Australian Politics Forum - Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday.

gizmo_2655 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 16010 South West NSW Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #15 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 1:13pm No, it's stupid to celebrate a Holiday in Australia that refers to the Northern Hemisphere seasons..... Halloween is a celebration about the end of the Northern summer... Seems pointless to celebrate it in the middle of Spring...
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #16 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 1:18pm There's a shortage of public holidays over the winter months. ...something in July would be welcome. The economy is hardly going to shut down because of one day off. Don't us drones deserve a bit of leisure time?
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Reply #17 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 1:27pm

... wrote on Oct 28^th, 2010 at 1:18pm:

There's a shortage of public holidays over the winter months. ...something in July would be welcome.

The economy is hardly going to shut down because of one day off. Don't us drones deserve a bit of leisure time?

Well the end of summer here( for the same festival as Halloween) would be April 30th to May 1st......

Or the Winter Solstice....June 20-21 (well round about anyway)..

I suppose that'd be closer to winter months..

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Reply #18 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:26pm

Police Warn Parents About Dangers of Halloween
Oct 27, 2010

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Police are asking parents to keep a close eye on their kids this Halloween. Sargent Cristy Hamblin said police will be paying close attention to traffic this October 31st, and for good reason. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration kids are four and a half times more likely to be hit by a car on Halloween than any other day of the year.

Cedar Rapids Police are also hoping technology can help to reassure and protect the public. They are encouraging parents to check out the Iowa sex offender registry before letting their kids go trick-or-treating.

“It will bring up their name, their picture, who the victim was as far as male or female, the age group,” said Sargent Cristy Hamblin.

Hamblin said although sexual related crimes do not necessarily spike on Halloween, the department is using the holiday to spread awareness.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Police-Warn-Parents-About-Dangers-of-Halloween-10...

It all sounds too bloody hazardous for MY liking

Though it was rather quaint, on our first Halloween here, to have a procession of costumed kids "trick or treating" door-to-door (something we'd, understandabley, never seen in the inner city)

Unfortunately, unprepared as we were, all we could offer were cans of beer or a few cigarettes

I had to send the "significant other" down to the the supermarket for some musk sticks and aniseed rings

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Reply #19 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:34pm

buzzanddidj wrote on Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:26pm:

It all sounds too bloody hazardous for MY liking

Though it was rather quaint, on our first Halloween here, to have a procession of costumed kids "trick or treating" door-to-door (something we'd, understandabley, never seen in the inner city)

Unfortunately, unprepared as we were, all we could offer were cans of beer or a few cigarettes

I had to send the "significant other" down to the the supermarket for some musk sticks and aniseed rings

LOL...the past couple of years I have tied the front gate closed...lest the pesky critters might breach the boundaries and beg for non-existent treats...

That said, my 12 YO has asked if he can dress up and go out with some friends for his first Halloween 'celebration' this year - I'm thinking about it...

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qikvtec Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1846 Queensland	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #20 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:37pm buzzanddidj wrote on Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:26pm: I had to send the "significant other" down to the the supermarket for some musk sticks and aniseed rings Bet they were popular with the kiddies.
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Equitist Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9632 NSW	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #21 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:40pm qikvtec wrote on Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:37pm: buzzanddidj wrote on Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:26pm: I had to send the "significant other" down to the the supermarket for some musk sticks and aniseed rings Bet they were popular with the kiddies. The mind does boggle...somewhat...
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 58337 Here Gender:	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #22 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 8:59pm I think Melbourne Cup day is a more reasonable option. Not a lot of productivity that day anyway. Halloween has no relivance to Australia even though it has become popular with the kids over the last decade.
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Reply #23 - Oct 28^th, 2010 at 11:35pm

I think Christmas is the dumbest excuse for a Holiday in this part of the world.
Besides the concept being originally from Finland about an old fella getting "high" on his sleigh with some Reindeer who nibbled the same Mushrooms he was on.
I just can't see the point of seeing people dress up all 'wintery' in the middle of a hot summer.
I dislike these winter decorations being already on display in October in Shopping Malls/Plaza's etc.
I dislike the Retail scam of pricing products up only to somehow be able to sell them dirt cheap a week after Xmas day.
I dislike how this 'celebration' is more of a SALE.
I dislike the corruption of Religion and its interpretation over an astronomical event.

I dislike how parents can only enjoy Xmas 'through' their children because they know what a rotten time it really is.

I dislike how Australia can whinge like me, but not come up with anything better of an excuse to have a holiday.

sucks doesn't it.
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Reply #24 - Oct 29^th, 2010 at 2:04pm

dontworry wrote on Oct 26^th, 2010 at 6:10pm:

This calendar is almost too well thought out isn't it.

In our lives, we are living an average of 2 days out of a week, 10 days out of a month, 118 days in a year and yes, that does include the 14 public holidays for us VICTORIANS.

247 days a year we are forced to slave.
129 days we work more than we live in a single year.

So why the f.u.c.k not, make it a 128, please, please GOD. Oh wait, the wrong department did you say? Well who the F.U.C.K DECIDES HOW MANY DAYS I HAVE OFF EVERY YEAR THEN HAA? DO I GET A VOTE? NOO? AWW WHY THE F.U.C.K NOTT?

So you want another day off. Lets take a look on what you are asking for.

There are 365 days per year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year which you already have 2 days off per week leaving 261 days available for work. Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 91 days available.

You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee breaks, that accounts for 23 days a each year, leaving only 68 days available. With a one hour lunch period each day, you have used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 days available for work.

You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave, leaving only 20 days for work. We are off for 5 holidays per year, so your available working days are down to 15 days.

We generously give you 14 days vacation days per year which only leaves 1 day available for work and you will be dammed if you're going to take that day off!!!!

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Carl D Ex Member	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #25 - Oct 30^th, 2010 at 2:16am It seems to me that Halloween has become just another excuse for shops to make more money judging by the amount of Halloween merchandise I've seen on sale.
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Reply #26 - Oct 30^th, 2010 at 6:13am

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It seems to me that Halloween has become just another excuse for shops to make more money judging by the amount of Halloween merchandise I've seen on sale.

That's true...
The Woolworths here in town is selling the large round pumpkins (which I've never seen in Woolies before), like you see on American TV shows at Halloween for $25.00 EACH...

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Reply #27 - Oct 30^th, 2010 at 6:36am

Some of the Scottish traditions at Halloween are pretty cool - like ducking for apples and treacle scones, where the kids eat these triangular scones hanging on a string draped across the room. plastered with treacle. At least they have a traditional basis for Halloween over there. We don't.
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The Celtic festival Samhain is one of the four quarter festivals. In Gaelic it is Samhuinn which means hallow tide or season, the feast of all-souls. The souls of all the dead are said to be free on that day, 1st November. 1st November was the first day of the Celtic new year and the transition between old and new year was believed to set free evil spirits which would visit your house.

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Reply #28 - Oct 30^th, 2010 at 11:52am

Jaykaye_09 wrote on Oct 26^th, 2010 at 5:25pm:

Hey, I got nothing against meaningless days off, but this is a stretch even for me.

It's even more of a stretch considering that not even the Americans get a day off for Halloween.

Maybe we should just go the whole hog and have Thanksgiving, Independence day and Washington's birthday as Australian public holidays

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imcrookonit Ex Member	Re: Does Australia Need Another Public Holiday. Reply #29 - Oct 30^th, 2010 at 11:55am Then again how about we just try and get back what was taken away. Easter Tuesday, and royal show day?.
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