Jayne ,'Safe'
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Nope; only thing I had to say about L&O was that I hadn't ever really been a fan. Too ripped from the headlinesish for me, although the early ones, definitely more to my taste.
Yes, Cindy? Here, have a plate of m'jedrah, seasoned with spring onions, shallots, ras el hanout - would you like some lamb in there, for protein?
Hot bread?
It was Elena. Nevermind.
I don't even know what half of that is, but yes please, and yes on the lamb, too. I live with a Philistine and 3 small children, so I never get lamb now.
I spice it up with ras el hanout (North African mixture of 23 spices or thereabouts) and will serve with moustamosir (garlic and shallot yogurt-based dip) and add lamb sauteed in honey with pine nuts, if the fancy takes.
Adding golden currants in nice too.
"Happy" ANZAC Day sounds wrong, but I thought it should be acknowledged.
So did google! [link]
(I always tell my brother "Safe ANZAC Day", so, yeah, that too :)
Julie, I'd forgot, I'm ashamed to admit. Gallipoli, the Oz/NZ troops memorial day, yes?
Yes, initially a commemoration day for the Australian (and New Zealand Army Corps) who landed at Anzac Cove, Turkey on April 25th, 1915, it's now our version of Memorial Day.
This year's is extra poignant as it's the first Anzac Day without any living survivor of the Gallipoli campaign. Our last true digger died last year.
Our last true digger died last year
Damn. Makes me weepy. Last time I I was in Paris, it was on the anniversary of the Liberation, and I ended up watching the parade and then walking clear crosstown to Notre Dame Cathedral and lighting a bunch of candles. I'm a pagan, but so what - it's about a light in the darkness and giving memory a place, isn't it, really?
it's about a light in the darkness and giving memory a place, isn't it, really?
Very much so. I always thought that's why it was a dawn service.
Anzac Day, as a National day of pride, probably hit an all time low in the 60s and 70s. The WWI servicemen (and woman!) were getting older and the country was questioning its position on the global playing fields. But we got through the Vietnam debacle and it's now an incredibly supported institution, with representation from all the conflicts in which Australia have been involved, and a growing drive to involve Australians with diverse cultures, and differing (wartime) histories.
Shiny new tagline - inspired by the discussion of the meaning of "Naff".
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And I posted before catching up. Not really appropriate to the discussion of Anzac day immediately before it.