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In my personal opinion, Sunday used to be the best day of the week.

The main reason for me was that all (vast majority in the UK) of the shops were shut, pubs were on shorter opening hours and there was a general sense that Sunday was a family and friends day. Nothing to do with church or religion of any kind, it was just a ‘quiet’ day which nationally felt a little bit special, a 24 hours of respite from the day to day rush and bustle. The UK lost something when it relaxed the Sunday trading laws, and retail gained nothing.

Of course the emergency services were still operational.

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@diver said
In my personal opinion, Sunday used to be the best day of the week.

The main reason for me was that all (vast majority in the UK) of the shops were shut, pubs were on shorter opening hours and there was a general sense that Sunday was a family and friends day. Nothing to do with church or religion of any kind, it was just a ‘quiet’ day which nationally felt a little bit spe ...[text shortened]... rading laws, and retail gained nothing.

Of course the emergency services were still operational.
Nothing to do with the church? For real? Where do you think that tradition came from? Nowadays because the western world has more or less abandoned Christianity, have condemned religion, persecuted those of faith, enshrined anti-religious sentiment in their laws, the UK has lost far more than a peaceful Sunday. Islam is coming your way. Brace yourself. [thumbs up for a timely observation]

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@diver said
In my personal opinion, Sunday used to be the best day of the week.

The main reason for me was that all (vast majority in the UK) of the shops were shut, pubs were on shorter opening hours and there was a general sense that Sunday was a family and friends day. Nothing to do with church or religion of any kind, it was just a ‘quiet’ day which nationally felt a little bit spe ...[text shortened]... rading laws, and retail gained nothing.

Of course the emergency services were still operational.
Agreed, sadly, the same thing has happened in the US.

Sunday can still be a good day though. Many choose to get all their work and domestic duties finished by Saturday PM. It's nice to wake up an hour later than usual to a clean house, ease into the day with nothing pressing on the schedule until Monday. It's all in how one manages their time I suppose.

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@diver DIY stores and garden centres always seemed to be open sundays, just nothing else, and the joy of getting kicked out the pub at 3pm, though that was same all days until they changed the licensing laws

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@Rajk999 said
Nothing to do with the church? For real? Where do you think that tradition came from? Nowadays because the western world has more or less abandoned Christianity, have condemned religion, persecuted those of faith, enshrined anti-religious sentiment in their laws, the UK has lost far more than a peaceful Sunday. Islam is coming your way. Brace yourself. [thumbs up for a timely observation]
Cough, cough, scratched record.

In a thread devoted to sandwiches you'd still find a way to twist it to the perils of Islam.

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@diver said
In my personal opinion, Sunday used to be the best day of the week.

The main reason for me was that all (vast majority in the UK) of the shops were shut, pubs were on shorter opening hours and there was a general sense that Sunday was a family and friends day. Nothing to do with church or religion of any kind, it was just a ‘quiet’ day which nationally felt a little bit spe ...[text shortened]... rading laws, and retail gained nothing.

Of course the emergency services were still operational.
Still my favourite day of the week. Always have a great lunch and potter more in the garden. (The shops being open is a bonus, for the rare occasions we need them).

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@diver

i am currently on the plain of thaumasia
but i seem to have left my calendar at home
what day of the week is it on the planet mars?

TIA

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@rookie54
There are no days on Mars!
I guess Sunday would be known as Sol 7

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@AlanTal said
@rookie54
There are no days on Mars!
I guess Sunday would be known as Sol 7
In anticipation of the colonization of Mars (in 2056) I have already trademarked the days of the week there:

Monday will be called Ghost of a Duke Day
Tuesday will be called Yorkshire Pudding Day
Wednesday will be called Muffin Day
Thursday will be called Winston Churchill Day
Friday will be called Fish and Chips Day
Saturday will be called Malbec Day
Sunday will be called Dive Day (All shops will be closed).

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@Rajk999 said
Nothing to do with the church? For real? Where do you think that tradition came from? Nowadays because the western world has more or less abandoned Christianity, have condemned religion, persecuted those of faith, enshrined anti-religious sentiment in their laws, the UK has lost far more than a peaceful Sunday. Islam is coming your way. Brace yourself. [thumbs up for a timely observation]
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"Nothing to do with the church?
For real?
Where do you think that tradition came from?"

rookie relates the original story is as follows,
one of the original males of the tribe, the greyhair known as sockittoome, was weary of knocking boots every single day, sunrise to sunset, without pause, the females of the tribe and on wednesdays the females of the valley tribe, all year long
he proclaimed, and wrote down the words, "imma gonna take a day off every now and again"
and it was so
(this was later plagiarized by the tribes of the east, in their own book of genesis)

#2
"the western world has more or less abandoned Christianity, have condemned religion, persecuted those of faith, enshrined anti-religious sentiment in their laws"

rookie relates reality,
you haven't visited oklahoma lately

#3
"Islam is coming your way. Brace yourself."

rookie relates the uncomfortable truth,
all religion (ALL RELIGION) is naught an built in excuse so that "god" (not really god, but the powerful dickwads that run churches) can suppress everyone
not just "the other guys", but everyone


now, to all who may read
if you want a day of peace, and you want everyone on the giant ark (the small blue planet) to join in on the day of peace, begin small, stay small, never stop

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke
There are many posters around these parts who would state that Mondays and Tuesdays sound fully interchangeable.
Not me, though, just saying...

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
Cough, cough, scratched record.

In a thread devoted to sandwiches you'd still find a way to twist it to the perils of Islam.
Yes..
You can't eat sandwiches in public during Ramadhan
You can't eat pork sandwiches near Muslims
Your chicken sandwiches must be halal.
Men must eat their sandwiches separately from women

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke said
In anticipation of the colonization of Mars (in 2056) I have already trademarked the days of the week there:

Monday will be called Ghost of a Duke Day
Tuesday will be called Yorkshire Pudding Day
Wednesday will be called Muffin Day
Thursday will be called Winston Churchill Day
Friday will be called Fish and Chips Day
Saturday will be called Malbec Day
Sunday will be called Dive Day (All shops will be closed).
Then I love Thursdays. 🙂

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@Ghost-of-a-Duke

Wednesday Muffin Day or Tiffin Day?

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@AlanTal said
@Ghost-of-a-Duke
There are many posters around these parts who would state that Mondays and Tuesdays sound fully interchangeable.
Not me, though, just saying...
Admittedly sir, I do eat Yorkshire Puddings on both Mondays and Tuesdays.