The ***Official*** Weekend Singles Thread - Labor Day Weekend(Sept. 1-4)

DollyCali and All of the Singles & their FRiends | September 1, 2006 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

Labor Day, a national legal holiday over 100 years old has Over the years evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival.

It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a resolution to hold all future parades on the same day, designated by them as Labor Day.

The Socialist Party held a similar celebration of the working class on May 1. This date eventually became known as May Day, and was celebrated by Socialists and Communists in commemoration of the working man. In the U.S., the first Monday in September was selected to reject any identification with Communism. Then in 1894, Congress passed a law recognizing Labor Day as an official national holiday.

It has come to be recognized in the U.S. not only as a celebration of the working class, but even more so as the unofficial end of the summer season. In the northern half of the U.S. at least, the summer vacation season begins with Memorial Day and ends with Labor Day. Many colleges and some secondary and elementary schools begin classes immediately after Labor Day.

State parks, swimming pools, and campgrounds are all quite busy on Labor Day, as vacationers take one last advantage of the waning hot season. September is the month that marks the beginning of autumn. And, because of that, the average daytime maximum temperatures take a plunge during the month in most of the U.S.

Labor Day "Linky Links"


U.S. Department of Labor- Bureau of Labor Statistics

Labor Day Greeting Cards

Knights of Labor

Labor Day Recipes

Labor Union Information

U.S. Department of Labor- Bureau of Labor Statistics



JOBS ~~ WORK ~~ PROFESSIONS


Tell us about your work/career..Past/Present

DollyCali shares her "past"

Well..maybe a LITTLE bit! I am currently working harder NOW than ever in my life. The pay monetarily is ZIP. but I know there are other rewards. I am care giving my invalid mom & living with her in HER home & taking care of her home, yards, pets as well as her.

My first “jobs” were in junior high school. I did modeling and taught dance lessons.. Continued this until I graduated from college & then began a teaching career(Biology & Physical Education) of about 10 years in many geographical areas at the junior high, high school and college level.

While I was teaching in NC, I began my real estate career that started at a large firm in residential sales & ended in my own commercial business that dealt with Development, rehabs, and 1031 Exchanging. A lot of money was there and a lot of ego strokes, but deep down something was missing.

Following grad school I began a career in Hospital chaplaincy working with Cancer/AIDS/Hospice patients. Essentially, ALL of my patients died & it was my job to get them and their families ready for that transition. But this was the most rewarding career I had and it has helped me help others – even now – as I am officially “unemployed”.

Now it is YOUR TURN

Please join me and the other “Singles & their Friends” and as you visit this thread over the next fourr days(yes, we will have a ping on Monday also for anyone who wants to visit) to chat, visit and see what is going on with your FRiends, do take a few minutes to share a little about yourself & your work over the years.

[onyx]

ROTFLOL! Thanks, Dolly. Just what I needed to bring to the BBQ --- everyone else always has the best jokes. Now I can read these! LOL!

[snugs]

[trussell]

I had one...and I'm already home...Who wants to hear how it went?

I PASSED MY LIFE TEST!!!!!!

[WFTR]

Thank you snugs, that looks delicious!

[WFTR]

Your life test? What's that, and what was the plan? LOL I'm confused.

[trussell]

My plan for the day was to finish studying for my certification for my life license. I finished the studies and took the test...I passed!

I have one more test to take...that's the one for my Health certification. I will try to finish that next weekend, and then I can get my license for Life/Health Insurance Producer!

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

You might be on to something with another signal, or remote in the house, perhaps. We have a tivo remote that does turn the tv on and off, and a DVD player remote. We have taken the batteries out of the TV remote just to make sure (to no avail), but we haven't tried messing with the tivo remote yet....

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

.......pinging the p-ko-tro...........

[Kate of Spice Island]

Drive-by posting a quick hello and a Happy Birthday to WFTR!

I vaguely remember turning 42. (Since it was only 2 years ago, heed this warning about the brains going south at some point...

Just kidding!

[DollyCali]

He is HOME ALONE.. who knows what "excitement" he may be into?(hopefully the mimes didn't gang up on him)

[darkangel82]

LOL!

[DollyCali]

Hey, congradulations !!! good going on passing the test & THANK YOU for agreeing to be our disc jockey & helping here & there. That is VERY impt to have back up people (prolly will be one or more posters assistant)..

[DollyCali]

I couldn't believe what I saw on way home from concert..all gas stations were at 2.39...

you know it is awfully sad that we are GLAD gas is this price.. ]

pretty disgusting

[DollyCali]

okay, how did the jokes go over?(BBQ was tonight?) I thought they were clever

[snugs]

Enjoy and in case you still feel hungry enjoy these. The beauty of the cyber sweets (candy) is that they do not put on weight. :0)

And if you still feel peckish I baked you some waffle fingers (dippers) - this is actually the same make and model of waffle iron that I own :o)

[snugs]

Best wishes for your exam next weekend.

[snugs]

Best wishes to all for the coming week and if I do not catch you before see you next weekend.

All the best
Eleanor

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Oh yah, that's right. He's probably raising the roof right about now...

[DollyCali]

oh that waffle maker looks great. I recall you describing it once on the Dose, I believe. wonder if they have them here in US? I haven't done appliance shopping in years. I have no clue what is new/hot in the market

[trussell]

Thank you...and you're welcome. :)
Happy to help if I can.