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Y'know, I was thinking of a poll to let people say where in the world they are.

Rafiki wrote:Y'know, I was thinking of a poll to let people say where in the world they are.

I am somewhere around here
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5 weeks a year (minimum)

Germany, with 30days/year; but my last 'real' vacation abroad was 5 years ago. Anybody know where:

Ayers Rock?

However, third german in this thread, 6weeks/year, too, plus accumulated overtime. Last "real" vacation two years ago when visiting my grandmothers relatives in Paisley, Scotland...

Henry D. wrote:Ayers Rock?

However, third german in this thread, 6weeks/year, too, plus accumulated overtime. Last "real" vacation two years ago when visiting my grandmothers relatives in Paisley, Scotland...

Now, with your relatives from Scotland you should have known better
It's called Meall a'Ghrianain and is in the Northern Highlands just next to Loch Vaich, about halfway between Inverness and Ullapool.

And no, I didn't expect anybody to know it, but I was sure someone would mistake it for Ayers Rock
It's just the perspective from below and a sunset which casts a shadow from the hills on the opposite side of the Loch just along the foot of this hill, leaving just the hill in the red light of the sunset.

*looks desperately for an excuse *

Ahh, well, Paisley ist not exactly in the Highlands. As a matter of fact my cousins would be not amused if I were to insinuate that they might wear skirts in their spare time...

They even can't stand "Braveheart" or "Rob Roy"! Damned protestant Lowland whigs they are, each and everyone of them!

7 weeks a year + bank holidays. I still seem to run out before October.
Cheers, Chris

5 weeks that I get to assign freely, as well as up to 10 public holidays, plus accumulated overtime. It's nice to be a European government employee

Hey!! It Isn´t fair!! I “only” have 23 working days as holidays, so its just 4’5 weeks… leure:
My girlfriend is also public employee and has more than 6 weeks… not sure how many because her vacation system is so complicated that you need a guide to understand it.
Also… she have 1 full hour of her work time free to have breakfast and chat a little everyday… really!
Its great to be public employee on Spain…

On september we will go to Paris on vacation for a week.
Some recommendations from the french members ???
(I already have been adviced to avoid the Parisiens… nasty people it seems… )

Cheers

Wow, I have always heard that European's get a lot of time off. I am a carpenter here in the states, I get 2 weeks unpaid and 5 paid holidays.

I didn't realize there were so many ACW buffs abroad, and the best ACW game I have ever played is made by a bunch of French people, go figure. Just goes to show it is a small world...but I wouldn't want to paint it. Also, another fact I have noticed from frequenting this board is that you Europeans speak better English than most people here in the States.

Well, I am from Portugal and have around 23-25 working days of holiday per year (not counting weekends - which I do not allways have free and other public holidays).
This is not at all unusual in my country. To be fair, we used to say that Portugal closed for holidays during August

One interesting poll would be about the origin (Europe/USA, or Country) of the forum members. What do you think ?

Franciscus wrote:...
One interesting poll would be about the origin (Europe/USA, or Country) of the forum members. What do you think ?

I agree and I also think it would be interesting to know what we all do for a living when not playing AACW, sitting in front of their keyboards dressed up as Abe Lincoln or Jeff Davis...*





*Heh, why are You all looking at me like that?

Henry D. wrote:I agree and I also think it would be interesting to know what we all do for a living when not playing AACW, sitting in front of their keyboards dressed up as Abe Lincoln or Jeff Davis...

it gets worse than that.... i'm writing a phd on military technology! That means I get 365 days off a year ... er i mean i am busy 24/7 researching and writing... just don't tell my wife!

mcf wrote:it gets worse than that.... i'm writing a phd on military technology! That means I get 365 days off a year ... er i mean i am busy 24/7 researching and writing... just don't tell my wife!

Can I be you for a year? Green with envy.

Henry D. wrote:I agree and I also think it would be interesting to know what we all do for a living when not playing AACW, sitting in front of their keyboards dressed up as Abe Lincoln or Jeff Davis...*





*Heh, why are You all looking at me like that?

Or Belle Boyd. Hey PBB, please assure us that neither one of those is you.

Believe it or not, I am a North American with Europeanesque vacation days, so where do I fit in the poll?

Jabberwock wrote:Or Belle Boyd. Hey PBB, please assure us that neither one of those is you.

ROTFL

Jabberwock wrote:Or Belle Boyd. Hey PBB, please assure us that neither one of those is you.

I "polled" on European but actually here in Italy all depends from your job. I had just 6 days holiday and i normally work even on sundays...i got 2 and a half jobs so....it's pretty never holiday.

This is where i live (Naples)


And this is where i've been for my 6-day holiday (Mallorca).



They said once: EU works to live while USA lives to work.

I think with the effects of globalization, we all are going to "work to live" which is essentially: strive to pay the bills and possibly eat enough to survive and reach next month. Luckily we can evade all of this launching our favourite games and at least forget of the problems for a while

Civil Engineer, Oklahoma, 3 weeks a year + holidays.

I work for the state.

I am a retired attorney living Cheyenne Wyoming. I take vacations; when I do, to Az and Fl. Planning to go to Montanna this fall to see Glacier National Park. Do European countries have immigration problems? Tag

Jabberwock wrote:Or Belle Boyd. Hey PBB, please assure us that neither one of those is you.

The second pic - those are my boobs. leure:

What is it with you and beared women anyway, PB?

Rafiki wrote:

What is it with you and beared women anyway, PB?

I cannot help but think that those three are not women at all, but rather Allan Pinkerton and two of his best secret agents, cleverly disguised as Ladies of the Night in order to seduce valuable information about southern troop strengths from guileless confederate officers...

Henry D. wrote:I cannot help but think that those three are not women at all, but rather Allan Pinkerton and two of his best secret agents, cleverly disguised as Ladies of the Night in order to seduce valuable information about southern troop strengths from guileless confederate officers...

Bah! That's Scarlett O' Hara after a few days growth.