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Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« on: November 11, 2005, 12:24:24 pm »
Do you get a holiday in the US?

In Canada, for the morning, even 7-11 has to close.  It's pretty amaing. 
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2005, 12:25:23 pm »
We get a holiday but I have to work 11 hours today.  Yay!
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2005, 12:26:57 pm »
Yeah, I have to work 8 hours today. ;)

And yes, we have a holiday.. but nothing really special happens where I am at.
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2005, 12:29:07 pm »
They make a pretty big deal out of it here.  They have big services at all the schools where veterans come and they play songs for them and tell poems and all sorts of stuff.  And we wear these red flowing things  (poppies) that represent that soldiers who died.  And all donations that people give (you give a donation when you take a poppy) goes to veteran things. 

My mom used to work at a veterans' club as a bartender.  Today is an insane day there. 
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2005, 12:48:15 pm »
Hehe, that's pretty neat.  I noticed the flags were at half mast, but other than that, we're still on a normal schedule.
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2005, 12:49:15 pm »
Yeah, everything is normal around here.  I think we had a something for them at a big football game, but that wasn't even on Veterans day..

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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2005, 01:51:34 pm »
I do believe Quik and I have a day off :D
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2005, 02:01:58 pm »
We have the day off from school here and the lab is off as well. Yesterday LANL had a ceremony to honor the veterans that included honor guard to raise the flags(which I did) and PTLA providing a gun salute(If you never been ~10ft away from one of these before when they fire you should try it. You know its coming but you still jump 5ft off the ground anyhow).

Today there is a ceremony in town that included PTLA, the NJROTC unit, CAP and others im sure. So its not an absolutely huge deal but at the same time its not like its just another day here.
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2005, 02:03:33 pm »
Quote from: Ergot on November 11, 2005, 01:51:34 pm
I do believe Quik and I have a day off :D

Yeah, forreal. Most districts are closed for Veteran's Day.
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2005, 03:16:36 pm »
I wore my poppie today.  :)
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2005, 04:39:21 pm »
Fucking damnit, my school sucks.  :(
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2005, 05:49:18 pm »
No school, but most work places were open. My dad's off though.
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2005, 06:15:29 pm »
The County is closed for business today (I work at a County Library facility), but the Town, who owns the library building and whom I work for, is open for business.  Evidently we traded this day off for the day after Thanksgiving.  I'm okay with that.  :)
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2005, 06:46:52 pm »
I had school. Glad I did..
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Re: Happy Rememberance/Veterans Day!
« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2005, 06:48:33 pm »
Quote from: MyndFyre[x86] on November 11, 2005, 06:15:29 pm
The County is closed for business today (I work at a County Library facility), but the Town, who owns the library building and whom I work for, is open for business.  Evidently we traded this day off for the day after Thanksgiving.  I'm okay with that.  :)

Wow, and I thought that opening certain stores today was being rude to the memory of our fallen soldiers.  But that totally takes the cake :)
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