Ranty McRant graduates to the Land of Gold and Poison.

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Supporting the Armed Forces; or, Why I Wanted To Give an Army Cadet a Clip Round the Ear.

I am very proud of the fact that in my circles, Remembrance Day is a big deal. Most of my friends have poppies of some kind on their clothes, Facebook pages, Twitter userpics, Livejournals, and so on. Many of them have posted in the last couple of days about those from their families who have gone before. I find this admirable, and more so because mostly I know these people have a bit of an idea of what they're talking about.

Some don't.

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Snap judgements about total strangers are never a good idea - I've heard too many stories along the lines of "teenage girl with baby brother must be an underage mum", and this is a variant on that.

My favourite, actually, was a woman who was out with her father, and overheard someone commenting that he looked old enough to be her father.