Soldier dies from my HS

[alleycat]

So sad I just heard this this am. A kid that went to my high school died in Afganistan.
Rest in peace buddy.
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[Ria]

Ah, that's really so sad Ali.

There will be no-end of those sad news stories to tell over there and here.

I don't know anyone in the army/navy over here.

Will you go to the funeral do you think?

 

[alleycat]

I am on the patriot guard so I will be riding to funerals of fallen soldiers as soon as my bike gets going again. It should be this weekend.

 

[Ria]

Sorry if this sounds a bit dim, but what's the Patriot Guard?

 

[Jersey]

good question... cuz i have no idea either!

 

[Ria]

Oh, glad you dnt either Heather - thought it really was me and that it should be something even us Englies shld know about anyway.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Sorry to hear, Ali.

 

[TheOriginalJames]

Sorry if this sounds a bit dim, but what's the Patriot Guard?

good question... cuz i have no idea either!

Patriot Guard Riders -->Home

Basically it's a large group of motorcyclists who ride to funerals of servicemen to pay their respects for serving their country.

 

[Ria]

Thanks James.

I did think along those lines, but thought I must be wrong, cos over here they dnt do that, only if it is a biker that's died, then they all ride along to wherever the funeral takes place.

 

[Boomer]

Sorry to hear that Ali. : (

 

[Ria]

Thanks james - just read through most of that page of info on Patriot riders - never heard of anything on that scale, or seen anything on that scale either - that was a lot of bikes.

Good for you Ali - mind you, America is more like that over there than here.

 

[alleycat]

yeah its pretty cool especially when protesters come and we drown them out with our engines and exhaust.

 

[Boomer]

I'd be fuggin heated if protesters showed up. I would go to jail that day. I'd beat the brains outa those cold hearted pieces of shit.

 

[Peter Parka]

Sorry to hear that. War is a terrible thing!