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    Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!

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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    Half speed.

    Reminds me of the saying. "I have two speeds at work, if you don't like this one you are sure to hate the next one."
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    I did not know this, and I bet most of you didn't either. Labor Day originated in Canada in the 1870s. The American labor leader at that time witnessed one of Canada's Labour Day events in Toronto. He was so inspired that upon his return to New York, he organized the first American 'labor day' on 5 Sept 1882. For more details, check Wikipedia.
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    Image of .357 .357
    09/04/09

    @skaycog - Just Say Yes!: See guys? Toronto rules. We just got the rest of you a day off.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    09/04/09

    @.357: I bet you didn't know this, did you? Thanks, Mr. .357 for the holiday!
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    09/04/09

    @skaycog - Just Say Yes!: Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. I'll never tell...
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    09/04/09


    @skaycog - Just Say Yes!: Canada also made drinking mass quantities of beer socially acceptable. So yea, hats off to you.

    Damn drunks.

    I guess I shouldn't tell you I'm Irish....
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    09/04/09

    @skaycog - Just Say Yes!: While it's true, this version of Labour Day did spring up originally in Canada, variations on the theme had previously existed elsewhere in the world -- the May Day celebrations, IIRC. So we can't take ALL the credit. But for this particular one, you're welcome.

    I'll have to go read up on Wiki when I get home.
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    09/04/09

    @Shamoononon: My feet stink.: Where on earth did you get that photo of .357?
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    09/04/09

    @Deartháir II: The Return: Wow, you knew it originated from Canada. I'm impressed by your vast knowledge. I always thought Labor Day was a day for expectant mothers.
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    09/04/09

    @skaycog - Just Say Yes!: I remember that night well. I drank more that night than Churchill did during all of WWII.
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    09/04/09

    @skaycog - Just Say Yes!: Well, I'm not thanking Canada for Labor Day until they apologize for Rush.
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    09/04/09

    @.357: For a minute I thought you were replying to my expectant mother comment.
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    09/04/09

    @FromaBuick6: You don't have to thank them (they're not gonna apoligize). Just enjoy a 3-day weekend! ;)
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    Image of pj134 pj134
    09/04/09

    @FromaBuick6: Hold up, Neil Piert is a freaking monster. You take that back!

    And Canada deserves to be thanked for... being... a nice hat?
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    09/04/09

    @pj134: Right on- and to think I heart-clicked that guy. (It's "Peart", by the way)

    Oh well- should be expected from a guy with "Buick" in his name, I suppose.
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    09/05/09

    @Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable: Actually, I sorta like Rush. But it's an easy joke and if I go around here saying I like Rush, I'd have to change my name to FromaBeaumont6.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    Half-speed relative to normal Jalopnik, or in general? If it's the former, I expect a pace marginally better than "glacial". If the latter, hey, business as usual!

    I kid, I kid. Happy Labour Day, you Filthy Socialist Bastards.
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    09/04/09

    @Dearháir II: The Return: How to make friends.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    I will spend every second of zis veekend celebrating the glory of ze Vorker!
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    09/04/09


    @Schm wishes he could bring back the funny. .: Lets try zaht again.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/04/09


    @Schm wishes he could bring back the funny. .:

    Self-reliance! The 21st century is Kim Jong-il's century!
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    Image of Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    Girl you know I-I-I, Girl you know I-I-I Go To the Beach. Get Yo-self a tan Then we can celebrate the American Working man with some Labor Day sex... Labor Day sex oohoohoohooh
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    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    Since Jalopnik staff are on strike, Obama has decided to outsource all automotive journalism to me.

    Expect my feature comparing the Honda NSX to Parmesan Cheese to be published within the hour...
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    Image of .357 .357
    09/04/09

    @Dhillaz 2.0: I have to say, of all the comments I've read today, that was the funniest.
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    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    So what's everyone's plans for this weekend?

    Myself, it's a lazy Saturday AM field trip with some buddies in the model RR community. The rest of it will be spent at my in-laws', where a '29 Model A Roadster Pickup *and* a 1966 Mustang await some attention - I started getting those projects underway earlier this summer. Well the '66 sorta got a setback no-thanks to a mishap with a Bobcat, but that's another story for one of my patented TL;DR posts... (but I assure you all the end justified the means).

    Also, I have to see if I can get my LeMons candidate started and prepped for the trip home (where the real work will begin). The Kentucky Fried Cougar may yet live...!

    [With respectful apologies to the admins, surely a little Off-topic wandering can be allowed here, in this kind of post, in the interest of fostering the Jalop sense of community... if not then I'll take one for the team so just send me to the corner if need be...]
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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    09/04/09

    @Goingincirclez: Same thing we do everyday...Attempt to take over the world!!!!

    /Pinky and the Brain reference
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/04/09

    @Goingincirclez:

    Drink tonight, sleep in Saturday,watch football most of the day, mow the lawn, start drinking again, go for a 4x4 ride around the farms, drink more, stay up late watching a camp fire burn. Beer tastes so good around camp fires.

    Sleep in Sunday, get up, play LEGO with the kids, watch racing, drink, watch another camp fire.

    Sleep in Monday, play more LEGO, lounge around, drink, watch another campfire.

    Ya, life is good.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    Labor Day has always had very little meaning to me. Part of it is just my personality, part of it is the climate here.

