Where will you remember the fallen?
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I just got confirmation from the British Embassy in Hungary about the Remembrance Sunday ceremony[^] held at the war graves outside Budapest. As I will be there, I shall go out to the cemetery. It is a very exposed hill side and on occasions it has even been snow covered. Every year there are relatives visiting their fallen family who are interred there and it is quite moving. [edit] A link[^] to the cemetery on Google maps. Dis-ambiguated the comment about relatives.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I just got confirmation from the British Embassy in Hungary about the Remembrance Sunday ceremony[^] held at the war graves outside Budapest. As I will be there, I shall go out to the cemetery. It is a very exposed hill side and on occasions it has even been snow covered. Every year there are relatives visiting their fallen family who are interred there and it is quite moving. [edit] A link[^] to the cemetery on Google maps. Dis-ambiguated the comment about relatives.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I just got confirmation from the British Embassy in Hungary about the Remembrance Sunday ceremony[^] held at the war graves outside Budapest. As I will be there, I shall go out to the cemetery. It is a very exposed hill side and on occasions it has even been snow covered. Every year there are relatives visiting their fallen family who are interred there and it is quite moving. [edit] A link[^] to the cemetery on Google maps. Dis-ambiguated the comment about relatives.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
As this year it will be 11/11/11 I feel it behoves people to make the effort. I shall beheave myself off of the sofa at the appropriate moment.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
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I just got confirmation from the British Embassy in Hungary about the Remembrance Sunday ceremony[^] held at the war graves outside Budapest. As I will be there, I shall go out to the cemetery. It is a very exposed hill side and on occasions it has even been snow covered. Every year there are relatives visiting their fallen family who are interred there and it is quite moving. [edit] A link[^] to the cemetery on Google maps. Dis-ambiguated the comment about relatives.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nagy Vilmos wrote:
Every year there are relatives of the fallen interred there and it is quite moving.
I'm not quite sure if this is much better: "Every year the relatives of the fallen interred there are there and it is quite moving", but at least it's missing the ambiguity. At the attempt of trying to understand your rendition of the sentence, I read it as if the relatives were being interred. :) Cheers!
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As this year it will be 11/11/11 I feel it behoves people to make the effort. I shall beheave myself off of the sofa at the appropriate moment.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.
My Grandfather was in the Somme and Ypres in the First World War, and later was in the Home Guard. His son worked for many years at the Ulster Tower[^]. With me Da also being an hoficer [RA], the sacrifice made is very close to my heart and I have always managed to sober up long enough to pay my respects.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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My Grandfather was in the Somme and Ypres in the First World War, and later was in the Home Guard. His son worked for many years at the Ulster Tower[^]. With me Da also being an hoficer [RA], the sacrifice made is very close to my heart and I have always managed to sober up long enough to pay my respects.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
I have a letter from a relative to his wife, written on 10-11/11/1918. He was in the RFC, and shot down a German balloonist on the morning of 11/11, as the amnesty didn't begin until 11am.
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I just got confirmation from the British Embassy in Hungary about the Remembrance Sunday ceremony[^] held at the war graves outside Budapest. As I will be there, I shall go out to the cemetery. It is a very exposed hill side and on occasions it has even been snow covered. Every year there are relatives visiting their fallen family who are interred there and it is quite moving. [edit] A link[^] to the cemetery on Google maps. Dis-ambiguated the comment about relatives.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Many years ago I was standing in a supermarket (not a salubrious one, but one of the lower orders type of places), when, over the tannoy, I heard this... "Would all staff and customers please stand silent for two minutes to remember the veterans who died in the war". I, after my two minutes were up, demanded to see the lady who gave the announcement and informed her that she was a moron. The veterans, I pointed out, were the ones that survived. I then asked her if she was qualified to use a tannoy, and suggested that next time someone who had actually been to school could do it so as not to insult the honoured dead.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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Many years ago I was standing in a supermarket (not a salubrious one, but one of the lower orders type of places), when, over the tannoy, I heard this... "Would all staff and customers please stand silent for two minutes to remember the veterans who died in the war". I, after my two minutes were up, demanded to see the lady who gave the announcement and informed her that she was a moron. The veterans, I pointed out, were the ones that survived. I then asked her if she was qualified to use a tannoy, and suggested that next time someone who had actually been to school could do it so as not to insult the honoured dead.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
At my last gig, they had the decency to tannoy when it was 11. Too many numpties didn't have the decency to STFU.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Many years ago I was standing in a supermarket (not a salubrious one, but one of the lower orders type of places), when, over the tannoy, I heard this... "Would all staff and customers please stand silent for two minutes to remember the veterans who died in the war". I, after my two minutes were up, demanded to see the lady who gave the announcement and informed her that she was a moron. The veterans, I pointed out, were the ones that survived. I then asked her if she was qualified to use a tannoy, and suggested that next time someone who had actually been to school could do it so as not to insult the honoured dead.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
A few years ago, I was driving to a meeting with a client and as 11 approached, I found somewhere suitable to pull over to observe the 2 minutes. I was delighted to see I wasn't the only one who'd done the same.
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I just got confirmation from the British Embassy in Hungary about the Remembrance Sunday ceremony[^] held at the war graves outside Budapest. As I will be there, I shall go out to the cemetery. It is a very exposed hill side and on occasions it has even been snow covered. Every year there are relatives visiting their fallen family who are interred there and it is quite moving. [edit] A link[^] to the cemetery on Google maps. Dis-ambiguated the comment about relatives.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
We have a ceremony on Campus on the 11th that I plan to go to. I also have the honour of leading my St John Ambulance Cadet Unit in the local remembrance parade on Remembrance Sunday. It's sad, but I suspect there won't be that many people from the local Adult unit going to the parade. My Cadets are usually pretty keen (even when the weather is a bit grim), but the Adults just don't seem to care as much.