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Date: 24 July 2008 12:56:15
Some people say the FW and I aren't normal. We tend to agree with them and take pride in that fact. This was highlighted yesterday. We decided that we'd do a proper celebration at a later date and so our anniversary meal was "Spam Up! For your anniversary".
This confused me as we usually have Spam Thursday but can't know because we had Spam fritters yesterday instead. Not fair!!!
My card from FW was also something to be seen as it was inspired by our third anniversary being the traditional "Pink Floyd" one. You know 25 is silver & 50 is golden then your 3rd is Floyd. It';s nice to have a card from the Dark Side of The Loon....
JTL - I thought I'd catch people out. Eddie Rickenbacker was a WW1 fighter ace.
History Today:
1411: Highland and Lowland Scots fall out and slaughter each other at "Red Harlaw" - one of Scotlands bloodiest battles. And you thought that modern knife crime was bad....
1588: Elizabeth I makes her famous "I know I have the body of a week and feeble woman, but I have he heart of a king, and of a king of England too" - at Tilbury as the Spanish Armada approach. There were rumours that 5 soldiers were beheaded for cries of "PHWOAAAR - Awight Darling!"
1704: Following a sustained naval bombardment the Royal Marines storm and seize Gibralter from the Spanish.
1802: The author of the Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas Pere, was born. Altogether now: "All for one and one for all".
1923: The Treaty of Lausanne defines the borders of Greece and Turkey and calls for a huge exchange of population.