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LETTER FROM MACMILLAN NURSES

This is the letter that I received from the macmillan nurses for the cheque I sent which was from members at the reunion this year.

The passing of Lt Michael Casey

 

I must sadly report that 712613 Lt Michael Casey (68) who served with The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) from January 1962 to December 1965 died on Friday, 17 August 2012.

The sincere condolences of the Association go to his widow and family at this difficult time.

A funeral service for family and friends will be held on Friday, 24 August at 1030hrs at St. Swithun, Quenington, Gloucestershire GL7 5B. A Memorial service will be held at a date to be notified.

THE ROYAL DRAGOONS REGIMENTAL COLLECT

O God, in whose sight all creatures are manifest and to whose eyes all things are open, grant that the works Thou requirest of the 1st The Royal Dragoons may never be done to be seen of men, but always for Thy Glory, and that, waiting on Thee to renew our strength, we mount up with wings as eagles at Thy word, through Jesus Christ Our Lord.

(TOBIAS,1930)

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day to Geoge Blaxland tomorrow, heres hoping you have a good one and many more in the future,

With best wishes,

John Atkins

Transfering Pic's

John,
This maybe a tech Question, when the time comes can we transfer the many Pic's & vidio's from Muliply to the new Site?

Pixie

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day to Terry Lyons today, hoping that you have a good one,

With best wishes,

John Atkins

Test for new site

Can members please check to see if they can get into new site, and if so let me have there comments, put http://johnie68.proboards.com you may have to go through the support page to do it, if so you will see the URL as above on there, click on it and it should take you to the Bulletin Board, I will go through it with Denis tonight to test it out, Good luck??

Multiply Message

Please read the message that Multiply have put at the top of the home page , It appears that they are now pulling out of the Social Networking and so it looks as if we will have to maybe migrate to another Social Networking site before the 1st of December.

John Atkins

Lifes Simple Truths

SIMPLE TRUTH 1 Partners help each other undress before sex. However after sex, they always dress on their own. Moral of the story: In life, no one helps you once you're screwed. SIMPLE TRUTH 2 When a lady is pregnant, all her friends touch the stomach and saying "congrats". But, none of them come and touch the man's penis and say "Good job". Moral of the story: "Hard work is never appreciated. No Underwear - Makes Sense to Me A man came to visit his grandparents, and he noticed his grandfather sitting on the porch in the rocking chair wearing only a shirt, with nothing on from the waist down. 'Grandpa, what are you doing? Your weenie is out in the wind for everyone to see!' he exclaimed. The old man looked off in the distance without answering. 'Grandpa, what are you doing sitting out here with nothing on below the waist?' he asked again. The old man slowly looked at him and said, 'Well....last week I sat out here with no shirt on and I got a stiff neck. This is your grandma's idea.' FIVE RULES TO REMEMBER IN LIFE 1. Money can not buy happiness, but it’s more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than on a bicycle. 2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the ass-hole’s name. 3. If you help someone when they're in trouble, they will remember you when they're in trouble again. 4. Many people are alive only because it’s illegal to shoot them. 5. Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then neither does milk. THERE YOU HAVE IT...and remember, life is good.

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

A belated birthday wish to Jim Harris in Aus, hoping that you had a good one and heres to many more.

With best wishes,

John Atkins

test results

Man in hospital bed wearing oxygen mask over his mouth. "Nurse", he mumbles. "Are my testicles black?" Nurse raises his gown, holds his penis in one hand & his testicles in the other, ...she takes a close look & says, "There's nothing wrong with them Sir." Man pulls off the oxygen mask, smiles at her & says very slowly. "Thanks for that, it was lovely but listen very very carefully. "Are-my-test-re-sults-back?"

Paraprosdokians

Paraprosdokians (Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. Enjoy!

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

9. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, Notify:' I put 'DOCTOR'.

11. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

13. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure..

14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

15. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

16. You're never too old to learn something stupid.

17. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

2013 Reunion

Start:

Jun 15, '13 2:00p

The reunion will be held on the 15th June 2013 at the Fradley Arms,
Please remember to book in at the Premier Inn. Please inform if you will be attending.

BORN THIS WAY

BORN THIS WAY

ATTACHED ARE TWO 10-SECOND VIDEOS.

