MASTER SUNRAY older today

#1 28-01-06, 23:47

Our own Master Sunray celebrates another birthday today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Geoff!

Celebrate!

:love: Ma Yappy

Mark W. Tonner · #2 29-01-06, 00:50

Quote:

Originally posted by Vets Dottir

Our own Master Sunray celebrates another birthday today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Geoff!

... yes it is true folks, MASTER SUNRAY has been around since the days of a CENTURION being a rank not a TANK.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ....ANCIENT ONE

Jon Skagfeld · #3 29-01-06, 00:56

Sunray:

I gave you a live .50 cal AP round in celebration of your 50th.

A year later, I wondered where in hell I could find a .51 cal round.

Now, I'm buggered if I can find a .52 round.

HB, don't let the breeze up.....

Regards, from Snowen Sound.

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #4 29-01-06, 01:58

It's a .53 round today, you clot.

Cheers anyway!

Quote:

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Sunray:

I gave you a live .50 cal AP round in celebration of your 50th.

A year later, I wondered where in hell I could find a .51 cal round.

Now, I'm buggered if I can find a .52 round.

HB, don't let the breeze up.....

Regards, from Snowen Sound.

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #5 29-01-06, 02:09

Quote:

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
... yes it is true folks, MASTER SUNRAY has been around since the days of a CENTURION being a rank not a TANK.....

THERE'S the pot talking to the kettle...

But I DO like to think some of us here ARE Centurions in the classic sense of the term...

Mark W. Tonner · #6 29-01-06, 02:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
THERE'S the pot talking to the kettle...

.... Ok, you caught me, I forgot to add to the original post "and PRONTO was his 2 i/c ...... and I was i/c of the blank file"......

Happy Birthday Geoff

Cheers

Oh!, and I almost forgot, I think J.C. was a Lance-Corporal right around that time also.......

Max Hedges · #7 29-01-06, 03:04

on your birthday, 52 is agood age I know of a few people of that vintage and they don't look ancient.
:
cheers: Max

ps. 53 thats another matter your older than me then

Snowtractor · #8 29-01-06, 03:45

YOu dat old?!!! Shite, what was it like driving steam powered tanks? Did they shoot bows or arrows? Did Jesus really look like a smelly hippy?
Geritol and Ensure on me you old scoundrel...Heck, you know what they say " Your not getting older, you're getting OLDER" LMAO

Sean

#9 29-01-06, 07:38

Quote:

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
It's a .53 round today, you clot.

Oh well, 2 more and its a Boys AT round.

Look me out a 15.24mm for this June if you would.

R.

Alex Blair (RIP) · #10 29-01-06, 14:31

Quote:

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
THERE'S the pot talking to the kettle...

But I DO like to think some of us here ARE Centurions in the classic sense of the term...

Happy Birthday Jif..
I thought I would creak my way in and wish you the best in the up coming year...
May you wake up to this...
http://www.funnyclicks.com/pictures1...3_dontmove.jpg
I'll be looking for high ground shortly so will catch you later..
http://www.funnyclicks.com/pictures1...sexytshirt.jpg

Hanno Spoelstra · #11 29-01-06, 17:21

Congrats, Sunray!

H.

Keith Webb · #12 29-01-06, 20:13

53, eh... you ARE old then! Imagine the CMPs that were around when you were a nipper!
Have a good one....

RHClarke · #13 29-01-06, 20:50

for a tree! Happy B'day Geof2. The Attawa Rotters will hoist a brew in your honour when Wild Bill hits town near the end of February.

Cheers!

Col Tigwell · #14 30-01-06, 00:26

Hope you have a great one.

You are only old, when the truck you drive is younger than you.

Regards

Col Tigwell

Ken Hughes · #15 30-01-06, 08:25

happy birthday geoff 53 is a good age i know!

Garry Shipton (RIP) · #16 30-01-06, 17:49

Happy birthday Geoff,and many more
I'll hoist one

or a few in your honor

Garry

Gunner · #17 31-01-06, 03:56

I have it on good authority that Cardinal Fang was not a Centurion... but a Primus Pilus (due no doubt to the large pilus he carries in his haemoroidum).

Primus Pilus, we pay Tribune (or is that tribute?) to you!

Happy Birthday, Geoff!

For more info see http://www.legionxxiv.org/centurionpage/

Mike

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #18 02-02-06, 03:39

... or, Biggus Dickus....

DaveCox · #19 02-02-06, 08:00

Hey, must have missed this thread when it was first posted. A belated Happy Birthday to you - my 50 on the 11th Feb, so there are a few other half-centurions about. Never thought I'd reach this age, but it doesn't seem so bad now!!!

Gunner · #20 02-02-06, 16:12

Thtwike him Thentuwion, tweat him woufwy, fwow him to the gwound!

Mike

Hanno Spoelstra · #21 02-02-06, 16:26

Quote:

Originally posted by FV623
Look me out a 15.24mm for this June if you would.

