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« Reply #23610 on: November 09, 2013, 05:34:43 PM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24737671
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« Reply #23611 on: November 11, 2013, 09:21:00 AM »



I still can't believe it's true though. I mean, virtual money....
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« Reply #23612 on: November 11, 2013, 09:31:42 AM »


the currency of choice for seedy activities....



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
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« Reply #23613 on: November 11, 2013, 09:43:48 AM »

Bitcoins have been around for ages.  There are actually poker sites where you the tournament buy ins and payouts are in bitcoins.  Not worth as much since they shut down Silk Road which was seemingly the main place they were exchanged.  I know that some stakers in poker have invested in bit coins and people have rooms full of computer towers that are just 'mining' them to make a living.  I'm not sure how the process works (or how profitable it is) but its certainly very interesting.
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« Reply #23614 on: November 11, 2013, 09:46:27 AM »

Mrs Red & I, along with other members of the Gypsy community, were invited to march at the Cenotaph again yesterday to commemorate the Gypsies who fought in both world wars.

It's such a moving ceremony, and it really is great honour and privilege to be asked to attend.

Like everyone who was not in uniform, we had armbands to say who we were representing, and it was wonderful to see the surprise on the faces of the spectators when they saw who we were.

This is the third consecutive year that we have taken part in the parade, but this is the first time we have been mentioned in the commentary.


You can catch a brief glimpse of us at 1:53.03, (That's me in the yellow shirt pushing the wheelchair) and hear our mention at 1:53.25.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03hw8n1/Remembrance_Sunday_The_Cenotaph_2013/

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« Reply #23615 on: November 11, 2013, 10:09:42 AM »

Mrs Red & I, along with other members of the Gypsy community, were invited to march at the Cenotaph again yesterday to commemorate the Gypsies who fought in both world wars.

It's such a moving ceremony, and it really is great honour and privilege to be asked to attend.

Like everyone who was not in uniform, we had armbands to say who we were representing, and it was wonderful to see the surprise on the faces of the spectators when they saw who we were.

This is the third consecutive year that we have taken part in the parade, but this is the first time we have been mentioned in the commentary.


You can catch a brief glimpse of us at 1:53.03, (That's me in the yellow shirt pushing the wheelchair) and hear our mention at 1:53.25.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03hw8n1/Remembrance_Sunday_The_Cenotaph_2013/



Wonderful, Tom. You must both have been very emotional, & proud.
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« Reply #23616 on: November 11, 2013, 10:55:38 AM »

Mrs Red & I, along with other members of the Gypsy community, were invited to march at the Cenotaph again yesterday to commemorate the Gypsies who fought in both world wars.

It's such a moving ceremony, and it really is great honour and privilege to be asked to attend.

Like everyone who was not in uniform, we had armbands to say who we were representing, and it was wonderful to see the surprise on the faces of the spectators when they saw who we were.

This is the third consecutive year that we have taken part in the parade, but this is the first time we have been mentioned in the commentary.


You can catch a brief glimpse of us at 1:53.03, (That's me in the yellow shirt pushing the wheelchair) and hear our mention at 1:53.25.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03hw8n1/Remembrance_Sunday_The_Cenotaph_2013/



Must be a great feeling Tom. I watched this yesterday right up to 1:52. Who was in the wheelchair Tom?
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« Reply #23617 on: November 11, 2013, 11:58:23 AM »

How proud you must have felt. x
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« Reply #23618 on: November 11, 2013, 12:25:48 PM »

Wd Tom, fantastic effort. I also went to the Remembrance Parade where i live but,much to my shame, it was the first one as a civvy. I even dressed up for the occasion.
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I've now joined the Royal Air Force Association and I'm off to the monthly meeting Wednesday to introduce myself. I'm also going to get my 2 medals 'court mounted' and get myself an RAF Beret so that next year I'll feel appropriately dressed.
We will remember them.
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« Reply #23619 on: November 11, 2013, 06:18:07 PM »

Tom a friend of mine posted this elsewhere today, never seen it before but I think it's superb.


They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.


