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  • Sasq
    Administrator
    • Jan 2001
    • 4635

    #16
    to clarify.
    the page in question is a listing of area dentists/doctors/pharacists etc that are doing their turn of being open on sunday/public holidays.

    By local law, all businesses must have a 'closed' day per week, also by law, the local medical services must take turns in being available during 'out of hours' for medical needs.

    For a night call, you have to call the police to find out who is open as a security check. then the police will tell you where to go. (long walk, short peer springs to mind )

    The page is question, is a curtesy page for customers, so they know where to get their broken tooth, novacain fix on a sunday, when the regular is closed.

    It covers multiple practicioners, multiple locations, and multiple companies.
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    • lowlifecat
      Super MURCer
      • Feb 2004
      • 1226

      #17
      Correct english term would be "After hours" or "Off hours". "Out of hours" implies that you've run out of time .

      After Hours is better because it implies outside of regular business hours. Off hours also implies that they off 'cause they are closed.
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      • Jessterw
        Style Master, Rtd.
        • Jul 2002
        • 4265

        #18
        After hours won't work as that implies that it's after normal business hours/days, whereas this is outside of those hours/day.

        Thought Sasq summed it up nicely.
        “And, remember: there's no 'I' in 'irony'” ~ Merlin Mann

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        • VJ
          Moderator
          • Mar 2001
          • 9733

          #19
          Yep, Sasq explained perfectly what I'm looking for...

          So far, I think "Out of hours" still is the best match...


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          • agallag
            Super MURCer
            • Aug 1999
            • 3201

            #20
            I'd go with POUS. "Pharmacy Of Unusual Schedule".

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            • Helevitia
              Super MURCer
              • Aug 1999
              • 6628

              #21
              after dark, after hours, bedtime, before dawn, black, blackness, dark, dark hours, darkness, dim, duskiness, evening, eventide, gloom, midnight, nightfall, nighttide, nighttime, nite, obscurity, twilight, witching hour
              Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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              • Helevitia
                Super MURCer
                • Aug 1999
                • 6628

                #22
                aurora, bright, cockcrow, dawn, dawning, day peep, daylight, dayspring, early bright, first light, morn, morning, sunrise, sunup

                "First Light Pharmacy" ???
                Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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                • az
                  Moderator
                  • Feb 2001
                  • 9336

                  #23
                  Emergency Doctor/Pharmacy?

                  EDIT: Leo says "emergency medical assistance service" or "on-duty medical unit".
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