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4 hours ago, sureiknow said:

I've never looked in the Junior Forum . 

You guys have put me off.

Can't be that bad surely ? 

Is it like the Dark Web?

I've never been in the Dark Web,however I have seen a few documentaries. I'm very curious.  I have been in the Junior Forum, I won't be back. It's wild. 

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When I think of my elderly relatives, all dead now, who fought in the Second World War I'm absolutely sure that, despite never speaking about their experiences, they'd have appreciated a massive tifo display of a poppy followed by a chorus of the Billy Boys and a few squaddies in uniform doing the bouncy.  It really expresses the quiet dignity that Remembrance Day is all about.

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37 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

When I think of my elderly relatives, all dead now, 

And there in lies the crux of the matter for me. The WW1 folks are all gone. My granny is a hard as nails 94 year old Dumbarton 'wummin' but she is very much in the last line of the WW2 era. I appreciate that there will be a fair number of Korean vets as well. But beyond that the engagements have been small scale (Norn Iron aside) and ALL volunteers. Yet the Poppy "machine" has never been bigger. I noticed this morning that there is a pop up shop in Queen St station. We seem to have created a grief industry. Do the millions raised all go on veterans care etc?

I'll happily put a couple of quid in a tin in the second week of November and I always think of my grampa on Remembarance Sunday. I don't really need a monogrammed shopping bag and matching tea cosy for my quiet reflection.

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And there in lies the crux of the matter for me. The WW1 folks are all gone. My granny is a hard as nails 94 year old Dumbarton 'wummin' but she is very much in the last line of the WW2 era. I appreciate that there will be a fair number of Korean vets as well. But beyond that the engagements have been small scale (Norn Iron aside) and ALL volunteers. Yet the Poppy "machine" has never been bigger. I noticed this morning that there is a pop up shop in Queen St station. We seem to have created a grief industry. Do the millions raised all go on veterans care etc?

I'll happily put a couple of quid in a tin in the second week of November and I always think of my grampa on Remembarance Sunday. I don't really need a monogrammed shopping bag and matching tea cosy for my quiet reflection.



You must be awful at remembering. Nothing says solemn like a massive poppy on the front of a Vauxhall Corsa IMO.
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I though the poppy had changed, to all fallen  that British soldiers died. So to say for WW1 only is incorrect, it ongoing. I wear one (same one for 14 years) that died in Bonsia. He was not British. He was Scottish... 

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I though the poppy had changed, to all fallen  that British soldiers died. So to say for WW1 only is incorrect, it ongoing. I wear one (same one for 14 years) that died in Bonsia. He was not British. He was Scottish... 

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2 hours ago, 1320Lichtie said:

 


Aye he shouldn't live in England and take home English money if he can't even wear a poppy

 

Lee Rigby's ghost has a single tear run down its cheek at the thought. 

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