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MarvelousGerbil
10/10/11 9:57:00 AM
#1:


You know, that day when the banks and post offices are closed but you still have to go to school.

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:04:00 AM
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Of all the federal holidays, this is the most worthless.

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lardpig
10/10/11 10:05:00 AM
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stupid columbus

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:08:00 AM
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In fact now I'm gonna do a ranking.

1.) Christmas Day
2.) Thanksgiving Day
3.) Memorial Day
4.) Labor Day
5.) New Year's Day
6.) Independence Day
7.) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
8.) Veterans' Day
9.) Presidents' Day
10.) Columbus Day

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MarvelousGerbil
10/10/11 10:09:00 AM
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More like Christmas>Thanksgiving>New Years>The Rest>Columbus

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lardpig
10/10/11 10:10:00 AM
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christmas is a lot better than thanksgiving when you're a kid, but it's reversed now

thanksgiving is the best by a wide margin, especially now that the lions game will be competitive for once!

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AfroSquirrel
10/10/11 10:10:00 AM
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Do either Portugal or Spain celebrate Columbus Day? Do any of the Caribbean countries celebrate Columbus Day?

It is seriously the least sensible holiday.

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lardpig
10/10/11 10:11:00 AM
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and new year's day is easily the worst seeing as all you do is try to recover from a raging hangover and regret sleeping with that skanky girl you know

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:11:00 AM
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Yeah, I had a hard time ranking New Year's Day, since technically New Year's Eve isn't included and that's the fun part of the holiday.

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:13:00 AM
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We should have pretended Columbus was born in mid-April or something. At least that would spread the holidays out more.

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MarvelousGerbil
10/10/11 10:13:00 AM
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From: JaKyL25 | #009
Yeah, I had a hard time ranking New Year's Day, since technically New Year's Eve isn't included and that's the fun part of the holiday.


That's kind of fair, but if you're celebrating New Years Eve, are you really going to go to bed at midnight?

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-LusterSoldier-
10/10/11 10:14:00 AM
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You know, that day when the banks and post offices are closed but you still have to go to school.

I'm pretty sure that I never had school on Columbus Day. I'm tracking poll updates on today's poll to see if there are any signs of an ASV.

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MarvelousGerbil
10/10/11 10:16:00 AM
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From: -LusterSoldier- | #012
You know, that day when the banks and post offices are closed but you still have to go to school.

I'm pretty sure that I never had school on Columbus Day. I'm tracking poll updates on today's poll to see if there are any signs of an ASV.


Maybe it's different depending on where you live. I always had school, but my area is notorious for snow days so it may have been a preemptive "make-up day." Though even now that I'm in grad school, I have class later today.

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:16:00 AM
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You know, I really like my Early April Columbus Day idea.

We could just make it the Monday after we shift into Daylight Savings Time every year, to give people an extra day to adjust to losing an hour.

And it would make sure that we never have a gap of over 2 months without a federal holiday.

It's perfect!

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lardpig
10/10/11 10:18:00 AM
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kids get off in april for spring break anyway

although yeah potentially getting off on my birthday (april 11th) without having to use a vacation or sick day would be cool

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:19:00 AM
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Yeah but who cares about kids, I'm an adult!

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:21:00 AM
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Upon further review, we actually enter DST in March, not April.

My plan is foiled.

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lardpig
10/10/11 10:24:00 AM
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From: MarvelousGerbil | #001
You know, that day when the banks and post offices are closed but you still have to go to school.


it's the main complaint of the first post!

and you shouldn't be looking for a more efficient system of getting days off, you should be concerned with making sure that the mail always comes through!

karl malone was the mailman because he always delievered!

except in the playoffs

....maybe that was the joke!

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:27:00 AM
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I'm only a mailman for 6 more weeks, I really couldn't care less if the mail system stops.

Non-Federal Holidays that are superior to Columbus Day:
St. Patrick's Day
Easter (even for the non-religious)
Halloween
Christmas Eve
New Year's Eve

Columbus Day is really far down the list!

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lardpig
10/10/11 10:28:00 AM
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From: JaKyL25 | #019
I'm only a mailman for 6 more weeks, I really couldn't care less if the mail system stops.


this doesn't mean what it usually means does it

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:28:00 AM
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GET DOWN ON THE GROUND NOW!

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JaKyL25
10/10/11 10:30:00 AM
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Oh man, how has no wrestler ever used a "borderline psychopathic mailman" gimmick?

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lardpig
10/10/11 10:31:00 AM
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you mean one never showed up on raw for 2 weeks?

what was barry darsow up to?

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PrinceReva
10/10/11 10:32:00 AM
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COME ON GUYS! Columbus day is awesome. What other day is better for marching into someone's house and telling them you live there now? It's time to move!

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-LusterSoldier-
10/10/11 11:57:00 AM
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MarvelousGerbil | Posted 10/10/2011 1:16:05 PM | message detail | quote
Maybe it's different depending on where you live. I always had school, but my area is notorious for snow days so it may have been a preemptive "make-up day." Though even now that I'm in grad school, I have class later today.

I looked at some of the past contest stats discussion topics from Columbus Day in 2007 and 2008. From what I found out in those topics, it's probably a statewide thing as to what schools have off on Columbus Day and which ones are in school that day. I never had school on Columbus Day and I live in Pennsylvania.

Also, based on the trends from the contest matches on Columbus Day in 2007 and 2008, Columbus Day trends are more similar to weekend trends than weekday trends, suggesting that more than half of all schools get off for Columbus Day. However, there are signs of an ASV on Columbus Day, suggesting that there is a large minority of schools (about 20% to 40% of all schools) that do have school on that day.

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the icon ownz all
10/10/11 12:01:00 PM
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oh, so that's why i came into work and had 4 hockey games to watch on gamecentre

i'll take it


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JaKyL25
10/10/11 12:07:00 PM
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Did they make the Columbus Blue Jackets play a quadruple header?

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10/10/11 12:10:00 PM
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Nope! But two Canadian teams play on the road even though it's our Thanksgiving.


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CoolCly
10/10/11 12:41:00 PM
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uhh it's thanksgiving today guys


enough with your fake holidays

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Silvercross
10/10/11 12:47:00 PM
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For some reason, Zynga celebrates Columbus Day so I'm home from work.

I'm not complaining though.

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lardpig
10/10/11 1:33:00 PM
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From: -LusterSoldier- | #025
MarvelousGerbil | Posted 10/10/2011 1:16:05 PM | message detail | quote
Maybe it's different depending on where you live. I always had school, but my area is notorious for snow days so it may have been a preemptive "make-up day." Though even now that I'm in grad school, I have class later today.

I looked at some of the past contest stats discussion topics from Columbus Day in 2007 and 2008. From what I found out in those topics, it's probably a statewide thing as to what schools have off on Columbus Day and which ones are in school that day. I never had school on Columbus Day and I live in Pennsylvania.

Also, based on the trends from the contest matches on Columbus Day in 2007 and 2008, Columbus Day trends are more similar to weekend trends than weekday trends, suggesting that more than half of all schools get off for Columbus Day. However, there are signs of an ASV on Columbus Day, suggesting that there is a large minority of schools (about 20% to 40% of all schools) that do have school on that day.


I wish I could sig this.

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