If this tune does not kick yer ass, check to make sure you still have one! lol BC Trivia teaser: who is playing lead guitar for this band? Scratch is disallowed! lol j/k

The Twelfth

The Twelfth is an annual Protestant celebration on 12 July, originating in Ireland. It is alternatively known also as Orangemen's Day or as the Boyne celebrations, commemorating the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, and the Glorious Revolution. It is occasionally known as the Glorious Twelfth, but that term is more commonly used to refer to 12 August. Members of the Orange Institution stage parades throughout Northern Ireland. The traditional bowler hat worn by Protestant men on the Twelfth recalls the then-stylish headgear worn by their ancestors at the time of the creation of the Northern Irish state in 1921.

Curiously, the Twelfth originated as a celebration of the Battle of Aughrim, which took place on 12 July 1691 in the Julian calendar, while the Boyne took place on 1 July 1690, a year and eleven days earlier, but which is 12 July in the Gregorian calendar.

It is commonly celebrated in Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Canada, and there are also marches in other places such as USA and Australia. Some Orange Marches are held in the Republic of Ireland, the largest being held at the beach resort of Rossnowlagh, County Donegal on the weekend before the TwelfthReport on Drumcree and Rossnowlagh marches — RTÉ news article, 9 July 2006.

12 July is an annual public holiday in Northern Ireland. However, most businesses still open on this day (Unionist, as well as Nationalist).So there ya go in case you did not know...just don't hate me for being Orange! BC

NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) - A 74-year-old Italian grandmother who bought a sack of potatoes at the her local market found a live grenade among the spuds.

"I found a bomb in the potatoes," Olga Mauriello said in a telephone interview with Reuters.

"I went to the market to buy some potatoes and that's where the bomb was. But this bomb was covered in dirt, and I put it in water and got all dirt off. And then I realized 'It's a bomb'!"

Police said the pine cone-shaped grenade, which had no pin and was still active, was the same type used by U.S. soldiers in Europe in World War Two. Authorities believe the mix-up happened at a farm in France, where the grenade was plucked from the ground along with potatoes.

To the woman's relief, police and explosives experts in the small town of San Giorgio a Cremano, near Naples, recovered the grenade and safely detonated it on Wednesday.

But Mauriello was still shaking off her close brush with death. It didn't look like a potato and it was heavier than one. But what if she had cooked it?

"If I hadn't felt its weight, I wouldn't even have realized that it was a bomb," she said.
All I ever get is groceries and "have a nice day" bummer! BC

This month that is...febRUary...so its another year until the
FEBUUUUARY mispronunciation will be rampant again...its not like
anyone has to learn REAL ENGLISH anymore, ennyhoo...more is the
pity...end rant BC

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TCBS BC PS: this can be public or private and if private that is how it will STAY...so bring it!