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MMXII said:Happy Labor Day Theoare you off work?
Theofilus said:Yep. I'm off work.The three day weekend really helps getting over my jet lag. ABC will be having a fund raiser today. (Pay about $10 to get in and then you can stuff your face as much as you want.) I'll be going to that with a friend and then going to visit some other friends later to show them pictures of Las Vegas. I'm going to avoid the annual march that the unions have though.
MN John said:Nope, just one. But it looks like someone polished off the rest (that was yesterday).
Nope, leave on Wednesday!! I was hoping she would call last night, but she didn't get to. I will post a note right before we go!!MMXII said:Hey mamabearwhen are you leaving? Or did I miss your going and coming back?
Theofilus said:
What are you all looking at me like that for?
porterross said:Good morning, All.
Does all of Europe have today off? My friend in the UK is off today, too.
If only I could break into his resistent shell when it comes to belief and the grace that is his. Too many years in Anglican boarding school. He would be a good one....sigh
wikipedia.org said:International Workers' Day
International Workers' Day (a name used interchangeably with May Day) is the commemoration of the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, and a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement. The 1 May date is used because in 1884 the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, inspired by labor's 1872 success in Canada, demanded an eight-hour workday in the United States to come in effect as of May 1, 1886. This resulted in a general strike and the riot in Chicago of 1886, but eventually also in the official sanction of the eight-hour workday...
The Red Scare periods ended May Day as a mass holiday in the United States, a phenomenon which can be seen as somewhat ironic given that May Day originated in Chicago. Meanwhile, in countries other than the United States and United Kingdom, resident working classes fought hard to make May Day an official governmentally-sanctioned holiday, efforts which eventually largely succeeded. For this reason, May Day in most of the world today is marked by huge street rallies of workers led by their trade unions and various large socialist and communist parties — a phenomenon not generally seen in the U.S. (which has a history of strong anti-communism) or the UK.
Theofilus said:
What are you all looking at me like that for?
mamabear said:Nope, leave on Wednesday!! I was hoping she would call last night, but she didn't get to. I will post a note right before we go!!
MMXII said:Maybe it's all the crumbs in your beard???
MN John said:Congratulations Theo!
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