We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
====

On 5/23/2016 2:04 PM, Roy wrote:
> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
> ====
>
Enjoy your monarchs, servile oaf!

On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
> ====
>
It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
Victorian ideals for how people should dress.

Jill

On 5/23/2016 3:21 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope
>> everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in
>> Alberta...will summer ever come?
>> ====
>>
> It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
> Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
>
> Jill


+ 1 !!!!!!!

On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
> ====
>


Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
May 2-4, as in case of beer.

I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.

On 5/23/2016 3:57 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope
>> everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in
>> Alberta...will summer ever come?
>> ====
>>
>
>
> Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
> May 2-4, as in case of beer.
>
> I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.


Innit a bit cold yet for lingerie?

On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:21:08 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>> ====
>>
>It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
>Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
>
>Jill

It's just a memorial for her birthday. She was a woman ahead of her
time and a very good artist.

On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:24:59 -0600, Capulin > wrote:

>On 5/23/2016 3:21 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope
>>> everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in
>>> Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>> ====
>>>
>> It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
>> Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
>>
>> Jill
>
>
>+ 1 !!!!!!!

No wonder sf wants to hop in bed with you, takes one idiot to know
another!

On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:57:58 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>> ====
>>
>
>
>Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
>May 2-4, as in case of beer.
>
>I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.

I wouldn't, Queen Victoria was more interesting than you know, read a
few books and see how she arrived at heir to the throne at a young age
and how she coped.

On Mon, 23 May 2016 16:01:10 -0600, Capulin > wrote:

>On 5/23/2016 3:57 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope
>>> everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in
>>> Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>> ====
>>>
>>
>>
>> Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
>> May 2-4, as in case of beer.
>>
>> I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.
>
>
>Innit a bit cold yet for lingerie?

sf idiot!

On 5/23/2016 5:40 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 15:24:59 -0600, Capulin > wrote:
>
>> On 5/23/2016 3:21 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope
>>>> everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in
>>>> Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>> It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
>>> Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>
>> + 1 !!!!!!!
>
> No wonder sf wants to hop in bed with you, takes one idiot to know
> another!
>

My but you are a shrew at all times!

Not getting any these past few decades?

On 5/23/2016 5:41 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:57:58 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>> ====
>>>
>>
>>
>> Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
>> May 2-4, as in case of beer.
>>
>> I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.
>
> I wouldn't, Queen Victoria was more interesting than you know, read a
> few books and see how she arrived at heir to the throne at a young age
> and how she coped.
>

Oh no, sounds just like Queen Elizabeth!

Unimpressed.

On 5/23/2016 5:41 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 16:01:10 -0600, Capulin > wrote:
>
>> On 5/23/2016 3:57 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope
>>>> everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in
>>>> Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
>>> May 2-4, as in case of beer.
>>>
>>> I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.
>>
>>
>> Innit a bit cold yet for lingerie?
>
> sf idiot!
>
I'm sorry dear, did you utter something uncouth?

On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:21:08 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>> ====
>>
>It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
>Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
>
>Jill
Is it o.k. to take the skirt from the piano legs now?
Janet US

On 2016-05-23 7:41 PM, wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:57:58 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>> ====
>>>
>>
>>
>> Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
>> May 2-4, as in case of beer.
>>
>> I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.
>
> I wouldn't, Queen Victoria was more interesting than you know, read a
> few books and see how she arrived at heir to the throne at a young age
> and how she coped.
>


She inherited the throne after her father died and her three older
brothers had all died. In an age when thrones were usually passed on to
the eldest son, that was more a stroke of fate that anything she did.

On 5/23/2016 9:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

> She inherited the throne after her father died and her three older
> brothers had all died. In an age when thrones were usually passed on to
> the eldest son, that was more a stroke of fate that anything she did.
>
I believe that it was her _father's_ three older bothers, not _her_
brothers.

> wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:57:58 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>>On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone
>>> is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will
>>> summer ever come?
>>> ====
>>>
>>
>>
>>Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
>>May 2-4, as in case of beer.
>>
>>I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.
>
> I wouldn't, Queen Victoria was more interesting than you know, read a
> few books and see how she arrived at heir to the throne at a young age
> and how she coped.

I have the PBS series Victoria and Albert, it is very interesting and I
watch it about once a year. I think some of the decorations etc. from the
Victorian Era are just beautiful.

Cheri

On 2016-05-23 9:39 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 5/23/2016 9:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> She inherited the throne after her father died and her three older
>> brothers had all died. In an age when thrones were usually passed on to
>> the eldest son, that was more a stroke of fate that anything she did.
>>
> I believe that it was her _father's_ three older bothers, not _her_
> brothers.
>

You're right. Still.... nothing she did to become queen other than to be
born into the succession.

