Today always make me think of those brave souls who went into one of the deadliest battles ever fought by any man.
The Battle of the Somme started today 1st July 1916 and lasted until 18 November. 57,470 casualties and 19,240 men were killed.
My great, great grandfather Patrick Stanton survived. With a Military Medal of distinction for his bravery.
We must never forget what those heroes sacrificed for us all to be free.
Don’t ever be embarrassed to be British. If you could show 1% of their bravery, this country wouldn’t continue to be in the state it currently is.
Time to stand up and remember those heroes who gave their today so you could have your tomorrow.
Gone but never forgotten.
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RIP
#BattleOfSomme
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5 am: wake up (no alarm)
6 am: read the newspaper
7 am: meet the other retired guys at Panera for coffee
10 am: turn on price is right and fall asleep in the recliner
11 am: wake up and go mow the lawn
1 pm: have a quick bite to eat for lunch
2 pm: go to the Olympics and win a silver medal
5 pm: throw some burgers on the grill and crack a cold one after a long day
9 pm: fall asleep to Law & Order in the recliner
Happy 4th of July to my American friends. Please know that should your republic experiment prove unsuccessful as it is already looking, we, the magnanimous citizens of Great Britain, will welcome you back into the realm provided you never defile our tea again you absolute plebs.
GLORIOUS INSULTS
These glorious insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: " Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.”
"That depends, Sir , " said Disraeli,"whether I embrace your policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy ." -Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." -Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." -William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no time reading it." -Moses Hadas
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." -Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend, if you have one." -George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second . . . if there is one." -Winston Churchill, in response
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." -John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." -Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." -Paul Keating
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded easily." -Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." -Forrest Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."-Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts . . . for support rather than illumination." -Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music."-Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But I'm afraid this wasn't it." -Groucho Marx
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OMG my 1st night shift at Meta was an absolute nightmare, I managed to accidentally unplug the whole system for a few hours, luckily I spotted what I did & plugged it in again before anyone noticed.
This morning we got more proof that America’s economy is the strongest in the world.
353,000 new jobs were created in the month of January. That matters.
Wealth, wages, and employment are higher now than before the pandemic, and I won’t stop fighting to keep our progress going.