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QuoteIt is a personal statement, like wearing a black arm band during grief or football players wearing a fallen teammates number some where on their equipment.
Much to do about nothing.
It is a personal statement but I also think its about making a public statement and not letting lifes everyday events or ones personal events overshadow the event itself, especially in todays CNN 30 minute sound bite society which are quickly forgotten. It serves as a reminder to sometimes appreciate what you do have as others might have it worse than you. Or it can help to remind you and others why you are doing something. To me, its no different than flying the flag in front of ones house.
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You're right. I didn't mean to down play it, just commenting that it is a personal thing we do to remember those who are serving us. It is NOT a ploy or a political thing. Sorry for the confusion.
steveOrino
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Dayum! Iguess, it's just been 'recently', they got 'magnetized! Thanks for that, John!
Chuck
Chuck
An Instructors first concern is student safety.
So, start being safe, first!!!
So, start being safe, first!!!
There was also a song called "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" that I learned at Fort Benning a long time ago. It was about a woman wearing a yellow ribbon for her lover in the US Cavalry. This was before Tony Orlando and Dawn and way after the John Wayne movie which also had the song. To me, the yellow ribbon applies to our troops and their safe return.
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QuoteThere was also a song called "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" that I learned at Fort Benning a long time ago. It was about a woman wearing a yellow ribbon for her lover in the US Cavalry. This was before Tony Orlando and Dawn and way after the John Wayne movie which also had the song. To me, the yellow ribbon applies to our troops and their safe return.
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Thank you Sir, for your service. I like your thinking about 'yellow ribbons'.
Chuck
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QuoteQuoteQuote>That song; 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree'
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That song came-out in '73. That's how I remember it. The Iran-hostage thing was when yellow ribbons really started appearing. Folks were tying them to their car antennas.
That yellow-ribbon thing goes back as far as 1917, apparently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_ribbon
Read again, it goes back to the 17th century.
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Quote"Support magentic ribbons"
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Support magentic ribbons?? What. You don't like yellow ribbons?
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QuoteSupport magentic ribbons?? What. You don't like yellow ribbons?
I'll stick with my "My other ride is a Mirage G3" motorcycle riding t-shirt.
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lurch 0
The coolest magnetic robbon I've seen was a gray one on some car in a parking lot that said "Support absolutely nothing."
I laughed all the way back to my jeep. Gotta get me one of them one of these days....
I laughed all the way back to my jeep. Gotta get me one of them one of these days....
Live and learn... or die, and teach by example.
That yellow-ribbon thing goes back as far as 1917, apparently:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_ribbon
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