On 5/23/2016 9:41 PM, Cheri wrote:
>
>
> I have the PBS series Victoria and Albert, it is very interesting and I
> watch it about once a year. I think some of the decorations etc. from
> the Victorian Era are just beautiful.
>
> Cheri

Not to mention the clothing of that era.

Jill

In article >, Roy
> wrote:

> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is
> enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever
> come?

Happy birthday Queen Victoria! Without googling I'll surmise she was
the Queen, the grandmother of Wilhelm the (?) (WWI), and the mother of
a Czarina. Her son Bertie became Edward VII and so on. The love of her
life was Albert. Again without me googling, anybody may fire away!
Long live Victoria! from a Anglophile who may have gotten some of the
facts wrong.
A wonderful book on her reign was named "Dreadnought" which started out
"Queen Victoria was mostly German". The book was all about England and
Victoria's influence on the world with a big tip of the hat to
Churchill and Jacky Fisher. I also have Churchill's WWII memoirs in
first American edition and have read all six books more than once.
Get used to the cold. It's 50 degrees F as I speak here in Nevada with
six days of rain forecast. Way unusual but we love rain when we can get
it.

leo

On Mon, 23 May 2016 21:12:10 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-05-23 7:41 PM, wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:57:58 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2016-05-23 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Victoria Day? When I was a kid it was Firecracker Day. Then it became
>>> May 2-4, as in case of beer.
>>>
>>> I would like to suggest we change it to Victoria's Secret Day.
>>
>> I wouldn't, Queen Victoria was more interesting than you know, read a
>> few books and see how she arrived at heir to the throne at a young age
>> and how she coped.
>>
>
>
>She inherited the throne after her father died and her three older
>brothers had all died. In an age when thrones were usually passed on to
>the eldest son, that was more a stroke of fate that anything she did.

Exactly my point, she had no training and at a young age managed to
measure up.

On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 8:24:22 PM UTC-4, Janet B wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:21:08 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> >On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
> >> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
> >> ====
> >>
> >It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
> >Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
> >
> >Jill
> Is it o.k. to take the skirt from the piano legs now?

"Limbs," please. (Hides shocked face in shame at the suggestion that
legs even exist.)

Cindy Hamilton

On Mon, 23 May 2016 21:39:02 -0400, S Viemeister
> wrote:

>On 5/23/2016 9:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> She inherited the throne after her father died and her three older
>> brothers had all died. In an age when thrones were usually passed on to
>> the eldest son, that was more a stroke of fate that anything she did.
>>
>I believe that it was her _father's_ three older bothers, not _her_
>brothers.

I think you're correct - anyway, at 18 she suddenly found herself
Queen without any training. She had a bad relationship with her
mother, none with her father and that probably accounts for why she
was so attached to Albert.

At Osborne House you can see all the water colours she did of her
children as they grew, no cameras then She was an expert with
water colours, not the easiest medium.

On Mon, 23 May 2016 22:36:22 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2016-05-23 9:39 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 5/23/2016 9:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> She inherited the throne after her father died and her three older
>>> brothers had all died. In an age when thrones were usually passed on to
>>> the eldest son, that was more a stroke of fate that anything she did.
>>>
>> I believe that it was her _father's_ three older bothers, not _her_
>> brothers.
>>
>
>You're right. Still.... nothing she did to become queen other than to be
>born into the succession.

You're being obtuse again - I didn't suggest she grabbed the throne,
fought for it, wanted it. She came unexpectedly to the throne, but
made a good job of it. Still, I suppose she was a woman so you don't
want to hear any good about her!

On Tue, 24 May 2016 00:31:26 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> wrote:

>In article >, Roy
> wrote:
>
>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is
>> enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever
>> come?
>
>Happy birthday Queen Victoria! Without googling I'll surmise she was
>the Queen, the grandmother of Wilhelm the (?) (WWI), and the mother of
>a Czarina. Her son Bertie became Edward VII and so on. The love of her
>life was Albert. Again without me googling, anybody may fire away!
>Long live Victoria! from a Anglophile who may have gotten some of the
>facts wrong.
>A wonderful book on her reign was named "Dreadnought" which started out
>"Queen Victoria was mostly German". The book was all about England and
>Victoria's influence on the world with a big tip of the hat to
>Churchill and Jacky Fisher. I also have Churchill's WWII memoirs in
>first American edition and have read all six books more than once.
>Get used to the cold. It's 50 degrees F as I speak here in Nevada with
>six days of rain forecast. Way unusual but we love rain when we can get
>it.
>
>leo
She was also famous for infecting most of the European houses with
hemophilia via her childrens marriages.

