celebrate Columbus day (or something similiar)? You would think Latin American countries would. After all many Latin Americans are descendants of the Spanish conquistadors and settlers.


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  18. 10-06-2001, 12:25 AM #18
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    Originally posted by DarkFury


    BTW, If I come into your back yard and claimed it in the name of PIMPTOPIA, can I get a holiday out of it as well?
    HAHAH. Good point 'Fury.
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    As far back as I can remember, we've never gotten Columbus Day off in Cali. I always figured it was because we're on the west coast or something.

    We'll all be working, but banks will be closed on Monday. Gubment employees keep plugging along, postal workers must work, but bank tellers are sipping mai tai's? What's up with THAT?!
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