Remembrance Day

1080jibber · **Remembrance Day -** 11-11-2005, 03:30 AM

I still dont understand why this day isnt a holiday, I have to work so I cant go to any of the memorials. I guess I will catch parts of it on the news.

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

- John McCrae

Poseidon · 11-11-2005, 06:34 AM

I often go out to the memorials, but unfortunately I have to work this year.

CoMaToSe · 11-11-2005, 07:34 AM

I have school today

m00nraker · 11-11-2005, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by CoMaToSe

I have school today

I don't

Zoner · 11-11-2005, 08:14 AM

Government and banks get it off here, but the private sector still has business as usual. I always that was fucked, too. rolleyes:

If there was any day that should be a stat holiday, it's today.

Lest We Forget.

JBird · 11-11-2005, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Zoner

Government and banks get it off here, but the private sector still has business as usual. I always that was fucked, too. rolleyes:

If there was any day that should be a stat holiday, it's today.

Lest We Forget.

couldnt agree more. although as a former US bank teller, i really thought it was great. now that i am at a firm, i dont get shit off. if some of you youngsters are looking for a sweet job during highschool, or while in college, i highly recommend being a teller. the pay isnt great, i made 10 bucks an hour, but the hours are awesome. dont have to work sundays, and you get a shitload of random bank days / halmark holidays off.

heres to the veterans and the heroes who have fallen.