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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:35 PM
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Can anyone tell me........the significance...........
of the Fifth of November?

I keep seeing it, and I haven't got a clue...but I feel as though I should...

:hi:

You know how much I hate to be clueless!
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:38 PM
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1. This is what I found...
..but, honeestly, I don't know!

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/today/1105.htm

Holidays Which Occur November 5:
El Salvador 1st Cry for Independence (1811)
England Guy Fawkes Day
Sweden All Saints Day
Religious Observances on November 5:
Christian-Sweden All Saints Day
RC Elisabeth & Zacharia, parents of John de Doper
RC Odrada, lady of Brabant
705 RC Commemoration of St Bertilla, virgin
1103 Christian Feast of Martin de Porres & Holy Relics
Things to Remember for November 5:
Flower-chrysanthemum Gem-topaz
International Creative Child & Adult Month
National Raisin Bread & Television Sweeps Month
Puerto Rican Heritage Month
10 Days Taurid meteor shower
16 Days Astrological sign: Scorpio
Nonae November
Highlights in History Which Occur November 5:
1228 Wu MeKuan, a collection of 48 Zen koans, compiled in China
1414 Council of Constance (16th ecumenical council) opens
1492 Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from Indians of Cuba
1530 St Felix Flood ravages Dutch coast
1556 Akbar (14) succeeds his father Humajun on as Sultan of Delhi
and Battle at Panipat: Mogollegers beat hindu leader Hemu
1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot
uncovered & leader Guy Fawkes hanged
1630 Spain & England sign peace treaty
1678 Brandenburgse troops occupy Greifswald in Sweden
1725 Spain & Austria sign secret treaty
1757 Battle at Rossbach (7 year war/French & Indian War)
1781 John Hanson elected 1st "Pres of US in Congress assembled"
1789 Fleeing slaves under Bonni attack military post on Suriname
and French National Meeting declares all citizens equal under law
1811 El Salvador's 1st battle against Spain for independence
1838 Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
1846 Robert Schumann's 2nd Symphony in C, premieres
1854 Battle at Inkermann, Krim: allies beat Russians
1862 Ambrose Burnside replaces McClellen as head of Army of Potomac
and Battle at Barbee's Crossroads, Virginia: 51 casualties
1871 Susan B Anthony arrested trying to vote in Rochester NY
1872 Paul Henry discovers asteroid #126 Velleda
and Prosper Henry discovers asteroid #127 Johanna
and Susan B Anthony fined $100 for trying to vote for Ulysses S Grant
and Ulysses S Grant elected as US president
1876 Henry Morton Stanley's expedition leaves Nyangwe
1877 Paul Henry discovers asteroid #177 Irma
1881 French government-Ferry resigns
1882 Bedrich Smetana's "Ma Vlast," premieres
1883 Battle at El Obeid Sudan: Mahdi's army destroys Egyptian army
and Musical "Cordelia's Aspirations" premieres in NYC
1887 Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5
to win the Dominion championship
1894 Frederick Lugards expedition reaches Nikki
and Richard Strauss' "Till Eulenspiegels," premieres
1895 1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)
and King Edward VII says "We are all Socialists nowadays"
and US state Utah accepts female suffrage
1898 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Fuhrmann Henschel," premieres in Berlin
1901 M Wolf & A Kopff discovers asteroid #692 Hippodamia
1911 Italy attacks Turkish North-Africa (Libya), takes Tipoli & Cyrenaica
Calbraith Rodgers arrives in Pasadena completing 1st transcontinental
and airplane flight (49 days) (left Sheepshead Bay, NY, Sept 17)
1912 Arizona, Kansas & Wisconsin vote for female suffrage
and Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water
and Woodrow Wilson (D) beats Theodore Roosevelt (Prog) & Pres Taft (R)
1913 Ludwig III crowned king of Bavaria
1914 Big-Britain/France declare Turkey the war
and Britain annexes Cyprus
and Gr Britain, France & Russia declares war on Turkey
1916 Emperor Wilhelm II & French Jozef I establishes kingdom of Poland
and Second Chamber accept initial impetus to general males/female suffrage
1917 Gen Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for 1st time
and Supreme Court decision (Buchanan v Warley) strikes down Lousiville Ky
ordiance requiring blacks & whites to live in separate areas
1919 Ir … Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soir‚e-musical" on Dutch radio
1921 S Belyavsk˜ discovers asteroid #969 Leocadia & #3134 Kostinsky
1922 Demonstration for a Dutch University in Ghent
1925 Mussolini disbands Italian socialist parties
1927 Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa for 4th consecutive PGA title
1928 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1102 Pepita
1930 Nobel for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis for "Babbitt"
1932 Mussolini frees 16,000 criminals
