>>>>>>>I will be off tomorrow, so I would like to wish all the past and present Veterans a good day. Lets let them all know that they were and are appreciated.
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>>>>>>Bret
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>>>>>>Is it indeed a day to enjoy, or one for sombre remembrance and regret?
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>>>>>>We don't have an "Armistice Day" public holiday in the UK, but the 11th is marked by the laying of wreaths at the cenotaph in London, military parades, veterans' march past and all, on the nearest Sunday thereto.
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>>>>>>BTW, they sell red poppies here, in support of veterans' charities (you'll see all UK newscasters wearing them). Is there anything similar over there?
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>>>>>>... or in Canada, you guys?
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>>>>>>Terry
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>>>>>Absolutely. We have all of that here in Canada. The great thing about the poppy sales is that they sell them with little straight-pins that always come out and you suddenly discover your poppy is gone so you have to buy another one.
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>>>>Yes, exactly the same here. Every year I think "If only they'd put a wee hole through the stalk, so the pin could be secured. I've only been using the one jacket of late and the poppy thereon is all curled up and withered already.
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>>>Oh. You guys use real poppies? We use fake ones here. They don't wither and curl up, they just disappear.
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>>(isn't that what happens to old soldiers???)
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>>Oh no, bless you. :-) I meant that because my jacket gets thrown on the passenger seat of the car, or back of a seat in workd, or amongst the others on the coat-hangers, the fake poppy is all curled up and withered (-looking). Besides, where would you get real poppies at this time of year? They grow like June-July.
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>Afghanistan?

I just read that the crop is up 57% this year.