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**Jackrat** · 17th February 2006, 16:49

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Actually Jackrat, I agree with Korea. The point is tho that we all have ways of showing respect & as long as 'the way' is appropriate, does it matter what it is?

That's a pity,I thought it was about respect.

**babyB** · 17th February 2006, 17:25

with my late husband, may he RIP,
i lead the prosession with my hat on my head.
those that followed too had hats on their heads
(at least i think they all did).
It was our respest to have them there,
he would have told us off for not havin them their

etiquette continued when i slowed,
they all dam near stopped.
up beside me our best mates came,
to share my load so we ride on.

nz has many cultures here. what is right for one maybe frowned on by another. we are adaptable ppl with respect and etiquitte to follow

**stify** · 17th February 2006, 17:47

Originally Posted by Ixion

But no-one bothers with such niceties nowadays, or even remembers them

Went to my brothers funeral two weks ago in Wanganui, traffic stopped and gave way to the procession, was a nice to see, no bother at all it seemed.

**sunhuntin** · 17th February 2006, 20:04

ix...i always pull over when i see a funeral...something taught to me by my mother. i was unaware of the lids off idea though...will remember that for next time. i have ridden with my pegs down though. when riding in tanias funeral...not a single car stopped for us [never mind the hearse wasnt in front of us, but we were a slow procession, so was obvious anyway...dunno where the hearse went, it left before we did, but we arrived first.]

so, a few of us younger ones remember and honor the fallen.

**scumdog** · 17th February 2006, 23:38

Always make sure the other traffic stop when I'm on point duty at a funeral - look like a spastic on 'P' with my arm waving but they all stop.

And oh yeah, see the EDIT on #4 of this thread.

**Big Chim** · 17th February 2006, 23:46

i'd hat off at slow speeds

**MSTRS:Me** · 18th February 2006, 09:17

Originally Posted by Jackrat

That's a pity,I thought it was about respect.

If the family of the departed expect lids off, then fair enough as a sign of repect for their wishes. But if there is no expectation from them, then there are many other ways of showing respect for the the departed. Pegs down being one of them.

**Jantar** · 18th February 2006, 09:26

Always lids off in a funeral procession.

And always stand for a silent moment on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

**myvice** · 18th February 2006, 12:38

Lid off, lights on, pegs down.

**Waylander** · 18th February 2006, 13:14

Originally Posted by Jantar

Always lids off in a funeral procession.

And always stand for a silent moment on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Exactlywhat is that for anyway? Thought it was for the WTR attacks till I read the part about Ixion getting out of the car with his momwhen he was a kid. And then the real though kicked in that the WTR attack were in september not november.

**Ixion** · 18th February 2006, 13:30

Never heard of Remembrance Day ? I thought it was big in the States ? Though I think you call it Veterans' day

11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month - the official ceasefire at the Armistice which (effectively) ended World War I.

Declared by King George V , in 1919, to be an official moment of remembrance for the fallen, throught the Empire.

Originally , everyone stopped what they were doing and stood silent, gentlemen at attention and uncovered, for one minute. After World War II the time was increased to two minutes.

**Waylander** · 18th February 2006, 13:39

Well, having grown up in a country that hasn't been part of the 'empire' (star wars march anybody?) for more than a century, can't say I've ever experianced that. Veterans day is something wholey different and is more a marketing gimmick than anything else now. Must say I think I prefer Rememberance day better.

**janno** · 18th February 2006, 21:31

[QUOTE=Ixion]Eheu, ichabod.

I remember about three years ago, on Nov 11, I was waiting in an airport gate lounge. Just before 11am.

Here in Aus the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month is a big deal and everything stops in the workplace. It's a very patriotic society over here and far from being jingoistic, it's kinda nice. Plenty of Aussies are still fairly twitchy about the poms because of the Singapore disaster. Still very close to the bone.

I'm female, but even so I would still ride helmet on. I'm sure my skull would still split at 30km as that's the speed of a galloping horse and I sure as dammit don't ride them without a lid. Pillion pegs down is a nice touch though.