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'Silver Week' another excuse for an unpaid week

Postby Taro Toporific » Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:40 pm

[floatl]Image[/floatl]First 'Silver Week' fall holidays a bonanza for hard-pressed tourism industry
Mainichi -- September 12, 2009
Due to revisions to the Public Holiday Law, Japanese residents will for the first time enjoy a 5-day holiday break beginning Sep. 19 and dubbed "Sliver Week."
The 2003 holiday revisions shifted Respect for the Aged Day from Sep. 15 to the third Monday of September, creating this year's 5-day stretch, called "Silver Week" as a fall counterpart to the "Golden Week" holiday in May....more...
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Postby Bucky » Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:25 pm

Bucky Junior is taking advantage of the holiday period to return the base, see some college football and even watch a Mariner game and see mommy and daddy. His contribution to the tourism industry.
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Postby Level3 » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:25 pm

All these damn holidays mean for the ever-growing numbers of poor office temps is yet another day without pay.
Weekday temps basically have an effective 5-10% pay cut every month in the last half of the year due to all the friggin 3-day weekends. Silver week makes it even worse, losing 3 of 21 work days means losing about 15% of your paycheck.

How does this help the economy?

But hey, the bureaucrats who decide these thing have no such worries. Probably not even aware of this issue. Too busy planning trips to Guam.
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Postby let`s talk » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:55 am

Level3 wrote:
How does this help the economy?


Some kinds of business make more money on holidays.
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Postby dimwit » Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:12 am

Hey I like five day holidays. Seeing as usually work seven days a week, a few days in a row off isn't tht bad an idea. Now if I could only convince my wife not to book us onto some dreary bus tour of the Nankoku Lint Museum.
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Postby klimmer » Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:25 am

What's more important and pressing is, who's the chick in the picture?
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Postby Greji » Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:29 am

klimmer wrote:What's more important and pressing is, who's the chick in the picture?


Got that right. That's some silver I can use....
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Postby IkemenTommy » Mon Sep 14, 2009 12:50 pm

Greji wrote:Got that right. That's some silver I can use....
:cool:

You got enough silver-ing there, budday.
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Postby Greji » Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:07 pm

IkemenTommy wrote:You got enough silver-ing there, budday.


Why am I reminded about the old saw of the young bull and the old bull standing on the hill overlooking Roppongi bokujo and its endless supply of cows. Quote the young bull, "let's run down the hill and do a couple of those cows! Replied the old bull. "Let's walk down and do 'em all".

Never enough silver, that you can't use a little more...
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Postby Iraira » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:14 pm

Greji wrote:Why am I reminded about the old saw of the young bull and the old bull standing on the hill overlooking Roppongi bokujo and its endless supply of cows. Quote the young bull, "let's run down the hill and do a couple of those cows! Replied the old bull. "Let's walk down and do 'em all".

Never enough silver, that you can't use a little more...
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You been watching Colors again haven't you?
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:56 am

Iraira wrote:You been watching Colors again haven't you?



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Postby IkemenTommy » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:06 am

Greji wrote:Never enough silver, that you can't use a little more...
:cool:

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Postby Doctor Stop » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:57 pm

IkemenTommy wrote:Image
And candy. Don't forget about the candy.
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:05 pm

IkemenTommy wrote:Image


Goddammit! Who let the cat out of the bag?
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Postby Greji » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:15 pm

"That don't look like a candy bar!" "Shut up and get in the car!"
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Postby FG Lurker » Tue Jun 22, 2010 5:42 pm

Looks like Silver Week was a one-off thing. :(

This year we have old farts day on Sept 20th (3rd Monday) and Autumn Equinox day on Thursday the 23rd. The extra 3rd day from last year appears to have vanished.
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Postby canman » Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:18 pm

I read Lurker that the silver week thing will occur once every seven years when the holidays line up. Would be nice to have a couple more days off in September though.
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Postby Iraira » Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:31 pm

canman wrote:I read Lurker that the silver week thing will occur once every seven years when the holidays line up. Would be nice to have a couple more days off in September though.


2016!!!! I'm so psyched! Now, just watch....the fricken Mayans are right, and we're all dust in 2012. No more Silver Weeks ever...I'll be so pissed.
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Postby IkemenTommy » Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:19 pm

FG Lurker wrote:This year we have old farts day on Sept 20th (3rd Monday)

aka Greji's Day?
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