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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Must be the one we had! ...............called him 'cooking fat'  that's what Dr. Spooner calls him Thanks for the full version Den, interesting tale about the plaque. Spent 5hrs at Franklins Gardens (home of the 'Saints') nearly sold out of Poppies, the generosity of 'Joe public' (young and old,) and the warm reception towards this 'Old Sage' was wonderful; This was at a Rugby match, (a hooligans game played by Gentlemen,) I wonder if it had been football if the reception would have been the same?  whereas soccer is a gentleman's game, watched by hooligans Take care all .......... enjoy your evening  'Old Sage'The old sage certainly knows his onions! |
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Haapi
Advanced Cruncher Joined: Apr 28, 2007 Post Count: 67 Status: Offline Project Badges: 
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Morning all  Welcome back Kate, good to to see you back, (What's bebo?) and where is cassie these days?? "BeBo " something you do with Kiddies peeping round the door or from behind fingers ???? or have I got it wrong agin ???? Maybe Haapi is playing Be Bo with Cassie ????? Evening one and all :) Bebo is a website that you can join and its a webpage that you can post info about yourself, interests and friend etc. Kind of like a community. Hubby and daughters all have their own Bebo too ... Cassandra is now a working gal, she works for a Car Rental company and commutes between the air port and town to work. She is also of no fixed abode  which doesn't make me very happy. She and Matt spend Sunday to Tuesday with us and then Wednesday to Saturday at Matts Mums. He doesn't have full time work so they cannot afford to go flatting. Hopefully they will get themselves sorted eventually. I have passed on your kind wishes to her  Thanks for your Addy GM I will try to get this posted away next week all going well.Bebo Website Regards Kate   Chance is the path God takes when he wishes to remain anonymous. -Albert Einstein |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Good morning everyone
 (Now where can I hide for the rest of my life??) Havent seen a Poppy seller in the village yet this year - but there is time yet, one whole week. |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Evening all
I'm all for the poppy day but I don't very much care for everything starting, like Christmas, earlier and earlier and to see the obligatory wearing of poppies on TV a couple of weeks before seems to lessen the importance rather than enhance it but perhaps that's just me. .................................................................................................... ..... I understand where you are coming from Blanco, but I see people wearing ribbons for -Breast Cancer awareness, AIDS awareness, Women in need of shelter, Save the Children Fund, PDSA, World Wild Life Fund, etc, etc all year around!; The Royal British Legion Poppy is not just for Remeberance Day, the funds raised are used 24/7/52, providing help and counseling to service men/women and their dependents some of whom with out the intervention of the Legion would live out their lives in abject misery. This welfare is carried out by an army of unpaid heroes for and on behalf of the Legion, but with out the contributions good people like yourself give at this special time of year thier task would be very hard. The monies raised pay for the many needs of those effected by the conflicts, for e.g, stair lifts, mobile chairs, home visits, accommadation, nursing homes, Lawyers etc'. Many of us contribute all year around. Wear your POPPY with pride knowing that you have made a difference to the living whilst respecting the dead. I thank you and everyone who have contributed. |
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densnaps
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A bright sunny Sunday morning
----------------------------------------40 F ---1029 mbar-----no wind So enjoy your day folks |
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densnaps
Ace Cruncher Sunny Lancaster Windmill capital of England Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 4205 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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Why the Poppy?
----------------------------------------Poppy seed will lie in the ground for years if the soil is undisturbed. That churned up cemetery known as the Western Front provided the ideal medium for masses of poppies to blanket the graves. By the 1920s, Legion Branches were selling the paper flowers to: provide assistance to needy ex-servicemen and their families, to build housing for seniors, and support programs like meals-on-wheels, drop-in centres, etc. Buy and wear a poppy. It is simple, painless way to recognize contributions and sacrifices barely imaginable to us. In Flanders Fields by John McCrae, May 1915 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. From my dads grave stone in Norway To live on in the hearts of those that loved you is not to die ---------------------------------------- [Edit 2 times, last edit by densnaps at Nov 4, 2007 2:03:03 PM] |
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Good afternoon all.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
Am I all ready for the tv awaiting to see Ted, am I looking at Robin Hood, darn time difference.
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Former Member
Cruncher Joined: May 22, 2018 Post Count: 0 Status: Offline |
And I've just checked that my recorder is working so that I can watch properly once we've eaten. I'm seldom into the television until about nine and this way I don't have to compete with my wife and Strictly Come Dancing.
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densnaps
Ace Cruncher Sunny Lancaster Windmill capital of England Joined: Apr 27, 2007 Post Count: 4205 Status: Offline Project Badges:
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very moving Ted
----------------------------------------no words just feel proud to know you and know what what you went through  |
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