Independence Day.

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  For almost a year I lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains,it is one of the most beautiful places that I have ever been. I remember it and the friends I made there fondly .Even though my daughter is now twenty-eight, and it was twenty years ago,she can still recite the Pledge of Allegiance all the way through. Happy Fourth of July x Hugs H

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  playful4u

  14 years ago

  Happy 4th July

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  expat American (New Yorker) living in Perth and there are days when I really crave home and today is always one of them ( the others are Thanksgiving, Halloween and Superbowl Sunday)   I spent the day at the invitation of the US Consulate at a lovely lunch hosted by them.......attended mainly by Southerners (those damn but charming Chevron boys who still argue as to who won the Civil war...) but oh it was so nice to talk home, sport, traditons, food etc.........................I had pangs for Magnolia bakery cupcakes...mmmmm   Perth is beautiful and I do consider myself lucky to live here but oh how I do miss NYC !!!!!!., how could one not ???   I'm a Yankee Doodle DandyA Yankee Doodle, do or dieA real live nephew of my uncle Sam'sBorn on the Fourth of JulyI've got a Yankee Doodle sweetheartShe's my Yankee Doodle joyYankee Doodle came to LondonJust to ride the poniesI am a Yankee Doodle boy     One day I do hope to see the land of the free and the home of the brave...........again.... gulp, sob.....tears.........

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  to you Ms.Velvet Blue....homesickness is a bitchxxxxx Hugs H

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  I feel the first bit of homesickness since coming to Australia. I want fireworks, a proper ungodly sticky east coast BBQ, friends, family, charred roadkill-cow anus on a bun (also known as "hot dogs," the annual bite of apple pie that reminds me how much I hate cooked fruit, stories from the many naturalized citizens that reminds me of how fortunate I am to be an American and the afro/indo/Latin versions/adulterations of traditional American foods ("your mom made BBQ goat meat?" "Why does this potato salad taste like tikka masala?") that we 1st generation kids grumbled about but now miss so much. I want s'mores and maybe bubbles, hugs, kisses, a trip to sephora. I love you, even though it's election year and CNN-Fox-MSNBC exist. If that's not true love, I don't know what is. America.... FUCK YA!

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  I'm actually a pom, I came here in 1964, and as a petulant teenager swore I would never take up citizenship until Australia declared independence !I never in my wildest dreams thought I would be 52 and still waiting !Apollo and Velvet, I'll deep fry something in your honour.

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  all i am thinking is Red Neck parade

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  I enjoyed my short but sweet holiday in NYC with many fond memories lingering.   Happy holidays   Hugs SFxx

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  Are we talking about the worlds largest arms exporter? Mike

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  RHP User

  14 years ago

  Apollo13 is an American? I would never have guessed that.

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