May Dae, may Dae! (quick goodbye)

[ric_vidal]

Received the following PM from Dae on Saturday...

you might of seen the latest news reports regarding our island neighbour. i'm off on the standby for that tomorrow morning. if you see that we all head off, say goodbye to everyone for me, there's an open time frame at the moment and the news will pretty much tell the public as we know it ourselves (edited)

I suspected where that might be and he confirmed by a follow-up - TIMOR. Not sure of his involvement but fair to say he’d be in the forces. I wish him, his compatriots and the Timorese well and hope for a peaceful resolution.


On a lighter note.... For those of you have been following the rise and rise of Virgin Surf, Dae has been sacked for insubordination and his attack on the management, well me actually a position has now become available...

[ric_vidal]

We wish him all the best...

Now, given that I'm general manager and in charge of female staff liaison, I haven't been consulted and am starting to question the chain of command and the dictatorial tendencies of one Ricardo...whose creativity has left his title unclear...

Never leave creative types in charge, it'll all go to shit...

Well that explains my business

Now Offshore, who’s all the way offshore, understands my/his role and you haven’t struck me as being slow on the uptake, I’m reasonably benevolent, sooooo... have you seen our your latest appointment http://forum.realsurf.com/forum/viewtop ... 543#125543 wonder if the head matches

Ewes (where is Munch anyway?) distracted me again RR, this is about Dae...

[CaT_SPeW]

i wish him the and all the troops the best. my sister's unit in the air force is currently on stand-by for deployment to Timor, just found out last night when i called home for mothers day

[Chamberess]

he told me when he found out the other nite and mentioned you would put up a formal farewell on his behalf ric.Not the best of news.Thoughts and prayers go out to him,cat's sister and their colleagues.

Makes you wonder what some idiot will do on 06/06/06 (day after my birthday)

[Johnno]

All the best Dae, and good to see little Johnnie doing his bit to increase the numbers of the RSL .........

[Beanpole]

Take care Dae and tell us if you see any surf

[Dingus]

Thanks McRic for putting this up.

Thanks guys for the kind words, we kinda picked up and left in a rush so things got a little hectic for me and everyone else.

Got a chance to get to a comp and actually see the outside world briefly. Anyone reading the papers has a better idea than most, hope to be surfing sometime soon.

[mudguts]

i think almost every unit in the army is on stand by for this at the moment.

but while we are on this subject lets spare a thought for the boys already out doing the hard yards in iraq and afghan. They are not on stand by, they are out there in harms way on a daily basis.

Take a look at the reports in the news at the moment. There are massive bombings in iraq, and talk of the heaviest fighting in years in the ghan, not a good place to be right now.And we dont even hear an eighth of what really happens!


Every morning when i turn on sunrise before work i worry and wait for that dreaded moment that they announce the death or injury of one of our soldiers, and i pray to never hear it again.

My thoughts go out to them and there families and i pray that they all come home safely.

[Larry]

looking for you next Anzac Day in George St digger - keep the head down mate

[ric_vidal]

Thanks McRic for putting this up.

Pleasure tin man! Got to be good for something other than steering Virgin Surf, to be honest business hasn’t been going that well since you were fired so we may have to negotiate a new contract.

God’s speed, Dae. I want someone to explain what that means to me one day...

[fong]

God’s speed, Dae. I want someone to explain what that means to me one day...

quickly too him (god ) if u lose the battle......or quickly home to strength he lives in u family....if the war carries on

dae.....your up it's wat u do.....we all behind u ( some the boogie guys in a bit of suspect way....careful with the soap:lol: )
u know......all our love and support
mudguts.....just on your post....i can understand afgan....mayb...just....iraq is a joke our diggers are on the line over there so our current p.m can get a nice dinner in washington

oh and of course.....to keep our fuel prices low....and sell our wheat 4 kickbacks

i have no problem with the GOOD WORK our troops do restoring peace in our part the world

but our best are in the middle east.....fightin other peoples ILLEAGEAL wars.......hmmmmm.......anyone know anything of oz forces in ww2.....how history repeats

p.s don't just back our involvement guys.....question it...look at it.....someone stands make money out all this....and diggers blood on there hands they couldn't care less..............or get right body sent home

p.p.s beware the mark of cain

[Dingus]

Mudguts - you don't have all the story mate and you won't in the future, but agree with you re the boys in the middle east. If all goes to plan I'll be there soon, and though some will disagree, I want to experience it.

Fongles, you know better than most, enjoy your well earned lifestyle. Just stay away from ebay

[ric_vidal]

God’s speed, Dae. I want someone to explain what that means to me one day...

quickly too him (god ) if u lose the battle......or quickly home to strength he lives in u family....if the war carries on

Thank you Father Fong, you never cease to amaze.
I prefer my wife’s sign-off ‘with love and light’

[munch]

Ewes (where is Munch anyway?) distracted me again RR, this is about Dae...

busy with work and kid and just can't keep up with whats happening on here :?

p.s don't just back our involvement guys.....question it...look at it.....someone stands make money out all this....and diggers blood on there hands they couldn't care less..............or get right body sent home Mad

Yeah I agree totally just don't use it as a reason to bag our boys and gals doin the hard yards I was on HMAS Sydney before they went to Iraq (as a civy) and work with a whole bunch of ex navy guys and they do it tough being seperated from their families for such long periods of times. When I saw the people demostrating against em when they were going off to iraq I couldn't help but feel bloody sad for em like as if they want to go and leave their famlies and they had to deal with people attacking them for going it's got nuthin to do with them it's their job, blame "bald - not prutty" johnnie and his friends even better do somethin about it.

and since an election is coming and there normally won on the mighty dollar (unless of course you can scare the public with terroism, children overboard ... ) I'll chuck this in for some good reading:

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2006/s1633667.htm

p.s I think political correctness is unaustralian :?

p.p.s hope all goes well for youse dae hey youse might even find some waves up around those parts if you get the time

[mudguts]

have you done any time in the defence force dinosaur?

[Lucky Al]

grabbing other people's natural resources and thus denying them economic independence but ensuring continuing poverty, underdevelopment and social unrest: australian or un-australian?