so my concern is what is going to happen when Oz becomes a republic? will we lose the queens bday? I knew the old bad would be useful for me some day :-)
E On 7 Apr 2008, at 07:29, thecasses wrote: Holiday central over here - tho we do have the weather to enjoy even more... Christmas 2 days Easter 4 Australia day 1 Labour Day 1 Queens Birthday (on the wrong date!!!) 1 Melbourne Cup Horse race (yep a horse race) 1 ANZAC Day 1 If some of these hols fall on a weekend then we take the next "working" days off ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Leeds List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 3:07 AM Subject: [LU] Public holidays > Someone said > > England is the only country I know that has 4 days for Easter (The > province > Alsace does too as it takes Good Friday from the Schleurs and Easter > Monday > from the French) and 2 days for Christmas. > > > Not true......we in Canada have four days for Easter too.....trouble > is > you have to be in a union to get the Friday AND Monday.....regular > workers don't get the Monday. And as for Christmas....everyone gets > two > days, 25th and 26th....of if either or both days are on a weekend, the > following Monday is a holiday. We're bitching to get a day's > holiday in > February.....such a long run between Jan. 1st and Easter. We even > get a > day off on the Monday around May 21 for Queen Victoria for Pete's > sake.....not for our current monarch....but Queen Victoria. Strange > country Canada is. > > Grampa Sykes > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list > administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of > contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! > DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! > > __________ NOD32 3005 (20080406) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!! DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
