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To: Rambi who wrote (65844)	11/24/2004 11:04:09 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

I am sorry You lived my primal fear that I would lose my passport or one of my kids It must have been chilly in Scotland. We kept an eye on the weather there,knowing you were staying there. I love kilts. I remember one evening when I was walking home (after talking to you, so it must have been a Friday) and outside the train station there was a man (a handsome man) in a formal kilt, standing with a woman in a gorgeous silk fawn evening dress, with a silk wrap (she must have been freezing). They looked like a cover for Country Live- Scotland with Style. Anyway, kilts, very sexy- even on guys with t shirts and tennis shoes as accessories. We were in France and watched rememberance day on the TV. The queen goes to the Abbey and this time Prince William was with her for the first time. There was a nice eulogy type thing, and then two minutes of silence- for England's war dead. Very somber. I did wonder what happens if it rains. Do they use umbrellas? Or do they stand stoically in the rain? I envy you for getting inside the embassy. I love the area where the embassies are. Was it luxurious inside? Were there any handsome attaches, who held your hand, and told you everything would be ok? Did you get tea? And what did you wear? I think you need to look at the embassy visit as a really unusual tour. You can't buy excitement like that.:-) Welcome home, and have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and a good long rest.

To: Rambi who wrote (65844)	11/24/2004 12:45:52 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Welcome home, Rambi! hmmmmm...yes... lost pocketbooks are such a drag. Well, get out your last Visa statement and use it to look up those automatic payment things. Kilts - yes, I like them too -- and the long capes and all the rest of the regalia of the highland regiments. WHat is Remembrance Day? Remembrance Day is November 11th up here -- the equivalent of a veterans' day in other countries. People wear a red poppy emblem and lay wreathes, usually with poppies on them, at cenotaphs across the country. I'm not sure how widespread a symbol the poppy is outside of Canada, but it was inspired by Colonel John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" -- McRae was a Canadian doctor WWI who worked in field hospitals in France in WWI until he died of pneumonia in 1918. He is buried near Boulonge. amputesdeguerre.ca In Flanders Fields By Colonel John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. In case you're interested, I found a couple of pretty good photos of the main cenotaph (Canadian War Memorial) in Ottawa. In this one, the building in the background is the Chateau Laurier Hotel -- one of the early "railway hotels" in Canada. primeau-canada.com and this is a nice night shot of the same memorial from another photographer. pbase.com And that's the end of today's Canadian History 101 lesson. (o: -croc

To: Rambi who wrote (65844)	11/24/2004 3:46:18 PM
From: Justin C	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I lost my pocketbook in Scotland Let's hope Tony Bennett doesn't see that line ... :) A good thing to do is set up your credit card accounts online, so that you can see your recent charges and past statements in the event of a lost credit card or, as I experienced, a credit card statement lost in the mail. The websites are located on the credit card statements, which won't help at this point if you haven't saved any previous statements. Anyway, welcome back. Sounds like you're off to a classic Rambi Thanksgiving.