Mon 7 Sep 2009
Labour Day
Posted by Amanda under Bread, Food, Sailing
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Labour day was started in Canada in 1880. It was started when the Typographical Union went on strike, refusing to work a 58 hour work week. They compromised when the companies said that they could work a 54 hour work week instead.
It is tradition after Labour Day weekend to wear white.
Does hoisting a white sail count?
Despite weather conditions being less than ideal, we cast off and tried stretching our sails out for the first time.
My lovely husband asked me, as I doned the green life jacket, “Did you choose the most decrepit life jacket on purpose?”
….Maybe…
We didn’t go too far, as the weather man was calling for gale force winds, patches of fog, possible lightening and rain. Could it get more pessimistic? But no thanks to the weather man, we had a great little toodle about in the bay.
Now that the sailor in me is appeased for the day, I’m off to bake challah and talk movies at the film group I accidentally joined.
Happy Labour Day!
September 8th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
What on earth is challah? And I adore that you said “great little toodle about in the bay.” That is precisely why I love you!
September 8th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
challah is a jewish braided bread. It’s an egg bread. Tres bon. Very good bread.
PS) feel the love returned honey bunches:)
Oh regarding the toodle: if you saw us out there, you would have said “Oh look at that little sailboat toodling in the bay” because it was precisely what we were doing. We were lolly-gagging, recannoitering, really going no where fast.