<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#f0e8d8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Amen.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robin Blankenship</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chief Musician, US Navy = (Ret.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1968-1988</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:JStan40@AOL.COM" = title=JStan40@AOL.COM>JStan40@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 11, = 2000 1:32 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Veterans' Day</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Arial lang=0 size=2 = FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE">More seriously: <BR><BR>Today is 11/11.  This day = was originally designated as Armistice Day to <BR>commemorate the end of = WW I (i.e. the Great War, War to End all Wars), and <BR>now known as = Veterans' Day (US) and Remembrance Day (Can).  I urge you all <BR>to take = some time to remember those people who fought and died so that we <BR>all = can have an open and heated debate on politics without the fear that we = <BR>will all be in jail tomorrow. <BR><BR>Conrad Hoffsommer <BR>US Navy = 1967-1973 <BR>Machinist's Mate (Nuclear) <BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT = color=#000000 face="Bell MT" lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"><BR>Thank you, = Conrad, for bringing up the subject.  Amen! <BR><BR>Stan Ryberg <BR>5th = USArmy Band <BR>Ft. Sheridan IL <BR>1963-1966 <BR><BR>(Yes, those of us who = marched and played had a stake in it, too!)</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>