Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Mar 31st 2006, 4:43 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
everything closed on a Monday...anyone know why?
Mar 31st 2006, 4:45 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by Bob
everything closed on a Monday...anyone know why?
Mar 31st 2006, 5:43 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
You mean, your DMV or something? I think because they work extended hrs during the other days?
Mar 31st 2006, 5:47 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by Bob
everything seems to be closed on a monday around here, apart from grocery stores, hair dressers, restaurants, book stores....whole bundle of places are closed on a Monday...all very weird...
Mar 31st 2006, 5:50 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by Bob
everything seems to be closed on a monday around here, apart from grocery stores, hair dressers, restaurants, book stores....whole bundle of places are closed on a Monday...all very weird...
Or was that just in Suffolk!?
Mar 31st 2006, 5:52 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by mickmills
I seem to remember shops closing Wednesday afternoon when I was younger.
Or was that just in Suffolk!?
Or was that just in Suffolk!?
Mar 31st 2006, 5:56 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by mickmills
I seem to remember shops closing Wednesday afternoon when I was younger.
Or was that just in Suffolk!?
Or was that just in Suffolk!?
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Thursday pm in Sheffield.
What strange days for a business area to close....is that just an English thing?
When I was a girl ( the days before shopping malls etc) I remember most shopping centres being closed on a saturday so workers could have the weekend off. One seaside shopping centre near to my home used to open all day saturday but closed on mondays. It was the place to go on a saturday & a great place to meet your friends etc.
Mar 31st 2006, 5:59 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by shepslady
Cant say Ive noticed anything closed here on a Monday other than the DMV who say now that they are open on a saturday morning, the staff need a proper weekend off........nice for some huh?
it's cheeky really because a lot of places are also closed on sundays and during lunch hour...well a couple banks in town are, and the post office only has one desk open in the most busy time of the day *l*
Mar 31st 2006, 6:12 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Thursday pm in Sheffield.
Mar 31st 2006, 6:34 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by mickmills
I seem to remember shops closing Wednesday afternoon when I was younger.
Or was that just in Suffolk!?
Or was that just in Suffolk!?
One of the main museums in New York is closed on Mondays and one closes on Tuesdays. The tourists cannot understand and even those of us who live here forget which closes when! I don't get it.
Mar 31st 2006, 6:44 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by veronica jayne
One of the main museums in New York is closed on Mondays and one closes on Tuesdays. The tourists cannot understand and even those of us who live here forget which closes when! I don't get it.
It is the Met that is closed on Monday as unbelievable as it sounds!
Mar 31st 2006, 7:13 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by Bob
the bmv is open on mondays, but for a couple hours..."local" one tends to close at lunchtime...
it's cheeky really because a lot of places are also closed on sundays and during lunch hour...well a couple banks in town are, and the post office only has one desk open in the most busy time of the day *l*
it's cheeky really because a lot of places are also closed on sundays and during lunch hour...well a couple banks in town are, and the post office only has one desk open in the most busy time of the day *l*
I remember driving down the coast in S.A. years ago, stopping for gas, and telling dh I was going to run to the bank (whose sign I saw in the distance), only to find a note on the door that read, 'Open Tuesdays between 10 and 11 a.m.'... lol
Mar 31st 2006, 7:21 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
How big is your village Bob?
I remember driving down the coast in S.A. years ago, stopping for gas, and telling dh I was going to run to the bank (whose sign I saw in the distance), only to find a note on the door that read, 'Open Tuesdays between 10 and 11 a.m.'... lol
I remember driving down the coast in S.A. years ago, stopping for gas, and telling dh I was going to run to the bank (whose sign I saw in the distance), only to find a note on the door that read, 'Open Tuesdays between 10 and 11 a.m.'... lol
Tell us that is exactly when you where there? :scared:
Mar 31st 2006, 9:12 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by veronica jayne
It is the Met that is closed on Monday as unbelievable as it sounds!
... but is the Met open Saturday and Sunday?
Mar 31st 2006, 9:30 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
How big is your village Bob?
3000 odd population I think...yeah, I know, bit of a joke, but hey, compared to some other cities in maine, this is a big one
and there's I think around 28 cities in this here state *lol*
