January 9, 2019 ? NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY [Archive] - Colorado AR-15 Shooters Club Discussion Forums

BushMasterBoy

01-09-2019, 11:09

It is today.

ray1970

01-09-2019, 11:15

Hmm I don?t see that one on my calendar. My calendar even has stuff like Frog Jumping Day, Jelly Bean Day, and Pi Day.

KevDen2005

01-09-2019, 11:43

I always thought 9/11 would be a national holiday.

But as an LEO and veteran...not speaking for everyone....I really hate when people come up to thank me for my service. I always feel weird right when I take a bite out of a cheeseburger at lunch and some line has formed to thank me. I'm trying to be polite back spitting chunks of burger on them while answering my radio for an injury car accident.

But really. Their hearts are in the right place. I just don't like that much attention. Not sure if the others feel that way.

And yes the ".... Day" every day of the year is way overdone. We used to just call those days weekdays.

Mazin

01-09-2019, 11:44

Thank you guys for what you do!!

StagLefty

01-09-2019, 11:55

It doesn't have to be a "day" My respect for law enforcement is year round !!!!

Irving

01-09-2019, 11:57

I'll do my best to obey the law today I guess.

ray1970

01-09-2019, 11:58

Looks like National Missing Children?s day falls on a Saturday this year so we won?t have to skip work to celebrate.

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Irving

01-09-2019, 12:00

That's so it's easier to organize search parties for cold cases.

Hoser

01-09-2019, 12:03

I always thought 9/11 would be a national holiday.

But as an LEO and veteran...not speaking for everyone....I really hate when people come up to thank me for my service. I always feel weird right when I take a bite out of a cheeseburger at lunch and some line has formed to thank me. I'm trying to be polite back spitting chunks of burger on them while answering my radio for an injury car accident.

But really. Their hearts are in the right place. I just don't like that much attention. Not sure if the others feel that way.

And yes the ".... Day" every day of the year is way overdone. We used to just call those days weekdays.

Not a Federal Holiday in the traditional sense, but last I knew we were calling Sept 11th Patriot Day.

ray1970

01-09-2019, 12:06

Yep.

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KevDen2005

01-09-2019, 12:23

Not a Federal Holiday in the traditional sense, but last I knew we were calling Sept 11th Patriot Day.

I may have actually heard that before

cstone

01-09-2019, 13:27

Funny enough, in our house we call September 11th, my oldest son’s birthday. I’ve missed a few of his birthdays over his 28 years participating in the respiration exercise. One in particular was in 2001.

There are work days, non-work days, and holidays. Very few days are memorable, like the actual days my kids were born. Most days are not as memorable. Today is a work day.

Be safe.

TFOGGER

01-09-2019, 14:10

I did my part on the way into work this morning, appreciating the State Trooper that didn't pull me over when I caught him on I-70. I may or may not have been exceeding the posted speed limit...[oops][PoPo][shit-happens]

Aloha_Shooter

01-09-2019, 14:42

But as an LEO and veteran...not speaking for everyone....I really hate when people come up to thank me for my service.
But really. Their hearts are in the right place. I just don't like that much attention. Not sure if the others feel that way.

I've always found it embarrassing, mainly because my service was never in anyway as stressful or dangerous as others'. I'm proud of what I've done fo the country, just have never felt it deserved special recognition like that.

ChickNorris

01-09-2019, 14:54

It doesn't have to be a "day" My respect for law enforcement is year round !!!!

Amen

KevDen2005

01-09-2019, 15:12

Funny enough, in our house we call September 11th, my oldest son’s birthday. I’ve missed a few of his birthdays over his 28 years participating in the respiration exercise. One in particular was in 2001.

There are work days, non-work days, and holidays. Very few days are memorable, like the actual days my kids were born. Most days are not as memorable. Today is a work day.

Be safe.

My Son's birthday as well.

BushMasterBoy

01-09-2019, 16:47

I'm going skinny dipping with some naked women to celebrate.

Bailey Guns

01-09-2019, 17:46

I've always found it embarrassing, mainly because my service was never in anyway as stressful or dangerous as others'. I'm proud of what I've done fo the country, just have never felt it deserved special recognition like that.

Ditto that. I knew what I was doing when I signed up. I got my paycheck and other benefits that I earned. Makes me feel funny, too, when people say that. Not that I don't appreciate it, it just wasn't anything special compared to most others...especially in the last 17 years or so.

Besides...I get "special recognition" every time I can't move because of my back.

ChickNorris

01-09-2019, 18:27

I'm going skinny dipping with some naked women to celebrate.

If its a hot spring you're going to dip into well um, just consider it was another fellow's bath water just 15 minutes prior...

Just saying.

Irving

01-09-2019, 20:18

I've always found it embarrassing, mainly because my service was never in anyway as stressful or dangerous as others'. I'm proud of what I've done fo the country, just have never felt it deserved special recognition like that.

That's how I feel about my college experience.

Great-Kazoo

01-09-2019, 20:51

Since this area is heavily populated with former / retired .mil and the VA is down the road. I get a lot, like every day lot, of Thank you For not only your Service, but Sacrifice.

Oh no this isn't service related, oh well thank you anyway.

I feel like it's Stolen Valor, when what happened has absolutely no relation to .mil service and continually stress that to people. Like they tune it out.

Irving

01-09-2019, 21:00

"Virtue signaling" that's the word I was looking for. It feels like conservative virtue signaling sometimes. I'll admit being guilty of it when I was younger (buying lunch for officers behind me in line, etc.). Now I tend to do that only when I know people, or if by appearances, it especially looks like they need it. And then, it's best discreet and for another reason (e.g. "your service")

So no meals for fat cops?

cstone

01-09-2019, 23:33

Since this area is heavily populated with former / retired .mil and the VA is down the road. I get a lot, like every day lot, of Thank you For not only your Service, but Sacrifice.

Oh no this isn't service related, oh well thank you anyway.

I feel like it's Stolen Valor, when what happened has absolutely no relation to .mil service and continually stress that to people. Like they tune it out.

But you told me you barely made it to the chopper only your leg couldn't keep up. [LOL]

CS1983

01-10-2019, 05:05

Service-related thanks aren't necessarily about you. A lot of times the one being thanked is acting as a proxy for all the others they cannot thank.

KevDen2005

01-10-2019, 08:24

Service-related thanks aren't necessarily about you. A lot of times the one being thanked is acting as a proxy for all the others they cannot thank.

Mind-Blown

Now I feel even worse about feeling undeserving.