"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
...
> On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 8:24:22 PM UTC-4, Janet B wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:21:08 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>> >> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope
>> >> everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in
>> >> Alberta...will summer ever come?
>> >> ====
>> >>
>> >It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
>> >Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
>> >
>> >Jill
>> Is it o.k. to take the skirt from the piano legs now?
>
> "Limbs," please. (Hides shocked face in shame at the suggestion that
> legs even exist.)

Fie on you, you wanton hussy!!


--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On 2016-05-24 7:01 AM, wrote:
> On Mon, 23 May 2016 22:36:22 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-05-23 9:39 PM, S Viemeister wrote:
>>> On 5/23/2016 9:12 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> She inherited the throne after her father died and her three older
>>>> brothers had all died. In an age when thrones were usually passed on to
>>>> the eldest son, that was more a stroke of fate that anything she did.
>>>>
>>> I believe that it was her _father's_ three older bothers, not _her_
>>> brothers.
>>>
>>
>> You're right. Still.... nothing she did to become queen other than to be
>> born into the succession.
>
> You're being obtuse again - I didn't suggest she grabbed the throne,
> fought for it, wanted it. She came unexpectedly to the throne, but
> made a good job of it. Still, I suppose she was a woman so you don't
> want to hear any good about her!
>


WTF are you on about? You suggested that I should read a book about how
she came to the throne and how she coped and now you are yammering about
how I don't want to hear any good about her because she is a woman. The
fact is that if her father had had a son or any surviving brothers the
crown would have gone to them by the rules of succession. I didn't make
the rules and I don't give a rat's ass about any of that inbred clan of
royals.

On 5/24/2016 6:51 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 8:24:22 PM UTC-4, Janet B wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:21:08 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>>> ====
>>>>
>>> It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
>>> Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
>>>
>>> Jill
>> Is it o.k. to take the skirt from the piano legs now?
>
> "Limbs," please. (Hides shocked face in shame at the suggestion that
> legs even exist.)
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
There you go getting all Victorian again.

Jill

On Tue, 24 May 2016 03:51:20 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, May 23, 2016 at 8:24:22 PM UTC-4, Janet B wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 May 2016 17:21:08 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 5/23/2016 4:04 PM, Roy wrote:
>> >> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>> >> ====
>> >>
>> >It will if you move down south. 80F and thankfully shed of the
>> >Victorian ideals for how people should dress.
>> >
>> >Jill
>> Is it o.k. to take the skirt from the piano legs now?
>
>"Limbs," please. (Hides shocked face in shame at the suggestion that
>legs even exist.)
>
>Cindy Hamilton

Yes, mum. Sorry
Janet US

On 5/24/2016 6:32 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> I didn't make the rules and I don't give a rat's ass about any of that
> inbred clan of royals.

+1!

That's almost American of you!

On 23/05/2016 09:04 pm, Roy wrote:
> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
> ====
>
Why bother, you don't even drive on the correct side of the road.

On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 10:36:06 AM UTC-6, Saint George wrote:
> On 23/05/2016 09:04 pm, Roy wrote:
> > We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
> > ====
> >
> Why bother, you don't even drive on the correct side of the road.

Actually, we don't give a Royal S**t for Queen Victoria...we just need a holiday. Too bad you nitwits drove on the wrong side of the road ages ago. We are smarter.
====

On 5/26/2016 12:17 PM, Roy wrote:
> On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 10:36:06 AM UTC-6, Saint George wrote:
>> On 23/05/2016 09:04 pm, Roy wrote:
>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
>>> ====
>>>
>> Why bother, you don't even drive on the correct side of the road.
>
> Actually, we don't give a Royal S**t for Queen Victoria...we just need a holiday.

Brilliant, when will you dispossess yourselves of that piddling Governor
general and the rest of the royals' detritus.

Too bad you nitwits drove on the wrong side of the road ages ago. We are
smarter.
> ====

So smart you forgot the majority of the world is RIGHT HANDED, not left.

Yeah, right...

On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 2:20:44 PM UTC-6, Capulin wrote:
> On 5/26/2016 12:17 PM, Roy wrote:
> > On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 10:36:06 AM UTC-6, Saint George wrote:
> >> On 23/05/2016 09:04 pm, Roy wrote:
> >>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
> >>> ====
> >>>
> >> Why bother, you don't even drive on the correct side of the road.
> >
> > Actually, we don't give a Royal S**t for Queen Victoria...we just need a holiday.
>
> Brilliant, when will you dispossess yourselves of that piddling Governor
> general and the rest of the royals' detritus.
>
> Too bad you nitwits drove on the wrong side of the road ages ago. We are
> smarter.
> > ====
>
> So smart you forgot the majority of the world is RIGHT HANDED, not left.
>
> Yeah, right...

