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Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« on: October 26, 2010, 03:22:04 PM »
I've had one I got from the chippy a few weeks ago. that was the first place I saw them this year

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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2010, 07:13:29 PM »
Quote from: Dmitri on October 26, 2010, 03:22:04 PM
I've had one I got from the chippy a few weeks ago. that was the first place I saw them this year



That's right, 11/11 coming up.
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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2010, 07:18:49 PM »
Had to  :google:  to remember Armistice Day! I'm not aware of poppy-purchasing in the States, is it a Brit thing?
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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2010, 07:22:24 PM »
It is. everyone wears a poppy for november 11th
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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2010, 07:29:30 PM »
Quote from: Dmitri on October 26, 2010, 07:22:24 PM
It is. everyone wears a poppy for november 11th

Or a legacy badge or both.
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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2010, 07:38:01 PM »
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 26, 2010, 07:18:49 PM
Had to  :google:  to remember Armistice Day! I'm not aware of poppy-purchasing in the States, is it a Brit thing?

It's a vet thing my uncle used to sell them around Veterans Day  I have not seen any yet this year.  I get them every time I see them
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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2010, 08:51:35 PM »
Quote from: couldbecousin on October 26, 2010, 07:18:49 PM
Had to  :google:  to remember Armistice Day! I'm not aware of poppy-purchasing in the States, is it a Brit thing?

In previous years the vets would stand at the intersections and sell them on Nov 11.  I always bought one.  Haven't seem them recently, maybe because the WWII vets are dying and the other war vets are not that aware of the poppy (Flanders Field WWI) and European wars.
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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2010, 08:54:31 PM »
I always buy one. Er...five...because they keep falling off my jacket. :laugh: They're not out here yet though. Usually the day after Halloween.
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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2010, 09:20:12 PM »
Quote from: Dmitri on October 26, 2010, 03:22:04 PM
I've had one I got from the chippy a few weeks ago. that was the first place I saw them this year



I haven't bought one yet, but I used to sell them when I was in ROTC in high school.
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Re: Have you bought a poppy yet this year?
« Reply #9 on: October 26, 2010, 09:53:32 PM »
These are some of the badges that are worn on Rememberance day:

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