December 2007 - Posts
Jambo bros - As soldiers we traveled a lot and a few of us studied Chinese so we have a varied kitbag filled with festive season greetings: Irish - Nollaig Shona duit Bliain ur faoi shean is faoi mhaise duit Chinese - Sheng dan Quai Le gen Syin Nyan Quai
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When I was seven years old my Dad went to Egypt with the UN Peacekeeping force after the Six Day War. As a young child I did not totally understand what my Dad was doing exactly but knew that he was far away and Christmas that year was a very different
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Naval vocabulary - Freezing the Balls off a Brass Monkey... Every sailing ship had to have cannon for protection. Cannon of the times required round iron cannonballs. The master wanted to store the cannonballs such that they could be of instant use when
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The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a
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THERE IS A WALL OF HONOUR By Billy Willbond There is a Canadian wall of honour Friends' names are listed there Canadians who gave up their lives We remember them and we care! Fallen from Suez to Afghanistan And all Missions in between Their names
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POEM "DIP NO FLAG FOR ME" MY FLAGS ARE PRECIOUS TO ME, FOR I AM A VETERAN YOU SEE. SO CITIZEN, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME, AS I EXPLAIN THIS MATTER OF OUR FLAGS TO THEE. MY FATHER FOUGHT UNDER THE ENSIGN FLAG. IN THE SERVICE OF PEACE, I TOO DID GO,
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We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people
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