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Post by Lily on Sept 11, 2016 23:00:34 GMT -5
Just a few months before the 9/11 attack, my mom and dad were in the north tower, eating lunch in the Windows on the World restaurant on the top floor with my Aunt Sylvia. The attack came in the morning, before lunch time, but all the employees who had already arrived to get lunch ready were killed.
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Sept 12, 2016 13:06:24 GMT -5
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Post by Ætheling on Sept 12, 2016 13:06:24 GMT -5
Lily and all those touched by the tragedy that day Uncle--that's Mama's brother--lost a close friend, John, that day, who worked in the second tower. John had called his wife after the attack, and said they were evacuating. He went downstairs, but then went back up the stairs to help someone. Then he called his wife back, and they said they loved each other, and the phone went dead. Well, a couple weeks ago, Uncle signed the title of his 1986 Cougar over to us. He's moving, and it had sat under a car cover in his garage since 1999. He had only used it as a recreational summer car. After we got it to our place, Mama opened the ashtray and gasped out loud! There in the ashtray was a note "From the desk of John ****" the man who was killed. On it was his handwritten map and directions to his 1993 wedding reception. The note had lay forgotten in the ashtray drawer all through the 90s, even though Uncle had used the car in the summers, and lay forgotten all those years since then in his garage, to just be found this month, right before the 15th anniversary of John's passing. Uncle had Mama send him photos of the note, for him to share with 900 of his linked in connections who knew John. And of course, Mama is saving the note to give him. The note turned up right before the 15th anniversary, after all those years forgotten since John's 1993 wedding...................................................
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Post by Lily on Sept 12, 2016 19:31:11 GMT -5
So sad! Why are there mean humans like Osama bin Laden who only think about hurting others?
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wolfgangg
Kewl Cat
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My birthday is: October 23rd
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Post by wolfgangg on Sept 12, 2016 20:56:17 GMT -5
I doesn't know, Lilly Pearl, I doesn't know, it's so sad. They must be all bended up and wrong inside, I thinks.
Aetheling, that is an amazing story. To me it's like a hint or a notw from him. So eerie it was found, after all of that time, just then.
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Post by Lily on Sept 12, 2016 21:05:56 GMT -5
Yes, it really is amazing!
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Post by Lily on Sept 14, 2016 23:20:11 GMT -5
Monday is "International Talk Like a Pirate" Day. Usually the INLA group celebrates with a big party. One of our members used to be a pirate queen. . . .
Should we do it this year?
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Sept 15, 2016 13:50:07 GMT -5
Post by Ætheling on Sept 15, 2016 13:50:07 GMT -5
oh, yes, we used to celebrate that on Catster and Dogster! I'm glad you thought of it. I have my costume somewhere....
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Sept 15, 2016 19:56:27 GMT -5
Post by Coco on Sept 15, 2016 19:56:27 GMT -5
Oh yes, Lily! I'll find my pink pirate hat!
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Post by Lily on Sept 15, 2016 23:20:41 GMT -5
Meow, well, I don't have a costume or a hat--this will be my first International Talk Like a Pirate Day! But I think I'd like to celebrate anyway.
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Sept 16, 2016 14:13:43 GMT -5
Post by Ætheling on Sept 16, 2016 14:13:43 GMT -5
I found my pirate picture - turned out it isn't actually a costume, but close enough!
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Post by Lily on Sept 16, 2016 17:27:06 GMT -5
We can have an all-day pawty--but I'll have to be away for a couple of hours while my humans are in yoga class.
I'm starting to look up my recipes for pirate-themed cakes. *giggles* I found some good ones last year!
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Gaby
Kewl Cat
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My birthday is: 17-1-2009
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Post by Gaby on Sept 17, 2016 8:16:21 GMT -5
I find a sailor suit for myself.
I have prepared some prawn skewers for you. Enjoy your party. I may be out on Monday.
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Sept 17, 2016 9:58:07 GMT -5
Post by Lily on Sept 17, 2016 9:58:07 GMT -5
I love the sailor suit!
Drop in if you have time Monday, Gaby. And thanks for the prawn skewers!
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possum
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My birthday is: 7-3-2009
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Post by possum on Sept 18, 2016 2:04:21 GMT -5
I find a place where you may like to hold the pawty. See picture
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Sept 18, 2016 15:22:05 GMT -5
Post by Ætheling on Sept 18, 2016 15:22:05 GMT -5
Ooooooooooooooh, that is awesome, Possum!
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