1933 Chicago Bears 30 game unbeaten streak ends to Patriots (10-0)
and Spanish Basques agrees for autonomy
1935 Maryland Court of Appeals orders U of M to admit (black) Donald Murray
and Parker Brothers launches game of Monopoly
1936 French writer Andr‚ Guide criticizes Soviet regime
1938 Ottawa Roughriders score on 5-man, 4-lateral, 65-yard punt return
and Rugers beats Princeton 1st time in 60 yrs as Rutgers Stad dedicated
1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee
and Pres FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
1941 Japanese marine staff officiers Suzuki/Maejima leave Pearl Harbor
1942 Nazi raid on Greek Jews in Paris
and Pro-British Clandestine Radio Diego Suarez's final transmission
1943 -6] Vatican bombed
1944 Allied troops reach Zoutelande Walcheren
and Canadian & British troops liberate Dinteloord
and German troops blow-up Heusden North Brabant city hall, 134 die
1946 John F Kennedy (D-Mass) elected to House of Representatives
1950 Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
and Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis
1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1952 French MystŠre 4 flies 1,100 kph (record)
1953 Nobel prize for physics awarded/appended on Frederik Zernicke
and Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds
and Terence Rattigans' "Sleeping Prince," premieres in London
1955 New Vienna Opera house opens (Austria)
1956 Britain & France land forces in Egypt
and Dutch Communist Party office of Felix Meritis seized
and Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Datis nuperrime
1957 F‚lix Gaillard forms govt in France
and Mrs Nellie McGrail wins $574,658 on a 2«› soccer pool ticket
1958 KGLD (now KSNG) TV channel 11 in Garden City, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1959 AFL announced with 8 teams
1961 India's premier Nehru arrives in NY
and St Louis Cards Bill Stacy, returns 2 interceptions for TDs vs Dallas
1963 US VP Lyndon B Johnson visits Netherlands
1964 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned
1966 Brigham Young QB Virgil Carter sets NCAA record of 599 yards gained
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 ATS-3 launched by US to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk
and New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Phila Eagles 31-24
and US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
and Yemen president Sallal flees
1968 1st AL pitcher to win MVP, Denny McLain
and Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) & George C Wallace for presidency
1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
and NBA's LA Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak
1973 BART starts SF-Daly City train shuttle service
1974 Dmitri Sjotakovitsj completes Michelangelo-liederen
and Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman US gov not related to previous gov
and Walter E Washington, becomes 1st elected mayor of Wash DC
1975 British government routes troops to Belize
and L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3747
and Sao Tome & Principe adopts constitution
1976 USSR performs nuclear test
1977 NCAA passing record set at 571 yards (Marc Wilson, Brigham Young)
1978 Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami resigns to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
and Khomeini followers attack British embassy/El Al office in Iran
and Oakland Raider's John Madden becomes 13th coach to win 100 NFL games
1979 Iran government of Bazargan resigns
and Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini declares US "The Great Satan"
1981 Charles Fuller's "Soldier's Play," premieres in NYC
and Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years
for drug trafficing, conspiracy, & possession of cocaine
1982 Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)
and George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album
1983 C & E Shoemaker discovers asteroid #3285 Ruth Wolfe
and Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden
and Osservatorio San Vittore discovers asteroid #3744
1987 France performs nuclear test
and Iceberg twice size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic
and South Africa ANC-leader Govan Mbeki freed
and Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine's musical "Into the Stars," premieres
and Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana
1988 Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage
and France performs nuclear test
and Gulch wins Breeder's Cup
and Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)
1989 20th NYC Marathon (J Kanganaa 2h08m01s & Ingrid Kristiansen 2h25m28s)
and Browns' Bernie Kosar sets club record of 16 cons pass completions
and US plays El Salvador, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1991 Kiichi Miyazawa elected premier of Japan
1994 George Foremn KOs Michael Moorer in 10th to become heavyweight champ
and Space probe Ulyssus completes 1st passage behind the Sun
and Tony Rominger bicycles world record time (55,291 km)
and Yak-40 accident in north of Peru, 8 killed

