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Discussion in 'Australia' started by jeffQV, Apr 24, 2008.

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  1. jeffQV

    jeffQV F1 Rookie

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    I'll be having a beer for these guys, cheers and thank you for all you did and I pray we never have to do it again.
     
  2. PAP 348

    PAP 348 Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    You and me both mate. :):)
     
  3. Horse

    Horse Three Time F1 World Champ
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  4. Red 328 GTS

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  5. aarhap

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    I'll be getting up to go to my local dawn service.

    Least We Forget
     
  6. moretti

    moretti Five Time F1 World Champ
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    you kiwis have some funny sayings, "lest we forget" ;)
     
  7. beama

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  8. jmillard308

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    Has to be one of the pyramids.

    Great pic!
     
  9. b27

    b27 F1 World Champ

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    +2 :)

    BTW I haven't seen any poppy's over here. All they seem to have is pins.
     
  10. [355]

    [355] F1 Veteran

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    +1
     
  11. kongman

    kongman F1 Rookie

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    real list of what the aussies wanted to do in egypt


    To visit Leicester Lounge
    Climb the pyramids
    Drink beer
    Shoot the Kaiser
    Drink more beer
    Capture Constantinople
    Raid the Sultan’s harem
    Drink more beer
    Shave our moustaches (some of us)
    Drink more beer
    Flirt with French girls
    Return home covered with medals
    Drink more beer.

    lol.............
     
  12. b27

    b27 F1 World Champ

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    Watched the Doco on ABC tonight about the Australian Sub in WW1 and the fight with Turkey.

    Bought a tear to the eye seeing young men not much older than Laminator having there lives taken as the boats hit the shore. They had no chance. Very, very brave men to do what they did. Something I think I couldn't do. Walk into gaurenteed death.

    As Jeff said, lets pray it doesn't happen again.

    "Lest We Forget"
     
  13. kongman

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    it happening now ...........a soldiers life is a fine line.............
     
  14. b27

    b27 F1 World Champ

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    No disrespect to the current soldiers, but in WW1 as in the doco tonight, 1000's were killed in a single day.

    There is more strategy today. Having said that one life lost is one too many.

    We never learn.

    Edit: Todays soldiers are highly trained highly skilled people. I think in the old days young "kids" were sent to fight without much training or understanding of the situation at all. IMO of course.
     
  15. laminator

    laminator Formula Junior

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    That's another reason why it scares me and makes me appreciate what they did more.

    "Lest we Forget"

    I will be remembering tomorrow. :)
     
  16. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    A tear comes to my eyes ,when I think of the Light Horseman and how they had to put there horses down when returning home.
     
  17. beama

    beama F1 Rookie

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    Nope, THAT pic was taken in my billiard room :)

    However, the original pic was at the great pyramid in Cairo.

    Moral of the story...never play two-up with someone using a duplicate sided coin :)
     
  18. beama

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    Most of us are very lucky not to have had to endure the horrors of war. All the more reason we should be grateful to the ones that did.
     
  19. greg246

    greg246 Two Time F1 World Champ
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    exactly. My grandad was a WW1 vet (Greek army) and ended up spending 7 years of his youth in a Turkish prison. The stories he told were just shocking......
     
  20. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    "Midnight Express' put me of going to Turkey.
     
  21. ASIO

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    Just drive around Broady, save you the trip and effort! :)

    Ciao

    M
     
  22. Red 328 GTS

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    Fantastic movie wasn't it..........

    Bob.
     
  23. beama

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    No Wonder Greeks have such a bad reputation:)

    Sorry Greg, couldn't resist my warped sense of humour.
     
  24. b27

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    That it was, but Bloody scary.

    A bit like Bankok Hilton, another good movie IMO. One of the better movies with Nicole Kidman.
     
  25. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

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