Think big - the only difference between men and boys are the size of their toys, remember?

So what about a 60mm Hyper Velocity Medium Support gun? Comes fitted in a suitably upgraded Sherman!

Cheers,
Hanno
(who looks forward to getting a 40mm Bofors this summer...)

Gunner · #22 02-02-06, 17:53

Hi Hanno:

I look forward to you joining the bird gunner club when you get your Bofors... I'll finally be able to convince the forum powers to add a separate forum for Canadian manufactured artillery... "The Gun Shed" or "The MLU Battery".

Maybe I should lend my almost complete collection of Bofors manuals to Alex for reproduction.

Of course we will have to introduce you to the mysteries of Saint Barbara and teach you all about caring for the Colours.

Mike

Alex Blair (RIP) · #23 02-02-06, 20:45

Quote:

Originally posted by Gunner
Hi Hanno:

I look forward to you joining the bird gunner club when you get your Bofors... I'll finally be able to convince the forum powers to add a separate forum for Canadian manufactured artillery... "The Gun Shed" or "The MLU Battery".

Maybe I should lend my almost complete collection of Bofors manuals to Alex for reproduction.

Of course we will have to introduce you to the mysteries of Saint Barbara and teach you all about caring for the Colours.

Mike

Hi Mike..
I have never had any demand for the manual and have lots of 75,90 MM stuff listed with little demand for that..but if the demand is there we'll do it..
We'll gather up at Gracies over the issue ...
Wild Willy will be here soon..Rob and Bob know the drill..Clive should be around somewhere too.

#24 02-02-06, 21:32

Quote:

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Think big - the only difference between men and boys are the size of their toys, remember?

So what about a 60mm Hyper Velocity Medium Support gun? Comes fitted in a suitably upgraded Sherman!

Cheers,
Hanno
(who looks forward to getting a 40mm Bofors this summer...)

Oh well, I suppose I'll have to go metric then; just the 60mm round if you please McSpool and on the original D-Day date this year, not the weather delayed day if you'd be so kind.

R.

Alex Blair (RIP) · #25 06-02-06, 15:24

Quote:

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Sunray:

I gave you a live .50 cal AP round in celebration of your 50th.

A year later, I wondered where in hell I could find a .51 cal round.

Now, I'm buggered if I can find a .52 round.

HB, don't let the breeze up.....

Regards, from Snowen Sound.

Jon...
I'll bet you would like to have that .50 Cal. round chambered up in your MacMillan and that evil weasle of a ground hog dead center in your sites this morning...
Wire-ass Willy and his predictions didn't say how much snow before spring came..
I saw that you must of had 60 CM of the white stuff over the weekend ,and with the drifting it is probably up there pretty good...
In Ottawa ,we had rain,until last night and then it blew in about 5 CM of really light snow...The missus has the drive way shovelled allready....
Maybe you should head south with us for a couple of weeks...

http://www.funnyclicks.com/pictures25/169.jpg

Jon Skagfeld · #26 07-02-06, 02:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Alex Blair
Jon...
I'll bet you would like to have that .50 Cal. round chambered up in your MacMillan and that evil weasle of a ground hog dead center in your sites this morning...
Wire-ass Willy and his predictions didn't say how much snow before spring came..
I saw that you must of had 60 CM of the white stuff over the weekend ,and with the drifting it is probably up there pretty good...
In Ottawa ,we had rain,until last night and then it blew in about 5 CM of really light snow...The missus has the drive way shovelled allready....
Maybe you should head south with us for a couple of weeks...

http://www.funnyclicks.com/pictures25/169.jpg

Thanks for the comments about the snow, Alex.

Yeah, we got hammered pretty good. I had local guy with auger and tractor blow out driveway yesterday...and, due to today's accumulation, have to have him back to blow out the driveway again tomorrow. My 10 hp, 29" snow blower just can't hack the amount of snow that we've had.

Heading south...???...where do I sign up...first of all, how do we get out of the driveway in order to get to a road to the airport?

BTW, I've posted elsewhere on this Forum that, if I ever get my hands on the scrawny neck of that Wiarton Willie, I'll take great satisfaction in inducing rodenticide. Grrr..I shoot his relatives regularly when they encroach on my property.

Mark W. Tonner · #27 07-02-06, 02:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Heading south...???...where do I sign up...first of all, how do we get out of the driveway in order to get to a road to the airport?

Jon;

When your able to get out, might I suggest that you buy one of these ASAP

Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP) · #28 07-02-06, 05:41

Here in Toronto, we got about an inch of snow today. Don't know how we're going to cope...

Ponysoldier · #29 07-02-06, 07:52

An inch of snow? we havent had so much as a drop
of rain in 111 days
Happy Birthday Geoff
Patrick

#30 07-02-06, 08:45

Quote:

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Thanks for the comments about the snow, Alex.

My 10 hp, 29" snow blower just can't hack the amount of snow that we've had.

Hey, Skags; you need one of these you do.

R.