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Eva Elisabeth · 05-16-2013, 09:44 AM

Kudos, Laurie! In Feb.2009 M.O. touched the Queen's back, this was and is against Royal etiquette. The yellow press was "not amused".

Gene C · (This post was last modified: 05-16-2013 09:48 AM by Gene C.)

Oh, and it had nothing to do with the exchange of Christmas gifts? What 87 year old Queen wouldn't want an iPod for Christmas?

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 05-29-2013 03:24 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)

Oh, don't underestimate her. Maybe she's fond of gadgetry. Did you know that she was trained as a car mechanic during WW II?

Laurie Verge · 05-16-2013, 04:17 PM

I will probably be in the minority here, but I am a great fan of Queen Elizabeth II and find her the epitome of the type of person who commands and gets respect because of the way she earns it. I suspect that, if we really knew everything about her life, we would find that she has dealt with it in a most admirable way. I wish we could say the same for some of our leaders.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-18-2013, 10:12 AM

Laurie, I agree, and I take my hat off to her sense of duty.

RJNorton · 05-26-2013, 05:32 AM

Which First Lady made this statement about aging?

"I'm growing old willingly; I grow old not unwillingly."

Eva Elisabeth · 05-26-2013, 08:21 AM

COOL statement! (Sure it wasn't Margaret Thatcher or Scarlett O'Hara?) Nancy Reagan?

L Verge · 05-26-2013, 08:29 AM

Eleanor Roosevelt?

RJNorton · 05-26-2013, 08:34 AM

Good morning, Eva and Laurie. I am sorry, but all guesses are incorrect.

Hint #1: It was a 19th century First Lady. She made the comment to a pastor.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-26-2013, 08:57 AM

Oh, I really suspected hidden defiant irony...

RJNorton · 05-26-2013, 03:21 PM

Hint #2: She was born in 1803.

Eva Elisabeth · 05-26-2013, 04:31 PM

Was Mrs. Buchanan this distinguished lady?

L Verge · 05-26-2013, 04:42 PM

Sarah Polk?

RJNorton · 05-26-2013, 04:58 PM

Kudos, Laurie. You got it. Sarah Polk made her comment about aging to Reverend Peschau. Reverend Peschau had been a former pastor of the German Lutheran Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

L Verge · 05-26-2013, 05:11 PM

I love that minister's name, Peschau. I don't know how he pronounced it, but when I was growing up, the old-timers would use the term "pe-shaw" when they thought someone was not telling the truth.