Popular Post David48 Posted October 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2014 Just a thought, with less then 2 weeks till Remembrance Day, time to think if you will 'Remember' this day in Thailand. If you decide to travel for this, maybe now is the time, if not done so to make those plans. My Dad was Regular Army, for his contribution, I will always remember. . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I'd never heard the phrase before.....Armistice Day - yes....... My day will come one day after - the Birthdays of my Mom & Daughter (11-12) - and both are now gone (within 3 calendar days/different years - ironic) Both of my parents served...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim armstrong Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 My father had polio and was a farmer, so he never served, but I think he always regretted it. My uncles all did and survived. I will probably just do my own thing at home, but Op thanks for the reminder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedghog Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Raking over old coals. Maybe its time to let it lay. Spoken from 4th generation military. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolover88 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Sorry about your Dad.. Think people should read this: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-271014.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post planemad Posted October 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2014 To many people, Remembrance Day is about the world wars. I would like to politely remind them it is to remember the fallen from all wars. I am British and our military are, to this day, engaged in conflict. I therefore suggest it is not raking over old coals but paying respect to those who continue to serve their country and sadly to the ones who paid the ultimate price. May they rest in peace and we must never forget! KS 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Share Posted October 31, 2014 Sorry about your Dad.. Think people should read this: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-271014.html Thanks LL88 ... but luckily my Dad survived ... I'm a child of the 60's ... But maybe many member's Dads, and some Mums, Brothers, Uncles etc did not. There will always be those who say, it a celebration of War. They are entitled to their opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cornishcarlos Posted October 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2014 I am hopefully going to join some friends in Kanchanaburi. Beautiful cemetery there, so would be a nice place to pay our respects. Hope work doesn't spoil that plan? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 No work So, Kanchanaburi it is... Gonna ride up to Sangkhlaburi too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pigeonjake Posted October 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted October 31, 2014 Raking over old coals. Maybe its time to let it lay. Spoken from 4th generation military. 4th generation military and you want to let it lay,, never, ill never forget the fallan, my g/grandfather was shot in both knees and both feet by the japs for trying to escape, ill say my own prayer for all those who stoped me speeking german, and to all the other service men who have given there lives, to protect me and my family, god bless you all who serve jake 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonjake Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 never forget 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chairman Of The Board Posted November 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2014 Raking over old coals. Maybe its time to let it lay. Spoken from 4th generation military. I am also 4th generation military and my son who is 5th generation is still serving. Remembrance day is to honour those who have fallen in the line of duty for their country and not just about 2 world wars. Whether it was in one of the Great Wars, on the streets of Northern Ireland, Vietnam, The Falkland's, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq or elsewhere, they should not be forgotten. I had friends and colleagues who have died in recent conflicts, who I would prefer not to forget. These men and indeed all of the brave men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to secure our freedom, deserve to be remembered. If you were military you would realize what this day was about. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Im sorry but it just reminds me of mans STUPIDITY. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutoie2 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morning,We will remember them." I could never keep a dry eye when those words were read out. Oh those cold mornings in November at the Cenotaph. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chairman Of The Board Posted November 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2014 Im sorry but it just reminds me of mans STUPIDITY. And so you should be sorry but we will overlook your stupidity. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketjock Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them, lest we forget. A poem by MajorJohn McCrae of the Canadian military, May 1915 In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below . We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,Loved and were loved, and now we lieIn Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe :To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies growIn Flanders fields. Believed to be the origin of the use of the poppy as a symbol of remembrance. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedghog Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Raking over old coals. Maybe its time to let it lay. Spoken from 4th generation military. I am also 4th generation military and my son who is 5th generation is still serving. Remembrance day is to honour those who have fallen in the line of duty for their country and not just about 2 world wars. Whether it was in one of the Great Wars, on the streets of Northern Ireland, Vietnam, The Falkland's, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq or elsewhere, they should not be forgotten. I had friends and colleagues who have died in recent conflicts, who I would prefer not to forget. These men and indeed all of the brave men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to secure our freedom, deserve to be remembered. If you were military you would realize what this day was about. I am indeed ex military.It is my decision to forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedghog Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 The modern day soldier sign on for the job and inherent risks. If said person happens to die in the workplace,so be it. Many others do dangerous jobs and suffer the consequences. Should one mourn for those people every year also. Maybe with a different coloured flower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Of The Board Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 (edited) Raking over old coals. Maybe its time to let it lay. Spoken from 4th generation military. I am also 4th generation military and my son who is 5th generation is still serving. Remembrance day is to honour those who have fallen in the line of duty for their country and not just about 2 world wars. Whether it was in one of the Great Wars, on the streets of Northern Ireland, Vietnam, The Falkland's, Korea, Afghanistan, Iraq or elsewhere, they should not be forgotten. I had friends and colleagues who have died in recent conflicts, who I would prefer not to forget. These men and indeed all of the brave men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to secure our freedom, deserve to be remembered. If you were military you would realize what this day was about. I am indeed ex military.It is my decision to forget. I'm sorry but I really cannot believe that you are 4th Generation military. By military I mean the regular forces and not the T.A./Home Guard, Cadets or The Salvation Army. If you had served in the military you would not show the level of disrespect that you are showing towards your own fallen comrades or the fallen that fought alongside of your forefathers. So according to your story, were did you serve and for how long. What service where you in where tradition and respect were neither taught nor upheld? Edited November 1, 2014 by Chairman Of The Board 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Of The Board Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 The modern day soldier sign on for the job and inherent risks. If said person happens to die in the workplace,so be it. Many others do dangerous jobs and suffer the consequences. Should one mourn for those people every year also. Maybe with a different coloured flower. So you claim to be ex-military but you only come on this thread to show disrespect to those who gave their lives to secure your freedom. Shame on you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Im sorry but it just reminds me of mans STUPIDITY. And so you should be sorry but we will overlook your stupidity. How condescending of you, as I said mans stupidity never fails to amaze me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chairman Of The Board Posted November 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2014 Im sorry but it just reminds me of mans STUPIDITY. And so you should be sorry but we will overlook your stupidity. How condescending of you, as I said mans stupidity never fails to amaze me. This thread is about remembrance day, which is a day dedicated to remembering the brave men and women who have fought and died for your safety, well being and freedom. If you prefer to remember man's stupidity then you are posting in the wrong thread. At the very minimum, please show some respect or post on a thread dedicated to man's stupidity. Is that condescending enough for you? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pigeonjake Posted November 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2014 i havnt got eh words to say to some,, ill just remember on my own, in my own way, im not military, wasnt even in the cadets, but it dosnt stop me from remembering them that gave there lives, and to them who still serve today,, i for one say thank you to them,, 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 4 of my friends were killed in 6 months in Afghanistan. I almost died about 10 times. Very lucky to be alive. RIP boys. Lieutenant Nuttal (me beside him) Sergeant Faught Private Todd Private McKay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chairman Of The Board Posted November 1, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2014 4 of my friends were killed in 6 months in Afghanistan. I almost died about 10 times. Very lucky to be alive. RIP boys. Lieutenant Nuttal (me beside him) Sergeant Faught Private Todd Private McKay Total respect for these guys. May their ideals, actions and names never be forgotten. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baa_Mango Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Was thinking whisky, or rum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Im sorry but it just reminds me of mans STUPIDITY. And so you should be sorry but we will overlook your stupidity. How condescending of you, as I said mans stupidity never fails to amaze me. This thread is about remembrance day, which is a day dedicated to remembering the brave men and women who have fought and died for your safety, well being and freedom. If you prefer to remember man's stupidity then you are posting in the wrong thread. At the very minimum, please show some respect or post on a thread dedicated to man's stupidity. Is that condescending enough for you? Its about remembrance day and it reminds me of mans stupidity thats what remembrance day means to me ........what dont you understand? I do not have to show any respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post David48 Posted November 1, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2014 Note to self, next year, if I 'remember' ... start another, counter thread in the Pub forum, to discuss the virtues, or not of, going to War. The good of the many, outweigh the good of the few, or the one. To that one Military person, who may, or may not have given the ultimate sacrifice, come the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, may I take the time to personally remember you ... . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Of The Board Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Was thinking whisky, or rum If you want to follow traditions, 'Gunfire' (tea and rum) is served at reveille by some British Army regiments (but not all) on Remembrance Day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfire_%28drink%29 I suppose that in Scottish regiments, whisky would be the tipple of choice. To be honest, Gunfire is bogging (never liked tea), so the Scottish regiments get the better end of the deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Of The Board Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Its about remembrance day and it reminds me of mans stupidity thats what remembrance day means to me ........what dont you understand? I do not have to show any respect. OK Kannot, I am big enough to admit when I have read the situation wrongly. I now understand the context of you post and offer you my apologies, I am sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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