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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Where did "Presidents' Day" come from? I remember, as a school kid, Lincoln's birthday on February 12 and Washington's birthday on February 22. I don't remember when they disappeared and Presidents' Day took their place.

IIRC, both Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays used to be separate holidays (paid, at least for the .gov workers). Then at some point they made "two into one" since they were close together anyway, and that also eliminated one holiday from the .gov schedule.

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Originally posted by henryaz:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Where did "Presidents' Day" come from? I remember, as a school kid, Lincoln's birthday on February 12 and Washington's birthday on February 22. I don't remember when they disappeared and Presidents' Day took their place.

IIRC, both Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays used to be separate holidays (paid, at least for the .gov workers). Then at some point they made "two into one" since they were close together anyway, and that also eliminated one holiday from the .gov schedule.

I know for sure, when I was in elementary school they were separate holidays. I don't know when they were combined.

When they were separate holidays, the dates were fixed -- February 12 and February 22. Now, Presidents' Day, much like a bunch of other holidays, has a sliding date, so that it winds up on a Monday.

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:

I had to spend my gift card on a new snow shovel!

What are you going to do with that? Hand shovel your drive? Not a manly thing to do.

The command to fire on a ship is "Batteries Release"!

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Originally posted by YooperSigs:

I had to spend my gift card on a new snow shovel

Is it battery-powered?

When Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays were recognized separately, I clearly remember that Lincoln’s wasn’t a day-off holiday for any school I attended or for the Army when my father, or later when I was serving. (I actually believe that was the same for civilian government workers, but I’m not positive.) I always assumed the change of name and moving it to a Monday was to always give people (who got the holiday) a three-day weekend like the other holidays that were moved to Monday.

So what part of Presidents' Day involved buying a mattress?

you laugh, but my tv remote died , that afternoon.

its all fun and games ,until someone has to figure out how to change the channels on a big screen tv, w/o a remote

My new shovel is manually operated and used only on my sidewalk.
My landlords end loader has a large battery and is the definition of diesel powered manliness.
I have committed a slight faux pas by not buying a Yooper Scoop.
And its snowing....