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    From =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bri=2E?=@Brian@Derby.invalid to uk.people.silversurfers on Tue Feb 17 16:37:36 2026
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    It's been a pleasant, though chilly, Winter's day here and we enjoyed
    lunch in town.

    Today's new moon is the beginning of the Lunar Calendar and the
    Chinese New Year (Fire Horse).

    I was going to toss a pancake joke but thought batter of it.
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  • From Spike@aero.spike@mail.com to uk.people.silversurfers on Wed Feb 18 09:43:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.people.silversurfers

    Bri. <Brian@Derby.invalid> wrote:

    Today's new moon is the beginning of the Lunar Calendar and the
    Chinese New Year (Fire Horse).

    Hunker down, folks, the previous Year of the Fire Horse in 1966 brought a
    major escalation in the Vietnam conflict, with the Tet offensive by PAVN
    and Viet Cong forces. Civilian casualties from the three phases of the offensive were 14,300 killed, 24,000 wounded, with 630,000 made refugees.
    Who knows where this Fire Horse will run?
    --
    Spike
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  • From =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bri=2E?=@Brian@Derby.invalid to uk.people.silversurfers on Wed Feb 18 09:58:57 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.people.silversurfers

    Spike wrote:

    Bri. <Brian@Derby.invalid> wrote:

    Today's new moon is the beginning of the Lunar Calendar and the
    Chinese New Year (Fire Horse).

    Hunker down, folks, the previous Year of the Fire Horse in 1966 brought a major escalation in the Vietnam conflict, with the Tet offensive by PAVN
    and Viet Cong forces. Civilian casualties from the three phases of the offensive were 14,300 killed, 24,000 wounded, with 630,000 made refugees.
    Who knows where this Fire Horse will run?

    Indeed.
    I read some of that whilst browsing the BBC news app. earlier and it
    left me with similar thoughts.
    --
    Bri.
    (Windows 11 Desktop)
    https://www.BriMarg.co.uk
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  • From Spike@aero.spike@mail.com to uk.people.silversurfers on Wed Feb 18 15:44:28 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.people.silversurfers

    Bri. <Brian@Derby.invalid> wrote:
    Spike wrote:
    Bri. <Brian@Derby.invalid> wrote:

    Today's new moon is the beginning of the Lunar Calendar and the
    Chinese New Year (Fire Horse).

    Hunker down, folks, the previous Year of the Fire Horse in 1966 brought a
    major escalation in the Vietnam conflict, with the Tet offensive by PAVN
    and Viet Cong forces. Civilian casualties from the three phases of the
    offensive were 14,300 killed, 24,000 wounded, with 630,000 made refugees.
    Who knows where this Fire Horse will run?

    Indeed.
    I read some of that whilst browsing the BBC news app. earlier and it
    left me with similar thoughts.

    I was fortunate enough in my travels to visit DC on a number of occasions,
    and I never failed to be impressed in an awesome way with the sombre tone Vietnam Wall and the raw grittiness of the statue of the three grunts.
    --
    Spike
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