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Still sorting out pictures from our 'do' on 4th April. Here is the cake.
That's a really good looking cake, bob. Looks like that rabbit has already started the party though.
Congrats Bawb!!!
you're a good man but we don't know about the 'staches' infidelities.
Great!
Is that WoW I see on the wee computer screen?
thats not a rabbit, its Gus.
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 06, 2015, 05:54:33 AM
Great!
Is that WoW I see on the wee computer screen?
Absolutely!
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 06, 2015, 05:54:21 AM
Congrats Bawb!!!
you're a good man but we don't know about the 'staches' infidelities.
what happens in the 'stache stays in the 'stache
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Doug, me and Huw. Three grogs together!
Note how attractive I am.
"Doug and Huw are all smiles, blissfully unaware that Bob is already contemplating more mayhem..."
Quote from: Huw the Poo on April 06, 2015, 06:42:08 AM
Note how attractive I am.
Are you the one in the Spetsnaz under-shirt?
LOL - keeping my eye on a friend in his kilt. He was fending off the ladies who wanted to know if he was wearing anything underneath...............
Yes, and Huw is indeed a handsome devil.
Quote from: bob48 on April 06, 2015, 06:46:01 AM
LOL - keeping my eye on a friend in his kilt. He was fending off the ladies who wanted to know if he was wearing anything underneath...............
Yes, and Huw is indeed a handsome devil.
lol - I was at a pal's wife's 50th Birthday Party in York last weekend and that is exactly what I was doing - fending off the camera crew!
Congrats to you both Bob.
Huw - you just look menacing! :D
Awesome! Congrats!
Grats Bob! Awesome pic of you and 'da boys'.
congrats!
'staches everywhere!
A handsome trio.
And congrats on the anniversary!
I'm not sure I've ever seen Doug not smile :)
Congrats on your 40th anniversary, Bob. O0
Congrats, bob! Surviving 40 years of sound pan beatings is an impressive achievement. :)
We really had a blast. Doug and his wife are great company and we were just sorry that they could not stay longer. Huw braved the hazards of travelling by rail and arrived in one piece - more-or-less. The whole weekend was a very special one that will remain with us for ever, and made more special by the great people who shared it with us.
Also, a big 'thank you' to you guys for your good wishes.
Doug will verify that not one single pan was harmed during the weekend.
Did your 'stache cop a feel?
If it did, I wouldn't tell you of all people.
...hell, if it did, it wouldn't even tell me................
Damn Abwehr 'stache!
Many congratulations!
Best,
Jim
"Cyrano"
:/7)
Happy 49th Bob and Mrs. Bob. I'm only on 11 so have a ways to go yet. O0
Quote from: Barthheart on April 06, 2015, 07:10:06 PM
Happy 49th Bob and Mrs. Bob. I'm only on 11 so have a ways to go yet. O0
Is that some kind of scientific notation for 40?
Glad a good time was had by all, bob. I'm happy for you and Den that the turnout was good, the company was better and the people being celebrated were the best :)
Congrats, Bawb. You're showing us kids how it's done 8)
O0
Quote from: bob48 on April 06, 2015, 02:07:52 PM
Doug will verify that not one single pan was harmed during the weekend.
It's true. At one point I even offered to go out and get Denise a new pan so she could give Bawb a good tuning up, just in case she'd broken the old one and needed a replacement, but she just smiled quietly to herself.
Of course, she had recruited a small army of Scots for the weekend to act as enforcers. I think even the 'stache was intimidated.
It's a testament to what a good time it was that there was an unopened wargame and several large tables in the room and at no point did any of us even begin to open it and set it up. I did however catch Huw at one point drawing hexes on the table in spilled beer at one point.
the 'stache is NEVER intimidated. it once got shot down over London and swam the Thames and then the Channel to get home.
When we were flying into Amsterdam we flew over the spot where it came ashore. You can still see the marks.
Outside of Newcastle you can still find traces of the wall the Romans built to try and contain the 'stache. Yes, it's been around that long. That wall is in ruins but the 'stache is still around.
