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d000hg replied

4 March 2011, 23:13
Originally posted by Alf W View Post

No 'cancel it altogether' option? A waste of a billable day.

Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

WHS. Bank holidays are for permies. Scrap the lot.

I don't observe them and frequently fail to notice them apart from those attached to seasonal holidays.
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norrahe replied

4 March 2011, 23:08
If they are trying to do this to promote tourism then a bank holiday in Autumn isn't going to help tourism in the UK, as they keep telling us it will.

Certainly haven't missed the halloween bank holiday in the oul sod, nice to have the double whammy in May over here.

Alas and alack it is one less invoicing day, but sometimes it is nice to have the odd day off.
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BA to the Stars replied

4 March 2011, 20:38
As its my birthday on St Georges Day, I vote for that.

It would also cheese off anyone who is not English!

Trafalgar Day in October - would cheese off the French & Spanish

Battle of Britain Day in September - annoy the Germans

What other nations can we upset
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wurzel replied

4 March 2011, 11:54
Better still, why not change the length of every month to have 28 days.

Make filling in my accounting spreadsheets so much simpler
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vetran replied

4 March 2011, 11:13
Later holiday is preferable.
Why not tie up with thanksgiving?

It would be good for business as the septics are closed anyway and an extra shopping day for Xmas. Not sure what excuse we could use.

Or we could make it 4th of July to celebrate closing our Washington tax office.
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Old Greg replied

4 March 2011, 10:55
Originally posted by VectraMan View Post

Does anybody care what the bank holiday represents? To most people it's just a day off (or a 20% tax for that week for us). Better to spread them out through the year.

I think there has always been a streak in the Tory party that sees this as a socialist holiday, which must be removed. That's who cares!

Anyway, I'm no worse off for a bank holiday.
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VectraMan replied

4 March 2011, 09:53
Originally posted by Old Greg View Post

Me too, but the great thing about May Day is that it should appeal to everyone, because of his traditional roots as a spring festival.

Does anybody care what the bank holiday represents? To most people it's just a day off (or a 20% tax for that week for us). Better to spread them out through the year.
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Old Greg replied

4 March 2011, 09:06
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

Keep it in May. I prefer having a Socialist holiday to a Nationalist one.

Me too, but the great thing about May Day is that it should appeal to everyone, because of his traditional roots as a spring festival.
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SueEllen replied

4 March 2011, 07:33
If we need to have non-billable days then they should be more spread out during the year.
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DimPrawn replied

3 March 2011, 23:31
Originally posted by Alf W View Post

No 'cancel it altogether' option? A waste of a billable day.

WHS. Bank holidays are for permies. Scrap the lot.
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Alf W replied

3 March 2011, 23:30
No 'cancel it altogether' option? A waste of a billable day.
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thunderlizard replied

3 March 2011, 22:28
Keep it in May. I prefer having a Socialist holiday to a Nationalist one.
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Zippy replied

3 March 2011, 22:17
Originally posted by cailin maith View Post

Have to say it's the one thing I miss form home. It's nice having a long weekend in October.

That would be good.
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lilelvis2000 replied

3 March 2011, 22:08
Would be nice to have a break after August. and while they are at at it can they move Easter Monday to either June or July and only give kids one week off at Easter!
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DimPrawn replied

3 March 2011, 21:10
I thought this was another thread about AtW and his incessant ing.
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