Veterans Week Nov. 5 - 11, 2006

[Vasili]

Re: Veterans Week Nov. 5 - 11, 2006

SMALLER????
The 100 footer has 19" TV's.........................besides, Bud was going to upgrade from the photos free...I'd get flat panels and have my own satellite online servers onboard w/backup.....

LOL
We all need dreams.......floating the ocean free, free from greedy ISP's!

Ever wonder how come I have all these links so handy????

[LadyEye]

Re: Veterans Week Nov. 5 - 11, 2006

Sounds like smooth sailing Vasili .....

free from greedy isps .... lmao ... cheeky yeah!

yeah I do wonder .... they are nice and handy tho!!

I doubt I'd need a TV .... well maybe, after about 4 or more yrs ....

I'll dream for you Vasili, there is something to be said about "Strength in Numbers"!!

[bill2006]

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Funny, I thought it was a holiday wreath....most poppies are yellow, aren't they? I will stick with quietly observing and honoring the traditions.

The poppy is the United Kingdom's (and a few other countries including Canada) way of remembering their veterans and civilians killed hence "Remembrance Day", Armistice Day and of course Veteran's Day here.

Ironically, it is the flower of the opimum plant. I think it was someone from Canada that first wrote about the poppy fields and war.

[Vasili]

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Thank You, General.

Makes me feel quite alone in my ignorance at this point.......

On a lighter note, did you like my choice of yachts?

[LadyEye]

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You may be interested in this


In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-191

Canadian Army

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

McCrae's "In Flanders Fields" remains to this day one of the most memorable war poems ever written. It is a lasting legacy of the terrible battle in the Ypres salient in the spring of 1915. Here is the story of the making of that poem:

[pet121]

Re: Veterans Week Nov. 5 - 11, 2006

Very important day indeed! Our family has never disrepected rememberance day. My Grandfarther served and defended the English colonies of Hong Kong. he was eventually captured by the Japanese and died of starvation. My Grandmother never did remarry, holding on to the memories of him until she was 84 years old. The 11th day the 11th hour is when Canadians salute our fallen veterans.

[bill2006]

Re: Veterans Week Nov. 5 - 11, 2006

Thank You, General.

Makes me feel quite alone in my ignorance at this point.......

On a lighter note, did you like my choice of yachts?

Definitely the 110' , much nicer and will look good anchored near Fort Lauderdale.

[Vasili]

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Ft. Laud, eh? Hmmmmm.....quite a move from the Tampa area (Tarpon Springs)......thanks for sharing the dream, my friend!

[bill2006]

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While in Fort Lauderdale pick up some stone crabs.

[Dream Lady]

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BUMPING UP. REMEMBER TODAY AT 11:00 AM 2 MINUTES OF SILENCE WHEREEVER YOU ARE TO REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM!!

(my son is off to march in our Veterans Day Parade with his Boy Scout Troop...so I thought of this again!!)

[LadyEye]

Re: Veterans Week Nov. 5 - 11, 2006

Yes Cindy .... did you attend the Parade? How was the weather?

[Dream Lady]

Re: Veterans Week Nov. 5 - 11, 2006

Yes Cindy .... did you attend the Parade? How was the weather?

No, unfortunately I wasn't able to go. The Parade was a great success. My son's troop was the 2nd in line courting the Grand Marshall Vets, etc. It was 27 degrees outside, but no snow. Now it has warmed up to 54 outside...a wonderful day to celebrate!

Did you do anything exciting today!!

[LadyEye]

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Hey Cindy, nice to hear it went well, you must be proud of your son! Wow it warmed up here too, this afternoon was fabulous, not sure what the temp was but it felt like 60ish, I am actually visiting in another provice this weekend, tomorrow I shall return home .... I've been waited on hand and foot for the last few days, how exciting, lol .... and went for a very long walk with my doggy and my friends doggy today, two dogs are better than one, lol, tangled ropes, and interesting when meeting, a shephard, a jack russell and a very large poodle, lol, we all survived and the entire neighborhood was "sniffed" out ... lol ... that was about the extent of it.

[Dream Lady]

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Sounds like a great time and probably a much needed rest! I use to have a Jack Russell. He started jumping the fence, so I gave him to my middle sons inlaws. Now I have two wonderful Golden Retreivers.


When we go for a walk....well let's just say, they ususally take me for a walk! Great Dogs though...I love um...

[LadyEye]

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Cindy, they are beautiful!! Really! One looks smaller than the other, age or female/male, brother/sister, related? Yeah .... was kind of funny, one wanted to walk with me, the other, mine, lol, wanted to run run run .... kind of being pulled and dragging one behind ... lol ....