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:41 PM
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4. Omigod! My dear KC2!
It has to be the Yak-40 accident! I just know that's the one! :rofl:


Honestly, thank you for digging that up for me....you are a sweetheart!

:loveya: :hug:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:45 PM
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8. LOL
Anytime Peggy! :hi: :hug:
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:46 PM
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10. v is for vendetta--
1605 Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot
uncovered & leader Guy Fawkes hanged

this is THE one:hi:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:40 PM
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2. Wikipedia says:
Edited on Wed Nov-01-06 10:41 PM by Ptah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_5


1994 - A letter by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan is released that announces he has Alzheimer's disease.

2000 - Emperor Haile Selassie I given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church

Births:
# 1940 - Elke Sommer, German actress


# 1941 - Art Garfunkel, American musician

This is probably the reference:

United Kingdom , New Zealand and the province of
Newfoundland & Labrador (Canada) - Guy Fawkes night
(also called Bonfire night; or Fireworks night):
Failure of the Gunpowder Plot to blow up Parliament
in 1605 is celebrated with bonfires and fireworks.

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:42 PM
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6. My dear Ptah!
Thanks, sweetie! I appreciate you sooooooo much! :hug:
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some guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:40 PM
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3. Guy Fawkes Day
Edited on Wed Nov-01-06 10:42 PM by some guy
it has come back into prominence due to the film V for Vendetta.

:hi:

on edit: linky
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/guyfawkes.html

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:44 PM
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7. My dear some guy!
Ah, so that's the connection!

I knew there had to be some current event that connected us to that date!

Thanks!

:hi:
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some guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 02:19 AM
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36. you are very welcome
my dear moderator Peggy.

( Now that I've earned a brownie point, I get to make a deletable post, without it being deleted, right? :evilgrin: )

:hi:

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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 02:21 AM
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37. Guess again, baby!
:hi:
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some guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 02:38 AM
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39. alright!
Edited on Thu Nov-02-06 02:38 AM by some guy
unlimited non-deleted post privileges. You are SO very COOL as a mod!!!


:rofl:

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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:01 PM
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14. I have a friend who is a direct descendant of the Guy Fawkes family
She is Fawking awesome!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:05 PM
Response to Reply #14
16. Wow, how cool is THAT!
Is the family still under surveillance? J/K!

Thanks for sharing this tidbit!

:hi:
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:11 PM
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17. Strongly doubt it
But she is really a sweet person.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:18 PM
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18. My dear Generic Brad!
I was really kidding!

I'm sure she is really sweet.......:hug:
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some guy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 02:22 AM
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38. LOL
that was funny!

:yourock:

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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:41 PM
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5. It's Guy Fawkes night!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:45 PM
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9. My dear Rabrrrrrr!
Now I really believe it!

The expert has weighed in.......

Thanks........:hi:
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Spider Jerusalem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:47 PM
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11. "Remember, remember, the fifth of November...
gunpowder, treason, and plot..."
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:51 PM
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12. My dear Spider Jerusalem!
Exactly! The beginning of that little phrase is just what I've been seeing around here....

Usually in people's siglines........

Thank you for posting it here so I can see it.......

That is just perfect! :hug:
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:36 PM
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19. I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:41 PM
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21. My dear sakabatou!
Is this more of the rhyme?

I appreciate your input!

:hi:
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 12:08 AM
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30. There's even sound!
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 12:12 AM
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32. I love it!
Thank you sooooooo much, my dear sakabatou!

It sounded awesome!

I think I'm going to have to see that one........:)
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TheBaldyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 10:57 PM
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13. Guy Fawkes night, in the UK an annual celebration of the foiling of
Edited on Wed Nov-01-06 10:59 PM by TheBaldyMan
the Gunpowder Plot, a plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament when the latest session was being opened by the monarch. Usually an excuse to set off massive numbers of fireworks and burning Guy Fawkes in effigy on a bonfire. Bonfire Night is an alternative name for it.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:03 PM
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15. My dear BaldyMan!
Right you are! I remember studying this in school a million years ago...

But I hadn't heard the alternative name.......thank you!

:hi:
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:39 PM
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20. Cinco De Mayonnaise
:rofl:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:42 PM
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22. My dear Floog!
Oh, yeah, baby.......right!

:rofl:
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Arkham House Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:42 PM
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23. Why, it's my dad's birthday, of course...
...November 5, 1920...I lived most of my adult life just around the corner from the house he was born in, in Branford, CT. Dad died in 1977--on November 4, actually...and I'm almost glad he didn't see the reagan years, and the unraveling of everything he lived his life trying to build...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:46 PM
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24. My dear Arkham House!
Well, then......Happy Birthday to your dad!

I'm sorry he didn't have a long life......but as you say, he missed the Reagan years and all the mess afterwards....

Hold this thought: That which is remembered...lives!

Blessings on your dad, for giving us....you... :hug:
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mad-mommy Donating Member (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:46 PM
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25. On November 5th....
2 years ago, I had my little Freddy Spaghetti.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:49 PM
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26. My dear mad-mommy!
Wow! Congratulations on the birth of your little Freddy Spaghetti!

This is turning out to be a really important day for us DU'ers!

:party: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :toast: :party:
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:56 PM
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27. Remember, remember the vote of November...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-01-06 11:58 PM
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28. Indeed, I will remember, my dear jeff30997...
That is certainly a primary meaning for all of us here......

Thank you...
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 12:04 AM
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29. Thanks for your respond my dear Muffin!
:) PS:You're a very nice person.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 12:10 AM
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31. My dear jeff30997!
Thank you.....you are a sweetheart!

I love love love being called Muffin...:hug:
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 12:25 AM
Response to Reply #31
33. Aaah! I love you too !
:pals:
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 02:06 AM
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34. Despite the historical significance...
It's basically (at least here in Newfoundland) an excuse for people to light bonfires (usually get a little tipsy) and roast marshmallows.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-02-06 02:17 AM
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35. My dear primate1!
It does seem as though a lot of our truly historical moments end up that way, doesn't it?

Your traditions in Newfoundland sound terrific, too....:hi:
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