Well no matter how you spell it, it is a day off that is well deserved by millions of American and Canadians.

Us Americans spell it as Labor, and of course our friends to the north in Canada have to throw in a delicate fancy approach and stick a "U" in there for Labour! I am guessing there is some French influence in there somewhere.

But no matter how you spell it, we at The Patriot Woodworker want to wish all a very Happy, fun filled, no work type of Labor-Labour Day!!!

And I would like to thank Bessey Tools for the spelling lesson, until I visited their Facebook Page I did not know there was a spelling competition going on between the Canucks and us!!! I did however know that we shared the same holiday.

Oh Yeah, and we can also argue about where Labor Day came from too! We may have our friends the Canadians to thank for this day off!

History

In 1882, Matthew Maguire, a machinist, first proposed the holiday while serving as secretary of the CLU (Central Labor Union) of New York.^[2] Others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire of the American Federation of Labor in May 1882,^[3] after witnessing the annual labour festival held in Toronto, Canada.^[4]Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday on February 21, 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894, thirty states officially celebrated Labor Day.^[3]

Following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike, the United States Congress unanimously voted to approve rush legislation that made Labor Day a national holiday; President Grover Cleveland signed it into law a mere six days after the end of the strike.^[5] The September date originally chosen by the CLU of New York and observed by many of the nation's trade unions for the past several years was selected rather than the more widespread International Workers' Day because Cleveland was concerned that observance of the latter would be associated with the nascent Communist, Syndicalist and Anarchist movements that, though distinct from one another, had rallied to commemorate the Haymarket Affair in International Workers' Day.^[6] All U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territories have made it a statutory holiday.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Very interesting piece of History.

John,

I guess since I'm retired I had better spend the day Laboring.

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

It is truly hard to fully celebrate Labor Day when one is retired.

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Ron Dudelston
Site Administrator

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

You retired guys crack me up!

It's funny, my dad has been retired for along time now, and he still seems like he is always in a hurry, when I ask him what's his rush, where do you need to be? He can never answer, he just shrugs his shoulders and says, "I gotta be somewhere". For some it's hard to wind down, it's just in their blood. Most of the time he doesn't even know what day it is!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Might where one learned to spell things.   Across the pond, even things like the word "color"  (USA) is spelled the way I am used to spelling it.   "Colour"

 things like "Honour", too.    "Proper" English be the term....

Don't get me started on that "either, neither" stuff either (oops) it is pronounced EYE-ther, and  Nye-ther, thank you very much. 

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...

Hope u guy's are having a great day! I have been retired for 8 yrs.i know right were ur dad is when he's always in a hurry , I'm the same way....i burned a candle @both ends for yrs, hard to slow dn...joe

For me it is spelled "Atlanta Motor Speedway Weekend with my son and his wife and my wife" ! ! ! ! !     More later

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
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Thank Joe, I am glad there are others out there, I thought ol man was just loosing it!

joe osiel said:

Hope u guy's are having a great day! I have been retired for 8 yrs.i know right were ur dad is when he's always in a hurry , I'm the same way....i burned a candle @both ends for yrs, hard to slow dn...joe

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

I know the feeling Larry. I got home a few hours ago from So. Calif. and my "honey-do" list is enough to keep me busy for a couple of weeks. I'll have to start on it in the morning.

Larry Buskirk said:

John,

I guess since I'm retired I had better spend the day Laboring.

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

Welcome back home Harry!!! How was the trip!

Harry Brink said:

I know the feeling Larry. I got home a few hours ago from So. Calif. and my "honey-do" list is enough to keep me busy for a couple of weeks. I'll have to start on it in the morning.

Larry Buskirk said:

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Harry Brink
Bulldog Woodworking
Montana

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Canada uses the British way of spelling things.  It is very annoying with spell check, as it always wants to take the U out of words.  Yes, Colour and Honour are the way we spell it too.  ( I have annoying red underlines on my words right now!) Actually, I never knew the US spelled labour differently until I saw Mike Myers on a talk show one year  and he was mentioning the difference.

I think we pretty much interchange how we say either and neither.

I will just never understand why Americans think we say A-Boot instead of About.  

Danette 

steven newman said:

Might where one learned to spell things.   Across the pond, even things like the word "color"  (USA) is spelled the way I am used to spelling it.   "Colour"

 things like "Honour", too.    "Proper" English be the term....

