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29th May 09, 06:50 PM
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here
A quote from my least favorite site, wikipedia...
"Fiddler's Green features in an old Irish legend that a sailor can find the paradisical village by walking inland with an oar over his shoulder until he finds a place where people ask him what he's carrying. This legend may have some of its origin in Tiresias' prophecy in Homer's Odyssey, in which he tells Odysseus that the only way to appease the sea god Poseidon and find happiness is to take an oar and walk until he finds a land where he is asked what he is carrying, or why he is carrying a winnowing fan, and there make his sacrifice."
"Fiddler's Green is the afterlife imagined by sailors and later adopted by U.S. cavalry and artillery, where there is perpetual mirth, a fiddle that never stops playing, and dancers who never tire. There is some evidence to support the claim that the major propagators of this belief were pirates who, knowing they would never meet the criteria for entry into Christian heaven, simply created a religion of their own."
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29th May 09, 07:18 PM
#12
How did you guys manage to stay cool while wearing a long sleeve shirt? It was in the low 90's here in Deland.
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29th May 09, 07:18 PM
#13
That's one dapper looking group! And a fine pub, too!
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29th May 09, 07:49 PM
#14
 Originally Posted by billmcc
How did you guys manage to stay cool while wearing a long sleeve shirt? It was in the low 90's here in Deland.
I don't know about JolyStNicholas and Iain Robb, but I cheated. 
The "sweater" I wore to lunch is a lightweight commando sweater knock-off. It's about as heavy as a good t-shirt. Unfortunately, the company that made it stopped making them a few years ago.
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29th May 09, 07:51 PM
#15
Handsome trio, nicely turned out.
Regards,
Rex.
At any moment you must be prepared to give up who you are today for who you could become tomorrow.
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29th May 09, 07:52 PM
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Last edited by Lady M; 13th July 09 at 04:07 PM.
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29th May 09, 08:58 PM
#17
All looking very good! Thanks for sharing.
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29th May 09, 09:05 PM
#18
It looks like you had a good time. Nice looking pub.
[I][B]Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you really want to test a man’s character,
Give him power.[/B][/I] - [I]Abraham Lincoln[/I]
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29th May 09, 10:20 PM
#19
I've eaten many a lunch at the Fiddler's Green, although the one I went to was a dining facility on Ft. Polk. ;)
Seriously though, it looks like you all had a good time. 
I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear
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30th May 09, 02:10 AM
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