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Subject: [Leica] St Pats New Orleans
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:19:28 +0100
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Hi Vince,

I know the bit about the saint's day celebration, many people in Poland 
still celebrate it. I think it was only ever done in Catholic countries.
Anyway, there is no particular reason for this guy to have a holiday 
(workers' day is May 1st) but we will happily take it.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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On Mar 17, 2010, at 11:31 PM, Vince Passaro wrote:

> Nathan
> 
> A very late response to this thread -- I've been without power since
> Saturday -- Mar 19 is the Feast of St. Joseph as Mar 17 is the Feast of St.
> Patrick.  (Once upon a time in many European cultures people celebrated
> their Saint's Days, not birthdays, so all Josephs would celebrate Mar 19.)
> In any case, here's what you need to know: St. Joseph was a carpentar and a
> very fine step dad by the thin accounts available; he is the patron saint 
> of
> all WORKERS.  I gather you're a boss so it's not for you. Pero ten cuidado:
> Make sure no 'sabots' get tossed into your mainframe while you're away.
> Workers get all sentimental about their prerogatives once they get liquored
> up as I'm sure you know.
> 
> Vince
> 
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
> frozenlight.eu>wrote:
> 
>> St. Josephs---interesting, I have Friday off for some obscure holiday
>> called San Jos?. I don't question it, I just enjoy the long weekend :-)
>> 
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>> 
>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 15, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>> 
>>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Hugh Thompson <hewthompson at mac.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Sonny - haven't you just had a Mardi Gras or something?  Madness again I
>>>> see .....
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Mardi Gras is the last party before Lenten Fast.   However, since you
>> cannot
>>> make the Irish stay sober for forty days, you have to have a party, and
>> it
>>> is oh so convenient that St Patty's Day falls in there.
>>> 
>>> Of course, the Italians in New Orleans  can't be bested by the Irsh, so
>> next
>>> week it happens all over again with St. Joseph's Festival.
>>> 
>>> Then again there's lots of inbreeding, so most everyone is a little bit
>>> Irish, or Italian in New Orleans.
>>> 
>>> (and who's the nearly nude chick in the first photo?)
>>> 
>>> They rent Mardi Gras floats for the Irish Day Parades, and so no telling
>>> what the float theme might be.   It's all fun.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Sonny
>>> http://www.sonc.com
>>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/
>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana
>>> (+31.754164,-093.099080)
>>> 
>>> USA
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 14-Mar-10, at 9:11 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Some snaps from St. Pat's Parade, New Orleans Today
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.sonc.com/st_pat_2010.htm
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
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