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.

[DollyCali]

Well, due to a MISSING PUP, the ground work was not in last weekend for the DEAR ABBY/DOLLY thread originally scheduled for this week-end.

IF there is sufficient interest(that means I need your questions in the next few days) I will have that thread next weekend. If you do NOT wish the question to go the route of the FReepmail, let me know via FReepmail & I will send you my mail addy, if you don’t already have it. YOUR NAME WILL NOT BE USED in the thread.

Here is the link for the last Dear Abby Thread so you can get an idea...The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- Dear Abby/Dolly (June 2-4, 2006)>. Had received a LOT of positive feedback on that thread.

Also we are going to be setting up permanent hosts/hostesses. Let me know if you are interested & you have NOT received a note from me in next few days. I am looking at rotating 5-6 permanent folks who will be the OFFICIAL ones, plus a couple subs. They can work alone; have a “host helper” or on occasion grab a partner for a special type of thread.

The official ones will be the decision makers on the thread & will decide on direction, changes, handle problems (lotsa fun) etc.

The names will be listed in the next Thread & PING INDEX along with mine.

This will take a commitment of handling the thread about once every 4 to 6 weeks depending on how many we have. Being single IS NOT A requirement. Dependability & good social skills & some HTML are requirements.

[JennysCool]

Holy cow! Could I be ... First in???

[Sax]

Being single IS NOT A requirement. Just the desire

Just kidding. Cheers!

[DollyCali]

wow, I can't believe people found this w/o ping. I am leaving early & had to post the thread. Hoping snugs will ping for me later & if she cant it will be a very early ping.

welcome!!!!!!

[DollyCali]

F-I-R-S-T

[DollyCali]

and second to the "humorist"!

:-)

[JennysCool]

Woo Hoo!

That's Beauty-Ful! Thanks!

[DollyCali]

Recommended Movies for the Theater This Weekend (from one of the Singles Movie Addicts/Critics):

I have not seen many of the releases the past week, maybe some of you can help. It’s agonna rain in the NE… movies might replace picnics?

World Trade Center (rated PG13) – Genre: Action/Drama. Based on True story of 911 – Nic Cage (this is very intense)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (rated PG13) – genre: Action/Comedy – Will Ferrell

Snakes on a Plane (rated R) – genre: Adventure, horror, suspense – Samuel Jackson (if you dislike snakes, you will HATE this movie)

The Ant Bully (Rated PG) – genre : Children’s animation

The Descent (rated R) – genre: claustrophobic horror – all girl cast.

Been around awhile at theaters, but worth seeing:


The Devil Wears Prada (Rated PG13) genre: High Fashion Comedy – Meryl Strep and Anne Hathaway

Monster House (Rated PG) genre: Kids animated adventure (big Kids will like this one too)

Little Miss Sunshine (rated R) genre: dark comedy. Re: dysfunctional family

A Scanner Darkly (Rated R) genre: adventure/Sci Fi – Cast animation - Keanu Reeves, Robert D.Downing, Winona Ryder, and Woody Harrelson

Superman Returns (PG13) genre: Action Superhero – Brandon Routh and Kate Bosworth (pretend you just saw the original superman one & two (and not the last two).This picks up at the end of the 2nd Original movie)

Over the Hedge (PG) genre: Kids animation

Cars (G) genre: Kids animation - much too cute!

Pirates of the Caribbean (PG13) genre: Action comedy – Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Kiera Knighley, (helpful to have seen the first movie)

X-Men: The Last Stand (PG13) genre: Sci Fi Action – Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, and Hugh Jackman (helpful to have seen the first two movies in series)

The Lake House (PG13) genre – Time Differential Love Story – Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock (this was not rated highly but I liked it)

[DollyCali]

Happy Birthday to Phil!!!!!
(and warm fuzzies for dad
on departed mom's birthday)

[DollyCali]

Sorry for the early ping but I am off to football game tonight.. see ya'all later! (if anyone is home besides ME this weekend!!!)

[DollyCali]

Kate you may not be back in town from the funeral yet.. but if you are just want you to know that I have been thinking of you & your family during this difficult time

[darkangel82]

Anyone here?

[Tennessee_Bob]

Yep - I'm here. Although I'm waiting for the sky to open like a scroll. A woman I work with asked me if I wanted to go out boating with her on Sunday.

[darkangel82]

Rain never fails, especially on holiday weekends.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Rain never fails, especially on holiday weekends.

Oh, you're just full of sunshine, eh? ;)

[darkangel82]

Lol.
Sorry, we just had 2 days of rain from Ernesto.

[WFTR]

My career

I mowed some yards and did a little babysitting as a teenager but didn't really do the usual job routine. I've always been very frugal, and mowing yards provided enough money to meet my needs. Besides, these jobs didn't require my folks to add another car to the family. I was also diligent in high school to earn some scholarship money for college.

I earned my first degree in Materials Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. That's Virginia Tech today, but I still think of it as VPI officially. While I was at Virgina Tech, I was in the co-op education program. I worked summers and winters at Tennessee Eastman.

My second degree was a master's in Metals Science and Engineering from Penn State, (a university that has resisted the temptation to change from The Pennsylvania State University as far as I know.) My thesis was on corrosion, and most of my classwork dealt with corrosion.

My first graduate engineering job was with Kerr-McGee in Oklahoma City. I was in the Materials Engineering department doing failure analysis and other support for the chemical, exploration and production, coal, and refining branches of Kerr-McGee. Kerr-McGee had left the nuclear business before I arrived, but when I started, I was using the same microscope that Karen Silkwood has used.

I was laid off from Kerr-McGee when they dumped their entire Technology and Engineering division. My next job was with a little consulting company in Louisville, Kentucky. The guy who owned the company was a horrible boss in every way. I stayed there only 17 months.

I had been out of work a while before getting the consulting job. I'd been looking for another corrosion job for the entire time that I'd been at the consulting company. I eventually decided to give up on corrosion and materials engineering. I returned to school at Tennessee Tech University and earned a master's degree in Chemical Engineering.

As I was looking for work, a major oil company was interested in talking to me again. I had talked to them when I had been laid off the first time, but they couldn't find anything for me. This time, they had an open position. I worked in their technology center in Houston for a little over two years and then transferred to a petrochemical plant in Louisiana. I tend not to mention their name for several reasons.

I'd love to retire at this plant in 15 years, but I don't know whether fate will allow me to do so. This area has also undergone changes for the worst since Hurricane Katrina. To make matters even worse, the idiots in the local Republican Party are pushing to put another airport nearby. I'm starting to think that maybe I wouldn't mind leaving this area after all. A good possibility would be a refinery in Texas, but I don't know when or if they'd want me.

Bill

[WFTR]

Another Friday night for weird Bill and his snakes

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Hi Bill.

Great photo!

[darkangel82]

Hello Max.