Even better indeed, young Beardo.
Now fark off and write yer own piece about it, matey
Keep yer spirits up Royal, if you behave they might let you out soon
Anyhoo, back to the anti podes
Aussie Jack`s Band really should just stick to military versions of "pub with no beer" and "Waltzing Matilda" The feelings of trepidation I had earlier,were well founded and the best thing one can say about their version of Sunset/Beating Retreat is it`s a good thing HM the Q wasn’t there to see it
She`d`ve gone effing ballistic
On the plus side it made me realise just how spoilt we are with
the Band. I will never take them for granted again, BZ Sticky Blue
Once inside the gaff, we were all seated to one side and the main area was given over to the RNA and all of their offshoots including the Arctic Vets Assoc who fielded several Members (complete with Sov era medals) Well done them. By way of originality, Jack had named the tables after the ships in JR`s list (
Well I never Aitch, fark me who`d`ve thought of doing that etc blah blah 
) We were seated at "Colossus"
Top tip here, whenever you see "melon" as the starter for a mess dinner be very wary
And so it was with even more trepidation that I read the proposed menu last month and thought to meself "Melon? Farking Melon! He’s having a farkin larf innee
" Much relieved to see that the threatened melon was abandoned in favour of the even more bland Oz equivalent, Pumpkin Bleeding Soup.
Thought to meself "Farksake Jack, lift yer game mate
" Rest of the scran wasn`t three bad but the steak was a tad overcooked for this Member.(Wot, no blood
)
The founding member of the Nelson Soc down here is Lt Col Graham Perkins RM(same vintage as Jim and Frank and he went outside after Suez to run the RMR in the south west) and he gave an incitefull talk on "The Immortal Memory" with the odd dit chucked in.
The top of the bill was a geezer I`d met earlier in the heads(
Wot, again, Arry tut) We were having a splash and as we shook hands he was spinning a dit about how his first job was Captain Of The Heads and this was going down a bomb with all at the trough except for Taff Reid who was tying to get his own dit in about a recruit called Fred. Unfortunately Taff was pished and did not deliver the correct punch line
Nill Pwan
I though this Aussie geeze was a decent sort and made a mental note to look out for him at future events. He was in civvies whilst the rest of the Oz occifers wore tropo whites. Fashion sense
sadly not
Imagine my surprise as he’s introduced as the guest speaker, Vice Admiral Phil” hello Harry, I’ve heard all about you" Kennedy
Stunned and shocked I was
He had `em rocking with yarns from his Service in three Navies and sixty-odd countries and his theme was the common touch displayed by Nelson. About how good it was to deal with people from whatever level, as people. one question he posed was "what message does it send that the most powerful man on the planet had never been outside the US of A before he became the Prez" Preaching to the converted there matey
Top night we had, and if certain Members want to get shiters and gob off throughout the speeches making twats of themselves, well so what? We aren’t going to fall out, I just won’t invite them to the three-hundredth anniversary
Clocked me maileys today and this is gen.
Dear Kay and Harry,
I enjoyed last night the program and company was good, the RMA-WA was well represented,
and you Kay looked stunning and were the 'Belle of the Ball'.
Best wishes,
Nick
Attached was a most unflattering phot of meself and Missus Aitch, she looks like her mum ffs
here’s one Lord Mikey gets off on and it was taken with MY camera
Paparrazzi
. I ates the Bastards
Well, ladies, that was how we celebrated the greatest Naval Battle in the history of the planet down here. What about you? I hope you at least sank a tot.
And for the benefit of our younger members, what you`ve just read is called a "Post"
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