Don't get me started on that "either, neither" stuff either (oops) it is pronounced EYE-ther, and  Nye-ther, thank you very much. 

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Planer? I'm the 'planer', and these are what I use...

Had a real good trip, but it's always nice to be back home.

Visited with all the S. Caif. family (John Morris & Allen Worsham included ) . Had a B'day party for my Mom who turned 87 on the 1st.

My wife is still down there for another 3 weeks to help Mom and visit with her daughter, grand kids and great grandson.

Now it's my turn to hold down "the fort" and get my "honey do's" done.

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Harry Brink
Bulldog Woodworking
Montana

John,

With the way things happen around our place,

Everyday is Monday

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

John Morris said:

You retired guys crack me up!

It's funny, my dad has been retired for along time now, and he still seems like he is always in a hurry, when I ask him what's his rush, where do you need to be? He can never answer, he just shrugs his shoulders and says, "I gotta be somewhere". For some it's hard to wind down, it's just in their blood. Most of the time he doesn't even know what day it is!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

OK You guys let's be honest.  You are probably just like me. Worked hard all your life and now RETIRED ???   I and you probably also now work harder now than you did at your job.
 
Larry Buskirk said:

John,

With the way things happen around our place,

Everyday is Monday

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

John Morris said:

Dennis,

It seems like I had more time to get things done when I was working than I do now, if that makes any sense.

Or it seems like I got more done when I was working.

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host
Dennis Mitchell said:

OK You guys let's be honest.  You are probably just like me. Worked hard all your life and now RETIRED ???   I and you probably also now work harder now than you did at your job.
 
Larry Buskirk said:

Larry;

I guess your right but guess we each would have to take into consideration what we did in our work history. I was a regional VP of a major trucking company and was gone all the time.  Now I'm finding that I seem to always have something to do here at home. And a handicapped wife to take care of so many household things to do which is more physical than I have been used to do. Which is good and bad. I'm 5'6" and was on the road taking clients out to eat I ended up weighing 238 lbs and now 156 lbs. So I guess house work has it's advantage for weight loss but it seems like it's more work. I love woodworking but one part of my thoughts are always thinking of other things that I need to get done plus always checking on Gail to make sure she hasn't fallen again. So I agree now that a women's work is never done. So I get done doing what I can and enjoy it. I'm now having to change what I build to smaller items that I can handle myself.
 
Larry Buskirk said:

Dennis,

It seems like I had more time to get things done when I was working than I do now, if that makes any sense.

Or it seems like I got more done when I was working.

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host
Dennis Mitchell said:

Dennis,

Let's see now,

Retired automotive manufacturing, started in 1979 with American Motors Corp. as a mig welder on the (always moving) body assembly line, worked in machining, went through all the various mergers ( Renault/AMC, Chrysler, Daimler/Chrysler, and back to Chrysler ) Did a stint as a skilled trades pipefitter under Chrysler and retired during the Chrysler bankruptcy. Didn't care to go through another merger with Fix It Again Tony.

During the many layoffs, Did siding for a few years, worked as an electronics repair technician, worked at Liberty Coach as a cabinet maker/installer ( Custom motorhomes built in Prevost buses ) plus a few other jobs.

Now I keep busy with our version of This Old House, work at getting up enough firewood to make it through the winter, trying to keep up to 2+ acres, vehicle and equipment maintenence, and the other odd jobs that people think since you're retired have time to do.

 

Larry

Old Woodworking Machinery Forum Host

Aboot!!!! Now that is classic Danette. When I called St Anne's Veterans Hospital in Canada awhile back to set up a contact for a Challenge Coin Shipment I got a message machine, it was in French first, then English, it sounded really cool. I called back three times so each of my kids could hear it! Our cultures are so rich, on both sides of the border, someday I really need to get up there and visit, from shows and images, it appears to be a very beautiful country.

Danette Jeoffroy said:

Canada uses the British way of spelling things.  It is very annoying with spell check, as it always wants to take the U out of words.  Yes, Colour and Honour are the way we spell it too.  ( I have annoying red underlines on my words right now!) Actually, I never knew the US spelled labour differently until I saw Mike Myers on a talk show one year  and he was mentioning the difference.

I think we pretty much interchange how we say either and neither.

I will just never understand why Americans think we say A-Boot instead of About.  

Danette 

steven newman said:

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Remember, it's always Labor Day in the maternity ward!

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