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Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day!

by , 7:00 AM EDT, September 1st, 2008

In observance of Labor Day, a U.S. holiday, The Mac Observer will be taking the day off. We will resume our regular publishing schedule on Tuesday, September 2nd.

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Close Name:Tiger Posts: 1018 Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:54 am Subject: Happy?

Sorry, more like bored as we ride out Gustav in Baton Rouge.

Bored, but grateful it's not as bad as predicted.

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Close Name:geoduck Posts: 1922 Joined: 30 Dec 2003
Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:01 am Subject:

Isn't their a degree of irony in not having to work on Labor Day? Not that I'd know. There's no rest for the IT team.

Hey Tiger, Keep your head down. Even "not as bad" is a lot worse than anything we get up here.

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Close Name:LaurieF - TMO Forum Mod Posts: 3547 Joined: 15 Jun 2001
Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:14 pm Subject:

I'm not familiar with the background of the US Labor Day (I know, my friend Mr WIkipedia could tell me), but the New Zealand Labour Day (last Monday in October I think) commemorates the movement in the 19th century by a Wellington builder, Samuel Parnell, who refused to work more than eight hours a day. Eight hours work, eight hours sleep, eight hours play.

So in a way, we're having some time off because if Parnell hadn't put his foot and his tools down, we would have been working much longer hours!

Off to work...

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Close Name:Dave - TMO Staff Posts: 227 Joined: 11 Jun 2001
Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:24 pm Subject:

According to Wikipedia (now linked from the article):

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union (of New York City) sought to create "a day off for the working citizens".

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