My Saturday morning tomorrow will be spent in a somewhat more solemn fashion.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-2...-perth/6418810
"So now, every April, I sit on my porch,
and watch the parade pass before me.
I see my old comrades, how proudly they march,
reliving their dreams of past glory.
I see the old men, all tired stiff and sore,
weary heroes of a forgotten war,
and the young people ask, 'What are they marching for?'
-- and I ask myself the same question.
"And the band plays 'Waltzing Matilda,'
and the old men still answer the call.
But year after year, the old men disappear;
soon no one will march there at all."
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
Without even opening your link Bob, I would guess Anzac Day. May they RIP.
Many of us won't get much rest at all, considering they recommend you get to the venue any time after about 3:30 am. Still, it's only one day a year. I've only been to two dawn services before, but they are quite inspirational. the one in Perth generally has the largest attendance of any in the world.
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them."
“Pleasure and pain can be experienced simultaneously,” she said, gently massaging my back as we listened to her Coldplay CD.
Getting back on topic, that so-called "paper gun" is cheating. Unless I'm very much mistaken, that's a rubber band providing the energy for propulsion.
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