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Reply #30 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:16pm

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Valentine’s Day - originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

How Valentine’s Day became connected with romantic love is said to be due to a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1375, he wrote “Parliament of Foules” connecting romantic love to the beginning of mating season for birds (mid-February). He wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day/Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.”

During that time in history, courtly love flourished, and couples took the occasion to express their love in the form of flowers, candies, and cards (valentines).

Perhaps this is where we get the term love birds from?

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Reply #31 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:40pm

So, anybody have an idea for a small tree, flowering or not, be good as a symbol or remembrance of a man who valued family and home above all?

He was so homesick: in WWII, doing forced labor in the BMW factory near Berlin he got so homesick he left the camp and—minus papers, passport, train ticket and money—left to go home. Of course, he was rounded up and got sent to a punishment camp for a week—his boss in the BMW plant liked Holland and Dutch people. Mid 1943 he got permission—and money, ticket, papers etc etc—returned to Holland and married Mum before it was back to the BMW plant.

Hmmm—I have the wedding photo, will use that for my little memorial!

Hah, Dad returned to Holland fat as butter, having been fed by the Yanks since the liberation of the Magdeburg camp where he was stationed then. Came home to rake-thin wife—were it not for operation Chowhound—look it up—Mum and thousands of other Dutch people may have starved!

Voedsel! Vrede! Vrijheid!

(the third word has the “lange ei” and the “korte ei” which bedevil Dutch school kids learning the write the language Grin

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: • Happy Valentines Day 2023 • Reply #32 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:41pm Mum had some magic words for Dad: I have a house! Tens of thousands of people looking for a home to rent—Mum found one!
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74257 Gender:	Re: • Happy Valentines Day 2023 • Reply #33 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:41pm Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:15pm: Won’t grow here! Wasn't allowed to grow it in Qld .. it is considered a pest. Now that I'm back south of the border I'll have to get me some. I enjoy the fruit and the plant makes a great fence against trespassers
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: • Happy Valentines Day 2023 • Reply #34 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:42pm 1957, Dad by himself in Melbourne, looking for work. Homesick—came home early one day—to find a cleaner ransacking his suitcase! Dad went home next bus or train.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: • Happy Valentines Day 2023 • Reply #35 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:43pm Just watch out for the cactoblastis moth, introduced for the purpose of killing prickly pear. Funny—agapanthus is a declared noxious weed here—most councils have it growing as a border to lawns etc—tough plant! Prickly pear makes a great mead (melomel!) Do you burn the prickles off the fruit?
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Reply #36 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:45pm

From Wiki etc....

Valentine’s Day - originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

How Valentine’s Day became connected with romantic love is said to be due to a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1375, he wrote “Parliament of Foules” connecting romantic love to the beginning of mating season for birds (mid-February). He wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day/Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.”

During that time in history, courtly love flourished, and couples took the occasion to express their love in the form of flowers, candies, and cards (valentines).

Perhaps this is where we get the term love birds from?

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Reply #37 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:46pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:43pm:

Just watch out for the cactoblastis moth, introduced for the purpose of killing prickly pear.

Funny—agapanthus is a declared noxious weed here—most councils have it growing as a border to lawns etc—tough plant! Grin

Prickly pear makes a great mead (melomel!)

Do you burn the prickles off the fruit?

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Reply #38 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:49pm

From Wiki etc....

Valentine’s Day - originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

How Valentine’s Day became connected with romantic love is said to be due to a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1375, he wrote “Parliament of Foules” connecting romantic love to the beginning of mating season for birds (mid-February). He wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day/Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.”

During that time in history, courtly love flourished, and couples took the occasion to express their love in the form of flowers, candies, and cards (valentines).

Perhaps this is where we get the term love birds from?

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If I let myself be bought then I am no longer free.

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Reply #39 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:53pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:43pm:

Just watch out for the cactoblastis moth, introduced for the purpose of killing prickly pear.

Funny—agapanthus is a declared noxious weed here—most councils have it growing as a border to lawns etc—tough plant! Grin

Prickly pear makes a great mead (melomel!)

Do you burn the prickles off the fruit?

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If you don’t like abortions ignore them like you do school shootings.

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Reply #40 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:54pm

Bringing the topic back on point!

From Wiki etc....

Valentine’s Day - originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

How Valentine’s Day became connected with romantic love is said to be due to a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1375, he wrote “Parliament of Foules” connecting romantic love to the beginning of mating season for birds (mid-February). He wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day/Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.”

During that time in history, courtly love flourished, and couples took the occasion to express their love in the form of flowers, candies, and cards (valentines).

Perhaps this is where we get the term love birds from?

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If I let myself be bought then I am no longer free.

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Reply #41 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:56pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:43pm:

Just watch out for the cactoblastis moth, introduced for the purpose of killing prickly pear.

Funny—agapanthus is a declared noxious weed here—most councils have it growing as a border to lawns etc—tough plant! Grin

Prickly pear makes a great mead (melomel!)

Do you burn the prickles off the fruit?

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Get the vaxx! 💉💉

If you don’t like abortions ignore them like you do school shootings.

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Reply #42 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:57pm

Bringing the topic back on point!

From Wiki etc....

Valentine’s Day - originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

How Valentine’s Day became connected with romantic love is said to be due to a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1375, he wrote “Parliament of Foules” connecting romantic love to the beginning of mating season for birds (mid-February). He wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day/Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.”

During that time in history, courtly love flourished, and couples took the occasion to express their love in the form of flowers, candies, and cards (valentines).

Perhaps this is where we get the term love birds from?

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If I let myself be bought then I am no longer free.

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Reply #43 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 1:01pm

Jovial Monk wrote on Feb 15^th, 2023 at 12:43pm:

Just watch out for the cactoblastis moth, introduced for the purpose of killing prickly pear.

Funny—agapanthus is a declared noxious weed here—most councils have it growing as a border to lawns etc—tough plant! Grin

Prickly pear makes a great mead (melomel!)

Do you burn the prickles off the fruit?

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If you don’t like abortions ignore them like you do school shootings.

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Reply #44 - Feb 15^th, 2023 at 1:09pm

Bringing the topic back on point!

From Wiki etc....

Valentine’s Day - originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine. Through later folk traditions, it has become a significant cultural and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.

How Valentine’s Day became connected with romantic love is said to be due to a poem by Geoffrey Chaucer. In 1375, he wrote “Parliament of Foules” connecting romantic love to the beginning of mating season for birds (mid-February). He wrote, “For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day/Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.”

During that time in history, courtly love flourished, and couples took the occasion to express their love in the form of flowers, candies, and cards (valentines).

Perhaps this is where we get the term love birds from?

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If I let myself be bought then I am no longer free.

HYPATIA - Greek philosopher, mathematician and astronomer (370 - 415)

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