November 11
The armistice began at 11 AM, Paris time, on 11.11.1918.
As of yesterday, there were but 2 French veterans of that war who were still alive. During the war itself there were around 8,500,000 military deaths. During the war, the French suffered a 75% casualty rate (1.3 million dead. 4.2 million wounded.)
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We had 6 youth from the Geneva church come and visit from Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Our Sunday singing was much improved. They were fun to have and an encouragement to our family and to the church.
In the afternoon, we tried to practice a Skype video conference call that will performed on December 2 with the College church in Fresno. The call worked but the video didn’t. Our capable technician in Fresno was up before 6 AM on Sunday morning to hook up with Beijing, Nairobi and Lausanne. It seems that video conferencing is possible for PC’s, but once you add participants, it doesn’t work for, ehem, us Macs.
As of yesterday, there were but 2 French veterans of that war who were still alive. During the war itself there were around 8,500,000 military deaths. During the war, the French suffered a 75% casualty rate (1.3 million dead. 4.2 million wounded.)
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We had 6 youth from the Geneva church come and visit from Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. Our Sunday singing was much improved. They were fun to have and an encouragement to our family and to the church.
In the afternoon, we tried to practice a Skype video conference call that will performed on December 2 with the College church in Fresno. The call worked but the video didn’t. Our capable technician in Fresno was up before 6 AM on Sunday morning to hook up with Beijing, Nairobi and Lausanne. It seems that video conferencing is possible for PC’s, but once you add participants, it doesn’t work for, ehem, us Macs.
November 12th, 2007 at 5:46 pm
Oh, are we getting a confession from Brady about his beloved Macs?
November 12th, 2007 at 9:26 pm
I hope you get it to work! Nothing is more annoying than a failed video conference!
November 13th, 2007 at 3:14 am
Only 2 left from the “War to end all wars.”
November 13th, 2007 at 10:56 am
[quote]Only 2 left from the “War to end all wars[/quote]
We have a long way to go, don’t we?
November 13th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
I hope the video gets up and going. I look forward to seeing your face on the 6th. If anybody can figure out the kinks, it’s our video pro.