Happy Veteran's Day

[Bike Chick]

Happy Veteran's Day to all the veteran's out there. Thank you for your service and the sacrifice you have made for our country. God Bless You!

[Pax]

You're welcome. Thanks for taking time out of your day to take a moment to honor veterans.

[Bike Chick]

It's easy for me to say thank you and mean it. It's very minimal compared to what you have given up to serve our country.

Both my children and my father-in-law are veterans so I understand the sacrifice. I'm very proud of them.

[Kathi]

I had uncles that were in WWII. Yesterday my cousin emailed me a letter and pictures sent by my uncle to her grandmother when he was stationed in England.

He titled it "How 3 Refinery Men Meet In England". In the same day my uncle connected with a cousin and a friend from home who also were stationed in England but he had no idea that they were in the same area. The 3 of them just showed up in the same place at the same time. My uncle was quite descriptive in explaining how the event occurred. The 3 of them worked at the same petroleum refinery in Ohio and all 3 had joined the army. My uncle hadn't seen in his cousin in 2.5 yrs. It had been 4 yrs since he had seen his friend. My uncle ended the letter by stating "it was one of the best days in his life and one he would never forget".

For me it was a neat statement of what this day means.

[Pax]

I thought this definition of a Veteran was worth sharing...

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to and including my life."

[Zen]

I must confess that giving up your life part never occurred to me at the time.
I just needed a way to pay for college

[papaver]

I thought this definition of a Veteran was worth sharing...

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his/her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America," for an amount of "up to and including my life."

hm. My grandfather was in the American army back in WW1. He went through hell and back. And never was the same afterwards. He was fighting in Verdun (France) at the time... they now discovered that the soldiers then were given cocaine (provided by the Nederlandse Cocaine Fabriek : the dutch cocaine factory). Otherwise the soldiers would never have stayed in those trenches...

It gave them more guts... and a nice addiction afterwards.