Father Jimbuna's Pride and Joy

[Jimbuna]

I'm feeling pretty proud today and would simply like to share this clipping from my towns local newspaper today with you all :sunny:

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/news/Marine-student-James-is-making.5493539.jp

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7268/jamestrophy.jpg (http://img150.imageshack.us/i/jamestrophy.jpg/)

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/1636/jamestrophy2r.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/i/jamestrophy2r.jpg/)

[Skybird]

Now I'm impressed. :yep:

You know that guy? :D

After school, eventually joining the merchant navy was a brief thought of mine, too, but at that age, 18, I was lacking the courage, and the prospect of facing the big wide world was intimidating for me. I got my share of travel and adventure, but not before several years later. Nice to see that your courage pays off for you! :up:

[Arclight]

Impressive. :salute:

[Torplexed]

Congrats to James. :salute: Off to an excellent start.

[talesofvalor]

Congratulations. :salute:

[SteamWake]

Congradulations an accomplishment to be proud of for sure :salute:

[Platapus]

Great achievement!!! :salute:

Do they know you spend you spare time sinking British ships?

For a reasonable fee, I am sure we won't "accidently" let that slip out.
:D

[Dowly]

That's cool! Congrats to James! :salute:

[CaptainHaplo]

Its good to see the apple didn't fall far from the tree! Tell your son well done from all of us here at subsim - but more importantly - show him the post - so he can truly see how proud his "old man" is of him. Sometimes thats the easiest way to get it across without being all "I wanna hug".

[Onkel Neal]

Give him a Texas-sized hug of congratulations from me, well done. Well done. :salute:

[Oberon]

Atta boy :yeah:

Tell him great work from me :salute:

[Skybird]

The son...! :damn: Well, finally the penny has dropped over here... :lol: I knew that somethign was wrong here...

[HunterICX]

Great stuff, Congratulations!:yeah:

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Thank you most kindly one and all :up: ....he pops upstairs now and then, brushes his old man gently to one side and heads straight for what he calls 'his thread'....the cheeky bugga :DL


The son...! :damn: Well, finally the penny has dropped over here... :lol: I knew that somethign was wrong here...

LMAO.....I wish I were twenty years of age again :D

[Sailor Steve]

Well congratulations to your boy, and to his old man. I'm sure granddad is proud, too.:rock:

[1480]

Give him a great big hug and a hearty pint from me!:up:

[Schroeder]

Congrats.:yeah:

[Kratos]

Excellent work James :yeah: beers and the rum are on you :O:

[Takeda Shingen]

Congratulations to your family. I wish him the brightest future.

[geetrue]

Add me to in awe of you my friend ... job well done. I served with a young ensign that went on to become a four striper in charge of his own Ohio class submarine. So I know it can be done.

Never give up I always say.

James is on his way now.

Now about that 20,000 pounds a year problem ... :DL

Shouldn't James be the right kind of guy to bring to the subsim meet and
clue him in to the new man pays for all the beers for the first meet :woot:

[FIREWALL]

Congrats to you and your son Jim.:salute: :woot:

A chip off the Ole Block me thinks. :arrgh!: :DL

[AVGWarhawk]

Good for James.:up: So, who was his roll model :06::O: J/K Jim! Good luck to James in his bright future:yeah:

[magick]

Outstanding achievement! Gongratz to your son and you Jim!

[mookiemookie]

:salute::yeah:

Well we now know jimbuna can do at least one thing right! :O:

[Onkel Neal]

Posted (http://www.subsim.com/index.php)


:shucks:

[cgjimeneza]

give your son an "atta boy" from us in Costa Rica

you must be really proud of him...

now pack him to SubSchool if possible,

[nikimcbee]

Bravo!:yeah: So when does he get his father's haircut?:hmmm:

[ubootcomrade]

Congrats. :salute: :up:

[kiwi_2005]

Congratz! :yeah: Jimbuna and i :salute: your son.

[TarJak]

Well done to both Jim's!:yeah:

He's doing you proud mate.

[Jimbuna]

Wow!! :o

James is ever so impressed and I am simply overwhelmed with the response and level of kindness shown here.

Thanking you all very very much :salute:

[Chad]

Well done raising a good laddie :D


Hope he treats you with the respect he gives to his professors and mentors :salute: But I'm sure he does, and is a wonderful thing to see!

[elanaiba]

Congrats, Jim!

[Kpt. Lehmann]

I am ashamed to say that I was unaware of this until now, and apologize for offering my congratulations so belatedly....

...all the same though... WELL DONE AND GOOD SHOW JAMES AND JAMES!!!:salute:

Jimbuna, I'm sure you are one proud dad!!! :up::up::up:

Now a little trivia tidbit for you... I happen to know that the great James junior... plays Silent Hunter III with the Grey Wolves mod.... AND USES THE SPYSAT MOD SHOWING HIM WHERE ALL THE SHIPPING IS!!!

< Pokes James junior in the ribs!!! >

< Matey... they didn't have GPS, ELT's and positional transponders back then!!! >

Though I'm sure that a few years from now... James junior will be poking me in the ribs about my being a 'fictional' captain... when he is the real McCoy.

ALL AHEAD FLANK James junior!!! :rock::rock::rock:

[Mush Martin]

I can see why he turned out brilliant but how did he get so handsome?

:up::up::up: one for each of ya mate.
M

[Melonfish]

i've only just seen this myself, congrats to both of you!
you must be very very proud, i can only imagine you've been wandering round like a pidgeon for a good while now ;)

kids are ace, my son (all of 6 years old) has decided he wants to get a U-boat that we can build together and paint. its going to be sweet.
pete

[Jimbuna]

Just a brief update for all you great people that were so kind in offering your best wishes to my son James.

He is flying to Juneau, Alaska tomorow to join his second vessel MS Ryndam....lock up yer daughters :DL

http://www.figuralminibottles.net/goedewaagen/Holland%20America/ms%20ryndam%201.jpg

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.shipparade.com/az/Ryndam/Ryndam_2009-06-23.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.shipparade.com/az/Ryndam/Ryndam.htm&usg=__s2B653hC26demlhLCbltLYUWa5I=&h=380&w=570&sz=58&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=jd7hresBBKmC2M:&tbnh=89&tbnw=134&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dryndam%2Bphotos%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den

http://www.hollandamerica.com/main/Main.action

[Arclight]

A paid cruise?! Lucky git. :nope: ;)

[Dimitrius07]

Congradulations James!

I wish you all the best, and futher advansment in your carrier.

My congradulation also goes to a very proud dad :woot: who manage to raise such a good son. Salute to both :salute:.

(yes i know, my English is :down::oops:)

[Biggles]

Woah, you mean there's more than one of the Jimbuna clan!?:o


Haha, just pullin' yer leg. Good on you, old James! (Well you're older than me...)