Fantastic News
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About 3 weeks ago my wife received a letter from the office of the Prime Minister asking her a question, It required a yes or no answer, she replied yes.
The letter stated that she was not to tell anybody the nature of the letter until 12:01 on the 16th June 2007.
So as its well past midnight and its now the 16th I can VERY proudly tell you that my wife received an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours.
http://www.honours.gov.uk/upload/assets/www.honours.gov.uk/queens_birthday_list2007.pdf
Top of Page 83For those of you that come from outside 'This Sceptred Isle' here's a Wiki link to MBE's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_EmpireNeedless to say I'm absolutely chuffed and its been very difficult to keep my mouth shut for the past 3 weeks. She's not to sure about it purely on the basis that it shines a light on her that she'd prefer to be pointing as someone else! but I'm sure she deserves it, and knowing her colleagues and associates I know they're sure.
She doesn't know when, but sometime in the next 6 months or so she'll be off to London to meet the Queen, for those of you that are married men you will appreciate that my next 6 months are going to be an endless round of clothes shops and arquard questions so there is a downside to all of this!
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Congratulations to your wife, Paul. I should think you would be chuffed. Does that make you a PMBE...Partner of a Member of the Order of the British Empire?
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paul,
you must be very proud of your wife. congratulations to you both.
edson
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Congratulations to your wife. I should imagine that she has worked for years and years providing a service of excellence.
Certain people in life go that extra yard, sometimes that extra mile.
Put in those extra hours. That extra effort that just come naturally to them. It's inbuilt.
Special people.You are obviously married to one.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR WIFE.
Alan
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To Susan and Paul,
Congratulations and mazel tov on your honor. Its an honor being in such highly esteemed company.
Paul, wishing your wife Susan the best on her accomplishments and recognition. Amazingly, she managed to pull this off and probably hasn't a clue how to use SketchUp. Imagine!
Allen
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Congratulatons Paul,
This is a wonderful honour to have. -
To me the honour's primary value is that it serves to highlight the often otherwise unrecognized contributions of the recipients. It really highlights that Susan has made a difference in her work. Paul, please thank her on my behalf for all the positive work she has done. Cheers!
Regards, Ross
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God Save the Queen... you know she's our Queen too... she's like a long lost mother to a runaway child... America will always love her...
what an Honor as we spell it here... tell you wife to ask her about being "Punked" by her grandsons...
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wow, Paul - that is fantastic news.. she must be an incredible woman. You are a lucky man.. couple more steps to being married to a knight!
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Paul, what wonderful news...thanks for sharing (and introducing me to yet another till now unknown custom)! Service should be recognized and honored: in spite of the fact that that's not the point.
Kuddos to your wife and best to you, Tom.
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Congratulations Paul
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@tomsdesk said:
Service should be recognized and honored: in spite of the fact that that's not the point.
Tom, I guess you are trying to say that the point of doing service to others is generally not motivated by the thought of receiving such honours. The other way of reading your statement is wrong as the point of the honours actually is to recognize service (and not some other corrupt purpose like political patronage). As far as I know service is the prime criteria on which new MBE's are selected from the nominees.
Regards, Ross
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Ross, and especially Paul, if you too misunderstood my comment:
Let me assure I was trying to reinforce this sentiment: "She's not to sure about it purely on the basis that it shines a light on her that she'd prefer to be pointing as someone else! but I'm sure she deserves it, and knowing her colleagues and associates I know they're sure." (My meaning may indeed have been lost to my brevity, sorry.)
Further, I was personally enriched by reading the history and full meaning of the honor (as well as an "outsider" can understand it) in the links Paul provided (thanks again), as I am pretty much thoroughly jaded by my own society's crass reduction of just about everything to its commercial value. Knowing of this tradition pleases (and changes) me.
Again, Paul, my congratulations to your wife and my best to you, Tom.
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Sorry Tom if it seemed I was misinterpreting your point. I did assume you were making a positive point but thought it was important to clarify. Here in Canada we have a similar honour called the Order of Canada. Like MBE's and OBE's, it is based on service. Arguably the highest honour in Canada is to be appointed to our Senate. Senate appointees are supposed to be on the basis of service but unfortunately partisan politics play a major role in who gets the honour just as it appears to with Supreme Court appointments in the USA. Thankfully honours like the MBE really do go to those deserving the recognition.
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Paul, please convey my very best wishes and congratulations to your wife. I'm sure the honor to be bestowed upon her is richly deserved.
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Congratulations Paul, or rather congratulations to your wife Susan, please convey. What will be her title? Are all male MBE"s titled Sir? What about the ladies?
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Congratulations to your wife, Paul, for the recognition for her work. A great honor (or rather, honour...I suppose I should use the British English spelling, given the occasion)!
--Lewis
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Paul, I would like to sincerely congratulate your wife, Susan on being recognized for her work! What an incredible honour! Recognition of one's work, especially when someone gives much of themselves selflessly, can be very rewarding and humbling. Cherish this shared moment in the sun!
I very much enjoy hearing about people's triumphs in life, as I think it raises the whole world to celebrate each others accomplishments!
It is obvious from your work, and now from this honor bestowed upon your life partner that you two are very high caliber people! This makes me happy...to know that you share your life with someone who makes you proud. Enjoy this time, my friend!
Thank you for sharing, it's an honour!
Cheers to you both!
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are you a transplant Craig? are you one of the Queen's disciples?
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@ross macintosh said:
Sorry Tom if it seemed I was misinterpreting your point. I did assume you were making a positive point but thought it was important to clarify. Here in Canada we have a similar honour called the Order of Canada. Like MBE's and OBE's, it is based on service. Arguably the highest honour in Canada is to be appointed to our Senate. Senate appointees are supposed to be on the basis of service but unfortunately partisan politics play a major role in who gets the honour just as it appears to with Supreme Court appointments in the USA. Thankfully honours like the MBE really do go to those deserving the recognition.
I thought that it is possible for Canadians to still receive British Awards like this? My friends father, whom is a lawyer recently was awarded the Queens Council, which I had assumed is a British thing...
In any and all regards Congratulations! I can't think of a better honour than serving one's country and being recognized for it!
PS: (I hope this doesn't open a bag of worms..) EEE Senate!
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