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.

[pcottraux]

Yeah, I'm pretty far inland in NC, so I'm not worried about the hurricane, but I still don't like all the rainy, yucky weather we've been having.

[darkangel82]

Me either. Whenever the storms come, we usually get hit hard. I moved further inland last year, but still about 30 minutes from the coast.

[pcottraux]

Well, I'm just glad it hit when it did. My parents are going to Florida for their second honeymoon this week. (House is all mine tonight through Thursday night).

[pcottraux]

Yeah, that was an easily made mistake. Probably be a lot more people making it before the night's over, lol.

[darkangel82]

Where in Florida? I'm not sure we're safe yet down here.(not to scare you or anything)

[pcottraux]

St. Petersburg. They were going dead or alive, so I guess no hurricane was going to stop them.

[Rca2000]

What are gas prices down to in your area??

Around here, they have broken the $2.30 mark, some stations have hit $2.29.

[darkangel82]

Ours are still in the low 2.60s.

[pcottraux]

Man, I envy you. It's $2.72 here!

[darkangel82]

One of my college friends lies near St. Petersburg, he and his family have become experts at the storm thing, although you kinda have to if you live in FL.

[pcottraux]

Yeah, I don't know much about hurricanes. The only one I ever had to deal with was Hurrican Opal, which managed to go far enough inland to his the Atlanta area. And that was about ten years ago.

[darkangel82]

I've had to deal with hurricanes in the six years I've lived down here. Ivan and Wilma were the 2 that caused me the most trouble.

[darkangel82]

Dead thread ping?

[WFTR]

I'm going to get something to eat. I'll try to get back to the thread in a little bit. In the meantime, people should talk about their jobs as Dolly originally suggested.

[pcottraux]

Oh, wait! I'm here!

Anyway, I imagine a hurricane's no fun. The one that I went through I don't even remember, except that it the next morning our yard was littered with gigantic tree branches (thankfully our house wasn't hit).

[darkangel82]

The 'canes that hit last year flooded the basement of my old house 5(yes, 5) times, forcing me to move down here.

[pcottraux]

Wow. Flooding is something I can say I've never had to deal with before.

[WFTR]

Another thought!

If you don't want to talk about your jobs, we can talk about hurricane preparedness. What supplies do you have? How many flashlights do you have? When was the last time you checked them for working batteries? Do you have a battery-operated portable radio? Do you have one of those crank-operated radios that you could use even if you were running low on batteries? Do you have an extra box of trash bags? Do you have extra rolls of duct tape? Do you have extra containers that you could fill with drinking water? Do you have knives and scissors? Do you have a first aid kit? How much of all of this do you have?

I'll show my paranoia by giving some of these answers later.

Bill

[Kate of Spice Island]

Drive-by "hello" post...

[darkangel82]

Hello.