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My good friend and neighbor is a vet and this morning, the same as the last few years, I met him with a handshake and a "thank you for your service." Then we loaded up my dog and went pheasant hunting.

A good time was had by all, well maybe not the birds.

Thanks to all who served.
CHAZ

Thank you sincerely for the thanks.

Jolly (in 1956)

Thanks for serving, "swabbie" nice to see the brooms stacked at "order arms" position- but where are the mops?? Thanks to all the brave men who paid the ultimate price for our precious freedoms we sometimes tend to take for granted. RWTF

Same here.

I usually celebrate it as I did yesterday, by going hunting. There were several years back in the 50's when the Iowa pheasant season opened on Nov 11--which was also my mother's birthday. (She was 10 when WWI ended.) But she never minded if we went hunting, as long as we came home with pheasants and/or rabbits. And when I go through 40+ years of hunting notes, I find that Nov 11 has often been a particularly good day in the field. Tougher day yesterday than most. But then we don't have the pheasant numbers we used to. Three of us managed to collect two roosters. All 3 carrying Brit doubles.

Hate to correct you but those brooms are at "stack arms" not "order arms".
And Francis, I am surprised at your failure to take note and mention what happened at Tun Tavern, November 10, 1775. <g> Gil

RWTF,

As GLS politely pointed out, the brooms are at "stack arms". I would just call them put in a rack.

And you'll notice the "mops" or, as we call them "swabs", are lying on the "deck" below the brooms. Those swabs are not in "stack arms" and I suppose, could very easily be washed over the side.
Thanks for your thanks Fox.

I served in the Air Force in Twain in support of the boys in Naum. I to have deep respect for those who served "in country." Thanks to those that served and to those giving thanks. I believe all children should have to read Bill O'Riley's book Killing The Rising Sun. Then everyone would realize what sacrifices were made.

Did I miss mentioning the USMC 241 Birthday- Tun's Tavern in Philadelphia, almost next door to Benny Franklin's Ye Olde Printing Shoppe-- if so, my bad. The USMC was formed to assist the Navy in killing the Limey sailors- the Marines hung in the rigging ropes and as sharpshooters par excellence, they used the Limey's crew as targets in the Revolutionary War- where we finally told King George The Mad to "piss up a rope" after Lord Cornwallis the Cornholer surrendered at Yorktown- and the USMC was there.. Semper Fi-- and thanks to all who served, regardless of in what Branch, or how they stashed the brooms and mops--