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Today is Veterans' Day 2023. It's my first one stateside in 22 years. This morning, a brisk but pleasant Michigan November, I went to my youngest daughter's elementary school because the school invited veterans for a special event. During the Gulf War, my sister had been in elementary school herself, now her and my wife were parent volunteers. A good fifty or so veterans showed up, all of us were given thank you cards and a paper poppy, my card was from Adelyn- no last name or grade. My coat is unzipped because the weather is decent and I stick the poppy into the least bad place I can, my shirt pocket where it sits rather awkwardly. We all sat in a folding chair and the kids came outside, the K and 1st graders to our left, the 2nd and 3rd graders to the right, the 4th and 5th grades straight in front. For me a niece to the left and another to the right with my daughter straight ahead, but hard to see because she was standing behind a boy bigger then her. The principal at the High School my two older kids attend is there too, his daughter and mine are classmates, and today I learned that he's a Navy vet. The principal made a brief statement, remembering the dead, so I thought of the eight names that needed remembering although none that I knew in life: two guys Jeff Middleton of Kansas and Robert Talley of New Jersey, the two guys who'd died when this BS friendly fire story occurred. We'd go on to lose six more that would die in actual combat: Anthony Kidd, David Crumby, Manuel Davila, David Kramer, Tony Applegate, and James Murray, They had been in my brigade (2nd Armor Division (Forward) out of Garlstedt Germany. Seven of our death were from 1/41. the other, Murray, from 3/66, was also a friendly fire. I was in B Co. 498th Support where we'd lost no one.) The principal invited the music teacher out, and we were treated to a patriotic song and dance performance from each class. It lasted about a half hour or so, my wife was armed with her phone's camera taking photos. When it was done, kids who knew a veteran were invited to stick around a bit longer, the rest would file into the school, so my 3rd grade niece runs up, my daughter comes forward, my kindergarten niece oblivious does not, she walks right back past us and returns into the gym with her class. As we line up to enter the gym as well, I learned that the 5th graders made the paper poppies in art class and that there are a few Adelyns at this school. We entered the gym and there were eight moms volunteering passing out coffee, tea, juice fruit, and donuts... the last two being my sister and wife at the donut station. We gather our goodies and when we get to the end of the line, my sister is upset that only 2/3 of the children are present, and so dispatches her elder daughter to go retrieve the younger one. I take my strawberry donut, orange and both a coffee and apple juice and go sit down with my daughter while my niece puts her stuff down and runs off to gather her sister who comes back and cuts to the front of the line and joins us. She asks about the flower and I begin to tell her it's a poppy and about a great WWI battle that took place in a poppy field in Belgium and how... but she lost interest, so I struck up a conversation with the Vietnam grandpa sitting across from me instead, a man who walks with a cane and takes great effort to stand up. So things wound down, the kids returned to class, there's a large quantity of extra donuts so I get an apple fritter this time. The volunteers have switched gears to cleanup mode. Soon thereafter the gym is turned over to the school staff so they can get started on lunch and we were out of there. Anyway, I wanted to share my Veterans Day experience with you guys on behalf of the Middleton, Talley, Kidd, Crumbly, Davila, Kramer, Applegate, and Murray families. 32 years gone now. In their sacrifice, this is the sort of things they miss: kids, grandkids, song and dance performances, conversations with other veterans, handmade cards and paper poppies, coffee, and donuts. We've got wars waging in Ukraine and Israel right now, lots of other families are going to feel it, but these eight are mine.

I don't know if you know this, but that's exactly what happened in London. They've already banned guns so, since they had a whole bunch of stabbings instead, the solution, obviously, was to ban knives. "Turn in your knives." It's a great story what happened next... simultaneously both horrible and hilarious... https://archive.is/gI8LV This happened everywhere, different story/ same story https://pluralist.com/knife-surrender-bin-broken-into-knives-stolen/

sage advice from Birdgang on the FFGeeks forum

Gonna be a lot of Yooper butt sex in the UP!

I cougar hunt all the time

One of my tenants is Palestinian, I’ve known him for 30 years. Great guy, has a stereo business, his sons work for him, always pays his rent on time. Very friendly. I hadn’t seen him in a while so we talked today. He’s scared. Several Republican politicians, led by Donald Trump, are talking about deporting or jailing all those of Palestinian descent, maybe all Muslims. He’s an American citizen, but he’s concerned that in the current climate it won’t matter. I told him there were always hateful bigots like Trump around and right now they were particularly loud. I said that the Republicans are currently suffering from some sort of national sickness, but that they were mostly good people and they would eventually recover, I told him that fear and bigotry wouldn’t win the day. I hope I’m right.

Super funny

I’m not being disrespectful. It’s been forty five years since? My work friends were crude and had no filter. I was at a bar one night and a guy buys everybody a round. So Johnnny stands up to make a toast to grandma. He says something along the lines of she was an incredible woman who made the best lasagna and raised some beautiful children. And I also hope she forgives me for the stealing of her vicadins for all those years from her bathroom. Salute!!! At that point he was long gone. And he said something I will never forget. “ Her jaw dropped decade ago.” 🥹

This one time, during my senior year, I was throwing a rocking party, but had this interview with Princeton….

You tried.

Fake news: https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-omar-slaves/fact-check-congresswoman-ilhan-omar-didnt-say-all-white-men-should-be-put-in-chains-as-slaves-idUSL1N2MS2IH

As someone with some dynasty exposure to Cedric Tillman, I was happy with that. Cooper not getting any younger, Elijah Moore is a good WR who will never be a #1. Hoping it opens up more playing time and targets for Tillman. He was a 3rd round selection after JSN and Mingo.

That's a lot of information to decipher but I'll try my best. Let's break it down into the core components: - sex w a turtle: you are the turtle and this indicates feelings of sexual inadequacy in the cack department. (see George Costantza's ground breaking thesis on the effect of cold water on male genitalia) - panda bears: you dig yourself some Asian chicks - eucalyptus: you are correct that this indicates an attempt at deceit. In this instance the pandas (ie Asian chicks) are not what they appear. You desperately tell yourself you like Asian gals but subconsciously you want some Aussie Crocodile Dundee like strange . (that's not a cack. THIS is a cack! )

League Champ = worst Geek since Peefoam.

It's amazing. He lives in their heads.

100% there will be fraudsters everywhere. Almost the entire industry outside of bitcoin is a giant fraud anyway. It's a casino. It's all about trying to dump your bags before someone else does, bitcoin as the exception of course.

Imagine being on a Gay Bodybuilding Forum

I was actually going to say that Bunny has seemed more upbeat and himself compared to... several months ago? when I feel like I saw him make some pretty dark posts.

This is the Bunny we love. Be well brother.

I think the Panda was intending to gently pull him into a position where it could mount him.

Let’s just say I know this is a lie and move on.

Went to Sams club this morning to buy gas, next thing I hear is good morning, it’s a man I would mid 50 dress in drag, I turn away without given him an answer, he says how rude, I tell him to go home and change and stop the foolishness. Lost people is what they, a married man coming out has a tranny isn’t right in his head, don’t be fool, his wife needs to divorce the fool and keep him from the kids God bless.

i imagine a few of you will croak on the toilet with cell phone in hand, mid post about trump/biden/liberals/trannies etc. now that is a dumb way to die

Just melting upward. No need for God candles when it's running a few points a day. It's great to see.