Hmmm!!!! Socccer, just kidding football. I have to agree there seems to be a lot of action in the game. however it seems to primarily in the stands not the field
Being a person who watches very little sports, with the exception of boxing and motorcycle racing. I think the answer lies in turning the camera around and viewing the fans.
In the end it really doesn't matter a long as your enoying what you watch.
Brits and the 4 th, it was you guys and many others nationalities that made America So if those ancesters had not stood up, The true Americans the Indian's at the time could care less what these strange folks were doing killing eachother.
I wonder how many Brits have now have American bloodlines in thier family trees?
Something tells me we are a lot more closely related then we realize at times.
In any event hope things went well for the 4Th, the innitial impact has worn off and now I know not to expect this annual celebration. I also have scrapped the idea of a Community Christmas party.
I still believe these were the highlights of the year. However, it takes an organzation with a common goal to do these sort if thing. To my knowledge the VFW was the only group organized well enough to complete the task. For all the in fighting it was a group that could carry out a common goal in these area. It may have just became to much of a burden, as the farrang population increased.
As was pointed out these guys are growing older and thing probably have become much more difficult for them. There is a trend for younger people getting involved.
However, the reason the VFW was succesful in these endeavors was the local knowledge they have. If a younger member took it on, the tendancy would probably try to organize the event in the same way they would have done in the states. That simply would increase the chances of financial failure.
One suggetion came out of the situation that I thought, very valid. Form a group and do it ourselves, we certianly have enough members here locally to do just that.
However having participated in these in the past, I can tell you it is no easy task.
We can still have the local social gathering, but how the local government would views a farrang orginazation beyond the VFW I don't have a clue.
But at this juncture if we want a Christmas party for locals, then it may be prudent to start thinking about how we are going to pull that off.
If the interest is not there then it simply will not happen.
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