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Sun May 25, 2008 4:43 am

for all the folks serving OUR country and the folks who served and those who lost their lives, thanks. =D> =D> =D>

Sun May 25, 2008 5:49 am

That means a lot now adays. Five years ago on Memorial Day I returned home from the desert to see my son for the first time.

Sun May 25, 2008 6:08 am

Fly the flag and show your support.

Sun May 25, 2008 8:39 am

Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)

Sun May 25, 2008 9:43 am

EdW wrote: Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)
So the only thing different was to raise the flag.

Sun May 25, 2008 11:24 am

Glenn wrote: EdW wrote: Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)
So the only thing different was to raise the flag.
LOL.

I actually heard a radio spot today about a club party tonight and the ignorant slut had the audacity to say "happy memorial day!!"

WTF?

Sun May 25, 2008 2:24 pm

EdW wrote: Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)

Same here. 8)

Sun May 25, 2008 3:17 pm

chickengeorge wrote: Glenn wrote: EdW wrote: Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)
So the only thing different was to raise the flag.
LOL.

I actually heard a radio spot today about a club party tonight and the ignorant slut had the audacity to say "happy memorial day!!"

WTF?

It is happy for the majority of people who have no idea what it actually stands for, they get a day off work and can get drunk...

Sun May 25, 2008 3:36 pm

Lee. wrote: EdW wrote: Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)

Same here. 8) The flag is flying like it does every day, it's too hot to grill outside and beer sucks.

Sun May 25, 2008 3:54 pm

Do they even make a beer outta potatoes??

The Fire Department pager is on because we always have a couple crashes on memorial weekend. The mortuary phone is ringing non-stop; people asking about headstones, graves, who is buried where, etc...

Sun May 25, 2008 6:05 pm

notchback wrote: Lee. wrote: EdW wrote: Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)

Same here. 8) The flag is flying like it does every day, it's too hot to grill outside and beer sucks.

Funny....I've never found a day too hot OR cold to grill. :?

Mon May 26, 2008 10:43 am

I'll be firing up the grill for my family later this afternoon....rain or shine. Remember.... 3pm have a moment of silence!

Mon May 26, 2008 1:18 pm

to everyone who has fought and died for our freedom.

Mon May 26, 2008 2:52 pm

I spent 20 years and 12 days serving.

It's easy time when you see that on our worst day, we're a thousand times better off than most of the rest of the world. It's damn sure worth fighting for, regardless of what some would say to the contrary.

Mon May 26, 2008 3:02 pm

EdW wrote: notchback wrote: Lee. wrote: EdW wrote: Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)

Same here. 8) The flag is flying like it does every day, it's too hot to grill outside and beer sucks.

Funny....I've never found a day too hot OR cold to grill. :?

Spoken like a true Midwesterner. 8)

Mon May 26, 2008 3:05 pm

Icy wrote: EdW wrote: notchback wrote: Lee. wrote: EdW wrote: Glenn wrote: Fly the flag and show your support.

My flag is flying, the grill is warming up and the beer is on ice. 8)

Same here. 8) The flag is flying like it does every day, it's too hot to grill outside and beer sucks.

Funny....I've never found a day too hot OR cold to grill. :?

Spoken like a true Midwesterner. 8) I've grilled plenty of times in the snow, but I don't do heat.

Mon May 26, 2008 3:52 pm

I went to my dad's grave today and they had full-sized flags on 10' poles lining all the little streets through the cemetery. The section he's in is for vets and they had rows and rows of flags all through the section. It was quite a site to see. I've never been up there on Memorial Day.

Damn cool.

I talked to a pretty girl named "Ruby" who's going to send the pics she was taking to my email. I'll post them when she does.

Mon May 26, 2008 7:13 pm

For the ashes of our Fathers and the Temple's of our God's.
R.I.P. Little Brother

Mon May 26, 2008 10:54 pm

I'm lucky enough to work with the Marines everyday
and having been one myself I know what they feel

here is a short video for those who did not make it back
I know its from somewhere else and about veterns day but the thought still rings true

http://s173.photobucket.com/albums/w65/yellrhd/?action=view&current=111706_vetsday.flv

Tue May 27, 2008 10:15 am

My sister-in-law, who has the least common sense of anyone I know, asked me yesterday as we were out on the front porch, "Why are you flying a flag? "
1. She said it like flying a flag is a bad thing.
2. She had no idea what yesterday was a holiday for.
I told her it was Memorial Day and that's why I was flying the flag. She just shrugged her shoulders.

Then I told her that I'd just gotten back from the cometary. She asked me if the funeral was for anyone she knew too. :shock: