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I just used the "file" icon because I thought, at first, that it read "fire"--and "fire" was pretty close to fireworks. Oh, well.
Anyway, happy July 4th to everybody in the USA! I understand that lots of places, due to forest fire hazards, are going to have illuminated water shows instead. That seems to be a pretty good Plan B to me!
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Well, considering I have a US passport I should stand and sing the national anthem on this of all days.
Slight problem - I dunno the words! Only learnt the words to the Oz anthem a couple of years ago!
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WW:
Yes. And this Independence Day is very special to me. Yesterday afternoon I learned that the agency I work for is downsizing its Denver office, so they announced a retirement incentive to get people to retire. So I am getting (almost certainly) an extra $25,000 payment to retire at the end of September, something I was going to do anyway.
That's enough to pay off the car loan on Peggy's new Jeep, so I won;t even have to take a part-time job. How's that for independent?
Starting in September I'm gong to be out in the garage almost full time, turning expensive wood into sawdust and furniture. I have just about completed a cherry bed in twin size for my 4 year old and Theo, who's six, wants me to build one for him.
And for those of you who are wondering why I am back posting here:
I truly believe that we are now free of our problem person. I have refrained from posting because of the ongoing unpleasantness, but I think we can now put paid to that whole chapter.
Happy Birthday, USA!!!
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Ted:
Congratulations on your good news! For some reason I think of this lyrical phrase:
How many chucks could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Beaver regards,
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** Have a Jolly Fab Independence Day ** former subjects. - oh, and good riddance!  
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Oh thank you so much fishonabike, but the pleasure of our riddance is all ours. - - Bye-[the]-Bye Fish, did you ever thank we yanks for keeping the krauts out of Buckingham Palace during WW 2? No no silly, I'm not asking for repayment of your war debts, but a simple thank-you card on the Fourth of July might be nice. -
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I'm reminded of the story in Raaders' Digest about an Englishman flying
across US, admiring the scenery and exclaiming: "God damn George III!"
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did you ever thank we yanks for keeping the krauts out of Buckingham Palace during WW 2?Whaddya mean, keep 'em out? They were already in there! nothing subtle about this, folks - the Royal Family is essentially Germana simple thank-you card on the Fourth of July might be niceOK. Thank you for getting out of our hair! This is starting to sound familiar... ah, here we go: http://wordsmith.org/board/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=wordplay&Number=8436Seriously, though (very momentarily) - as regards WWII we remember and respect all the fallen on Remembrance Day. Interestingly enough, remembrance (of those who have died for the freedoms we cherish)is also very closely tied in with our own firework extravaganza, Nov 5th. Pretty good stuff from a USn perspective here: http://www.bcpl.net/~cbladey/guy/html/center.htmlwith a concise "why it matters" statement a little bit down the page (click on Our Purpose) Long may your fires burn bright, friends.
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Someone up there wondered about the words to the national anthem (USA), so I'll write them out here from memory:
Oh, say, can you see
by the dawn's early light
what so proudly we hailed
at the twilight's last gleaming,
whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight
o'er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare,
the bombs bursting in air,
gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there.
Oh, say, does that star-spangled
banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free,
and the home of the brave.
Excuse punctuation errors, and also the fact that I don't include the other verses because I don't know them by heart.
I understand that the melody came from a British drinking song, which makes no sense to me because the melody is fairly challenging to sing well, and I cannot imagine a bunch of drunks singing it without sounding like a pack of howling hounds.
Banner regards,
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