Quote from: panzerde on April 06, 2015, 09:01:23 PMI did however catch Huw at one point drawing hexes on the table in spilled beer at one point.
A good man, that Huw.
Who the hell spilled beer?!
Mon dieu!
Congrats Bawb!!
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Quote from: panzerde on April 06, 2015, 09:16:40 PM
When we were flying into Amsterdam we flew over the spot where it came ashore. You can still see the marks.
Outside of Newcastle you can still find traces of the wall the Romans built to try and contain the 'stache. Yes, it's been around that long. That wall is in ruins but the 'stache is still around.
O0
Quote from: panzerde on April 06, 2015, 09:01:23 PM
Quote from: bob48 on April 06, 2015, 02:07:52 PM
Doug will verify that not one single pan was harmed during the weekend.
It's true. At one point I even offered to go out and get Denise a new pan so she could give Bawb a good tuning up, just in case she'd broken the old one and needed a replacement, but she just smiled quietly to herself.
Of course, she had recruited a small army of Scots for the weekend to act as enforcers. I think even the 'stache was intimidated.
It's a testament to what a good time it was that there was an unopened wargame and several large tables in the room and at no point did any of us even begin to open it and set it up. I did however catch Huw at one point drawing hexes on the table in spilled beer at one point.
I did look for you - 4 of us played 'Atlantic Wall' whilst you were at the buffet.
Quote from: bob48 on April 07, 2015, 12:54:56 PM
I did look for you - 4 of us played 'Atlantic Wall' whilst you were at the buffet.
To be fair, it was a damn nice buffet.
Congratulations Bawb! I wish you and Denise many more happy years together. :)
Quote from: MetalDog on April 06, 2015, 07:34:13 PM
Glad a good time was had by all, bob. I'm happy for you and Den that the turnout was good, the company was better and the people being celebrated were the best :)
Perfectly said,
MD. O0
A couple more piccies;
Cutting the cake
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Three Grogs - Doug, me and Huw.
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Is that an ax in Huw's left hand?
How well does he take losing?
Great pics, Bob!
Don't worry about Huw, look at the grip Denise has on that knife!
Yeah, no way I was going to get that off of her!
I saw the fire extinguisher but there didn't appear to be any allowance for anti-frying pan ordnance.
I always thought huw was Asian.
Happy anniversary!
Awesome stuff guys! O0
Bawbs wife always holds the metal.
Quote from: besilarius on April 28, 2015, 05:35:54 PM
Is that an ax in Huw's left hand?
How well does he take losing?
It's a detonator for that balloon you see in the corner!
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on April 28, 2015, 10:57:16 PM
I always thought huw was Asian.
Oi, I'm Scottish. I mean Irish. I mean
Welsh! I think.
By the way, Doug has
cool business cards.
bob - can I ask - how did it come about that Huw and Panzerde were at your 40th? Do you guys know each other or was Panzerde in the country at the time?
40 years is a good long time. Congrats
Quote from: bob48 on April 28, 2015, 05:48:56 PM
Yeah, no way I was going to get that off of her!
She comes with her own barrage balloon so you can't sneak up on her from above?
Quote from: Huw the Poo on April 29, 2015, 12:44:34 AM
Oi, I'm Scottish. I mean Irish. I mean Welsh! I think.
There's a difference?
*ducks quickly*
:knuppel2:
Congrats, Bawb! Hope the 40th anniversary doesn't call for silver-plated frying pans...
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 29, 2015, 05:29:18 AM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on April 29, 2015, 12:44:34 AM
Oi, I'm Scottish. I mean Irish. I mean Welsh! I think.
There's a difference? *ducks quickly*
Been watching a series on Celts that's part of freebie Amazon Prime (cryptically entitled
The Celts). There seems to be a fair amount of debate as to who - culturally - the Celts were. But genetically they're far more limited on the English Isle (what do you call that thing, anyway?).
Aside from the golf announcer's voice, which could lull Godzilla to sleep, and some rather annoying sopranic singing which begs to be mocked in every conceivable way, it's rather informative.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 29, 2015, 06:04:49 AM
But genetically they're far more limited on the English Isle (what do you call that thing, anyway?).
