Set 'em up Richard. Been a hell of a day. **sigh** only 2,920 days until I retire.
I'm sorry that I have no affiliation with the service except that I know my Great Grandfather (I think) was killed in the Boer War.
Veteran's day is always a mixed bag of emotions for me anyway. I'm so thankful for the women and men in the service because untimately they are making this world a better place. I'm also thankful and sad for the women and men who have lost their lives in the many wars that have happened. I can't imagine what their families have gone through. I usually attend the services at my local cenotaph.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand and strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming WOO HOO - What a Ride!
--unknown
Sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see
--Polar Express
Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened.
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