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VETERANS!!! - less than 5 days - HAMMER GOOGLE!!!
Folks,
YOU CANNOT LET THIS SIMPLY GO UNNOTICED. Last year I complained to Google for not recognizing Veteran's on their special day. This year, I am proposing they DO recognize the Veteran's on their day and I am asking all of you to spread the word. Please click on and send along this link -- http://www.jamesmarchetti.com/google...-day-logo.html -- to all of your Veteran friends and families of Veterans. Have them simply click the link on this page and it will create a prewritten email to Google urging them to give Veterans their fair share of recognition. Thanks! |
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Buzz off!
Go raise your flag up the pole fluffy! "TrueAmerican" wrote Folks, YOU CANNOT LET THIS SIMPLY GO UNNOTICED. |
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"TrueAmerican" wrote in message m... YOU CANNOT LET THIS SIMPLY GO UNNOTICED. Yea, actually I can. I see no reason why Google has any special obligation to vets. I do business at countless places and have never seen any reason to demand that any of them recognize us veterans, though I take notice and appreciate it when they do. Get a life. Vaughn |
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Vaughn wrote: "TrueAmerican" wrote in message m... YOU CANNOT LET THIS SIMPLY GO UNNOTICED. Yea, actually I can. I see no reason why Google has any special obligation to vets. I do business at countless places and have never seen any reason to demand that any of them recognize us veterans, though I take notice and appreciate it when they do. Besides, Google is an international website. I'm not sure if they have localized editions but they do need to keep the rest of the world in mind. Me? I bought a buddy poppy and am gonna wear it. raoul |
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"Raoul" wrote in message ... In article , Vaughn wrote: "TrueAmerican" wrote in message m... YOU CANNOT LET THIS SIMPLY GO UNNOTICED. Yea, actually I can. I see no reason why Google has any special obligation to vets. I do business at countless places and have never seen any reason to demand that any of them recognize us veterans, though I take notice and appreciate it when they do. Besides, Google is an international website. I'm not sure if they have localized editions but they do need to keep the rest of the world in mind. There's certainly a "google.co.uk "; I'm uncertain of what its scope is, I assume it interfaces to a server in the UK. Me? I bought a buddy poppy and am gonna wear it. What's a "buddy poppy"? The UK has had the "Poppy Day" Appeal since after WWI. The (Royal) British legion carries out the charity-collection by a variety of methods, street- collections, shop-distributors, churches, petrol-stations, etc. etc.: One would have to work hard to avoid a Poppy collector! One nevers _buys_ a poppy but contributes to the charity and takes a poppy to demonstrate support. The money collected is mainly in coins and the major banks co-operate by accepting and sorting the coins usually on the Saturday (before Remembrance Sunday) after the close of Banking hours. It's almost mandatory for adults to sport a poppy on Remembrance Sunday and the days leading up to it. Recently, Politicians and Broadcasters have appeared sporting a poppy from November 1. Wreaths formed from Red Poppies are the symbols laid on War Memorials -- Brian |
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In article , Brian Sharrock
wrote: "Raoul" wrote in message ... In article , Vaughn wrote: "TrueAmerican" wrote in message m... YOU CANNOT LET THIS SIMPLY GO UNNOTICED. Yea, actually I can. I see no reason why Google has any special obligation to vets. I do business at countless places and have never seen any reason to demand that any of them recognize us veterans, though I take notice and appreciate it when they do. Besides, Google is an international website. I'm not sure if they have localized editions but they do need to keep the rest of the world in mind. There's certainly a "google.co.uk "; I'm uncertain of what its scope is, I assume it interfaces to a server in the UK. Me? I bought a buddy poppy and am gonna wear it. What's a "buddy poppy"? The Veterans of Foreign Wars here in the USA calls 'em "buddy poppies" I bought one from an old guy on the street. He said I was 'buying one" so that's good enough for me. The UK has had the "Poppy Day" Appeal since after WWI. The (Royal) British legion carries out the charity-collection by a variety