"Great Britain."
Quote from: JudgeDredd on April 29, 2015, 12:45:29 AM
bob - can I ask - how did it come about that Huw and Panzerde were at your 40th? Do you guys know each other or was Panzerde in the country at the time?
40 years is a good long time. Congrats
Huw, Doug and his lovely wife made the trip specially for the event, for which we are very grateful. We've all become friends through Grogs, and I count many more of you as being friends as well.
Hopefully, me and the missus will be making a return trip to the US of A next year.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 29, 2015, 06:04:49 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 29, 2015, 05:29:18 AM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on April 29, 2015, 12:44:34 AM
Oi, I'm Scottish. I mean Irish. I mean Welsh! I think.
There's a difference? *ducks quickly*
Been watching a series on Celts that's part of freebie Amazon Prime (cryptically entitled The Celts). There seems to be a fair amount of debate as to who - culturally - the Celts were. But genetically they're far more limited on the English Isle (what do you call that thing, anyway?).
Aside from the golf announcer's voice, which could lull Godzilla to sleep, and some rather annoying sopranic singing which begs to be mocked in every conceivable way, it's rather informative.
Are you referring to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celts_%28BBC_documentary%29) documentary?
If so the soundtrack is Enya's first commercial album release. I like it quite a bit. After 'The Celts' her music started to become more and more pop-oriented and lost some of it's mysterious quality. Not bad stuff, just more shallow.
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 29, 2015, 06:32:06 AM
Quote from: LongBlade on April 29, 2015, 06:04:49 AM
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 29, 2015, 05:29:18 AM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on April 29, 2015, 12:44:34 AM
Oi, I'm Scottish. I mean Irish. I mean Welsh! I think.
There's a difference? *ducks quickly*
Been watching a series on Celts that's part of freebie Amazon Prime (cryptically entitled The Celts). There seems to be a fair amount of debate as to who - culturally - the Celts were. But genetically they're far more limited on the English Isle (what do you call that thing, anyway?).
Aside from the golf announcer's voice, which could lull Godzilla to sleep, and some rather annoying sopranic singing which begs to be mocked in every conceivable way, it's rather informative.
Are you referring to this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celts_%28BBC_documentary%29) documentary?
If so the soundtrack is Enya's first commercial album release. I like it quite a bit. After 'The Celts' her music started to become more and more pop-oriented and lost some of it's mysterious quality. Not bad stuff, just more shallow.
Sorry, not quite, Old Bean.
This one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IRQQYRW
Quote from: panzerde on April 28, 2015, 05:48:03 PM
Don't worry about Huw, look at the grip Denise has on that knife!
Yeah, I noticed! :coolsmiley:
Quote from: Staggerwing on April 29, 2015, 05:29:18 AM
Quote from: Huw the Poo on April 29, 2015, 12:44:34 AM
Oi, I'm Scottish. I mean Irish. I mean Welsh! I think.
There's a difference? *ducks quickly*
Quick guide: The Irish talk funny and drink a lot, the Scots talk funny and drink a lot, the Welsh talk funny and shag sheep a lot. :)
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Sorry for the F-bomb, but this made me LOL. :2funny:
Hahahaha, excellent! O0
Happy belated 40th to you and Denise!
Now, now, no intra nationality fighting. It's the Black Watch who are the Sheep Shaggers.
http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Regimental_Nicknames
No reason to fight over it. There's plenty to go around.
And there you go, the Coldstream Guards also chase sheep.
Quote from: LongBlade on April 29, 2015, 06:50:34 AM
Sorry, not quite, Old Bean.
This one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IRQQYRW
Thanks LB. I'll have to check it out since I also have Prime. I have a reasonably high tolerance for cheesy background music and vocals as long as the content is interesting.
Quote from: besilarius on April 29, 2015, 05:53:37 PM
Now, now, no intra nationality fighting. It's the Black Watch who are the Sheep Shaggers.
http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Regimental_Nicknames
No reason to fight over it. There's plenty to go around.
And there you go, the Coldstream Guards also chase sheep.
There's a huge difference between chasing sheep and shagging them. :))