Family of or Police/Military personnel...when you're in public
10-26-2010, 09:15 PM
#53
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Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
I don't want to seem ungreatful but no my husband (US Army) doesn't like it.
There have been a few that would walk up and touch him to get his attention. Thats a HUGE NO NO!
There have been a few that would walk up and touch him to get his attention. Thats a HUGE NO NO!
10-26-2010, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Ya'll would be really surprised at how little money these kids have. It makes me want to cry.The military pays them almost nothing.
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Our grateful American Government pays them so magnificently that most of them qualify for food stamps. Then recently some nut in the white house actually wanted to make them pay for their own medical care, "because they were volunteers and knew just what they were getting into."
Yes, I'm an old lady but I will continue to buy a meal or a snack or whatever I can afford for these marvelous young folks.
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Our grateful American Government pays them so magnificently that most of them qualify for food stamps. Then recently some nut in the white house actually wanted to make them pay for their own medical care, "because they were volunteers and knew just what they were getting into."
Yes, I'm an old lady but I will continue to buy a meal or a snack or whatever I can afford for these marvelous young folks.
10-26-2010, 09:22 PM
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"I lent him my cell phone so he could call his wife and son to say hi and talk until the plane took off"
Thank you for doing that. Our service men and women can't take their Cell phones with them overseas. When my daughter was returning home from Iraq last year some wonderful person lent her their phone so she could call us and let us know that she was on American Soil. We were so appreciative of that person.
Thank you for doing that. Our service men and women can't take their Cell phones with them overseas. When my daughter was returning home from Iraq last year some wonderful person lent her their phone so she could call us and let us know that she was on American Soil. We were so appreciative of that person.
10-26-2010, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
I don't want to seem ungreatful but no my husband (US Army) doesn't like it.
There have been a few that would walk up and touch him to get his attention. Thats a HUGE NO NO!
There have been a few that would walk up and touch him to get his attention. Thats a HUGE NO NO!
That is something I won't do to get their attention now. I always say, "Sir", or "Excuse me". I don't know where they've been or what they've experienced. Can't even begin to imagine what some have been through. I won't presume to invade their space. But I think because of my daughter I'm more aware of this.
I actually a "huggy" person but have learned not everyone else is.
10-26-2010, 11:22 PM
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It's great to see how much you respect cops and militairy in your country. In my country the respect for militairy is not so big. It's even in the newspapares what they did al wrong but there is almost never what they did good for.
Policemen, at our country the most of the people don't have any respect of cops at all. They are seen as no heroes but as week chickens. They are a lot of cop jokes were they turned out to be big morans. I think it's a shame for all the good people who work there.
Policemen, at our country the most of the people don't have any respect of cops at all. They are seen as no heroes but as week chickens. They are a lot of cop jokes were they turned out to be big morans. I think it's a shame for all the good people who work there.
10-27-2010, 12:43 AM
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I read something recently that said one way to thank or acknowledge our service-men and -women was just to quietly place your right hand over your heart and make eye contact and keep going. That way you don't intrude, but still the person knows that you are showing appreciation. I think it's a marvelous gesture and I'd love to see more people adopt it. God bless all our service-men and women! BTW, are all of you helping with the Quilts of Valor project? Go to www.qovf.org for info.
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