anyone do anything patriotic this memorial day?

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:43 pm

and no, drinking beer and eating bbq doesnt count

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:44 pm

[quote="Meggie"]and no, drinking beer and eating bbq doesnt count ]

Today, no...Yesterday, yes..

TrUtHsMaCkEr · Post by **TrUtHsMaCkEr** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:54 pm

[quote="Meggie"]and no, drinking beer and eating bbq doesnt count ]

what else is there to do on memorial day, or any day for that matter? lol

i went to see shrek 2 today, it was funny though. i took one car and my bro took another, i had another passenger as did he. my passenger and i left ahead of them and a minute later we think we see them pass us. i turn down the street to the movies and my passenger says no, these ones arent very good i told your brother we were going to the ones in Davenport (about 40 miles away). so we almost pull into the lot to see if they're there but instead we pull a u turn and head towards davenport. im flirting w/ 80 tryin to catch up w/ them because i havent seen them since they passed us. so we get all the way there and we dont see them anywhere, we try calling the cell but it wont work and he doesnt have it on anyway or w/ him. so we head back, stop in the lot in the towns theatres, and then head home only to find my bro there. the other passenger in my bros car started to head towards dav to look for us but since we had stopped in the lot on the way home we went the back roads so we didnt see each other. finally we got a hold of the other passenger and he came home. *whew* and it ended up no one saw the movie today. it was quite a hassle! oh and it turns out, they never passed us we were way ahead of them!!

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:56 pm

TrUtHsMaCkEr wrote:what else is there to do on memorial day, or any day for that matter? lol

i went to see shrek 2 today, it was funny though. i took one car and my bro took another, i had another passenger as did he. my passenger and i left ahead of them and a minute later we think we see them pass us. i turn down the street to the movies and my passenger says no, these ones arent very good i told your brother we were going to the ones in Davenport (about 40 miles away). so we almost pull into the lot to see if they're there but instead we pull a u turn and head towards davenport. im flirting w/ 80 tryin to catch up w/ them because i havent seen them since they passed us. so we get all the way there and we dont see them anywhere, we try calling the cell but it wont work and he doesnt have it on anyway or w/ him. so we head back, stop in the lot in the towns theatres, and then head home only to find my bro there. the other passenger in my bros car started to head towards dav to look for us but since we had stopped in the lot on the way home we went the back roads so we didnt see each other. finally we got a hold of the other passenger and he came home. *whew* and it ended up no one saw the movie today. it was quite a hassle! oh and it turns out, they never passed us we were way ahead of them!!

thats not patriotic... unless shrek is a veteran....

TrUtHsMaCkEr · Post by **TrUtHsMaCkEr** » Mon May 31, 2004 10:57 pm

Meggie wrote:thats not patriotic... unless shrek is a veteran....

ik but its a memorial day story

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:04 pm

TrUtHsMaCkEr wrote:ik but its a memorial day story

It's not even remotely on topic though...

And no I didn't do anything particularly patriotic today. I took today off.

Hugged my grandfather yesterday and thanked him for a job well done.

TrUtHsMaCkEr · Post by **TrUtHsMaCkEr** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:06 pm

[quote="ScottE"]It's not even remotely on topic though...

And no I didn't do anything particularly patriotic today. I took today off. ]
wished i coulda done that, my grandpa is in CA but he fought in WW2, i should call him tonight

EvilAngel · Post by **EvilAngel** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:18 pm

I grabbed the american flag that some jerkoff stuck in my yard away from my son and threw it in the trash...

lol..j/k I did nothing for memorial day other than tend to my children.

The_Lurker · Post by **The_Lurker** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:26 pm

Dad & Grandpa spent the day with me and the family. he's WWII vet. dads Vietnam vet.

lovely day today!

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon May 31, 2004 11:46 pm

[quote="Meggie"]and no, drinking beer and eating bbq doesnt count ]Darn!

qball15j · Post by **qball15j** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 7:32 am

Went to a festival yesterday, thats about it.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:11 am

stuck a flag in my yard........

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:36 am

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 9:39 am

I do the American Legion "tour" up here. We usually do 4 graveside services, I waterfront ceremony, The parade, a parkside ceremony and we read the names of all who died in Afganistan and Iraq (new one for us this year) while a bell was tolled for each.

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 1:48 pm

lefty04530 wrote:I do the American Legion "tour" up here. We usually do 4 graveside services, I waterfront ceremony, The parade, a parkside ceremony and we read the names of all who died in Afganistan and Iraq (new one for us this year) while a bell was tolled for each.

thats very cool lefty.

everyone sends their mother a card or gives her a call on mothers day, same with fathers day, yet.. on memorial day, almost no one celebrates what the day was made for.

ScottE · Post by **ScottE** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:00 pm

Meggie wrote:thats very cool lefty.

everyone sends their mother a card or gives her a call on mothers day, same with fathers day, yet.. on memorial day, almost no one celebrates what the day was made for.

Probably due to a lack of education and accepting of the sacrifice others have made to make this country what it is today.

Lefty · Post by **Lefty** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 2:25 pm

Meggie wrote:thats very cool lefty.

Thanks Meggie, I've been an active member of the Legion Family for nine years now. For God & Country

everyone sends their mother a card or gives her a call on mothers day, same with fathers day, yet.. on memorial day, almost no one celebrates what the day was made for.

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Tue Jun 01, 2004 3:54 pm

ScottE wrote:the sacrifice others have made to make this country what it is today.

I for one have not forgotten. I think of them each and every day… not just one day out of the year.

:sad: