Pearl Harbor Day: 12-07-2011

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Platapus

What is this becoming a contest about who can be the first?

Uh Vendor, we know about Pearl Harbor. You really don't need to remind us. It is kinda big to the people on this forum.

I have not mentioned the word contest, and my ties to what happened, then is strong for several reasons, and I felt that there were grounds for a post .... or wait until the time zone is correct, which I can not do because of jobs.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Vendor

I have not mentioned the word contest, and my ties to what happened, then is strong for several reasons, and I felt that there were grounds for a post .... or wait until the time zone is correct, which I can not do because of jobs.

Well you just ruined my Pearl Harbor day guess I'll have to wait until next year now

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Well you just ruined my Pearl Harbor day guess I'll have to wait until next year now

Well,good luck then

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Vendor

I know, but here it is.

Originally Posted by Vendor

I have not mentioned the word contest, and my ties to what happened, then is strong for several reasons, and I felt that there were grounds for a post .... or wait until the time zone is correct, which I can not do because of jobs.

I know, and this time I was just teasing. Yes, we do know about it and tomorrow everyone will be saying so, so you've done nothing wrong.

Thanks for showing support for us, and thanks for reminding us, whether we think we need it or not!

Of course two hours and twenty minutes of my day tomorrow will be spent watching Tora! Tora! Tora!

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I know, and this time I was just teasing. Yes, we do know about it and tomorrow everyone will be saying so, so you've done nothing wrong.

Thanks for showing support for us, and thanks for reminding us, whether we think we need it or not!

Of course two hours and twenty minutes of my day tomorrow will be spent watching Tora! Tora! Tora!

Thanks for those kind words Steve,

[kiwi_2005]

Time for me to go watch 'Saving Private Ryan' for like the 17th time.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Time for me to go watch 'Saving Private Ryan' for like the 17th time.

Sorry to laugh but that movie came up today and someone said (regarding D-Day) "oh that's coming up tomorrow!" Uh, no. Wrong anniversary.

On a somewhat related note, I was talking to one of my fellow kenpo students about it (the movie) a couple weeks back and he told me about some guy he used to work with. He and my friend had both recently seen the movie and were talking about it, and the other guy asked if it was a true story. My friend started to say, well, there was a thing with one family where the brothers were all killed, but it was a different situation, and the Private Ryan in the movie was a fictional character and his story was made up for the movie, etc. The other guy interrupted him and said, no, I mean that whole thing with the beaches and Normandy and the war in France and all that...



This guy was an adult with at least a high school edumacation and HE DID NOT KNOW THAT WORLD WAR II WAS A REAL THING.

So altho some of us don't need reminding, there are some people who need a whole lot more than that.

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Sorry to laugh but that movie came up today and someone said (regarding D-Day) "oh that's coming up tomorrow!" Uh, no. Wrong anniversary.

No offense taken.
Yeah I know its the wrong movie but thats the movie I like when it comes to any WW2 Remembrance. I never get sick of watching it, just like you probably never get sick of watching Das boot Anyway my dvd collection also has that over the top Pearl Harbour movie with Ben Affleck in it, i'll stick to Private Ryan.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

This guy was an adult with at least a high school edumacation and HE DID NOT KNOW THAT WORLD WAR II WAS A REAL THING.

Yep, there are people like that.

I'm not a fan of Saving Private Ryan, but a good friend of my likes it for a personal reason. Two, in fact.

1. While Ryan is fictional, the rescue teams represented were very real indeed. My friend says his father was given that assignment on several occasions.

2. My friend says his youngest uncle lied about his age, joined up at 14 and made it through boot camp and to the front lines. It was just such a team that brought him back home.

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Yeah I know its the wrong movie but thats the movie I like when it comes to any WW2 Remembrance. I never get sick of watching it, just like you probably never get sick of watching Das boot Anyway my dvd collection also has that over the top Pearl Harbour movie with Ben Affleck in it, i'll stick to Private Ryan.

Have you ever seen Tora! Tora! Tora!? It's every bit as good as Pearl Harbor is bad. It tells the story as it happened, all the actors play real people, no crap at all and it's very well done, especially for a pre-CGI movie. It's one of a handful of WW2 movies I actively praise, the others being The Longest Day and Battle Of Britain. Oh, and A Bridge Too Far, of course.

Das Boot for me occupies that second tier of truly great movies set during the war, but not actually being about the war itself.

[joegrundman]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Sorry to laugh but that movie came up today and someone said (regarding D-Day) "oh that's coming up tomorrow!" Uh, no. Wrong anniversary.

On a somewhat related note, I was talking to one of my fellow kenpo students about it (the movie) a couple weeks back and he told me about some guy he used to work with. He and my friend had both recently seen the movie and were talking about it, and the other guy asked if it was a true story. My friend started to say, well, there was a thing with one family where the brothers were all killed, but it was a different situation, and the Private Ryan in the movie was a fictional character and his story was made up for the movie, etc. The other guy interrupted him and said, no, I mean that whole thing with the beaches and Normandy and the war in France and all that...



This guy was an adult with at least a high school edumacation and HE DID NOT KNOW THAT WORLD WAR II WAS A REAL THING.

So altho some of us don't need reminding, there are some people who need a whole lot more than that.

lol. my professor of international relations related an anecdote that during a discussion on the politics related to ww2, an american student had a sudden epiphany and asked "Since there was a world war 2, does this mean there was also a world war one?"

[TorpX]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

On a somewhat related note, I was talking to one of my fellow kenpo students about it (the movie) a couple weeks back and he told me about some guy he used to work with. He and my friend had both recently seen the movie and were talking about it, and the other guy asked if it was a true story. My friend started to say, well, there was a thing with one family where the brothers were all killed, but it was a different situation, and the Private Ryan in the movie was a fictional character and his story was made up for the movie, etc. The other guy interrupted him and said, no, I mean that whole thing with the beaches and Normandy and the war in France and all that...

This is freakin' scary!

[Jimbuna]

He means it never happened

[August]

Tora Tora Tora sounds like a fine idea. Thanks Steve!


BTW Pearl Harbor rememberers: Hawaii is GMT-10 hours.

That means 7:48am Hawaiian time is 12:48PM US Eastern time. Or in other words the bombs started dropping right after lunchtime 70 years ago tomorrow.

[Sledgehammer427]

Originally Posted by Vendor

which I can not do because of jobs.
because of jobs
because of jobs

you don't say

EDIT: Couldnt resist! :P
I can tell the lady giving me a job interview tomorrow that 70 years ago as she and I are talking Pearl Harbor was being attacked.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer427

you don't say

EDIT: Couldnt resist! :P
I can tell the lady giving me a job interview tomorrow that 70 years ago as she and I are talking Pearl Harbor was being attacked.

I say WORK,Instead,so it will not be "misunderstanding" Say hello from me, and ya get what ya want!