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Subject: Rifting time again!

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Dave P.

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Date Posted: 21:40:38 04/15/05 Fri

Once again it is time for me to jump on my old soapbox and, gently, remind people that this is not the Dave & Jim show. You would think that with all the memories that Jim and I are dredging up, it must be jogging a few of yours out there? Surely we can't be the only two who don't suffer with Alzheimers (yet)?

We are making some progress though. A few of months ago it was just the Dave show, then along came Jim and improved our regular contributor list by 100%. We still need some fresh blood and the sooner the better. How about some of you younger members sticking your oar in. OK, a few of us old timers will not have a clue what or who your talking about but it will be interesting and fresh and there is always the possibility that you will get a bit of debate going about the pro's & con's of our respective times in service. I know the site is called the Old Comrades Association but I don't think there is any emphasis on the OLD and I take it to include any ex-member of 49 Bty,(or even otherwise, as you will all be ex at one time!).

To start the ball rolling, so to speak, how about this for a bit of a discussion? Could it be that the reason the main contributors to this board are from OLD timers, is because it's only us OLD timers that have any sense of comradeship and feelings of loyalty to the friendships we forged all those years ago? Do the people who came after us in the eighties, nineties and up to this day, only enjoy the friendships whilst they serve together then promptly forget them when they leave the service? Or is it a case of apathy, (seems to be a sickness inflicted on the country as a whole) out of sight, out of mind? Is it too much trouble to make a bit of an effort to keep in touch with each other or is it that the friendships where only fleeting and not all that worth while in the first place? That's not the impression I get from the reunions so why is it so much harder to keep in touch on this board? Why do you all have so much to say for yourselves at the reunions but can't even say good day to each other here? Come on.................prove me wrong!!!!!!

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Re: Rifting time again!	Jim Martin	13:29:50 04/16/05 Sat