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I was listening to the Jeff Katz show today on my way home from the airport, and he was having a Veterans Day tribute, and on the show he was having people call in with stories of their favorite veteran, and he also talked about walking up to soldiers in uniform and thanking them. So, I thought in the spirit of Veterans Day, I would like to say Thank you to all the men and women in uniform and those who wore the uniform. Thank you for protecting this country, your family and friends, and thank you for protecting me. Thank you for your sacrifice.

I would also like to tell you guys what veterans have taught me.

My grandpa: That when life knocks you down, you get back up, reload your weapons, and go back in fighting.

My Dad: To always work hard, and to always do what you have to do to support your family, even if your family is just the wife. Also to respect your fellow person, and to treat people the way you would want to be treated. Also, to be a strong person, not just physically strong, but also strong in your belief, in your values, and in your morals.

Coach Cole: Thank you for giving me my love of History, it was because of your great teaching style, and the way you made history interesting that sparked the historian inside me.

Eut: You can never take life seriously all the time.

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*claps*

Bump.

To all of my friends who have gone to Iraq and made the return trip to the US, reasonably unscathed.

Remembrance Day isn't until tomorrow you weirdos.

Remembrance Day isn't until tomorrow you weirdos.

Unless you're Orstrayun or a New Zealander.

And whomever else has it today. :p

Remembrance Day isn't until tomorrow you weirdos.
Where's your poppy?
Unless you're Orstrayun or a New Zealander.

And whomever else has it today. :p
Canadians have it on the same day as you. We're only too stoned to keep up with the other timezones.

Canadians have it on the same day as you. We're only too stoned to keep up with the other timezones.

Meh, I usually have enough trouble keeping up with the present. :p

Everyone thanks the troops. why doesnt anyone thank me for everything I do?:(

Meh, I usually have enough trouble keeping up with the present. :p

Eh, you're timezone's before everybody else's. You've got time to kill.

Eh, you're timezone's before everybody else's. You've got time to kill.

Sweet.

But i've got bad news. The future is boring.

To all of my friends who have gone to Iraq and made the return trip to the US, reasonably unscathed.

you heartless bastard! what about the scathed ones? they dont deserve your thanks? piff!

yeah thankfully my friends are back and healthy but one is going back in jan. to replace someone else who was supposed to go. :(

Where's your poppy?

Canadians have it on the same day as you. We're only too stoned to keep up with the other timezones.

At work. I'll wear one I swear.

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Everyone thanks the troops. why doesnt anyone thank me for everything I do?:(



thanks for pissing people on the internet off.

Sweet.

But i've got bad news. The future is boring.

That's why we have a grow-op on every street.

my poppy is painted black. cuz i like my mourning to be about the dead, not the false glory that is bestowed on them by these morbid ceremonies.

Sweet.

But i've got bad news. The future is boring.
Darn. Does that mean I get to spend more time on NS then?
At work. I'll wear one I swear.

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Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuure. Gotta love how high schools hand them out to you for free.
That's why we have a grow-op on every street.
Very true. My city out-hippies your city! HA!

Darn. Does that mean I get to spend more time on NS then?

Well, you better. I was on there when you will have nothing to do, and I was bored.

Aye.

bow yer heads for Armistice (or Veteran's Day, or Remembrance Day). A moment of silence is in order;

They must be honored.

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GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thru the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?


On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out of of their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave'
From the terror of flight and the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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And God bless our fighters; bringing peace home!

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Well, you better. I was on there when you will have nothing to do, and I was bored.

wow, the tenses in that sentence is so screwed up...meh. I shall stay as long as I don't get kicked off the computer for staying up too late.

And Ruffy, that was the WORST case of shameless advertisement I've seen in a while. Congrats.

wow, the tenses in that sentence is so screwed up...meh. I shall stay as long as I don't get kicked off the computer for staying up too late.

You need your own computer in your room. :p

You need your own computer in your room. :p

Ya! All the cool kids do it.

You need your own computer in your room. :p

Ya! All the cool kids do it.

I have my own computer. It's a semi-new laptop too. My parents refuse to let me put it in my room for the sole reason that they know I'd never sleep if I had it there.

thanks for pissing people on the internet off.

I piss people off?

I have my own computer. It's a semi-new laptop too. My parents refuse to let me put it in my room for the sole reason that they know I'd never sleep if I had it there.

You need to show your parents who wears the poncho in your house.

I have my own computer. It's a semi-new laptop too. My parents refuse to let me put it in my room for the sole reason that they know I'd never sleep if I had it there.

Your parents are correct, but you need to train them anyway. Sleep is unneccesary when you have the internets to keep you company. :)

And Ruffy, that was the WORST case of shameless advertisement I've seen in a while. Congrats.

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I piss people off?

I figured that it's inevitable - we all must do it once or twice just by being on the internets

You need to show your parents who wears the poncho in your house.
Ironically, I AM the only one in the house who owns a poncho.
Your parents are correct, but you need to train them anyway. Sleep is unneccesary when you have the internets to keep you company. :)
Sleep is overrated anyway. Who needs sleep? Now, the intraweb I cannot survive without. *hugs intraweb*

Ironically, I AM the only one in the house who owns a poncho.
See kiddies, stereotypes are always right.

Sleep is overrated anyway. Who needs sleep? Now, the intraweb I cannot survive without. *hugs intraweb*
*joins in the hugging of the series of tubes*

See kiddies, stereotypes are always right.


*joins in the hugging of the series of tubes*
What now? Do you have something against my poncho? *glare*

tubes? teh intraweb isn't a bunch of tubes. It's GOD! :eek:

What now? Do you have something against my poncho? *glare*

tubes? teh intraweb isn't a bunch of tubes. It's GOD! :eek:
Hippies wear ponchos. You are a hippy, I assumed you wear ponchos. I was correct. Therefore. Stereotypes = true.

God is the programmer of the computer we're in.

Ironically, I AM the only one in the house who owns a poncho.

"Now, is that a real poncho, or a Sears poncho?

"Now, is that a real poncho, or a Sears poncho?

She can't afford Sears ponchos. She's a hippy for Christ sake!

Hippies wear ponchos. You are a hippy, I assumed you wear ponchos. I was correct. Therefore. Stereotypes = true.

God is the programmer of the computer we're in.
I don't wear ponchos. I merely own one. I never said I wore it. It smells funny.

I'm in a computer? I always knew I was short, but not THAT short. And how are you there with me? This is screwed up.
"Now, is that a real poncho, or a Sears poncho?
Sir, you have insulted my honour.
She can't afford Sears ponchos. She's a hippy for Christ sake!
Then it must be sad that I'm richer than you are.

I'm in a computer? I always knew I was short, but not THAT short. And how are you there with me? This is screwed up.We are just pieces of software. Sims if you will, in a mega ultra uber computer. If you weren't hugging trees all summer, you'd know.

Sir, you have insulted my honour.
And your point is?

Then it must be sad that I'm richer than you are.
We'll see who's laughing next year.

Ok hijack over, let's get back on topic here.

Ok hijack over, let's get back on topic here.

Shit! Vigilanty Justice! Try and press R3 on his controller.

Clint Eastwood wore a poncho & he's no hippy.

On topic:

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Lest we forget.

Unless you're Orstrayun or a New Zealander.

And whomever else has it today. :p

Me. I just sent out thank you emails to every veteran in my addy book.

For all veterans here, I'll add: thank you all, you few, you happy few, you band of brothers.

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.

Peace.

(Boonytopia, that's one of my faves, too.)