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my company had a mandatory shutdown for two weeks over christmas. was explained as some accounting thing. like they don't have to pay money /in/ to a vacation fund when folks are taking money /out/ of the vacation fund. makes the balance sheet look just a little better. i swear i have no idea why any company would want to do that. heh. anywho. i'm thinking next year they should schedule the shutdown so it doesn't coincide with the kids' break. it would be really nice to spend some time with the beautiful and talented alisa.