♫ For Auld Lang Syne ♫ Event Cache
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Monday, December 31, 2018
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You know that song you hear every New Year's Eve? The one about not forgetting old acquaintances. Did you ever wonder what that phrase is, in the chorus? Is it:
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For old ang zine
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Far hold ang zyne
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For old aunt Gzyne
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Farheld ang zyne
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Farheld ang sign
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For old ang sign
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For old angsign
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Foothold and sign
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For all the aunts of mine
Actually, it's not any of these. On New Year's Eve, the most common song for most English-speaking people to sing is "Auld Lang Syne." Isn't it funny how it's possible to sing and hear a song so many times and have no idea what it means? And wouldn't it be funny if it meant "Big Pink Elephants"?
Auld Lang Syne is a song which thrilled the soul of Robert Burns in the 1780s, and today has become an anthem sung the world over at New Year. Robert Burns sent the poem 'Auld Lang Syne' to the Scots Musical Museum, indicating that it was an ancient Scotish song but that he'd been the first to record it on paper. The phrase 'auld lang syne' roughly translates as “for old times’ sake” or “as time goes by” and the song is all about preserving old friendships and looking back over the events of the year.
So, when we sing this song, we are saying, "We'll drink a cup of kindness yet for times’ gone by." In this case we, or at least I, will be drinking coffee and looking back over past geocaching adventures.
Where: Posted Coordinates
When: 3:30pm to 4:00pm
Why: To do what geocachers do when they get together; swap stories, trade items or just enjoy conversation of likeminded individuals.... oh yes and that getting a smilie thing...... and of course the souvenir!
Nothing fancy here just a chance to get together and converse with fellow geocachers.
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Bhg qbbe Frngvat