This could be the best Christmas ever

Jimbuna · 11-23-18, 08:30 AM

Having announced the fact earlier in the week that the wife and I are expecting our first grandchild from our daughter and her husband next May, my son waltzed into the house this morning to inform us he has just passed his merchant navy Masters exam.

We were aware he was on study leave but as for previous exams he kept the examination date a secret so as not to create his parents any anxiety.

This could well be the best Christmas day ever, especially as we have all the family at ours for dinner and I'll probably refer to him as Captain James but only for the one day

Catfish · 11-23-18, 08:46 AM

Happy to hear that your family is doing so well! Some good news

If you start calling him Captain you probably will have to continue with that, for the rest of your life

HW3 · 11-23-18, 10:02 AM

Congratulations to Captain James!

AVGWarhawk · 11-23-18, 10:20 AM

A good year for the Buna family! Congratulations to your son and the change of passing such a test.

Skybird · 11-23-18, 11:19 AM

Commander Wallace · 11-23-18, 11:43 AM

Congrats all the way around Jim. It's good you will all be together this Holiday season.

Remember, there is more than one way to be a Captain.

Mr Quatro · 11-23-18, 01:11 PM

Wow! Captain for a son ... how proud you deserve to be

The only captain's I knew were in the US Navy and they were all great men worthy to be called captain. A captain is someone you can trust with your life and a good crew is someone he can trust when he's asleep or ashore on leave.

Have you had a vacation on a ship your son was on yet? I may have missed it, uh?

eddie · 11-23-18, 03:38 PM

Great news Jim!

u crank · 11-23-18, 04:47 PM

That's some good news Jim.

Captain James. That sounds pretty nice.

fireftr18 · 11-25-18, 09:12 PM

Congratulations to Young Buna!

May he have calm seas and a fair wind at his back.

Jimbuna · 11-26-18, 06:54 AM

Cheers matey

Jimbuna · 01-17-19, 08:00 AM

Courier arrived an hour or so ago asking for my signature as he handed me this.

Schroeder · 01-17-19, 08:08 AM

Congratulations to your son.

Jimbuna · 01-17-19, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Congratulations to your son.

Danke

11-23-18, 08:30 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	This could be the best Christmas ever Having announced the fact earlier in the week that the wife and I are expecting our first grandchild from our daughter and her husband next May, my son waltzed into the house this morning to inform us he has just passed his merchant navy Masters exam. We were aware he was on study leave but as for previous exams he kept the examination date a secret so as not to create his parents any anxiety. This could well be the best Christmas day ever, especially as we have all the family at ours for dinner and I'll probably refer to him as Captain James but only for the one day __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

11-23-18, 08:46 AM	#2
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Happy to hear that your family is doing so well! Some good news If you start calling him Captain you probably will have to continue with that, for the rest of your life __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

11-23-18, 10:02 AM	#3
HW3 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gresham Oregon Posts: 6,574 Downloads: 458 Uploads: 0	Congratulations to Captain James! __________________ "Some ships are designed to sink...others require our assistance." Nathan Zelk

11-23-18, 10:20 AM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	A good year for the Buna family! Congratulations to your son and the change of passing such a test. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	__________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

11-23-18, 11:43 AM	#6
Commander Wallace Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Under the sea in an Octupus garden in the shade Posts: 5,294 Downloads: 366 Uploads: 0	Congrats all the way around Jim. It's good you will all be together this Holiday season. Remember, there is more than one way to be a Captain.

11-23-18, 01:11 PM	#7
Mr Quatro Navy Seal Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 6,772 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow! Captain for a son ... how proud you deserve to be The only captain's I knew were in the US Navy and they were all great men worthy to be called captain. A captain is someone you can trust with your life and a good crew is someone he can trust when he's asleep or ashore on leave. Have you had a vacation on a ship your son was on yet? I may have missed it, uh? __________________ pla•teau noun a relatively stable level, period, or condition a level of attainment or achievement Lord help me get to the next plateau ..

11-23-18, 03:38 PM	#8
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Great news Jim! __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

11-23-18, 04:47 PM	#9
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	That's some good news Jim. Captain James. That sounds pretty nice. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

11-25-18, 09:12 PM	#10
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Congratulations to Young Buna! May he have calm seas and a fair wind at his back. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!

11-26-18, 06:54 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Cheers matey __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-17-19, 08:00 AM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Courier arrived an hour or so ago asking for my signature as he handed me this. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

01-17-19, 08:08 AM	#13
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Congratulations to your son. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.