Thanksgiving Wishes

[Jareth]

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[Dieter3]

Back at ya! :cheers:

[Satsuma]

Thanksgiving : I work in a private gentleman's club in Australia and we had 143 members and guests celebrating Thanksgiving at dinner here last night. America conquers the world! Keep well everybody! Satsuma

[Dieter3]

Interesting! These were Aussies celebrating?

[Satsuma]

Hi Dieter!

They were all Aussies to the last. Go figure. I hope they were respecting this honorable America institution and weren't just looking for any excuse to party. Certainly, either way, a good time was had by all. And now it's Christmas...

Keep well

Satsuma

[Dieter3]

And rather than start a new thread, just add it here:

Merry Christmas, and Happy Boxing Day to all you blokes!!!

:beer:

[Satsuma]

Good on ya mate!

Keep well and I look forward to learning a lot more about our shared interests in the new year.

In the meantime, I was watching some Imperial Japanese Navy footage on You Tube and noticed two drill movements I never saw before - both related, I guess, to minimising the chance of losing one's balance when one's ship is steaming on high seas.

If you're interested : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RaUdub_djU

I trained in Australia's navy reserve and this training is traditionally similar to what is taught in the Royal Navy.

We never learned these moves.

Now, many IJN traditions have been taken from the traditions of the RN.

Therefore, I'm thinking these two drill steps/positions are unique to the IJN.

One, (midshipmen?) is at the 22 second mark.

Two, (NCO's?) is at the 1 minute 37 second mark.

Last, I apologise if this is not the best location on the club site to offer this observation.

Anyway, please forgive me if this is the case.

2010. Yay!

[Kryptos]

A belated Merry Christmas to your all and may your collections grow in leaps and bounds in 2010 :beer:

[Jareth]

Still Christmas weekend in New York! Merry Christmas!

[Dieter3]

And now it's Happy New Year, and all that jazz. May the new year be fruitful for your collections!

[Kryptos]

Happy new year to you all!!

[Dieter3]

I just can't believe it is another new year already. MAN! The time just goes by toooooo quickly. Not enough time, NEVER enough money, and TOOOOO many wonderful items to collect!