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« Reply #23620 on: November 11, 2013, 06:28:05 PM »

Tom a friend of mine posted this elsewhere today, never seen it before but I think it's superb.


They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables of home;
They have no lot in our labour of the day-time;
They sleep beyond England's foam.


Laurence Binyon


I've heard the middle verse many times Kev, but not the rest.


There are more details here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_of_Remembrance




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« Reply #23621 on: November 11, 2013, 06:30:30 PM »

Wd Tom, fantastic effort. I also went to the Remembrance Parade where i live but,much to my shame, it was the first one as a civvy. I even dressed up for the occasion.
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I've now joined the Royal Air Force Association and I'm off to the monthly meeting Wednesday to introduce myself. I'm also going to get my 2 medals 'court mounted' and get myself an RAF Beret so that next year I'll feel appropriately dressed.
We will remember them.


You scrubbed up well!

We'll be expecting those beret & medals pics next year.
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« Reply #23622 on: November 11, 2013, 06:53:02 PM »

Mrs Red & I, along with other members of the Gypsy community, were invited to march at the Cenotaph again yesterday to commemorate the Gypsies who fought in both world wars.

It's such a moving ceremony, and it really is great honour and privilege to be asked to attend.

Like everyone who was not in uniform, we had armbands to say who we were representing, and it was wonderful to see the surprise on the faces of the spectators when they saw who we were.

This is the third consecutive year that we have taken part in the parade, but this is the first time we have been mentioned in the commentary.


You can catch a brief glimpse of us at 1:53.03, (That's me in the yellow shirt pushing the wheelchair) and hear our mention at 1:53.25.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03hw8n1/Remembrance_Sunday_The_Cenotaph_2013/



Wonderful, Tom. You must both have been very emotional, & proud.

Really Good...Well Done Tom
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« Reply #23623 on: November 11, 2013, 06:54:02 PM »

Mrs Red & I, along with other members of the Gypsy community, were invited to march at the Cenotaph again yesterday to commemorate the Gypsies who fought in both world wars.

It's such a moving ceremony, and it really is great honour and privilege to be asked to attend.

Like everyone who was not in uniform, we had armbands to say who we were representing, and it was wonderful to see the surprise on the faces of the spectators when they saw who we were.

This is the third consecutive year that we have taken part in the parade, but this is the first time we have been mentioned in the commentary.


You can catch a brief glimpse of us at 1:53.03, (That's me in the yellow shirt pushing the wheelchair) and hear our mention at 1:53.25.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03hw8n1/Remembrance_Sunday_The_Cenotaph_2013/



Must be a great feeling Tom. I watched this yesterday right up to 1:52. Who was in the wheelchair Tom?


The man is Pete Mercer MBE. He isn't wheelchair bound, but you are on your feet for over five hours during the parade and it's more than he can manage now.

He is currently Chairman of the National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups. I've printed some info from the web below.


Pete Mercer MBE lives with his family on the local authority Travellers Caravan site in Peterborough. He is the General Secretary of the East Anglian Gypsy Council and British representative on the International Romani Union Praesidium.

For twelve years Peter worked for Peterborough City Council as Traveller /Gypsy Liaison Officer. Peter worked with the Commission for Racial Equality in pressing for, and obtaining a legal judgement declaring Roma/Gypsies as a racial minority.

For many years he has provided training for the British police on Gypsy/Traveller issues, and is still acting as a lay adviser to the Central Police Training and Development Agency (CENTREX). He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the British Empire) for his work in Traveller/Gypsy education over many years.

Peter has been involved in working with European Roma/Gypsies for over fifteen years. He shares his experience and expertise in the areas of community development, equal opportunities, Roma/Gypsy empowerment and Roma/Gypsy participation at all levels. Since the mid-1990s Peter started working with European Dialogue and was the Chair of the Roma Rights and Access to Justice in Europe Programme



He is a "former Lance Corporal with the Duke of Wellington Regiment who served in Cyprus. His father was wounded at Dunkirk and he has two sons serving with the Grenadier Guards."



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« Reply #23624 on: November 11, 2013, 07:02:50 PM »


Our group at the Horse Guards parade ground after taking the salute from Princess Anne.



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