Rant Can you believe?

[just a punk]

In Russia the New Year / Christmas holidays least from December 31st to January 11th. It's like an additional 12 day winter vacation for a whole country

[FriendsForNow]

Thought it was December 23 till January 9.

[pornguy]

Ha. most of Cancun government wise and lots of business shut down from Dec 19th to about Jan 8 or 9th..

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by FriendsForNow

Thought it was December 23 till January 9.

Nope. The orthodox Christmas is being celebrated on January 7th. So December 25th is a regular working day here.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by pornguy

Ha. most of Cancun government wise and lots of business shut down from Dec 19th to about Jan 8 or 9th..

Even worst than here

[FriendsForNow]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Nope. The orthodox Christmas is being celebrated on January 7th. So December 25th is a regular working day here.

You're correct. It's a New Years holiday week.

[djroof]

Wow more free days? Woot Woot!

[sextalimp]

do they get pay for those days off?

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by sextalimp

do they get pay for those days off?

Yes of course. It's a paid vacation. In fact the government just recently decreased it. A few years ago it was 14 days. I mean two fees the whole country just didn't work.

[seeandsee]

I like new year free days for people, lots of drinking in that time zone :D

[WDF]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Yes of course. It's a paid vacation. In fact the government just recently decreased it. A few years ago it was 14 days. I mean two fees the whole country just didn't work.

Congrats on your extended holiday with pay.

[aka123]

Originally Posted by seeandsee

I like new year free days for people, lots of drinking in that time zone :D

With Russian life expectancy you got to party hard, like there wouldn't be tomorrow.

Or maybe it is the partying that causes the issue. When in other countries they lift the alcohol prices, Putin did very recently demand maximum price for alcohol, so that every Russian can afford to get blasted (or that they don't use more deadly home made stuff).

[MassMarketing]

Wow, I couldn't imagine not working for that long. I barely made it through Christmas before I started twitching to work.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by djroof

Wow more free days? Woot Woot!

tsk, tsk, greek people

[hadden]

The Greek people are civil there Dalton.

[DamageX]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Nope. The orthodox Christmas is being celebrated on January 7th. So December 25th is a regular working day here.

Actually that's only for the Russian Orthodox church. The Greek Orthodox church celebrates Christmas on December 25th.

[stoka]

Originally Posted by DamageX

Actually that's only for the Russian Orthodox church. The Greek Orthodox church celebrates Christmas on December 25th.

and 4-5 other Orthodox churches and all churches on Athos

and new year is on Jan 13 :D

[stoka]

those vacations are only for public sector to enjoy in, the ordinary slaves get only a day or two off

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Nope. The orthodox Christmas is being celebrated on January 7th. So December 25th is a regular working day here.

So how it is additional 12 days if it is just 12 days total? Unless you had no days off during that period in previous years which would be hard to believe.

[WDF]

Originally Posted by stoka

those vacations are only for public sector to enjoy in, the ordinary slaves get only a day or two off

I wonder if his military or PPP (Putin Propaganda Patrol) participation qualifies him for it. Maybe both if he gets an extra 12 days.

[Captain Kawaii]

Holidays are long here. Celebrating the end of the year then celebrating the new year. Most of December and first half of this month.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by mineistaken

So how it is additional 12 days if it is just 12 days total? Unless you had no days off during that period in previous years which would be hard to believe.

Additional means: in addition to their paid yearly vacations.

Originally Posted by DamageX

Actually that's only for the Russian Orthodox church. The Greek Orthodox church celebrates Christmas on December 25th.

Course not. Same in Serbia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia (the motherland of Christianity) and many other countries.

Originally Posted by stoka

those vacations are only for public sector to enjoy in, the ordinary slaves get only a day or two off

Do you mean police, FSB, army, emergency etc? Yes, those "slaves" work during New Year holidays too. That's why they have twice longer paid yearly vacations

Originally Posted by aka123

With Russian life expectancy you got to party hard, like there wouldn't be tomorrow.

It's growing pretty fast. What's wrong with that?



In 2013 it was 71 years. In Moscow area today it's 75.8. It's much higher than during a whole Soviet era

[aka123]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

It's growing pretty fast. What's wrong with that?

No problem about the growing part. Although with just men, the story is different. Babushkas live a tad longer.

"Overall, a quarter of Russian men die before reaching 55, compared with 7% of men in the UK and about 10% in the United States. The life expectancy for men in Russia is 64 years, placing it among the lowest 50 countries in the world in that category."

Russian men losing years to vodka | World news | The Guardian


Hey, we got mentioned too.

