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TomTurkey
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She assumed the throne in my birth year

7 big ones tomorrow. Dayum
Posted: 09/08/2022 at 01:46 PM ET
(In response to this post by great2bahokie)

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UPDATE: Queen Elizabeth II has passed at 96 years of age.
great2bahokie • 09/08/22 01:32 PM ET
🤔Will this be a Generalissimo Franco scenario?**
Major Kong • 09/08/22 11:30 PM ET
And somewhere, a UCLA student has learned what country Elizabeth was from.**
MP4VT2004 • 09/08/22 10:12 PM ET
Ya think?**
RJHokie • 09/08/22 10:47 PM ET
...dang... just 3 days after St.Elizabeth day too. That's about a full of
bourbonstreet • 09/08/22 04:59 PM ET
She was one of the great constants of almost all of our lives.
HokieJay • 09/08/22 04:32 PM ET
Queen before I was born. Long Live the King...**
UTPr0sim • 09/08/22 08:44 PM ET
I was 4 when she was crowned.**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/08/22 05:08 PM ET
She was on the throne ...
vt90 • 09/08/22 04:18 PM ET
I reckon they are warming up Air Force One.**
HokieJay • 09/08/22 03:45 PM ET
They’ll send Queen Jill**
B777Fr8Dog • 09/08/22 03:59 PM ET
There goes a one-week news cycle. Fascinated with the fascination of
jdkhokie • 09/08/22 03:26 PM ET
You don't understand why the death of a ruler who was 96 years old and had
AbsolutVT03 • 09/08/22 04:25 PM ET
Wow. I actually agreed with one of your posts! Truly an historic day! 🤣**
vt90 • 09/08/22 05:55 PM ET
I would give your comment a like, but you wrote "an historic"
GoobyPls • 09/08/22 06:24 PM ET
Good grammar is such a rarity these days. Bravo, I say! **
Hokie CPA • 09/08/22 08:06 PM ET
I get that it is many who take it that way. I just never liked the
jdkhokie • 09/08/22 04:55 PM ET
A born American will probably never get it, but the monarch of England
Tafkam Hokie • 09/09/22 01:12 PM ET
You're pretty clueless about the history and importance of this form of
PhotoHokieNC • 09/08/22 05:02 PM ET
yawn .... not taking the bait sweety. :)**
jdkhokie • 09/08/22 06:17 PM ET
Her first Prime Minister was Winston Churchill, to add perspective.**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/08/22 04:53 PM ET
He was born just 9 years after the Civil War**
Tuckahokie • 09/08/22 05:15 PM ET
She represented the best of what a leader can be.
HokieR • 09/08/22 04:44 PM ET
Antiquated in terms of a nearly 1300 year line of succession.**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/08/22 04:55 PM ET
Agree 100%**
AbsolutVT03 • 09/08/22 04:47 PM ET
I think it's the 70 years of history...as much as it is the Monarchy**
great2bahokie • 09/08/22 03:30 PM ET
Its good to be king. ….. hrumph hrumph **
fordham • 09/08/22 03:22 PM ET
Passed what?**
FfxStationHokie • 09/08/22 03:03 PM ET
GFY**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/08/22 05:45 PM ET
Jeff, you are trying to hard to be a dick**
FfxStationHokie • 09/08/22 05:46 PM ET
My gawd. You almost posted a complete sentence. Nice work.**
PhotoHokieNC • 09/08/22 06:39 PM ET
I hope not the crown jewels....ouch**
Vienna_Hokie • 09/08/22 03:22 PM ET
Megan has those **
fordham • 09/08/22 03:23 PM ET
Red Lobster**
great2bahokie • 09/08/22 03:09 PM ET
NO ONE passes Red Lobster!!**
B777Fr8Dog • 09/08/22 04:00 PM ET
Meant with nothing but respect: She was one tough broad
turkeywinghokie • 09/08/22 02:32 PM ET
She was also the pinnacle of how to properly conduct yourself as a royal
EDGEMAN • 09/08/22 03:31 PM ET
My 83 yr old dad, the good Irishman (grew up on the docks of Liverpool,
B777Fr8Dog • 09/08/22 02:16 PM ET
As you were saying…**
SDHokie • 09/08/22 06:35 PM ET
Statement from Charles on the passing of his mother...**
great2bahokie • 09/08/22 02:09 PM ET
Statement from Keith Richards
JoesterVT • 09/08/22 02:56 PM ET
The Queen's obituary has been published by The Telegraph in London...**
great2bahokie • 09/08/22 02:04 PM ET
May England have a bright future**
MikeVT85 • 09/08/22 01:53 PM ET
Really amazing the history that she witnessed in her 70 years on the throne
4dhokies • 09/08/22 01:50 PM ET
She assumed the throne in my birth year ◄
TomTurkey • 09/08/22 01:46 PM ET
its all mans vanity & invention ...anyway...
astrohokie • 09/08/22 02:43 PM ET
King Chuck**
statmanfromHCyrs • 09/08/22 01:45 PM ET
Didn't he turn himself into a tampon in the 80s?**
VTDante • 09/08/22 02:51 PM ET
Alfred E. Neuman...you notice
VTUD • 09/08/22 01:54 PM ET
…and I don’t feel so good myself**
chumley • 09/08/22 01:44 PM ET
Shoulda trademarked that wave while she had the chance.**
MikeVT85 • 09/08/22 01:41 PM ET
Long live the King...I guess.**
VTUD • 09/08/22 01:39 PM ET
It's about time England has a REAL MAN on the throne!!!! Oh...Charles? Uh
Late 80s Hokie • 09/08/22 02:24 PM ET
Let's hope he doesn't make 96**
MAHokie69 • 09/08/22 01:55 PM ET
The world is ending before then**
B777Fr8Dog • 09/08/22 02:19 PM ET
We just spent about $700B to buy ourselves at least another week though.**
vt90 • 09/08/22 03:11 PM ET
Helluva run **
JoesterVT • 09/08/22 01:39 PM ET
Didn't Reggie Jackson try to shoot her like 35 years ago?**
OXVT • 09/08/22 01:36 PM ET
yup. foiled by Enrico Palazzo
statmanfromHCyrs • 09/08/22 01:44 PM ET