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| sunsetfire2001 |
HIHi my name is Tammy...My ex and I were stationed in Iceland years ago..and we had the opportunity to meet and hear the Royal Marine Band from Scotland..needless to say they were awesome.. and we had a fantastic time at the Marine Corps Ball... |
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| lesbryan |
Hi there sunsetfire  to the forum !! 
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| General Melchett |
Hello Tammy,
I had some fantastic trips to Keflavik throughout the 90's with Scotland Band...... Many a great Marine Corps Ball and ensuing party. You should be able to find Colin on one of the social networking sites available. He's still in Plymouth Band and currently in NZ. |
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| Kratos |
Hi Tammy....I remember you from the late 80's and early 90's. and the furtive meetings with the 'bone section!
John Hill met his wife Marlene at the American Embassy in Reykjavik in 1990, all I can remember is John Bushell eating the cake as the oldest Marine present and Mick Davey saying to a General," If you breathe on this balloon it makes you voice go all funny" We were all pi$$ed and thought it was hillarious. However the next day it wasn't quite so funny! DMaj (Steve Muddiman) had a sense of humour bypass. Ho hum! |
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| sticky blue |
Hi ya Tammy welcome to the madhouse - had many a good time at the USMC's birthday balls also used to visit Eastcote USMC barracks for a few aperitifs - allegedly 
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| sunsetfire2001 |
HiWe were in keflavik between 90-92 .. and Kratos I don't think you know me at all..lol wasn't around there in the 80's to 90's..just for the early 90's..anyway...thank you sticky_blue for the info..and ty for the welcome too..yes we had a fantastic time with the Royal Marines..they definately were more doting to me than my ex was and I thank you all for that..
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| sunsetfire2001 |
Thank you General for the info...I really appreciate it..maybe I can find him soon..Thank you again | ||
| Errol |
Welcome to the forum sunsetfire2001. 
Do I take it, that reflects your hair colour.? I have never been to Iceland, but many years ago I 'performed' at other USMC balls ie Naples, London and Quantico. We were always well looked after. 
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| sunsetfire2001 |
HiI'm glad they looked after you...usually always a good time..take care |
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| sunsetfire2001 |
Actually, I love sunsets and used to be a Vol.Firefighter...but thank you | ||
| Errol |
As you say 'Your Welcome'. Where i live, the windows in our house overlook the countryside facing west.Like you i enjoy the sunsets. Not quite what I have seen in the tropics, but still impressive at home on some evenings. Being an ex RM bugler,Ive also played sunset a few times as well.
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| sunsetfire2001 |
HiTheres just something peaceful about sunsets..not one is the same and the colors are amazing... |
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| bootybandy |
Re: Hi
I thought you were describing the Buglers there......!!!!!! only I would never describe them as peaceful. 
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| sticky blue |
Except when asleep, maybe ??
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| bootybandy |
even then they're thinking deviant things..... |
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| Dan A |
I dont know....a good looking woman appears and says she likes bootneck bands and you all go wobbly...Welcome Tammy...I am an ex Fosni Drum Major, but not during your time in Iceland we did our USMC balls at Edzell in Aberdeenshire. I think we all envy the importance that the USMC place on their Corps Birthday and wish our Corps did the same. Its not that the Royal Marines are not proud its just something that has been differently.
Welcome to the site..... Dan Archer |
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| Errol |
Well done BB. Sunsets to deviants in 3 moves. 
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| bootybandy |
It's an art Errol.....an art.
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| Errol |
You've been looking at the works of Salvidor Dali too much BB.
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| Errol |
I think Sunset's taste,is more in the line of Turner.(no,not Tina).
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| Errol |
Hi Dan, You staying out there in NZ now. Regards Errol. |
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| Dan A |
Not if Tammy is staying in Minnesota!! | ||
| Errol |
Buglers never change.
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| sunsetfire2001 |
hilol ya'll are crazy ...and fun and thank you for the welcome as well...and errol who is turner? lol no clue what you mean |
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| bootybandy |
Re: hi
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| sunsetfire2001 |
hiI don't know who or what Turner is..I'm new here remember lol |
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| Errol |
Hi Sunset,
The man I spoke about was JMW Turner (1775-1851). He painted landscapes/seascapes. His works are shown here in London at the Tate Museum. I had in mind his painting of the 'Fighting Temeraire'. A ship that had fought valiantly at the battle of Trafalgar and is shown, sadly being towed up a river to be broken up The background to the painting has the most dramatic red sunset. Im not an art freak,but some paintings stick in the memory.
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| admin |
The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up, 1838, 91 x 122 cm National Gallery This picture is perhaps the best known of all Turner’s pictures, and it is one which, like “Crossing the Brook,” appeals to all. In these two works—one the most perfect work of his earliest, as the other of his latest style—he touched, as he rarely did, the common heart of mankind. Apart from particular associations, there is an eternal pathos in an old ship being tugged to its last berth in calm water at sunset. It is not necessary to tell the story of how the good ship was captured from the French at the battle of the Nile, and broke the line of the combined fleets at that of Trafalgar; nor is it necessary to think of her battered hulk as a type of the old sailing “wooden walls,” so soon to be replaced by ironclads and steam propellers—of the “old order” which “changeth, giving place to new.” It is a poem without all this, though all this gives additional interest and pathos to it in our eyes. Considered even in relation to the artist, this picture has a peculiar solemnity: he, as well as the Térnéraire, was being “tugged to his last berth ;“ he had still many years of life, but his decline as an artist had commenced, and was painfully perceptible in most of his pictures; occasionally his genius rallied, and this was one of its expiring efforts, the last picture which, according to Mr. Ruskin, he painted with his perfect power Turner referred to this painting as "My Darling", and refused to sell it. |
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| Errol |
Deli thanks for the extra info.
I saw it in the Tate last year.It hangs in the same room as other greats,such as Stubbs,Constable and Gainsborough.Well worth a visit next time your in London...admission free.
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| admin |
No problem Errol. We went to the Hermitage http://www.hermitagemuseum.org when in St Petersburg, Russia, and saw so much on a very short visit. To stand next to a Michelangelo in one room and then move into another room and stand by a Gainsborough is quite amazing. They claim that if you spend 7 seconds looking at each item it will take you more than a year to get round the place. | ||
| MrJpig |
I thought you were talking about the Hermitage near RAB
http://www.visitdunkeld.com/Dunkeld%20Hermitage/index.htm |
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| RAB |
I thought they'd lost the plot....
Bulgers and fine art in the one thread..???
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| Errol |
Hope you learned something Rab.
Nothing like that at the 'Golden Quaiche' school of art in Arbroath eh.
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| RAB |
Ahaaaaaahh Errol. Now you're talking my language... Quaich = Drinking Vessel. And Arbroath is all happy memories... 
On the art thing, I remember being on 'The Bass' in Greenwich, and apparrently some famous mucker got the contract of emulsioning the ceiling... 
Nope, I'm not fishing guys, but I was more interested on how many crates of beer there would be for the lads afterwards than to stand (or fall) backwards to admire the kin decorator.. Justme
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| sunsetfire2001 |
hiThank you for the explanation..and it sounds very lovely would like to see it sometime...ya'll have a great weekend well what's left of it.. |