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[tismey]

Originally posted by Ed Spruiell
well, my calender informs me that in the UK they celebrated something called Bank Holiday yesterday. Only they would get all excited about banking

Tismey, maybe you could fill us in on just exactly what the holiday is before we get too carried away making jokes about it

Yeah, Monday was May Day bank holiday. A Bank Holiday is just a day off, really, so called because the banks are shut too. We tend to get 4 or 5 a year. Good Friday is one, as is Easter monday. There's one for May Day, one at teh end of August (not sure why, probly a thing in the religious calendar everyone has forgotten about). We get 2 extra Bank Holiday days for the Queen's Jubilee this year as well. Best thing about Bank holidays (apart from the not having to work) is that it's easier for pubs to get extensions on our archaic opening hours.... (_)

'truth - you might like to check out this for further (more classical) education into what those toddlers in the chatrooms are talking about!!

[roger]

Bank Holidays:

The term started out referring to days when banks (in the U.K.) were closed so that bank employees could have a holiday. Before 1834, banks observed 33 days a year as bank holidays, and these were mostly saints' days and the typical church holidays like Christmas and Easter. In 1834, however, bank workers had most of those taken away such that the only holidays left were Good Friday, May 1st, November 1st, and Christmas Day. Yet, someone felt for the poor bank workers, so that in 1871, Sir John Lubbock's Act was passed, naming the following as bank holidays in England and Ireland: Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August, and Boxing Day (December 26). In Scotland they got New Year's Day, May Day, the first Monday in August, and Christmas Day. These holidays came to be appropriated by non-bank workers, but the term had already stuck. So, no matter for whom one works, one gets bank holidays.

FYI The financial markets distinguish bank holidays and exchange holidays in the US. On Bank Holidays it is not possible to settle a trade (take delivery of the cash/asset) and on Exchange holidays it is not possible to do a trade (on the exchange). A public holiday in the US might be a bank holiday, an exchange holiday, or both. However the terminology is not common parlance (I believe).

R.

[tismey]

Originally posted by scruffy
I saw some shirts with testosterone on them at a toystore a little while back, thought that was rather nice.

Sounds rather... messy to me.

[AdmiralAK]

Swimming is the best
I cant imagine going to the beach and not taking a diva (unless I am in the cold waters of the atlantic...but heck even then I will take a dive... ) -- I am greek I cant help it


Think geek was funny
Maybe I should go order the caffeine sampler pack

[unlearnthetruth]

my roommate was supposed to leave today.
he just randomly decided he wanted to stay until friday, even though there's nothing to do and no reason for him to be here.
anyone who remembers how i feel about my roommate knows i really want to yell a word that begins with an f right about now.
i made plans 2 - a *female* friend was supposed to be staying over 2morrow. i guess that's not happening now.... god dammit...

[BlingBling 3k12]

Originally posted by AdmiralAK
Think geek was funny
Maybe I should go order the caffeine sampler pack

that makes 2 of us!

[nkuvu]

Originally posted by unlearnthetruth
my roommate was supposed to leave today.
he just randomly decided he wanted to stay until friday, even though there's nothing to do and no reason for him to be here.
anyone who remembers how i feel about my roommate knows i really want to yell a word that begins with an f right about now.

A word that begins with f -- uhh, female? frankfurter? farvegnugen (or however that is spelled )? Oh, wait, I know, it's frotz!

i made plans 2 - a *female* friend was supposed to be staying over 2morrow. i guess that's not happening now.... god dammit...

Well there is always the option of cyanide in his food...

Joking! Only joking!

[BlingBling 3k12]

Originally posted by nkuvu
Well there is always the option of cyanide in his food...

Joking! Only joking!

Yes... please... I don't want to see this tomorrow morning...

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also, can someone work with my avatar? it has jaggies on the edges! i know these can be removed but since i suck at that sorta stuff... can someone help me out?!