Remembrance day.

[SNB05T]

anyone doing anything special for Remembrance day tomorrow?

I'm working, but i'll be stopping for a minute silence to remember my father, grandfathers and all the HMAS Sydney members who has passed on.

LEST WE FORGET.

[LTDHO]

I hope the forums will be quite at 1100

[MNM96]

I'll raise a glass to all those fallen after a minutes silence! God bless them all!

Lest We Forget!

[Jason[98.EL]]

lest we forget

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYynH...eature=related

Jason

[Becker_11]

Unfortunately i have had to work Monday night and will again tonight so the day will be spent sleeping. I say unfortunately as I had planned to attend the service being held at the State War Memorial in Kings Park @ 11am.

Either way when I am awake later today I will take a moment to reflect.

I feel very passionately that we all should take a moment to remember the sacrifice that was made for us. I'm very grateful to the men who served and the men and women who continue to serve so we can enjoy the wonderful lives we have in this country.

Lest we forget!

[Tuddy200]

Originally Posted by LTDHO

I hope the forums will be quite at 1100

Probably won't be due to the number of different time zones.

This will unfortunately be my first Remembrance Day where I won't be apart of a memorial service.

Being a Senior Cadet in the AAFC I used to take pride in holding positions like Guard Commander, Wreaths, First Aid on ANZAC Day, Remembrance Day and many more ceremonies held here locally.

Even though I am not a cadet no more, and have no position in a ceremony I will be stopping 11AM to remember those who have fallen for our freedom both directly and indirectly.

One thing that always made irate was the number of drivers that would drive past local cermonies, with the windows down, music blarring, loud exhaust (no exhaust), and would toot their horn believing that was a sign of respect, down right rude if you as me, so I ask all those that may be driving at 11AM to pull over, turn the car and music off and take the time to remember those that allowed you to be alive to drive!

[GORDZ]

someone tie up fevs hands till noon =)

[GORDZ]

lest we forget.

[vandrsxr6]

Originally Posted by GORDZ

lest we forget.

Here Here.

Nothing more spine tingling than hearing the last post played.

[Rob]

Was proud of the guys in the warehouse today, they stopped and hada quiet moment with the rest of us.

[fordomatic]

australia is slowly forgeting what remebrance day is all about. went to three major shopping centres yesterday to get a poppy and not one of them were selling poppys. at two of the shopping centres at the information desk the people we asked didnt even know what remembrance day was. we went to the RSL to get them in the end, it cost us six beers as we forgot to take our slouch hats of when we went inside. What is going on Australia, lest we forget.

[LTDHO]

I didn't see one person selling poppy's in the Melbourne CBD.

They used to be on every block.

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

australia is slowly forgeting what remebrance day is all about. went to three major shopping centres yesterday to get a poppy and not one of them were selling poppys. at two of the shopping centres at the information desk the people we asked didnt even know what remembrance day was. we went to the RSL to get them in the end, it cost us six beers as we forgot to take our slouch hats of when we went inside. What is going on Australia, lest we forget.

i agree mate we are slowly forgetting what the reason is

thankfully our local RSL gets into the shopping center and sell their buts off

every entrance has a few people selling them good on corio shopping center for allowing them to be there

Jason

[Biggav]

yes i agree no one understands nowdays cause its we're fed at school about countries and cultures that mean squat to us.

teach us our own history i say, got suspended from high school for one week years ago when spoke up and said i didnt want to learn about *"insert racist slur here"* and wanted to show my pride in my own country.

back on topic, lest we forget indeed

[Hillbilly F Truck]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

australia is slowly forgeting what remebrance day is all about. went to three major shopping centres yesterday to get a poppy and not one of them were selling poppys. at two of the shopping centres at the information desk the people we asked didnt even know what remembrance day was. we went to the RSL to get them in the end, it cost us six beers as we forgot to take our slouch hats of when we went inside. What is going on Australia, lest we forget.

I hear ya mate.

[XR6_661]

I had to give my girlfriends little sister a lecture last night.

She goes to high school and she said to me, "We have stupid rememberance day sh** tomorrow, how gay."

SO not only are people forgeting. People treat it as a big joke.

At least some of us remember the TRUE Australian heroes.

Lest We Forget.

[Airmon]

We Will remember them,
Lest we forget.

[Jason[98.EL]]

my daughter come home from school with a poppy (that she had made ) how good is that

i asked her what it meant and this is her answer

Quoted by Sarah D

that is in remembrance of the people that lost their lives in the wars to give us freedom of choice

so there is hope that the reason may live on for many generations she is 7 yrs old btw

Jason

[GORDZ]

thats good grimus. I went to school too, but i don't think i can remember what pancake teusday is all about

[Biggav]

pancakes...

[GORDZ]

i'm sure it had a meaning though...

can't be too important... i mean.... pancakes.

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by Airmon

We Will remember them,
Lest we forget.

Amen to that.

[Falcon Coupe]

Lest we forget.

[DoreSlamR]

Here's a couple of songs on youtube that fit nicely for today:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=E22gszljklc

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtiyp-G6jY



Lest We Forget.

[SNB05T]

Originally Posted by vandrsxr6

Here Here.

Nothing more spine tingling than hearing the last post played.

especially when you hear it at your fathers and grandfathers funeral.

we literally had the entire woolworths store still and quiet at 11am.

some people just don't care though (ship those people to iraq/affganistan or what ever conflict we're in atm) they'll care when they get back.

[GORDZ]

Originally Posted by dan b

some people just don't care though (ship those people BACK? to iraq/affganistan or what ever conflict we're in atm) they'll care when they get back.

muslem lady? (had the cloth on the head thing) called a school girl 'sl|_|t' this morning on the train because her skirt was too short... thats not what the troops are fighting for.

[Feathers]

Originally Posted by dan b

we literally had the entire woolworths store still and quiet at 11am.

some people just don't care though (ship those people to iraq/affganistan or what ever conflict we're in atm) they'll care when they get back.

Yeah, when I worked at Woolies the memo went out with the script to be read, a week or so in advance, and everything would grind to a halt at 11am. But there were always a couple of people who didn't care/understand, and would get abusive because we weren't serving.

[plext]

Here dead lie we because we did not choose
To live and shame the land from which we sprung.
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose;
But young men think it is, and we were young.

A.E. Housman

Lest we forget.

[MrEL]

I found it somewhat disgraceful todaythat the apprentice at work really had no idea why we were stopping work and having a minutes silence at 11.
Did the big explain to him.
It really gets to me that only last Tuesday people managed to stop for at least 10 minutes if not most of the day because of a frigging horse race but they were not able to manage a lousy minutes silence today for something that is really important!


Lest We Forget.

[fordAU]

Lest We Forget