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ANZAC DAY

  • Robbo
    Robbo
    16 years ago

    Hey everyone,

                               Anzac Day and long weekend is almost here, anyone doing anything special ?

  • GREG
    GREG
    16 years ago
    Paying my respects to the fallen diggers, and those still serving our great country in harms way be it here or overseas.

  • kensim
    kensim
    16 years ago
    its one day i wont work,then its the dawn service to pay my respects. then a few beers and some two up
  • czarek
    czarek
    16 years ago

    Although I am an imported Aussie, I allways attend Dawn Service, than a short nap at home before BBQ and plenty of cold Polish vodka

  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    16 years ago

    As an ex serviceman (ARMY) and a patriotic Aussie, I find it a duty to attend the dawn service then buy as many vetrans a beer as I can. Normaly head out to Elizabeth RSL for there dawn service.

    Regards Bob

  • Robbo
    Robbo
    16 years ago

    I hear ya hogbag07, my grandfather use to be the president of the Traralgon RSL, watching them all march down the main street would always stir ones soul and realise just how good our country is and what they were fighting for, less we forget !

  • Uncle Ho
    Uncle Ho
    16 years ago

    meeting up with some ricers at BP South Perth and then heading to Kings Park for dawn service to pay my respects and then back to a mates place for bacon 'n eggs

  • boofhead
    boofhead
    16 years ago
    My grandad was in the 2/19th Batallion, and spent years as POW slave to the Japanese in the jungles of Burma, slowly being starved to death watching his mates being tortured and starved too. He used to steal first aid supplies from the Japs to give to give to the worst of the sick among the men. He managed to survive the Japanese only to succumb to illness days after making it back to Aussie shores. He never got to see my Mum and I know he would have given anything through those long years just to see her once.

    For that reason I spend the whole day with my kids, my wife and my Mum, and give thanks to the many people like my Grandad, who sacrificed everything to give us freedom we have today.
  • Dig60
    Dig60
    16 years ago
    I'll be strolling up the Terrace with the rest of my mates behind Vietnam Vets Banner & Scottish marching band. Then having a few beers (The only day of the year) @ the RSl
    and finally to one of 3 reunion spots around town. The only day of the year i come home drunk...
  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    16 years ago

    And well deseved too Dig, enjoy the day, the memories, and the respect for a job well done.

  • Robbo
    Robbo
    16 years ago

    Well it looks like we're off to Balingup, got the pass from the war council  so here we go

  • Robbo
    Robbo
    16 years ago

    bunch of soft cocks

  • Beef
    Beef
    16 years ago

    Last 10 years have attended the dawn service at Swan Reach.

    Lest We Forget.

  • Robbo
    Robbo
    16 years ago

    Uncle Ho, you da man, looking forward to catching up.

  • twincam88b
    twincam88b
    16 years ago
    The missus wants to go away on the bike, overnight somewhere in SA
  • czarek
    czarek
    16 years ago

    Uncle HO

    Where do you usually attend Dawn Service? Kings Park?

    Do you ride there and if yes where do you park?

    I always go to Kings Park but never on a bike. Might meet you there and then go for a ride.

  • Dig60
    Dig60
    16 years ago

    Here is a woman who should run for Prime Minister!

    Written by a housewife in New Brunswick, Canada to her
    local newspaper. This is one ticked off lady.

      'Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or
    was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our
    shores on September 11, 2001 and have continually
    threatened to do so since?

      Were people from all over the world, not brutally murdered
    that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from
    the nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania?

      Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a
    horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't
    they?

      And I'm supposed to care that a a few Taliban were
    claiming to be tortured by a justice system of the nation
    they come from and are fighting against in a brutal
    insurgency.

      I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in
    and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on
    9/11.

      I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle
    East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere belief of
    which is a crime punishable by beheading in Afghanistan.

      I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry
    for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed
    through his gurgling slashed throat.

      I'll care when the cowardly so-called 'insurgents' in
    Afghanistan come out and fight like men instead of
    disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.

      I'll care when the mindless zealots who blows themselves
    up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children
    within range of their suicide bombs.

      I'll care when the Canadian media stops pretending that
    their freedom of speech on stories is more important than
    the lives of the soldiers on the ground or their families
    waiting a home to hear about them when something happens.

      In the meantime, when I hear a story about a CANADIAN
    soldier roughing up an Insurgent terrorist to obtain
    information, know this: I don't care.

      When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when
    he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped,
    you can take it to the bank: I don't care.

      When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a
    prayer mat, and fed 'special' food that is paid for by my
    tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being
    'mishandled,' you can absolutely believe in your heart of
    hearts: I don't care.

      And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's
    spelled 'Koran' and other times 'Quran.'  Well, Jimmy
    Crack Corn and, you guessed it,

    I don't care!!

      If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your
    E-mail friends Sooner or later, it'll get to the people
    responsible for this ridiculous behavior!

      If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete
    button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't
    complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims
    happen here in our great Country! And may I add:

      'Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they
    made a difference in the world. But, the Soldiers don't
    have that problem.'

      One last thought for the day:
      Only five defining forces have ever offered to die for
    you:

      1. Jesus Christ

      2. The Canadian Soldier.

      3. The British Soldier.

      4. The US Soldier.

      5. The Anzacs

    One died for your soul, the other 4 for your freedom.'

      YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET ALL
    OF THEM.    AMEN!


     

     

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