digger Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 wear your poppies with pride gents. at the going down of the sun we shall remember them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno 357 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I always buy a poppy every year mate. 12.04am posting Digger. Are you ****** ? Just come in from a good night rabbiting jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I'm 'not allowed' to wear one in work :< They'll have to shoot me to take it off me at the going down of the sun we shall remember them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Anyone banning poppies should be kicked to death in the streets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BountyHunter Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I was quite, well, upset is a strong word, disapointed maybe during the 2 minute silence, one girl in our office carried on with a phone call even though everyone else had finished theirs in time. It ruined the whole mood. When I was younger I didn't really worry too much about the silence but as I grow older and the conflicts are closer to home and in our time it seems an outrage that some people don't spend just two minutes in their year to remember those who fight and pay the ultimate price for our freedom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 "Lest we forget" gentlemen, the fallen but not forgotten, and to absent friends "paul" IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I was quite, well, upset is a strong word, disapointed maybe during the 2 minute silence, one girl in our office carried on with a phone call even though everyone else had finished theirs in time. It ruined the whole mood. When I was younger I didn't really worry too much about the silence but as I grow older and the conflicts are closer to home and in our time it seems an outrage that some people don't spend just two minutes in their year to remember those who fight and pay the ultimate price for our freedom. But just imagine how clever and hard she felt? OOOOOOOOHHHH real tough. :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Hi, BountyHunter, I know what you mean. Some people in class today were having to stifle laughter today with their fists... :< :< And then had the guts 10 minutes later to call me a cruel heartless murderer because I support hunting and informed them that it is still going on and will be out at the weekend. :< FM :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Just watching 80yr old MEN cry and I for one am joining them. Been there done that don`t want anyone else to do it-FAT CHANCE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potshot Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Today at 11.00 our shoot stopped. The guv'nor asked for 2 minutes silence - it was clear some of the younger folk were bemused but the vast majority stared quietly in deep thought and rememberance. It was a moving moment partly because it was not expected but also because looking around we had several ex servicemen and a lot of people who were old enough to remember their friends and relatives who were directly involved. They will never be forgotten............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullbore Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 I have been to the Menin Gate in Ypres and EVERY night at 8 they close the road and sound the last post, that is VERY moving and all the war graves are immaculately kept. I don't think 2 minutes every year is too much to ask for so many who gave so much We will remember them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIDLOR Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 :thumbs: been there done that but always have pride this country is ours so love it like it loves us god bless yous all sorry for getting a bit to emotional iam a bit drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabbitbosher Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 :thumbs: been there done that but always have pride this country is ours so love it like it loves us god bless yous all sorry for getting a bit to emotional iam a bit drunk No probs dude , its been a long thoughtful day God bless all that stoped us havin to speak german !! WB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIDLOR Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 dont forget paras can fly :thumbs: :( :yp: :yp: :yp: :yp: :yp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIDLOR Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 iam sorry but i must go to my bed ive been sitting here but ther is no one to talk to so iam going to go to my bed but always remember paras have wings good night and god bless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIDLOR Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 always remember paras can fly :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 I am 34 and obviously cannot remember what went on in WW2, however my grandad drilled into me how important it was to NEVER forget. He tried to sign up for the Navy but was refused on medical grounds. His best friend was in the R.A.F. I could sit here typing all day about the stories I have heard about what went on but as long as I remember them then the people involved will not be forgotten. It frustrates me that the wife has hardly any concept of what went on. I will not let my daughter go the same way. Being 34 I can remember the Falklands (at the time I was living with my grandparents and I asked my grandad what would happen if there was a war. He replied that it was a war and people were dying. The look in his eyes said it all) and the Gulf(s) and the Balkans and ofcourse Ireland. So many have fallen for us that I cannot comprehend the grief felt by the families. Two minute and a poppy is nothing for what they have done for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 It is well worth going over to the normandy beaches and doing a battlefield tour also the somme area is interesting you will be surprised how educational enjoyable and humbling an experiance it is. I went earlier this year to normandy and as a result I will be taking a team back over in the new year to renovate one of the british tanks that stands as a gate guard to one of the french towns it helped to liberate. At hthe going down of the sun and in the morning; we will remember them. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 It is well worth going over to the normandy beaches and doing a battlefield tour also the somme area is interesting you will be surprised how educational enjoyable and humbling an experiance it is. I went earlier this year to normandy and as a result I will be taking a team back over in the new year to renovate one of the british tanks that stands as a gate guard to one of the french towns it helped to liberate. At hthe going down of the sun and in the morning; we will remember them. Dave I took me father in law, RIP, to Flanders. He said something to me that I will take to my grave. We fought a war that politicians wanted. He lost his best mates and had nightmares for the rest of his waking life. War stinks. Lower classes fight it. Upper ranks get the rewards. I trust his words completely. LB, remembering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 Lions lead by Donkeys…………..always has been…..always will. :thumbs: G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodmedod.one Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 I went earlier this year to normandy and as a result I will be taking a team back over in the new year to renovate one of the british tanks that stands as a gate guard to one of the french towns it helped to liberate. At the going down of the sun and in the morning; we will remember them. Dave Well done Dave. Good luck to all of you with the project. :thumbs: Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNAKEBITE Posted November 13, 2005 Report Share Posted November 13, 2005 ....... and let us know how it all goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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