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* How are y’all doing today? Any Veterans Day plans?

posted by Isabel Miller
Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:07 am

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Heading up to Lemont for the Midwest Rugby Championships. Four clubs from the Chicago area will be competing (Griffins, Lions Women, Blaze, Riot). It’ll be cold, but so is draft beer inside a warm clubhouse.

Comment by Bean Counter Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:20 am
Enjoy the 70-degree November today before it all ends tomorrow until June (third time I have said that this fall.

Comment by Ok Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:22 am
Breakfast with my dad. He’s Navy and I am Army. In the evening, we will enjoy a fine whiskey and off to the Legion for the membership meal. Happy birthday to all the Marine Corps veterans.

Comment by oifredleg Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:25 am
Working.

Comment by FormerParatrooper Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:25 am
Lunch with a friend. And since I’m old and still think of it as Armistice Day, I might re-read Dorothy L. Sayers’ “The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club” and/or Arthur Machen’s “The Bowmen”.

Comment by JoanP Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:36 am
Watching Fall turn to Winter. Not looking forward to it.

Comment by Give Me A Break Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:42 am
Heading down to Eastern Illinois University for a college visit.

Comment by Just a Mom Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:42 am
Probably head to the local ceremony. And more yard work.

Comment by Amalia Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 8:53 am
Local VFW has a Veterans Day ceremony at 10:30 tomorrow. Never miss it, moving to see the color guard made up of old vets from all the service branches lower and then raise the colors.

Comment by Donnie Elgin Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 9:02 am
Well we have the hurricane shutters all closed up around the house again. This time Tropical Storm Nicole and the winds are here. Still so much debris on the street no telling in high winds what’s going to be flying around. I’m happy to see Illinois kept Bailey and DeVore out of office and Collinsville stayed Home Rule. Now I’m ready for the Holiday Season and our couple days of Winter.

Comment by Club J Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 9:06 am
As an old retired guy, I like to joke that “every day is Saturday to me”, but it also means that you never have a holiday.

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 9:07 am
Driving over to Little Dixie to visit the grandkids. Stopping at The Hoof for lunch. Can’t wait to sink my teeth into that ribeye sandwich.

Comment by Captain Obvious Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 9:37 am
Trip to cemetery.
Election day close to Veteran’s day brings back memories. Remember the first day the Iraqi citizens voted? We saw pictures of them proudly displaying their purple thumbs. My son spent 3 days on top of a school with a belt fed machine gun so they could vote. This year I didn’t even have to stand in line.

Comment by Last Bull Moose Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 11:14 am
I’ll put up the flag (assuming we don’t have gale-force winds in my area with the expected weather change), and think of the vets, knowing freedom isn’t free, even in peacetime, even if you volunteered to serve, and never saw combat. You still served your country, and are a veteran.

Comment by thisjustinagain Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 11:51 am
Has Bailey moved out of the hellhole yet?

Comment by don the legend Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 12:26 pm
Latoya Greenwood lost?

Comment by Stimdy Thursday, Nov 10, 22 @ 12:34 pm