I am retiring for a while, maybe a long while..........

Damo1977 · 11-20-05, 08:02 AM

On Friday the 18th, my Father (My best mate) passed away suddenly (ex Australian Army, RAEME). We have been through many things together both good and bad. SO you ppls can relax for a while, maybe I shall return, but at the moment. I really don't know........

so signing off
take care all

Damian J. Davies

jumpy · 11-20-05, 08:12 AM

Sorry to hear that m8.

Skybird · 11-20-05, 08:13 AM

NO FRONTIERS

If life is a river and your heart is a boat
And just like a water baby, baby born to float
And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high
And your heart is Amelia dying to fly
Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen heaven in your eyes

And if life is a bar room in which we must wait
'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates
Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates
And we stack all the deadmen in self addressed crates
In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us 'til the day
When fear will lose its grip
And heaven has its way
Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen heaven in your eyes

If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails
And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails
Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right
Then your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night
In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark
That somehow this black night
Feels warmer for the spark
Warmer for the spark
To hold us 'til the day when fear will lose its grip
And heaven has its way
And heaven has its way
When all will harmonise
And know it's in our hearts
The dream will realise

Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen heaven in your eyes
Heaven knows no frontiers
And I've seen heaven in your eyes

(Jimmy McCarthy)

Polak · 11-20-05, 08:29 AM

Nice to hear from you again Skybird =)
And Damo my mate, I'm really sorry for your lost

kiwi_2005 · 11-20-05, 08:39 AM

Losing a dad and a best friend at the same time. Not good at all. All the best .

11-20-05, 12:03 PM

I hope you return to the forum soon. Hope all goes well in the mean time. Erich Topp U-552

Type941 · 11-20-05, 12:32 PM

oh man.. my sincere condolences.

Aussie_Lee · 11-20-05, 12:46 PM

Sorry to hear about that mate, I hope you look after yourself during your absence.

joea · 11-20-05, 01:11 PM

That's terrible news Damo mate. I will tell you this you were damn lucky your old man was your best friend. I consider my Dad my best mate too...but not everyone can say that. Many never have good relations with their parents. Take care hope to see you back.

retired1212 · 11-20-05, 11:42 PM

Sorry to hear about it friend

. My condolences. I hope that time will help you in these tough moments

Happy Times · 11-21-05, 12:55 AM

Sorry for your loss

Hope youl be back.

diver · 11-21-05, 03:25 AM

I am very sorry for you loss Damo.

Sixpack · 11-21-05, 03:59 AM

Take care of yourself Damo.

However I fail to see the connection with being non-active on this forum.

Skybird · 11-21-05, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixpack

Take care of yourself Damo.

However I fail to see the connection with being non-active on this forum.

Really?

Sixpack · 11-22-05, 03:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixpack

Take care of yourself Damo.

However I fail to see the connection with being non-active on this forum.

Really?

This place uplifts the spirit, dunnit ?

11-20-05, 08:02 AM	#1
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am retiring for a while, maybe a long while.......... On Friday the 18th, my Father (My best mate) passed away suddenly (ex Australian Army, RAEME). We have been through many things together both good and bad. SO you ppls can relax for a while, maybe I shall return, but at the moment. I really don't know........ so signing off take care all Damian J. Davies __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

11-20-05, 08:12 AM	#2
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear that m8. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

11-20-05, 08:13 AM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	NO FRONTIERS If life is a river and your heart is a boat And just like a water baby, baby born to float And if life is a wild wind that blows way on high And your heart is Amelia dying to fly Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes And if life is a bar room in which we must wait 'Round the man with his fingers on the ivory gates Where we sing until dawn of our fears and our fates And we stack all the deadmen in self addressed crates In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark That somehow this black night Feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark To hold us 'til the day When fear will lose its grip And heaven has its way Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes If your life is a rough bed of brambles and nails And your spirit's a slave to man's whips and man's jails Where you thirst and you hunger for justice and right Then your heart is a pure flame of man's constant night In your eyes faint as the singing of a lark That somehow this black night Feels warmer for the spark Warmer for the spark To hold us 'til the day when fear will lose its grip And heaven has its way And heaven has its way When all will harmonise And know it's in our hearts The dream will realise Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes Heaven knows no frontiers And I've seen heaven in your eyes (Jimmy McCarthy) __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-20-05, 08:29 AM	#4
Polak Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Poland/Sweden Posts: 808 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Nice to hear from you again Skybird =) And Damo my mate, I'm really sorry for your lost __________________

11-20-05, 08:39 AM	#5
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	Losing a dad and a best friend at the same time. Not good at all. All the best . __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

11-20-05, 12:03 PM	#6
U-552Erich-Topp Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I hope you return to the forum soon. Hope all goes well in the mean time. Erich Topp U-552

11-20-05, 12:32 PM	#7
Type941 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: U-52 Posts: 1,270 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	oh man.. my sincere condolences. __________________ Sink the Bismarck SH3 Movie

11-20-05, 12:46 PM	#8
Aussie_Lee Swabbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 9 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear about that mate, I hope you look after yourself during your absence. __________________ http://www.gunplot.net Unoffical site for Retired members of the Royal Australian Navy and those curious about the navy.

11-20-05, 01:11 PM	#9
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	That's terrible news Damo mate. I will tell you this you were damn lucky your old man was your best friend. I consider my Dad my best mate too...but not everyone can say that. Many never have good relations with their parents. Take care hope to see you back.

11-20-05, 11:42 PM	#10
retired1212 Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: North Pole, World Posts: 240 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear about it friend . My condolences. I hope that time will help you in these tough moments __________________ Sub has been gifted to enemy in exchange of asylum and money

11-21-05, 12:55 AM	#11
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Sorry for your loss Hope youl be back.

11-21-05, 03:25 AM	#12
diver Engineer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am very sorry for you loss Damo.

11-21-05, 03:59 AM	#13
Sixpack Samurai Navy Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: below North Sea level (iow Holland) Posts: 592 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Take care of yourself Damo. However I fail to see the connection with being non-active on this forum.