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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Yes indeed - have a great day!
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Piglet
Islander
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Originally posted by Nicolemr:
It's my birthday! 54 and counting...
You've just caught up with me - many happy returns! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Today is Easter Day!
A happy and blessed Easter to all.
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Piglet
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Indeed - happy Easter!
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Nicolemr
Shipmate
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Thanks to everyone who wished me Happy Birthday, and I wish everyone a Happy Easter!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Today is Zoo Lovers Day and I think I probably qualify when it comes to the better zoos. I know the ethics of zoos is sort of complicated but places like Chester and Mysore and Darjeeling are just amazing and do a huge amount of very necessary conservation work.
eta: yesterday I missed the fact that it was No Housework Day - BLISS!
tbh, in my life most days are a No Housework Day!
[ 08. April 2016, 12:24: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Today is Vishu, a huge festival here in Kerala and traditionally we will all eat far too much and then sit there groaning "Why did I eat so much?" but it will be fun.
It may be a theoretically a purely Hindu festival but all communities join in - and the fireworks have been going off most of the night, despite their availability having been curtailed somewhat by the police after the recent tragedy 200 kms south of here.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Why did I eat so much?
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Sioni Sais
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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Why did I eat so much?
It's TRADITION!
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(Paul Sinha, BBC)
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Piglet
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It would have been rude not to. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Hedgehog
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April 15: Jackie Robinson Day in baseball, commemorating the day in 1947 that Robinson broke the racial barrier that had existed in major league baseball.
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Piglet
Islander
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Proper thing too. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
From Hedgehog's link:
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An unwritten "gentleman's agreement" created a color barrier in major league baseball ...
Doesn't sound very gentlemanly to me.
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Piglet
Islander
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Sending a shout-out to any other Orcadians on the Ship on the feast-day of St. Magnus, their patron saint.
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Piglet
Islander
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As a loyal subject, I'd like to note the 90th birthday of HM The Queen, and wish her many happy returns.
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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And me too.
M.
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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AND me!
Happy birthday, ma'am ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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Prayer should be our first recourse, not our last resort
'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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Laud-able
Ship's Ancient
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And from me.
Happy birthday, Your Majesty.
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'. . . "Non Angli, sed Angeli" "not Angels, but Anglicans"', Sellar, W C, and Yeatman, R J, 1066 and All That, London, 1930, p. 6.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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I remember the 90th birthday of the Queen Mother... it was yesterday! How can this be? Impossible!
![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
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Hedgehog
Ship's Shortstop
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I am truly uncertain whether we have any Jewish Shipmates, but it should be noted that Passover starts today.
And today is also Earth Day. I believe I shall re-read Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment and inequality (which provided me with my current sig line).
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"We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
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Piglet
Islander
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I'm a bit late (sorry about that ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) ) but a happy St. George's Day to all the English Shippies out there from one of your northerly neighbours.
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Anzac Day down here for Australia and New Zealand,in commoration of the original landing in 1915 and also of all thise who have taken part in any wars since then.
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Buy a bale. Help our Aussie rural communities and farmers. Another great cause needing support The High Country Patrol.
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Nicolemr
Shipmate
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As I understand it, today (April 25) is International Penguin Day.
[ 25. April 2016, 22:28: Message edited by: Nicolemr ]
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Lothlorien
Ship's Grandma
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Originally posted by Nicolemr:
As I understand it, today (April 25) is International Penguin Day.
Enjoy your special day, Smudgie.
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Buy a bale. Help our Aussie rural communities and farmers. Another great cause needing support The High Country Patrol.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Just sayin' that it is only 8 months until Christmas...
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Piglet
Islander
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Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Just sayin' that it is only 8 months until Christmas...
Did you have to? ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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Alan Cresswell
Mad Scientist 先生
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It's only four months since Christmas.
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starbelly
but you can call me Neil
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Do not forget that today is Ed Balls day.
May he T.I.P. (Tweet in peace)
Neil
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Piglet
Islander
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To those of you of a Star Wars persuasion (JJ, I'm thinking of you!), May the Fourth be with you.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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And also with you!
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Pigwidgeon
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It's the 46th anniversary of the Kent State shooting.
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Nicolemr
Shipmate
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Sunset tonight marked the start of Yom ha-Shoah (Holocaust Rememberance Day.)
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Piglet
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Wishing any Norwegian Shippies a happy Norway Day!
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Huia
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My birthday will be on Friday and my brother who lives in the US is flying in on Thursday ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
This is the best birthday present ever!
Huia -madly cleaning the spare bedroom so he doesn't disappear beneath an avalanche of needlework stuff.
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Piglet
Islander
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According to the Book of Face, today is Hedgehog Day.
Any excuse to post pictures of cute little hedgehogs.
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Pigwidgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
According to the Book of Face, today is Hedgehog Day.
Any excuse to post pictures of cute little hedgehogs.
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"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I thought owls ate hedgehogs!
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I thought owls ate hedgehogs!
Not this owl -- I love hedgehogs (and I don't mean as a meal).
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Stercus Tauri
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Today is the feast day of St Columba of Iona; he who banished the Loch Ness monster, among other good works.
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Baptist Trainfan
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Well, he doesn't seem to have done a very good job, seeing it keeps popping up from time to time.
Or not ...
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Piglet
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It has to, because the Highland tourist industry would go a**e over tip if it didn't.
Poor old St. Columba probably didn't know that ...
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Hedgehog
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Today and tomorrow, Delaware (and, more specifically, New Castle, Delaware) will be celebrating Separation Day, the day when the 3 counties of Delaware declared themselves separate and independent from Pennsylvania and the Penn family and (by extension) from the British Crown.
The Separation happened in June of 1776, so this is the 240th anniversary of Delaware celebrating the fact that it is not Pennsylvania. A raucous time is expected!
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Hedgehog:
Today and tomorrow, Delaware (and, more specifically, New Castle, Delaware) will be celebrating Separation Day, the day when the 3 counties of Delaware declared themselves separate and independent from Pennsylvania and the Penn family and (by extension) from the British Crown.
The Separation happened in June of 1776, so this is the 240th anniversary of Delaware celebrating the fact that it is not Pennsylvania. A raucous time is expected!
I don't associate Delaware with anything raucous. Do they give all the company registration plates a polish?
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Sioni Sais
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
It has to, because the Highland tourist industry would go a**e over tip if it didn't.
Poor old St. Columba probably didn't know that ...
I wouldn't worry. Tourists still come claiming descent from the many fictitious characters of the Waverley novels. Almost as many as claim Sherlock Holmes as great-great-great-uncle.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Today is International Panic Day - but I refuse to get involved.
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Piglet
Islander
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Panic, me????
If you need something to calm your nerves, according to a knitting enthusiast friend of mine, today is also Knitting in Public Day.
Now doesn't that make you feel better?
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I am deeply ashamed that yesterday I missed announcing International Music Day.
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