    It doesn't "start getting cold" here until mid-October (hooray, climbing season). The first overnight freeze isn't typically until late November. I don't really care about college football. All the schools started back in August, so nobody really goes on vacation. It's just like another hallmark holiday weekend.

    And dammit, I'll keep wearing any color of shoes I want.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    09/04/09

    @Ash78: I know what you mean. After spending the whole summer unemployed, a federal holiday doesn't mean much to me. In fact, I'm anxiously awaiting the start of my new job in a few weeks.

    I'm also about to become a Georgia resident, so the whole getting cold thing doesn't apply to me, either (after 23 years in the Midwest, I'm looking forward to that fact). I'm indifferent to college football, too, but not having to endure another season surrounded by bandwagon Buckeyes fans is something I'm excited about.
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    Image of Ash78, cube farmer Ash78, cube farmer
    09/04/09

    @FromaBuick6: You're about to get an eye opener on how seriously some people take college football. I think you'll find more variety here, though, and less Buckeye bandwagon (In GA, you'll have a mix of UGA, Georgia Tech, plus some random SC, AL, and TN fans in there).

    I just hope I can make it through smalltalk and business meetings for the next 4 months without having paid attention to any games.

    In any case, welcome to the southland!
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    Image of lilwillie lilwillie
    09/05/09

    @FromaBuick6: New job?

    Congrats, and I hope the move goes well.
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    Image of Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    I'll have your badge for this. Your "shoot first, ask questions later" method won't work will in this precinct, Krewson.
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    09/04/09

    @Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder: But I get results, Chief! Ask those poor missing kids if they care about my methods!
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    09/04/09


    @John Krewson:
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    Image of CaveTroll CaveTroll
    09/04/09

    @John Krewson: I wouldn't feel threatened by that. That's a 1911, which has a single action trigger. The hammer is not cocked back, which means the person holding the gun would have to pull the hammer back, then pull the trigger. More than enough time to disarm/kill them.
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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    09/04/09

    @CaveTroll: Don't worry about it. I know what I'm doin'. If it'd been you, I'd have cocked the gun.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    09/04/09

    @CaveTroll: Maybe he just plans to beat you unconscious with it.
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    09/04/09

    @John Krewson: John Krewson is Walter Sobchak.

    "I told those fucks down at the league office a fuckin' thousand times I don't roll on Shabbos! ...Er, I mean Labor Day!"
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    I am off to the state dock labor day weekend bash (KY) in an hour or so. Me and my buddies rent a houseboat for the weekend shenanigans. Drunken (and blacked out) houseboat orgy here I come!

    Happy labor day weekend folks! Off and out.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    Canada has laboUr day, too, eh?
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    Image of PowerTryp is holding a Fiesta party. PowerTryp is holding a Fiesta party.
    09/04/09

    @Number_Six: Shhhhh! Don't let them know that they'll expect long weekend trips from us to help stimulate their economy!
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    09/04/09

    @PowerTryp: Whatevs. They left us in the lurch this year with the lowest tourism numbers in history and "buy American".
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    I've found this new-to-me job underpays by close to 50% (based on my skills/experience and responsibilities)...however, since I've been here a month, and have figured out most of what's going on, I have Jalop time, ergo, I'm not complaining.
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    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    Ahh, the River Rouge plant. Home of the Mustang, oft selected as the best UAW car in the earlier post. Good choice!

    This weekend might provide ample leisure time for some quality Jalop viewing. May I suggest, for more information about Ford's River Rouge plant and the assembly of the Mustang, the 1995 educational video "How a Car is Built: The Inside Story of the Ford Mustang". Good stuff.

    Enjoy your weekend!
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    You know, it really should be called anti-labor day. Or potato chips and beer day. Or STFU and let me sleep day.

    Anything but Labor Day, as that just makes no sense whatsoever.
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    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    09/04/09

    Agreed. But apparently, in the parlance of the times, "Take It Back From The Capitalist Overlords Day" was a wee bit off-putting.

    (I'd be all down for "STFU and let me sleep day" myself. But I get in trouble when I say that to the kids.)
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    Image of tekamul tekamul
    09/04/09

    @pauljones: The accepted terminology is "use the last of your grill fuel" day.

    No animals will be spared!!
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    09/04/09

    @pauljones: Stop talking so much sense you capitalist! Grab a drink or something.
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    09/04/09

    @Goingincirclez: Or "watch the Minnesota Gophers start their quest towards a perfect season" day!

    Have a good one everyone! I'll be working on the Rocky this weekend...how about you?
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    09/04/09

    @Goingincirclez: Yeah, the last suggestion was my favorite, too.

    @tekamul: I did that last weekend, right before the school semester started up.

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: Believe me, I will. I have been saving a case of Sam Adam's Summer Ale for one last hurrah before fall.
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    09/04/09

    In reply to Take This Job And Shove It, For The Moment: Happy Labor Day From Jalopnik!
    See, it's lazy work ethics like this that caused the downfall of the Big 3! Jalopnik Deathwatch is ON!
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    09/04/09

    @OldeEnglishD: Have you been reading thetruthaboutcars again? Shame, shame.

    /I think that guy is an idiot
    Edit: "that guy" referenced above is not OldeEnglishD
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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    09/04/09

    @acarr260: Yeah, a little poke a Mr. Farago there. And I too think he is an idiot.
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