Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Worker's Day is May 1 for commies buddy. Socialists. People who can afford to go to the doctor. Etc. For the true blue May 1 is one of the many Feasts of Mary launching a month dedicated to Mary but beyond that my memory runs dry. Anyway to honor my Irish-Italian mixed heritage I always try to sabotage the bosses on March 19. Call me old school. Call me 35mm black and white. On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > 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 > 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 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 > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >