Armistice Day

[Blade]

A day to remember and reflect on the ultimate sacrifice brave young man and woman made so we could remain free.

My thoughts, respect and gratitude are with all the young service men and woman who thought not only in WW1but in every conflict afterwards to keep us safe. God bless you all.

[Kwacky]

Amen.

[bb41]

Ditto, and also to all the working animals at the time of all the conflicts,

[D41]

Eh??

Oh, OK....few realize it but Hitler's divisions were not the Blitzkreig stormtooping MFer's everyone thinks....many were on horseback....if they were lucky.

[Kwacky]

One idiot at work carried on working. Someone pulled them up on it.

2 minutes silence and reflection isn't much to ask for.

[D41]

One idiot at work carried on working. Someone pulled them up on it.

2 minutes silence and reflection isn't much to ask for.

See....that's the stuff I like.....I know the Brits bag on Americans when we take the Pledge before a baseball game or sommit, but I really like it......I had to pay for my citizenship, undergo FBI checks and all kinds of other stuff.....I'm proud of my status, because I had to earn it.
Natural-born Americans are prolly the worst for it...."I was born here!!"...So what, it's not like you had a choice, retard.

[Kwacky]

That's a strange argument I've never got. Surely someone who elects a country to become a citizen off is more likely to be patriotic than someone born there?

[D41]

That's a strange argument I've never got. Surely someone who elects a country to become a citizen off is more likely to be patriotic than someone born there?

To an extent I guess....I know I am immensely proud to be American...although I'll never forget my UK roots.....some things struck me about that at my swearing-in ceremony, but they're prolly best left off this thread.

[Tricky]

One idiot at work carried on working. Someone pulled them up on it.

2 minutes silence and reflection isn't much to ask for.

on a track day today and we even ended a session early so we could have our 2min thoughts.

[D41]

My Uncle Billy served in the RN....he was wounded a couple of times. He never talked to anyone about the war, but when I was about 7 I started asking him stuff and he talked.....my Mom was like "Billy talked about the war???".....he showed me his scars...the physical ones, not the mental ones....about the nicest guy you could ever meet.

Coolest thing was he had a huge tattoo of the battleship he served on.....he used it to hide the shrapnel wound scars he received on that ship.

[Itchy]

Had a good parade today.

40 degrees outside, shirts tucked in, sleeved rolled down, stood out there for just under an hour.

Not one word of complaint.

Proud to be able to have taken part in our little service tucked away in this corner of the world, and not too ashamed to shed a tear for the fallen.

[duke63]

I've done a little more digging about my grandfather's war history.

His battalion in the Yorks and Lancs served near Ypres in 1917/18 and its very likely he will have been entrenched very close to where Blade, Bratty and myself visited in September. Sort of finding that sends a chill down my spine.

[Ian03]

The IT department gurus at my wifes place of work set off the alarm to recognise the start and finish of the 2 mins silence.
An IT technician came up to my wife and asked what time it should be set to go off
Ffs he didn't have a clue about what armistice day was all about and he was in his early 30's. These youngens need educating

[Blade]

I've done a little more digging about my grandfather's war history.

His battalion in the Yorks and Lancs served near Ypres in 1917/18 and its very likely he will have been entrenched very close to where Blade, Bratty and myself visited in September. Sort of finding that sends a chill down my spine.

Duke if you can go to the imperial war museum they have an oustanding exhibition on ww1 at the moment. Truly fascinating

[Blade]

Really worth a visit Duke and if you book a few weeks in advance you can get cheap trains to London for a day trip and as the museum is free to enter its a relatively cheap day out.

[duke63]

If its still on in the spring i might get down there and have a look.

[Blade]

I would have thought so mate and don't think you will be disappointed.