"The rate of men dying prematurely in Russia is totally out of line with the rest of Europe," he said. "There's also a heavy drinking culture in Finland and Poland but they still have nothing like Russia's risk of death."

Russian men losing years to vodka | World news | The Guardian

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by aka123

No problem about the growing part. Although with just men, the story is different.

Sure, as in any other country it's different: 71,7 for men and 75,9 for woman (I gave you a link to the recent stats in my post above).

BTW what's the average life expectancy for a regular Finnish alcoholic?

[aka123]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Sure, as in any other country it's different: 71,7 for men and 75,9 for woman (I gave you a lint to the recent stats in my post above).

I don't speak Russia; besides "hands up" and other potentially useful military stuff.

Post links in English.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by aka123

I don't speak Russia; besides "hands up" and other potentially useful military stuff.

Post links in English.

Hint: https://translate.google.com/
Hint #2: it allows you to translate Russian directly to Finnish. Such an amazing service I've just told you about, isn't it?

[Phoenix]

That is awesome. Don't party too hard comrades.

[MaDalton]

Originally Posted by aka123

I don't speak Russia; besides "hands up" and other potentially useful military stuff.

Post links in English.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by aka123

I don't speak Russia; besides "hands up" and other potentially useful military stuff.

Don't know how to say "hands up" in Finnish, Mongolian and Bantu because it's pretty useless for the military purposes.

[DamageX]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Course not. Same in Serbia, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia (the motherland of Christianity) and many other countries.

I know. Those are all "spin-offs" of the Russian Orthodox church.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by DamageX

I know. Those are all "spin-offs" of the Russian Orthodox church.

Even the Armenian one?

[DamageX]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Even the Armenian one?

You mean the Armenia which was part of the USSR?

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by DamageX

You mean the Armenia which was part of the USSR?

The country which officially celebrates Christmas since 301 A.D. FYI: The Julian calendar has not relation to the USSR. BTW, what's about Polish and Jerusalem Orthodox Churches? They also use the Julian calendar.

Julian calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[aka123]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Don't know how to say "hands up" in Finnish, Mongolian and Bantu because it's pretty useless for the military purposes.

Well, if you don't know it yet; besides being one of our most important business partner, etc., Russia is also our most potential enemy. Sharing the same border is the key element in both. In other directions there are Sweden, Norway and Estonia. Attack from their direction is quite "academic".

Russia on the other hand, well.. maybe this coat of arms from one of our eastern region tells it. The right hand is Russian hand.

[DamageX]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

The country which officially celebrates Christmas since 301 A.D. FYI: The Julian calendar has not relation to the USSR.

Never said it does. My point is that, even during the communist era, the Russian church still had a lot of influence.

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by aka123

Well, if you don't know it yet; besides being one of our most important business partner, etc., Russia is also our most potential enemy. Sharing the same border is the key element in both. In other directions there are Sweden, Norway and Estonia. Attack from their direction is quite "academic".

Russia on the other hand, well.. maybe this coat of arms from one of our eastern region tells it. The right hand is Russian hand.

No offense please, but a fly is not an enemy for an elephant. Russia has got about 4K of tactical nukes for all those mentioned neighbors. In fact, only the USA and China are a potential enemies for Russia, but not some Finland, Mongolia or Norway. So according to the Russian military doctrine, there will be no need to say "hands up" or anything else.

Originally Posted by DamageX

Never said it does. My point is that, even during the communist era, the Russian church still had a lot of influence.

What's about now? For example, Polish Orthodox Church has adopted Julian calendar just recently (in 2014).

[aka123]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

No offense please, but a fly is not an enemy for an elephant. Russia has got about 4K of tactical nukes for all those mentioned neighbors. In fact, only the USA and China are a potential enemies for Russia, but not some Finland, Mongolia or Norway. So according to the Russian military doctrine, there will be no need to say "hands up" or anything esle.

I said that Russia is potential enemy for us, not the other way around. Although Russia did use Finnish speaking soldiers in previous wars; so there were folks who could say hands up in Finnish, but they weren't used to that, instead they told how wonderful the Soviet Union was and "Come to here."

[just a punk]

Originally Posted by aka123

I said that Russia is potential enemy for us, not the other way around.

Ah, got it now

Originally Posted by aka123

Although Russia did use Finnish speaking soldiers in previous wars; so there were folks who could say hands up in Finnish, but they weren't used to that, instead they told how wonderful the Soviet Union was and "Come to here."

[DamageX]

Originally Posted by CyberSEO

What's about now? For example, Polish Orthodox Church has adopted Julian calendar just recently (in 2014).

Some progress, some regress.

[SekobA]

almost a hole month loll