---yomf,

its my understanding that when a federal holiday falls on a saturday,its
observed on the day before.if it falls on a sunday,its observed on the next
calendar day-monday. the state and local governments,as well as most private
companies usually follow the feds.

yes the p.o. closed at noon friday 7/3.my company was closed fri 7/3. dont know
about the banks but im pretty sure most were either closed or closed early.

why doesnt the rr run a "modified" schedule on those days? dont run a holiday
schedule,but add a few trains to the daily schedule.


In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "yomf" <yomf@...> wrote:
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> July 3, 2009 was not a standard holiday - bank or market.
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> Banks were open, but many closed early.
> The Post Office was open - but closed early.
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> http://randomdailynews.com/2009/07/02/are-banks-open-on-july-3-2009/
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> There was much confusion just about everywhere:
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http://www.rarityguide.com/forums/picnic/5346-banks-closed-july-3-2009-federal-h\
oliday.html
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> --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, long_island_ <no_reply@> wrote:
> >
> > Friday, July 3rd was actually a "Market Holiday" like Good Friday. The
stock market was closed, but banks, the post office, and some government offices
were open.
> >
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> >
> > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "yomf" <yomf@> wrote:
> > >
> > > July 3 was a "bank holiday" this year. Most federal employees and almost
all private employees had July 3 off this year.
> > >
> > > http://www.buyusa.gov/uk/en/us_bank_holidays.html
> > >
> > >
http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/us-bank-holidays-2009-when-are-banks-closed
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Today is July 3, 2009, and as the Fourth of July July 3, 2009:
Independence Day Holiday Info and FAQ holiday falls on a Saturday this year,
that makes today a Federal holiday."
> > >
> > > From:
http://www.blippitt.com/july-3-2009-independence-day-holiday-info-and-faq
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "orchlib" <orchestralibrary@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > With regard to the holiday-ness of July 3, we've covered some of that on
this board, but the federal government, at
http://www.opm.gov/operating_status_Schedules/fedhol/2009.asp said "July 4, 2009
(the legal public holiday for Independence Day), falls on a Saturday. For most
Federal employees, Friday, July 3, will be treated as a holiday for pay and
leave purposes."
> > > >
> > > > So, July 3 was not a legal public holiday, but most federal employees
treated July 3 as a holiday. It seems the RR couldn't decide which of the two
days - July 3 or July 4 - they were treating as a holiday. It would also seem
that the day with premium pay for holiday work was July 4, so maybe to them,
July 4 was the holiday.
> > > >
> > > > I know that I had mail delivery on the third but not on the fourth.
> > > >
> > > > The next time July 4 falls on a Saturday is 2015. Maybe the RR will
remember 2009 (hah!), figure out which trains they're running, and have them
properly crewed.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "phil_yanks" <phil_yanks@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > They also forgot that July 3 was a "holiday" ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "A. Stetson" <sligodashoe@>
wrote:
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> > > > > > I'm trying to understand what possible lack of oversight could lead
> > > > > > them to forget which schedule to operate, and I can't figure it out.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I guess everyone should be happy that on Monday they remembered it
was
> > > > > > a weekday.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://mta.info/lirr/News/2009/Montauk.htm
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