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[katie_mcfly]

Last night, the whole family (including myself) went to a sort of concert thing at the base. It was called a Tattoo, because in the Netherlands when it was time to call the troops in from the taverns and what not, they would send out a drummer. The drummer would signal the bartenders of the time "den doe tap too". In English that means turn off the

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[sparkling_jewel]

OOOHH!!!!! Some friends of ours who just got back from a tour of England and Scotland were telling us about those!!! The "tattoos." (At first we were like "uh, what? A tattoo?!") I SO wish I could see one! It sounds too cool. I thought it was only a British thing the way they were telling us. I'm glad we Americans have it, too. It's so much more patriotic that way. ;)