[GreenKeys] Veterans day is Friday

[Dave Horsfall]

On Fri, 11 Nov 2016, drlegendre . wrote:

> Hat off, hand on heart - thank you US Vets, one and all. Without big 
> people like you, little guys like me wouldn't have a pot to p*ss in or a 
> window to throw it out of. Without your efforts, we'd all be loyal 
> subjects (at best) and dog knows what else, at worst. 

Agreed; although I never had the chance to serve myself, I do come from
a military family (RAF/WAAF/RAAF/CMF etc).

> The loss of his life over Austria in the spring of 1945 changed my 
> family in ways that I will never fully appreciate. Seventy years on, his 
> remains have yet to be located and repatriated. 

You have my genuine sorrows...  A lot of soldiers' remains will never be 
found, which is why we honour them; they will remain buried forever in 
Flanders Fields and elsewhere.  Australia's other sacred day is Anzac Day, 
wherein we were ordered to take part in an utterly pointless action.

-- 
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU)  "Those who don't understand security will suffer."