You fool...we do drive on the right side of the road. Smarten up.

On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 1:51:42 AM UTC-4, Roy wrote:
> Yeah, right...
>
> You fool...we do drive on the right side of the road. Smarten up.

He's an idiot. I wonder if he's ever even been to Canada.

I have. I grew up in a place where Canada was a 15-mile drive
to the south. It made a nice day trip.

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 1:51:42 AM UTC-4, Roy wrote:
> > Yeah, right...
> >
> > You fool...we do drive on the right side of the road. Smarten up.
>
> He's an idiot. I wonder if he's ever even been to Canada.
>
> I have. I grew up in a place where Canada was a 15-mile drive
> to the south. It made a nice day trip.

When I about 5 years old, we drove about 15 miles across the border
into Mexico to attend a bullfight. My only memory of that is from the
old home movies. Looking at them though...what an evil and cruel way
to end a bull's life. I wonder if Mexico still does that? I know Spain
does and prefaced with the "running of the bulls" tradition.

It's a pretty cruel thing to see. First the something-a-dores ride out
on horses and throw spears into the bull to weaken it. Eventually, the
super-hero matadores come out to torment it with red cape, a nifty
swerve out of the way, and maybe a sword thrust.

Bullfighting is nothing more than evil torture games. Much like the
Roman gladiator arena events.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 1:51:42 AM UTC-4, Roy wrote:
>> > Yeah, right...
>> >
>> > You fool...we do drive on the right side of the road. Smarten up.
>>
>> He's an idiot. I wonder if he's ever even been to Canada.
>>
>> I have. I grew up in a place where Canada was a 15-mile drive
>> to the south. It made a nice day trip.
>
> When I about 5 years old, we drove about 15 miles across the border
> into Mexico to attend a bullfight. My only memory of that is from the
> old home movies. Looking at them though...what an evil and cruel way
> to end a bull's life. I wonder if Mexico still does that? I know Spain
> does and prefaced with the "running of the bulls" tradition.
>
> It's a pretty cruel thing to see. First the something-a-dores ride out
> on horses and throw spears into the bull to weaken it. Eventually, the
> super-hero matadores come out to torment it with red cape, a nifty
> swerve out of the way, and maybe a sword thrust.

They're picadors, and in the old days of bullfighting on Channel 36 where I
am, I was always pulling for the bull.

Cheri

On 5/23/2016 10:04 AM, Roy wrote:
> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer ever come?
> ====
>

Had our rock in the middle of nowhere not been stolen by American
businessmen, we might be celebrating Victoria Day today. The Hawaiian
Royals were enamored by the British Monarchy and modeled their rule
after the Brits. We're a part of the United States and yet our state
flag is dominated by the Union Jack. I always thought that was kind of
weird.

http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/sites/...iipictures.jpg

"dsi1" > wrote in message
...
> On 5/23/2016 10:04 AM, Roy wrote:
>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone
>> is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will summer
>> ever come?
>> ====
>>
>
> Had our rock in the middle of nowhere not been stolen by American
> businessmen, we might be celebrating Victoria Day today. The Hawaiian
> Royals were enamored by the British Monarchy and modeled their rule after
> the Brits. We're a part of the United States and yet our state flag is
> dominated by the Union Jack. I always thought that was kind of weird.
>
> http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/sites/...iipictures.jpg

Gosh, I never knew that!! You are one of us!!!

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/

On 5/27/2016 10:30 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 5/23/2016 10:04 AM, Roy wrote:
>>> We (Canadians), are celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Hope everyone
>>> is enjoying themselves in the @#$% rain and snow in Alberta...will
>>> summer
>>> ever come?
>>> ====
>>>
>>
>> Had our rock in the middle of nowhere not been stolen by American
>> businessmen, we might be celebrating Victoria Day today. The Hawaiian
>> Royals were enamored by the British Monarchy and modeled their rule after
>> the Brits. We're a part of the United States and yet our state flag is
>> dominated by the Union Jack. I always thought that was kind of weird.
>>
>> http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/sites/...iipictures.jpg
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> Gosh, I never knew that!! You are one of us!!!
>

A Scotsman figures prominently in Hawaiian history. His daughter,
Victoria Kaiulani Cleghorn, was the last Hawaiian princess although she
never got her chance to rule.

http://www.thekaiulaniproject.com/ab...s_kaiulani.htm