THE FIRST IS ONE SHOWING THAT GIRLS ARE BORN THIS WAY.

THE SECOND SHOWS THAT BOYS ARE BORN THIS WAY.

Attachment: Born_this_way.wmv

Panzer Commander

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Books
Genre:	History
Author:	Hans Von Luck

Fabulous read. An account of the war from the German perspective. This Officer ended the war as a full colonel. When in the western Desert he mentions the Royal Dragoons on many occassions. He shows a copy of the text of a letter from the CO of the Royal Dragoons addressed to him with regards to the chivalrous way in which this part of the conflict was conducted. Very enlightening.

The Dentist

The female dentist prepares the needle to give the bloke with the toothache an anaesthetic injection. “No way! No needles, I hate needles!” the guy said. So the dentist starts to hook up her nitrous oxide gas the man objects again. “I can't do the gas thing either." The thought of having the gas mask on my face makes me faint!” She then asks the guy if he has any objection to taking a pill. “No objection,” the patient says. “'I'm fine with pills.” When she returns she says, “Here's a Viagra and a glass of water.” The guy says, “Wow! I didn't know Viagra worked as a pain killer!” “It doesn't” she said, "But it’ll give you something to hold on to while I pull your tooth out."

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day on Sunday the 29th to Keith Fairey, hoping that you have a good day.

With best wishes,

John Atkins

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

Many happy returns of the day to Mike Decarteret, for today although a little belated, hoping that you have had a good day.

With best wishes,

John Atkins

One day a man decided to retire...

One day a man decided to retire...

 

He booked himself on a Caribbean cruise and proceeded to have the time of his life, that is, until the ship sank.

He soon found himself on an island with no other people, no supplies, nothing, only bananas and coconuts.

 

After about four months, he is lying on the beach one day when the most gorgeous woman he has ever seen rows up to the shore.

In disbelief, he asks, "Where did you come from? How did you get here?"

She replies, "I rowed over from the other side of the island where I landed when my cruise ship sank."

"Amazing," he notes. "You were really lucky to have a row boat wash up with you."

"Oh, this thing?" explains the woman. "I made the boat out of some raw material I found on the island.

The oars were whittled from gum tree branches. I wove the bottom from palm tree branches, and the sides

and stern came from a Eucalyptus tree."

"But, where did you get the tools?"

"Oh, that was no problem," replied the woman. "On the south side of the island, a very unusual stratum

of alluvial rock is exposed. I found that if I fired it to a certain temperature in my kiln, it melted into

ductile iron I used that to make tools and used the tools to make the hardware."

The guy is stunned.

"Let's row over to my place," she says.

So, after a short time of rowing, she soon docks the boat at a small wharf.

As the man looks to shore, he nearly falls off the boat... Before him is a long stone walk leading to a cabin and tree house.

While the woman ties up the rowboat with an expertly woven hemp rope, the man can only stare ahead, dumb struck. As they walk into the house, she says casually,

"It's not much, but I call it home. Sit down, please."

"Would you like a drink?"

"No! No thank you," the man blurts out, still dazed. "I can't take another drop of coconut juice."

"It's not coconut juice," winks the woman. "I have a still. How would you like a Tropical Spritz?"

 

Trying to hide his continued amazement, the man accepts, and they sit down on her couch to talk.

After they exchange their individual survival stories, the woman announces,

"I'm going to slip into

something more comfortable. Would you like to take a shower and shave? There's a razor in the bathroom cabinet upstairs.."

No longer questioning anything, the man goes upstairs into the bathroom. There, in the cabinet is a razor

made from a piece of tortoise bone. Two shells honed to a hollow ground edge are fastened on to its end inside a swivel mechanism.

"This woman is amazing," he muses. "What's next?"

When he returns, she greets him wearing nothing

but some small flowers on tiny vines, each strategically positioned, she smelled faintly of gardenias.

She then beckons for him to sit down next to her.

"Tell me," she begins suggestively, slithering closer to him,

"We've both been out here for many months.

You must have been lonely. When was the last time you played around? She stares into his eyes.

He can't believe what he's hearing. "You mean..." he swallows excitedly as tears start to form in his eyes,

"You've built a Golf Course?"