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Do you observe Labor Day, or is it just another day?
Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
9/4/2023

Do you observe Labor Day, or is it just another day?

37%
I observe it

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63%
It’s just another day WINNER

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37%
I observe it

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Tina Bouthillier
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Tina Bouthillier

I have been working for over half my life and feel I deserve a day for me to go escape by myself with a mini road trip while shutting down ALL electronics

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John Kathy Funkhouser
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John Kathy Funkhouser

it is a day to celebrate the comon man and his hard work.Also another day off from work.

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Hilary
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Hilary

I have shared custody of my son. When his Dad has him, I work through the weekend. When I have him, I take the time off and we enjoy each other's company at home or we do something nice elsewhere. We do the fancy stuff over the summer when we have a whole week instead of just a weekend.

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

Sang some labor songs at a jam Sunday -- Joe Hill, Union Maid -- but since we retired it's not like holidays mean special days off.

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Bob Pickett
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Bob Pickett

Retired, but still enjoy the holiday

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63%
It’s just another day

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Lrac Snave
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Lrac Snave

We all have to perform Labor to get through this Life. No one "Labor Day" is any different from another day of labor.

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seaweed349
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seaweed349

If I were not retired, if I had a bunch of friends or family who are also off work and like to barbeque, I would celebrate. It's to celebrate the working crowd...and I'm not there anymore. One day is the same to me as the next.

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MeelaVABch
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MeelaVABch

I'm off work and it's definitely a nice holiday but I don't do anything special to observe it.

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

I just enjoy it as another day in the week...

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Ann Byrd
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Ann Byrd

I work on it most of the time

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Joyce Koch
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Joyce Koch

Just another day off to do my regular chores.

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No

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Do you have jewelry bearing your birthstone?
Dear Abby Asked by Dear Abby
12 months left

Do you have jewelry bearing your birthstone?

Yes

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No

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Yes

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No

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Elizabeth Cornish
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Elizabeth Cornish

I wish I did but a good quality emerald is so expensive. Yes, there are "created" emeralds, but unlike diamonds which look great, the created emeralds do not.

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Elizabeth Cornish
Elizabeth Cornish

To continue my story (this is 3/3), I was very envious when one of my best friends got faux emeralds for her birthday and wore them first. However, I was happy to wear mine anyway. My friends bulled me because I was a "copycat" even tho they all knew I had received mine first. #meangirls!

Elizabeth Cornish
Elizabeth Cornish

My parents got me faux emeralds as my first pair of pierced earings and I looked at them in the box until my mom could find the "self-piercing" rings that slowly worked into your ear over a couple of weeks. When I proudly wore my birthstone earings to school my best friends bullied.

Elizabeth Cornish
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Elizabeth Cornish

I wish I did but a good quality emerald is so expensive. Yes, there are "created" emeralds, but unlike diamonds which look great, the created emeralds do not.

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

My birthstone is Amethyst. I like it. I like the color. But one, I prefer Emeralds. And two, I don't wear jewelry anymore.

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Lisa Gray
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Lisa Gray

My birthstone is Amethyst. I like it. I like the color. But one, I prefer Emeralds. And two, I don't wear jewelry anymore.

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

No, I have no rubies, and I wept mock tears for my husband's benefit answering this.

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