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Did we forget?

Postby denishc » Fri Jun 06, 2003 10:29 pm

 Did we forget that this is the 59th Anniversary of D-Day in Europe?  Shame on us!!
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby Rifleman » Fri Jun 06, 2003 10:41 pm

I never forgot....I mentioned it the other day to a female and was answered with " What is that ? " ....its in my head every year........
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Jun 06, 2003 10:58 pm

My wife did know, but she did point out that since we've been together she has learnt everything about every major battle in the last couple of millenia, and a lot about airplanes, especially Spitfires ;D ;D ;D

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Re: Did we forget?

Postby Loafing Smurf » Sat Jun 07, 2003 10:49 am

I remembered, I even had a history final exam on that day.
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby Iroquois » Sat Jun 07, 2003 1:48 pm

I remembered, I even had a history final exam on that day.


Canadian History? I have that exam in a couple of weeks.

Did anyone see the big D-Day memorial they built on Juno Beach, Normandy? They just had the grand opening of the Museum yesterday. It mostly deals with Canadian involvenment in WW2 but has exhibits on the other allies and the axis as well.
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby Smoke2much » Sat Jun 07, 2003 4:57 pm

My daughter was born at 5.39AM on the 6th June 1999 which takes precedence in my mind.  I have to admit that this year I forgot D-Day, a blonde four year old requires a huge amount more attention.

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Re: Did we forget?

Postby RichieB16 » Sat Jun 07, 2003 7:52 pm

I didn't forget.  Not only was yesterday the D-Day anniversary, but it was also one of my best friend's 18th birthday.  So, I had a couple important things on my mind.
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby ATI_7500 » Sun Jun 08, 2003 3:54 am

the one who knows what was on june 17th,1953 gets a barrel of sauerkraut! ;D
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby WebbPA » Sun Jun 08, 2003 1:19 pm

I'll make an educated guess before I go to Google and cheat.  The date sounds somewhere around the time of the Korean War so I would guess it was the day N. Korea invaded S. Korea.

I remembered it was the D Day anniversary as soon as I saw the 6 on my watch.  Doesn't the national news give it about 30 seconds?
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby Tequila Sunrise » Sun Jun 08, 2003 2:07 pm

didn't forget, was just kinda busy sorting out my courses for next year
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby denishc » Sun Jun 08, 2003 11:02 pm

 It was just kinda weird, I didn't see anything about D-Day mentioned in the newspaper, on the nightly news or on the radio.  Even the cable channels like History or The Learning Channel didn't have any programming dedicated toward it,  not even a showing of "The Longest Day".


 And as for June 17, 1953 I think WebbPA was almost right, it was the day the Korean War ended..........


..........or the day Stalin died?
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby RichieB16 » Mon Jun 09, 2003 12:19 am

the one who knows what was on june 17th,1953 gets a barrel of sauerkraut! ;D


Wasn't there a big uprising in East Germany on 6/17/53.
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby Craig. » Mon Jun 09, 2003 3:45 am

richie b16 gets the sauerkraut i believe, as it was the peoples uprising in eastern germany
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby ATI_7500 » Mon Jun 09, 2003 8:30 am

yeah,richie is right! it seems that you didn't sleep during history lessons... ;D
i still have to find out ,how much it costs to ship a barrel of sauerkraut...okay,also gotta buy the sauerkraut...better not.i've only got 3,35
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Re: Did we forget?

Postby BFMF » Mon Jun 09, 2003 9:05 am

oh crap....

I've been so busy that for the first time in years, i've forgotten about D-day :'(

Now i'm really depressed :(
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