check in if you have Friday off (not gloating, just curious)

[Bertha Venation]

Mrs. V. and I do.

You?

[afraid_of_the_dark]

1. I can if I get all my hours in before Friday.

But they just offered me some more hours, so it looks like I'll just have Friday afternoon off instead of the whole day.

[GOPisEvil]

2. I'm assuming that I'll have to work.

[VelmaD]

23. Should be interesting to see...

if Governor Goodhair's love for the Gipper outweighs his seething hatred of State employees.

[LynneSin]

3. What's Friday?

other than the 11th?

[Bertha Venation]

5. Fed. Gov't. closed; my firm and many businesses following suit.

For funeral.

Don't flame me. :scared:

;)

[LynneSin]

9. REAGAN???????

Damn, finally something good happened as a result of Ronald Reagan

[eyesroll]

4. Not for funeral -- I was taking Friday off anyway

I have the a/c guy coming (tune-up), the city inspector coming (last week's furnace installation), and then we're off to the state Dem convention in Appleton.

I've had this day scheduled for weeks -- my company's a publishing house in Wisconsin, so we're open.

[Scottie72]

6. Well I do... sort of

Well Friday is a normal day off in my two week type of schedule.

Though I do have go into work at 12am on Saturday morning...

[LionInWinter]

7. Yup ...

Finally, the Gipper does something positive for the federal workers he loved so dearly.

I just hope Wednesday evening's DC commute isn't screwed up too badly.

[Bertha Venation]

11. "hope Wednesday evening's DC commute isn't screwed up too badly"

That's hoping against hope, balrog. I'm leaving work 3 hours early that day. It's going to be absolutely miserable.

[ellie]

8. I don't know

I will ask my liberal boss who will probably laugh, then ask HIS conservative boss who is probably crying as I type this. How about a "maybe"?

[gpandas]

10. retired-every night is saturday night...

and every day is sunday

[H2O Man]

14. I'm retired, too.

So if any of you do have to work on Friday, I'll try to pick up the slack for you. What ever the heck that means! (plenty of time to think about it!)

[Beaker]

28. another retiree checking in...since 7 years ago at age 38...

due to permanent disability.

but hey- I've realized the main goal of my life-

I don't have a boss, and I don't have to be a boss.

[gpandas]

38. i'm on total disability for eight years-since age 52

[terrya]

12. Hell, no.

I'll be at work. "sniff"

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Thursday is Corpus Christi

National holiday (yep, separation of church and state is less than stellar down here). Friday sometimes goes away too, but I work at a "serious" place. :cry:

[chiburb]

15. NYSE just announced they WILL be closed!!!!

I get the day off now!

[boneygrey]

25. Me too

and for the same reason

[cheezus]

16. Think still will apply to State University?

if my wife gets the day off I'll take it off too

[BigMcLargehuge]

17. probably not

but that's okay. I don't want to feel like I owe that rotten old cadaver anything.

[AspenRose]

18. My husband does

Alas, I don't....

[scottcsmith]

19. I have every day off

Thanks to the fabulous Bush economy. Oregon has the 3rd highest unemployment rate in the nation.

[afraid_of_the_dark]

21. You're in the same boat as my hubby...

Unemployment is so stressful. Best of luck in finding a new job - job searching is SO hard on the ego. :hug:

[sniffa]

20. we're working on it

we're funded by the feds, so i'm arguing the case.

3 day weekend!!

[prolesunited]

22. I do!

But just cause I already had scheduled that day off. I'm going to the Chicago Bluesfest with Blue-Jay.

Not sure what will be more "fun." — the news coverage or the flame wars here. Too bad we'll miss it all. :eyes:

[mopinko]

41. hey proles

who's on the bill for friday? it snuck right up on me.

[prolesunited]

50. Here's a link to the schedule

http://egov.cityofchicago.org:80/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@0283218351.1086650001@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccceadcljfgmeffcefecelldffhdfhg.0&contentOID=536904291&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=Dept&blockName=Special+Events%2FI+Want+To&context=dept&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Special+Events&deptMainCategoryOID=

I think we'll be living out there for the weekend. Can you camp in the park? :-P

[sbj405]

24. I do.

I'm headed out of town, so it saves me from taking leave.

