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I know they call it Veterans Day in the U.S. and the rest of us call it Remeberance Day or Armistice Day, but whatever you call it, many people in this group sacrificed a lot or lost a friend or are close to someone who did, so that we all can sit here and be entertained and informed by the wealth of information that passes between us everyday. There is nothing that this group does not know! It means a lot to me.
When I go home to my wife and kids tonight, I will reflect on the meaning of this special day for us. My wife is Dutch and I am Canadian so we have a very special debt of gratitude. My two boys can laugh and cry and play and eat and sleep safe at night all because someone somewhere fell for our freedom. It means a lot to me.
When I pick up the paper or, God forbid, turn on the television - and am subjected to the incessant whining of those who gave up nothing so that they could ridicule those that gave up everything - It means a lot to me.
To the boys an girls who are away from home today and for those over the years that never came back - It means a lot to me - Thank you.
Tom