Hello eveyone ! A few of the American readers in the chat room are trying to plan a get together. We would like your input about dates and times. There are a lot of us that live on the East Coast or thereabouts, so it would be really easy for us to have a party!

First time I read this I thought it was the old joke about dyslexia -

"Sufferers of daily sex untie!"

That'll teach me to read this without my glasses on...



PSD

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This is the work of an Italian narco-anarchic collective. Don't bother insulting them, they can't read English anyway.

Only you PSD, only you.

Hey slightcap, thanks for posting it. Being stuck out in the boring midwest, I would welcome an opportunity to get out to the east coast. Veteran's Day weekend, maybe?

Slightcap I think any long weekend would be great. Dog friendly lodging would be preferable so the Butler doesn't have to go to daycare.

Well, let's see. There is Labor Day weekend, Veteren's day weekend, MLK B-day weekened, Memorial Day Weekend, and 4th of July Weekend. Did I miss any?

I will be visiting my brand new niece in FL over Labor Day weekend and out of the country for MLK. I am still voting for Veteran's Day. Memorial day might work but it's soooo far away. Ditto July 4th.

Don't forget Thanksgiving weekend and Columbus Day.

I don't have Columbus Day off, and I figured that Thanksgiving Day would be out because people would want to be with their families. But those are options.

I have Columbus Day and Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays. Also Pulaski Day, which I think is unique to the City of Chicago. (Oh, the joys of being a government employee...)

Columbus Day is a floater for me. Lincoln and Washington I don't.

Usually after a day and a half with my family, I'm ready to escape. That's why I suggested Thanksgiving.

Nicky - When is Pulaski Day?

March 3rd. Although I haven't figured out if it's the same day every year.

Uh huh. And the significance of Pulaski Day?

Birthday of General Casimir Pulaski. He's googlable (is that a word?), but basically minor Polish nobility, fought with George Washington, implemented the American cavalry. There are a lot of Polish people in Chicago...

There's a lot of Polish people in Jersey too. And we've got a Pulaski highway.

So why don't we have the bloody holiday???????

Tracy, I thought you were in Connecticut.

NYC apparently has a Pulaski Day parade, but for some reason they hold it in October. Maybe it's one of those holidays that everyone gets to personalize for him/herself, like Election Day. ;-)

Speaking of good holidays...the best one I ever heard of is the Crab and Goat Races held annually in Tobago at Easter time.

I am in Connecticut but with a great many relatives in Jersey. If you spend enough time in Jersey it sort of seeps into your skin.

Yeah, New Jersey is kind of infectious like that - like it or not, it becomes a part of you :o)

I really never spent any time there, except for a wedding once in Cape May. Very pretty! And the Newark airport--less pretty.

Yeah, you really want to avoid Newark. The Oranges don't smell so good either.

The beaches are great though and so is the shopping.

I think we should have our get together in Jersey! Or as it is really said, Joysy.