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On 2025-02-19 3:20 a.m., Bruce wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:12 -0000 (UTC), Cindy Hamilton
> <chamilton5280@invalid.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-02-19, Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>>> On 2025-02-18 5:48 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Trash and recycle guys are all city employees and the city
>>>>> honors all federal holidays.
>>>>
>>>> People in this area have to hire private trash pickup.  No city or
>>>> county trash pickup.  The major outfits (Republic Waste, Waste
>>>> Management, Sunshine, etc.) do *not* pick up on holidays.  A local
>>>> outfit does pick up on holidays and charges a hell of a lot less for the
>>>> service.  Guess which one I use? ;)
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>> This city has a set schedule and the only holidays that change it are
>>> xmas and good friday.
>>
>> Good Friday?  How quaint.
> 
> Good Friday's big in Australia too. Not sure about the mainland, but
> in Tasmania the two biggest holidays of the year were/are Christmas
> Day and Good Friday. Good Friday isn't even a holiday in the
> Netherlands.
> 
GF always was and I suppose still is a public holiday in the UK. So
that may be the reason why it is in the old Commonwealth.