British boys don't do that.
They probably should though.
The world might be a slightly better place.
G'night
Tina-------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] http://www.fatmandancing.co.uk http://www.myspace.com/fat_man_dancing > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:06:41 +1100> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: snap: cadets (for Max)> To: [log in to unmask]> > Ha - I was made a CUO (cadet under-officer) at boarding school on the> strength of my father having been one, and some military history in the> family. Needless to say, my platoon of some 40-odd teenage schoolboys were> querulous at Singleton bivouac, and then mutinied outright at the annual> passing out parade, sabotaging almost every display they were in. I have> memories of canoes sinking and youths dangling helplessly from abseil> displays, and a puce-faced major (in his daily life a Marist Brother, and at> night given to drunken renditions of 'Sweet Adeline') screaming every threat> he could muster if I didn't rein them in. As if.> > And the indignity of being saluted by real NCOs and soldiers whenever we> were in their company, simply for wearing those little, meaningless,> diamond-shaped epaulettes.> > Caleb> > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Tina Bass <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> > > That 's a very powerful poem.> >> > A rough flamm maybe? Passion and punch.> >> > Tina--------------------------------------------------------------> > [log in to unmask] http://www.fatmandancing.co.uk> > http://www.myspace.com/fat_man_dancing > Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:45:25> > +0900> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: snap: cadets (for Max)>> > To: [log in to unmask]> > LMG: is Light Machine Gun, of which Owens> > are one.> A flamm is a two stick hit, almost simultaneously, making a rough> > note, on a> drum.> Drumming took me into chemical warfare on myself. I have> > since stopped> drumming and drugging. Being an impressionable young> > poet-drummer is a> dangerous role!> > Andrew> > 2008/10/30 Max Richards <> > [log in to unmask]>> > > O Andrew, so much visual and verbal> > felicity...> >> > (not that I know what LMG is short for.> > Owens, I guess,> > are more modern machine guns than Brens.> > Is flamming a slip for flaming?>> > > What became of the drumming?> >> > best from Max> >> > Quoting andrew> > burke <[log in to unmask]>:> >> > > "Hey, watch this."> > > We'd take> > out their legs first> > > in the LMG group, then> > > go for the body.> > Regular army> > > left us to their devices> > > on the range. They had> > >> > made me sergeant because> > > I could play drums. Logic> > > escapes. Here> > we were,> > > with our Owens, shooting off> > > at the mouth and> > >> > paradiddling the legs off> > > targets in the secondary dunes.> > >> > > *>> > > >> > > "Got a Lucky Strike?"> > > we sat at small desks> > > in Junior> > School,> > > flamming desktops,> > > using inkwells as ashtrays.> > > I drew> > some triplets> > > and bars of 6/8 to> > > look 'the real thing' should> > >> > our regular officer saunter down> > > to our practice room. I envied> > > my> > friend: his mother> > > a famous writer, his left hand> > > more flexible> > than mine.> > > He never wore his webbing> > > right and his boots had> > >> > last week's march on them.> > > Now sixty something, he falls> > > between> > pub> > > and shack, town drunk in> > > a fishing village, happy> > > on his> > lonesome.> > >> > >> > > Andrew> > > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/> > >> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------> > This email> > was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au> >> > > > -- >> > Andrew> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/>> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/
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