iPoppy v2.1

(with flair!)

iPoppy v2.0

Seems the past few year's it's been harder and harder to find Veterans offering the annual Poppy Pins. But as I came home from work on Thursday Oct 30th there was a table set up in the mini mall I exit the metro through.

I was glad to see the Veteran there and I made a bee-line for the booth. I plunked a twonie in his can and took a pin and put it on my lapel, he nodded, said thank you and smiled. Then I put in another twonie and asked if it was ok if I took a second one (For Didier) He said, "Of course, but you didn't need to put in more money." I said, "Yes, I did". He smiled and thanked me again, and I said, "Not at all, thank you."

Buying a poppy this time of year is the VERY LEAST we can all do to say, "Thank you, your sacrifices are not taken for granted or forgotten."

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Have you bought your poppy yet?

iPoppy v1.0

So after not buying a Poppy Pin for the past 3 years (only because I couldn't find any Veterans selling them) I bought a Poppy yesterday... and summarily lost it on my way to work today.

Well I won't have any of that! So I bought two more tonight on my way home and gave one to Didier. He's never worn one before.... It's not a tradition in France apparently...

Having spent so much time in the Veterans Hospital last week, while visiting my Grandmother, I'm glad to have found a Veteran with a table full of Poppies...

So, do you Poppy?