Alaskan's Journal

[Alaskan]

I have been thus far, blessed with a very good memory.
We had to learn both of the poems I mentioned.
Also had to memorize 2 verses of one of my favorites, and 'translate' it from Cockney to the class (others had to do the same for the other verses)


You may talk o’ gin and beer
When you’re quartered safe out ’ere,
An’ you’re sent to penny-fights an’ Aldershot it;
But when it comes to slaughter
You will do your work on water,
An’ you’ll lick the bloomin’ boots of ’im that’s got it.
Now in Injia’s sunny clime,
Where I used to spend my time
A-servin’ of ’Er Majesty the Queen,
Of all them blackfaced crew
The finest man I knew
Was our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din,
He was ‘Din! Din! Din!
‘You limpin’ lump o’ brick-dust, Gunga Din!
‘Hi! Slippy hitherao
‘Water, get it! Panee lao,
‘You squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din.’


The uniform ’e wore
Was nothin’ much before,
An’ rather less than ’arf o’ that be’ind,
For a piece o’ twisty rag
An’ a goatskin water-bag
Was all the field-equipment ’e could find.
When the sweatin’ troop-train lay
In a sidin’ through the day,
Where the ’eat would make your bloomin’ eyebrows crawl,
We shouted ‘Harry By!’
Till our throats were bricky-dry,
Then we wopped ’im ’cause ’e couldn’t serve us all.
It was ‘Din! Din! Din!
‘You ’eathen, where the mischief ’ave you been?
‘You put some juldee in it
‘Or I’ll marrow you this minute
‘If you don’t fill up my helmet, Gunga Din!’

(1st & 2nd verses from Kipling's Gunga Din.)

Most excellent memory!

 

[Alaskan]

I can remember little of my schooling.

At the 1 reunion I went to, a high school class mate made some mention of chapel on Wednesday mornings.

I said, we had chapel EVERY Wednesday morning?

They said yes.

I said, "did I attend this chapel every Wednesday morning?"

They said yes (we had been fast friends in high school... I am sure if I had been there we would have been sitting next to each other).

Did I ever skip this chapel? I asked.

They said no.

I remember going maybe twice.

Three years I went to that school.

 

[Alaskan]

Blasted neighbor's dog ran through again today... didn't see the chickens this time... went for the ducks since some were in my parking area and easily seen.

The ducks saw them running towards them (I had just looked out the window) and all of the ducks close to the dogs did a fast run/fly to the middle of the pond.

The rest of the ducks did stone impressions. The chickens... when I looked their direction, were just gone... all hiding and silent.

I yelled at the dogs, turned around to tell down the stairs at my kids, then turned back to yell out the window "go home"

The dogs actually high tailed it out of there... and the kids came out and walked about to make sure everyone was fine.

Everyone IS fine.

Except I am getting ticked off at that neighbor.

Pond a bit later with just a few of the ducks.

Bad close up... phone has terrible zoom

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Sounds like SSS is about to be enacted! Glad there were no casualties this time.

 

[Latestarter]

My guess would be time for a last "heart to heart" with the neighbor... THEN SSS. As WH said, glad there were no casualties.

I haven't been to any reunions and anticipate that I won't in the future. My adolescent years are a blur. I recall very little and really, there was very little of any real value to remember. I didn't have a "bad" childhood.. just a very unmemorable/unremarkable one. No really close, lifelong friends. nothing to "go back to".

 

[Alaskan]

My guess would be time for a last "heart to heart" with the neighbor... THEN SSS. As WH said, glad there were no casualties.

I haven't been to any reunions and anticipate that I won't in the future. My adolescent years are a blur. I recall very little and really, there was very little of any real value to remember. I didn't have a "bad" childhood.. just a very unmemorable/unremarkable one. No really close, lifelong friends. nothing to "go back to".

Nothing super bad in my childhood either.

I think I was just usually "in my head" and didn't find the day to day stuff interesting enough to pay attention to or remember.

The stuff that I thought was exciting or cool or whatever from my childhood I remember well.

 

[Rammy]

Sounds like SSS is about to be enacted! Glad there were no casualties this time.

x2.

 

[greybeard]

Oh, I very much disliked school until I reached the last couple of years, and even then, did poorly and barely graduated. I just have a good memory...never said any of the activities were particularly 'memorable' or remarkable.

(I have not attended any reunions either....I've outlived most of my classmates and the few that are left probably would NOT remember me anyway)

 

[Bruce]

I remember going maybe twice.

You forgot to ask one VERY important question:
"Was I AWAKE in the chapel?"

I didn't have a "bad" childhood.. just a very unmemorable/unremarkable one. No really close, lifelong friends. nothing to "go back to".

Same.

 

[Mike CHS]

I would have one last conversation with your neighbor is you are so inclined but I keep a shotgun on a chair in the living room just for that kind of event. If I know who owns the dog and I know it is harmless it is OK, otherwise I will shoot it. You have too nice of a place and everything going your way to have to worry about dogs that aren't contained.