of methods, street- collections, shop-distributors, churches, petrol-stations, etc. etc.: One would have to work hard to avoid a Poppy collector! One nevers _buys_ a poppy but contributes to the charity and takes a poppy to demonstrate support. The money collected is mainly in coins and the major banks co-operate by accepting and sorting the coins usually on the Saturday (before Remembrance Sunday) after the close of Banking hours. It's almost mandatory for adults to sport a poppy on Remembrance Sunday and the days leading up to it. Recently, Politicians and Broadcasters have appeared sporting a poppy from November 1. Wreaths formed from Red Poppies are the symbols laid on War Memorials I can receive Canadian TV where I live in the USA and have noticed the broadcasters and their poppies around this time of year. Understandable since Canada is pretty tight with the UK and even moreso during the WW I years. raoul |
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Raoul wrote:
The Veterans of Foreign Wars here in the USA calls 'em "buddy poppies" I bought one from an old guy on the street. He said I was 'buying one" so that's good enough for me. Even the Royal Canadian Legion's own canvassers don't always get it right I can receive Canadian TV where I live in the USA and have noticed the broadcasters and their poppies around this time of year. Understandable since Canada is pretty tight with the UK and even moreso during the WW I years. The red poppy has been regarded as the plant badge for remembrance throughout the Commonwealth since the publication in Punch and subsequent popularization of the poem "In Flanders Fields" by a Canadian soldier, Lt. Col. John McRae, but the flower's appearance in soil disturbed by bombardment had previously been noticed during the Napoleonic Wars. It symbolism in the Great War would have dawned on both the UK and Canada simultaneously, I suspect. The RCL has made the red poppy a trademark in Canada, and will defend its appropriate use much the way Disney protects Mickey Mouse. http://www.legion.ca/asp/docs/rempoppy/allabout_e.asp Frank Magazine usually runs a piece called "Poppycock" in early November to show who is exploiting the poppy for political or commercial ends. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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Raoul wrote:
:The Veterans of Foreign Wars here in the USA calls 'em "buddy poppies" :I bought one from an old guy on the street. He said I was 'buying one" :so that's good enough for me. Then he was wrong. You see, he could not legally SELL you a poppy without a vendor's license, tax number, and all that other impedimenta. This is why in actuality it works precisely as described to you - you CONTRIBUTE money and they GIVE you a poppy. -- "It's over now, or so they say. But sometimes it don't work out that way. And you're never the same when you've been under fire." -- Huey Lewis and the News "Walking On A Thin Line" |
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In article , Fred J. McCall
wrote: Raoul wrote: :The Veterans of Foreign Wars here in the USA calls 'em "buddy poppies" :I bought one from an old guy on the street. He said I was 'buying one" :so that's good enough for me. Then he was wrong. You see, he could not legally SELL you a poppy without a vendor's license, tax number, and all that other impedimenta. This is why in actuality it works precisely as described to you - you CONTRIBUTE money and they GIVE you a poppy. Jesus Christ impailed on a bayonet- you guys are pretty damn anal about this. Hell, I don't really care. The old dude was walking along wiuh his VFW hat on and a handful of buddy poppies, I gave him a dollar and he gave me a poppy. I'm wearing it even as we speak. raoul |
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Raoul wrote:
:In article , Fred J. McCall wrote: : : Raoul wrote: : : :The Veterans of Foreign Wars here in the USA calls 'em "buddy poppies" : :I bought one from an old guy on the street. He said I was 'buying one" : :so that's good enough for me. : : Then he was wrong. You see, he could not legally SELL you a poppy : without a vendor's license, tax number, and all that other : impedimenta. This is why in actuality it works precisely as described : to you - you CONTRIBUTE money and they GIVE you a poppy. : :Jesus Christ impailed on a bayonet- you guys are pretty damn anal about :this. You're the one arguing against the facts. :Hell, I don't really care. Then why are you still arguing? |
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