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-=> Quoting Paul Hayton to Nancy Backus on 24-Dec-2015 15:29 <=-

 PH>> Do you have much time off work etc. for this holiday? Over here we
 PH>> take a reasonable break as it's in the summer season.
 NB>> Around here, schools, including colleges, tend to take at least a week,
 NB>> up to a couple weeks or so break... and some factory places might shut
 NB>> down between Christmas and New Years, since a number of employees are
 NB>> using up take-it-or-lose-it-vacation days...  But if one is working in
 NB>> retail, or food service, there's not likely to be much if any time off
 NB>> this time of year...  ;)

 PH> Over here schools are now closed until the end of January as it's
 PH> summer. Most retail is closed on Dec 25 and Jan 1 but quite a few
 PH> reamin open across all other days. Quite a few businesses close around
 PH> Dec 23/24 and re-open Jan 5th or a week later.

So, in a lot of ways, not that different than here, except that some of
your businesses connect it to a summer break as well...  I'd expect your
schools to be taking that longer break...  :)  Christmas tends to be the
only day all year that most retail, including the grocery stores, will
be closed for the whole day.  They also close early on the 24th... but
often will be open for business on the 26th...  Our (locally-based
supermarket chain) Wegmans closed at 6pm yesterday and will reopen at (I
think) 7am tomorrow...  There are a couple other holidays that they
close early, but no other days that they close for more than 24 hours at
a stretch... they are normally open 24/7...  :)

 PH> I'm now starting a holiday and have annual leave until Jan 18th when
 PH> I'll head back to work, so some more time hopefully for BBS etc.

Nice break for you..  :)

 PH> Just working on setting up a new machine to host the BBS on.

That sounds like a nice project...  :)   Is the new machine a Christmas
gift...? 

ttyl          neb

... Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.

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