still here

[William Gardner]

i have just been thinking we are in our 70 s and some probaly older we drank to exess smoked lived life to the full even leaving the m n carried it on all my shool mates are dead or in homes tuff old buggers seamen

[Keith at Tregenna]

Was sent this today, intended to hold back until appropriate:

Some sad news also today:

All appears appropriate ?

MY LONGEST DAY

Do not call me hero,
When you see the medals that I wear,
Medals maketh not the hero,
They just prove that I was there.

Do not call me hero,
Now that I am old and grey,
I left a lad, returned a man,
They stole my youth that day.

Do not call me hero,
When we ran the wall of hail,
The blood, the fears, the cries, the tears
We left them where they fell.

Do not call me hero,
Each night I stop and pray,
For all the friends I knew and lost,
I survived my longest day.

Do not call me hero,
In the years that pass,
For all the real true heroes,
Have crosses, lined up on the grass.

K.

[William Gardner]

i think that says it all briliant keith

[Les Woodard]

Another one William is that we used to spend all that time on deck in the sun wearing only shorts and sandshoes becoming brown as anything nearly became ******* some of us. Living here in Oz there is a big thing about melanoma (skin cancer) and we get free check ups every year. So far have come up clean every time yet there are those that are a lot younger suffering from it. As you say we abused it all and still came through unscathed. So just maybe it was the good tucker followed with ample amber fluid that kick started an immune system that kills of all the nasty crap. Not to mention the fags we used to devour.

[William Gardner]

in cold and wet u k not to much skin cancer more bladder if i get a cold a double rum sorts it out cheers les

[eric fisher]

Right on, Still "hear" and here an' there! There's me, smoking cigars, drinking scotch, cavorting with my 83yr old beauty, an' I'm only 89. Life's GOOD!! Cheers, Eric

[gray_marian]

More power to your elbow Eric.....Life is for living

[John Callon]

All the boozing and cigarettes not to mention savouring the delights of the bars in the Far East, South America, Mexico and for those who really like living on the edge the drinking dens down the West Coast Africa. I wonder if it really has made us immune or have we just been born lucky. Whatever I am not complaining.
Regards
John

[Lou Barron]

I consider that I am lucky in my life bar for my pow days I love life and even now with the loss of my dear wife after nearly 65 years together I still think how lucky I have been .Life is for living enjoy it while you can

[gray_marian]

Lou, Sixty four years, that's tremendous. Sincerely hope I have 64 years with my husband. Come May, it will be 36 years, might just make it