[skippysmom]

26. Probably not

unless Governor Mitt decides that giving us the day off will improve his standing with the GOP.

[Beaker]

27. it's a NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING fer chris'sakes!!!

doesn't EVERYONE have it off?

I mean after all...
who's going to want to do business...?

or go shopping.....?

or eat.....?

I guess I'll be dragging out the horsehair shirt and the whacking board..."Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem..." whack!

[VOX]

29. I work at a state university in CA, but no word from Arnie yet...

Depends on how far he wants to take his GOP creds.

Hey, if it happens, I'll honor RR by sleeping in -- the way he did on his job during meetings, etc.

on edit: bloody typos!

[Bertha Venation]

30. I would hope the state of CA would do something similar to the Fed.

:shrug:

(can you believe the Indians beat us 3 straight? :cry: )

[jakefrep]

33. Boss is a good Democrat

So I'll have to work.

Go Tribe!

[Bertha Venation]

37. party affiliations have nothing to do with it

IMHO

the idea is to honor the office, not the man -- at least AFAIC. I could give two shits why Republicans are drooling over having a day off.

I hope you get the day off after all


And: Go Tribe! Except when they're playing the Halos! O8)

[VOX]

54. We got days off when Truman and Johnson died...

And I've just dated myself (and my length of service). But still no word yet from the statewide offices on any plans for shutting down on Friday.
= = = = = = =
The Halos have too many injuries! They've actually held things together fairly well with so many key players down (until the spanking they got from the Indians). Garrett Anderson and Tim Salmon should be back in this week, with Darin Erstad coming along soon. But now Percival is on the 15-day list!

[LastKnight]

31. yup but they are gonna ask me to work...

i can feel it

-LK

[KamaAina]

32. They're doing this on Kamehameha Day?!

Nearly everyone has June 11 off here. Kamehameha Day is a state (but not, normally, Federal) holiday.

Compared to King Kamehameha I, first to unify all the Hawaiian islands after centuries of failed attempts, Reagan was a two-bit hustler.

[ScreamingMeemie]

34. I do...but then I always do...

;)

MrG is working.

Hi BV!!! :hi:

[Lestat]

35. Yeah...I do....for now.

I don't have a job yet. :(

[LibertyLover]

36. Off Friday

Our human resources vice president just sent out a message that all World Bank Group offices in DC will be closed Friday following our standard practice of opening and closing in line with the federal government. That means I can stay home and enjoy my almost 2 year old toddler.

[EstimatedProphet]

39. Supposedly yes

I will see when it gets here.

[Blue-Jay]

40. I'm off on Friday!

Not because of St Ronnie Day, but because I scheduled it weeks ago.

[Ratty]

42. I work for the state of Calif. and we don't

I figure we should get Friday off 'cause Reagan was the governor here but, sigh, we don't.

Hey! Did the Federal Government shut down when Nixon died?

[mopinko]

43. financial markets closed

hubby works for the chicago board options exchange, and they are closed. assume that means all markets.

[puerco-bellies]

47. I'm a broker for one of the largest FCM's in the West.

Is your hubbie a floor trader?

[mopinko]

53. nope, geek

he is the director of object oriented infrastructure. he was the lead on cboe direct. are you in sf? he is coming out for java 1.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

44. i always have fridays off

and yes i am gloating :evilgrin:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

45. i always have fridays off

and yes i am gloating :evilgrin:

[puerco-bellies]

46. It's good being a broker..

another long weekend to make up for the 5:00am wake-ups.

[kitkatrose]

48. I'm a student, so I have summer off.

My mamma's got Friday off. She's doing the happy dance. Probably the first time she's done that in response to RR.

[ronnykmarshall]

49. No

The Federal Reserve is open, which means we will be open.

[ikojo]

51. I work for an insurance company and will be working

on Friday.

[RebelOne]

52. I wish. My company has not announced Friday as a day off.

Maybe I'll get lucky and they will tell us on Thursday.