11 September - 4 years on

**Big Dave** · 9th September 2005, 15:45

Originally Posted by kerryg

well, at least God Defend Defend NZ is not as bad as Advance Australia Fair.....

Maybe so - but at least we don't have to deal with it twice in different languages.

**Big Dave** · 9th September 2005, 15:50

When i hear the star spangled banner I think....
'Mustn't have been any Aussies Riding in that race.'

**SARGE** · 9th September 2005, 21:47

Originally Posted by scumdog

Glad I'm not the only one to have alcamahol enhanced postings..

Hope the head has ceased to feel like it is about to explode and all the blotting paper is off your tongue!!

i got it sorted finally after work in the parts department.. few drinks with the fellas after a full on day..

seriously.. thanks for the greenies everyone .. this time of year i get a bit blue.. september 11 through to October 23 (google that date and Beirut..see what you come up with..)

i sometimes come off very hard and right wing, but if any of you could get into my head for a few days you would understand why.. i never pull punches.. i dont believe in PC and i speak my mind.. i apologize if i offend anyone but thats just me.. i am a friendly kinda guy 85% of the time, just get a few in me around this time of year and its Jeckle and Hyde (much like tonight .. AGAIN..)

wonder if Betty Ford is seeing guests

**SARGE** · 9th September 2005, 21:48

Originally Posted by crashe

Poor SARGE at work with all those bikes reving all day long... and him with a hungover...

bikes revving is like music mate.. thought you knew

**idb** · 9th September 2005, 22:01

Originally Posted by Marknz

I have no words to explain the emotion of standing and being totally embraced by the whole crowd finishing off the stirring rendition of "the Banner" that was performed that night... absolutely friggin amazing. NZ'ers could learn something from that experience.............................

Just what could we learn?
Why is it necessary for us to be demonstrative?
Why do people decry NZers for their reserve?
I don't get it.

Cheers Sarge by the way.

**Ixion** · 9th September 2005, 22:06

Originally Posted by Big Dave

When i hear the star spangled banner I think....
'Mustn't have been any Aussies Riding in that race.'

Land of Hope and Glory,
Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee,
Who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider
Shall thy bounds be set,
God, who made thee mighty
Make thee mightier yet.
(God, who made thee mighty
Make thee mightier yet.)

**Storm** · 9th September 2005, 22:10

Lest we forget Anzac Day, and the many others. Good onya Sarge for telling it how you see it, dont ever change

**vfrboy** · 9th September 2005, 22:18

I don't think anybody will ever forget where they were when they heard about 9/11, not matter what anyone thinks the whole world was so shocked that something like this happened. I remember seeing it at work (RNZAF) and staying up for the next 2 days just watching the reports on TV. Unfortunately it was a turning point in how low things could get in this world.

**SARGE** · 9th September 2005, 22:21

Originally Posted by Storm

Lest we forget Anzac Day, and the many others. Good onya Sarge for telling it how you see it, dont ever change

from what i have read of ANZAC day.. that was a complete clusterfuck. wrong beach at low tide.. was a massacre waiting to happen

**SARGE** · 9th September 2005, 22:24

Originally Posted by vfrboy

I don't think anybody will ever forget where they were when they heard about 9/11, not matter what anyone thinks the whole world was so shocked that something like this happened. I remember seeing it at work (RNZAF) and staying up for the next 2 days just watching the reports on TV. Unfortunately it was a turning point in how low things could get in this world.

i have heard from several people that , for some reason .. on the day it happened.. they got up EARLY and fired up the TV .. cooincidence??.. disturbance in the Force?..

**James Deuce** · 9th September 2005, 22:28

Originally Posted by SARGE

i have heard from several people that , for some reason .. on the day it happened.. they got up EARLY and fired up the TV .. cooincidence??.. disturbance in the Force?..

It was weird. The alarm went off and the radio station was playing something odd that wasn't gelling, so I turned the telly on and the first tower was just burning. I thought, hoped more like - that it was a modern day version of Orson Welles War of the Worlds broadcast from the '30s. Sady not.

My oldest was 13 months old and I had him up and he saw the second plane hit. He just looked at me with the oddest expression and then burst into tears that didn't stop for about 20 minutes.

**SARGE** · 9th September 2005, 22:44

Originally Posted by Jim2

It was weird. The alarm went off and the radio station was playing something odd that wasn't gelling, so I turned the telly on and the first tower was just burning. I thought, hoped more like - that it was a modern day version of Orson Welles War of the Worlds broadcast from the '30s. Sady not.

My oldest was 13 months old and I had him up and he saw the second plane hit. He just looked at me with the oddest expression and then burst into tears that didn't stop for about 20 minutes.

i was living in Dayton Ohio on 9-11 at the foot of Wright Patterson Air Force Base.. we heard the fighters scramble and several break the sound barrier getting into the air. military vehicles started popping up like daisies, Patriot missile batteries sprouted up in shopping center parking lots.. the reaction was frighteningly fast..

i have no problem with someone who has a beef with me.. show me how bad you are.. bring it on 100% to my face and we will go until one of us cant go anymore..that i respect.. bring your army over and lets have a go..the attack on civilians was an act of sheer cowardice..unworthy of a true man.. more of a teenage pussy-assed slap-fight.

funny thing though.. i remember that soon after i hit NZ.. a boatload of refuges from.. umm.. AFGANISTAN landed in NZ.. seems they had been on the water for several weks already prior to the attack.

funny that .

im pissed again.. gonna have some bread and water and hit the rack..

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