*This is not a typical post for me – but I wanted to share it for the benefit of my Dad – a “gratuitous Grandpa post”, if you will.* This past Sunday was Remembrance Sunday here in the UK. Here in Hay, it was recognized with a parade from the town clock to a local church for a service, and then to the War Memorial in the center of town for a ceremony that culminated in the laying of poppy wreaths. (For my American pals, Armistice Day is observed on November 11, same as Veterans’ Day in the US. It was traditionally observed with a  two-minutes silence at 11:00am; according…