what must it be like to lose your companion of 58+ years?thank heavens political correctness has not barred prayer from every high profile setting.
i think i'd like to sing in the rotunda. i'll bet the acoustics are incredible.
apparently, i'm not as strange as i once thought i was for disliking even numbers on principle. when looking for a little backround on the 21 gun salute (as 21 is the best number ever), i found the following:
The rendering of gun salutes in odd numbers may be traced to the superstition that odd numbers were considered lucky. Seven, for example, was held by the earliest civilizations to have mystical powers. Seven gun salutes were widely used. Forts ashore, which could store gunpowder more readily and in greater quantity than on board ship, would sometimes fire three shots for each shot fired afloat. Salutes with an even number of guns came to signify that the captain or ship master had died on the voyage.
For many years, the number of guns fired for various purposes differed from country to country. By 1730, the Royal Navy was prescribing 21 guns for certain anniversary dates, although this was not mandatory as a salute to the Royal family until later in the eighteenth century.
wow. someone actually fainted.
who does the event planning for these things?
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I found you again! Your takeoff.to Tara site is down...I am so glad that I was able to find you again!
sorry bout that! i was playing around with a new address when my archiving wasn't working and forgot to change it back!
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