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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #100 on: 07/04/2014 01:09 pm »
Happy 4th July!

Down with the British and all that! ;) ;D
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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #101 on: 07/04/2014 01:23 pm »
Happy July 4th.

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #102 on: 07/04/2014 03:01 pm »
Time to prep the backyard Launchpad for night time launches.  Countdown begins after the beer gets cold and the smoker is done.

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #103 on: 07/04/2014 03:13 pm »
Happy July 4! And speaking of the World Cup, check out this nonsense they showed on US Telly during half time in the game against England in the 2010 World Cup! ;D

I mean, honestly? ;)

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #104 on: 07/04/2014 03:23 pm »
Maybe you'll like this better, Chris.  It's the middle one on the revolutionary war.


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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #105 on: 07/04/2014 04:02 pm »
I feel the need for some “rocket’s red glare”... Happy 4th!! ;D
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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #106 on: 07/04/2014 04:11 pm »
Oh I do love this:

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #107 on: 07/04/2014 04:59 pm »
Wishing my American friends a wonderful & safe 4th of July holiday weekend

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #108 on: 07/04/2014 09:22 pm »
Neil Armstrong's granddaughter sings The Star Spangled Banner


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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #109 on: 07/04/2014 09:35 pm »
And the national anthem has deep roots with our British friends.

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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry",[1] a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in the Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "The Anacreontic Song" (or "To Anacreon in Heaven"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", it would soon become a well-known American patriotic song.
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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #110 on: 07/04/2014 09:57 pm »
If we're going to be discussing The Star Spangled Banner's history, best use all four verses, instead of just the first:
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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #111 on: 07/04/2014 10:25 pm »
Bump for day. Congrats for one of the best World Cup games I've seen. Brilliant fighting performance.

Yep! Same from me too. And that was a brilliant USA performance.

Now to those extra verses of Star Spangled Banner...

"Down down with the traitor that dares to defile"

Blimey! ;D

Or was that aimed at Americans who swapped sides?

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #112 on: 07/04/2014 11:06 pm »
Chris  Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #113 on: 07/04/2014 11:45 pm »
Hey Robot that URL is more offensive than Quantum Gs!

And any time you use the Super bowl, in any context, to people not from America, it backfires. I guess you need a sport for the obese, but allow me to introduce you to Rugby. You're welcome America! What? You dare not play without protection? Oh shame! ;D

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #114 on: 07/05/2014 03:17 am »
Thanks Chris! Been using this new laptop for entirely too long waiting for a good desktop wallpaper. Couldn't ask for better!
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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #115 on: 07/05/2014 03:54 pm »
Happy July 4! And speaking of the World Cup, check out this nonsense they showed on US Telly during half time in the game against England in the 2010 World Cup! ;D

I mean, honestly? ;)
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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #116 on: 07/05/2014 04:25 pm »
HA! That's not even a British accent. Lots of bollocks ;D
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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #117 on: 07/04/2015 12:25 pm »
Happy Independence Day, 2015 - to our American visitors (which is most of you!) :)

From KSC's Twitter, and I've probably said it before, but it really is a good looking flag you've got there.
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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #118 on: 07/04/2015 12:44 pm »
Looks even better here! :)

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Re: Happy July 4th Independence Day
« Reply #119 on: 07/04/2015 01:02 pm »
Is it ok if I watch the British GP qualifying this morning out of protest? Nah, we're all best friends now. Happy 4th! :)

EDIT:Hamilton just got the pole, nice!
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