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I hope you all just did your two mins of silence
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In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae
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. |
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| VDub |
Absolutely...
I even made the entire job site stop working...
But I still saw the boss, a frickin munjicake even, still chatting away with his hat on his head...
Some people are just frickin ignorant... |
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| Silky Johnson |
Yep. And I really feel lucky to work with/care for veterans. It's so odd think to think that their stories will be confined to history books within the next 10-15 years. Being able to hear their first hand accounts and have them pass on their wisdom is a privilege.
I work with one man who spent nearly 3 years in a Japanese POW camp. Wrote a book about it and his time in the war. He is one of the most kind and generous people I've ever met; he'd give anyone the shirt off his back. I look at men like him and compare him to the ungrateful, self-entitled youth of today and just shake my head.
Lol, I sound like a senior citizen. :wtf: |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Lol, I sound like a senior citizen. :wtf: |
I was just thinking yesterday that in 10-15 years there won't be any of them alive :( we lost my grandfather 12 years ago, and I wish I talked to him more before he got very sick :( |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
I was just thinking yesterday that in 10-15 years there won't be any of them alive :( we lost my grandfather 12 years ago, and I wish I talked to him more before he got very sick :( |
Yeah, but when you're young you don't really understand the value/importance of connecting with your elders.
Watch the first 10 minutes of this video if you're interested. After the first woman introduces the presentation, a woman named Lillian McGregor (an Ojibway Elder) speaks and basically talks about the importance of connecting with each other and giving back, etc. I found her speech very grounding.
http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20080307-ETH/rnh.htm |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Yeah, but when you're young you don't really understand the value/importance of connecting with your elders.
Watch the first 10 minutes of this video if you're interested. After the first woman introduces the presentation, a woman named Lillian McGregor (an Ojibway Elder) speaks and basically talks about the importance of connecting with each other and giving back, etc. I found her speech very grounding.
http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20080307-ETH/rnh.htm |
thanks :) will watch from home, blocked at work :\ |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Boo. Just a heads up...you need Quicktime to watch it. :) |
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| VDub |
Also guys we can't forget that this day isn't just for the old vets from WWII...
We also have to think about our troops deployed right now and the ones who've died in the middle east...
Such a sad day... |
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| Dior Homme |
We did about a minute in class today. Someone walked in during our silence and that pretty much ended shortly after.
I always hated when people would talk during it. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Boo. Just a heads up...you need Quicktime to watch it. :) |
yup yup got all that on my laptop :) work restricts us with all this :\ |
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