ANZAC day

[Chopper]

For me its been a weird week, I've started typing 3 times then stopped because its difficult to explain.

Tomorrow is ANZAC day, the day we remember the balls up at Gallipoli. I went into my daughters class this morning to show a few medals, cap badges, charge bars etc. and wound up doing a small presentation for half the kids in the 4th grade. About 50 in total. My Daughter loved it, so that was cool.

Picking up a mate from the Airport tonight to mark the anniversary of his Dads death (tomorrow), and a bloke I met online (guitar related news group) passed away last week, his funeral is tomorrow.

There's been lots more weird sh*t going on in the last fortnight, truly bizarre. Catching up with mates old and new.

Anyway here's to the poor souls that fought at Gallipoli and every war before and since. Once more over the top lads.....





Lest we forget.

Mark

[Ross SC]

should have my bludd custom finished by 2mrw, so i can post him on ANZAC day! i know there is no connection, but he is an Aussie!
sorry to here about your mate/mates dad buddy.

[Chopper]

Thanks Ross, it really is an odd ball week. Not bad tho, just weird. Best have a Scotch when my mate gets here

Bludd V1 is on my to get list. He's a pretty cool figure, weird arm and all imo. I have most of the Aussie Dreadnoks, Beachhead (Kiwi), Red Dog (Samoan), Blast Off (arrived last week - Aussie) and have Kiwi in a holding pattern. Getting there slowly. Still need Bludd, Torch (Aussie), Dusty (Aussie) and Cutter (Kiwi). Should be about complete then. Listening to the accents in the Joe cartons is nearly as cringe worthy as the Clone troopers in the Clone Wars.

Were there any figures from Hong Kong? - yeah I know, all of them Any Characters tho?

Look forward to seeing Major Bludd when your done.

[SteveD]

I know what you mean Chopper. There are normal good weeks, and there are normal bad weeks, but then there are weeks like you've had, where it makes you take stock of things, and realise that the normal good weeks, and normal bad weeks are just that - normal. A week. It's not a bad week if you have a bit of stress at work, or are a bit hard up, or fall out with a colleague - that's just life sh*t - it happens. In a normal week it can make it feel like a bad week though.

And then you get a week like you've had - a special week, for various reasons. A memorable week, and one that it is not easy to describe. One you dont forget, and it makes you take stock of what's important, and what's not so important.

Here's to the good weeks, and lets not forget the fallen friends who allowed us to have these weeks, be they normal, good, bad or indifferent.

Cheers!

[Sundance]

the only Joes who were born outside of the US were Taurus (Turkish), Big Ben (UK), Skymate (Aussie) and Backstop (Canadian).

anyone else is regional repackaging.

http://www.yojoe.com/action/91/skymate.shtml

and two of the Dreadnoks were British. Buzzer and Monkeywrench. Monkeywrench being from Rhyl!

Zanzibar's from the Cayman Islands, Road Pig's American and Thrasher's 1985 file card has no POB or real name. the 2004 and '05 versions say he's Belgian...

Outback was supposed to be Aussie too, according to the UK AF monthly

[Dave Tree]

The last couple of weeks have been similar for me too, two deaths, one in the extended family and another a close collecting friend. Kind of been really odd, weird and sad all at the same time.

Cool that you ended up doing a presentation like that though. Were all the medals you took in from your own family or what you've collected?

Dave.

[Chopper]

Sorry to hear that Dave. I guess it just hammers home the short period of time we have and gives me more insentive to enjoy it.

All the medals were from my family, Great Uncles, grandparents etc. It was good. The most amazing thing I have is my Great great uncles dog tag. He was in the Western Front in WW1, my Aunty has mail he posted home to my Great, great Aunt and Great Grandmother. Really incredible stories. They never really said what was going on, he just said life was difficult, never really complained and never got descriptive.

Sundance, I'll have to get Skymate too then. I accept AF as cannon and Joe only when it fits with AF. Red Dog is Samoan, Ripper and Torch are Australian. Monkeywrench and Buzzer are ex-pat Poms, Aussie immigrants. I forgot about Outback, best put him on my list too He makes much more sense as an Aussie.

Cheers to more good weeks, this one is getting much better, now my mate is here.