Has any one else had a coincidence like this ? - Page 3

Ron Goldstein · 08-01-2007, 06:29 PM

and a Hi to you Kitty !

One of the problems of posting on a 'new' site (yes.. I know I joined back in 2004 but I've been occupied elsewhere) is that one has to learn who everyone is. The avatars give no means of identifying Gender, for example, and at "a Trieste", the Italian site that I post to, it took me some time before I used the right form of address to members.

Perhaps you might care to mark my card for me on this site ?

Cheers

Ron

ps.
To come back to Grumpy Old Men.... perhaps I can persuade Peter to open an offshoot named Grumpy Old Bxxxxxxs

PeterG · 08-01-2007, 07:02 PM

You have to have at least chalked up half a century to be a full GOM, but we will appoint suitable candidates

at half the qualifying age as Honorable Grumpy Old Men.

Peter

PeterG · 08-01-2007, 07:10 PM

... Ok, OK, and women.

Peter - Junior Member
(Junior? at 76???)

Kyt · 08-01-2007, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterG

You have to have at least chalked up half a century to be a full GOM, but we will appoint suitable candidates

at half the qualifying age as Honorable Grumpy Old Men.

Peter

Well, since I joined this site I feel I've aged 12 years!!

Slipdigit · 17-04-2008, 05:49 PM

I don't know how I missed this thread last year, I was a member of the forum then. Anyway, great story, Ronaldus Magnus.

Ron Goldstein · 17-04-2008, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slipdigit

I don't know how I missed this thread last year, I was a member of the forum then. Anyway, great story, Ronaldus Magnus.

Ronaldus Magnus? Big Ron?

Who's he ?

Jeff, If we have to start playing with latin then I would rather be known by
"Meliora cogito" ( I strive for the best)

Slipdigit · 18-04-2008, 01:32 AM

Ron the Great!

Meliora cogito? I can do that too.

Can anyone tell me what the Latin phrase under my name translates to?

Ron Goldstein · 18-04-2008, 06:48 AM

Jeff

Whenever I need info fast I use GOOGLE

The Mad Magazine Cover Site

Ron

PsyWar.Org · 18-04-2008, 07:04 AM

A fascinating reunion Ron!

I've had a couple of minor similar events thanks to the internet. If you remember we first made contact via the BBC's WW2 people's war website? Well as a result of publishing some of my grandfather's memories on there too, a member of his Field Company contacted me. He had helped my grandfather put together his memoirs and supplied some photos 25 years ago. At the time I was a teenager keen on photography & WWII and was the one who copied his photos for my grandfather's memoirs.

Another remarkable thing happened to me, thanks to the internet. My grandfather's two brothers were both killed during the Battle of the Somme in WWI. The next of kin of WWI killed soldiers were given a "death penny", a beautiful medallion with the dead soldier's name embossed it. Both these death pennies had been lost from my family for many years. Thanks to a website run by Derek Robertson (Wanted Death Plaques), the two death pennies were located and I was able to purchase them back from a collector and restore them to our family. They were probably lost 40 or 50 years ago when my great grandmother died. It was fantastic to get them back. Now I just to need locate their campaign medals which must be out there somewhere...

Lee

Slipdigit · 18-04-2008, 11:11 AM

Top notch, Ron. I have another Qs or two for y'all related to this magazine, but I've drug this excellent thread off topic enough as it is, so I'll hush.

17-04-2008, 05:49 PM	#25 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,600	I don't know how I missed this thread last year, I was a member of the forum then. Anyway, great story, Ronaldus Magnus. __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

18-04-2008, 01:32 AM	#27 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,600	Ron the Great! Meliora cogito? I can do that too. Can anyone tell me what the Latin phrase under my name translates to? __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

18-04-2008, 06:48 AM	#28 (permalink)
Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 685	Jeff Whenever I need info fast I use GOOGLE The Mad Magazine Cover Site Ron __________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany) Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn. I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947

18-04-2008, 07:04 AM	#29 (permalink)
PsyWar.Org Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: East Bay, CA, USA Posts: 120	A fascinating reunion Ron! I've had a couple of minor similar events thanks to the internet. If you remember we first made contact via the BBC's WW2 people's war website? Well as a result of publishing some of my grandfather's memories on there too, a member of his Field Company contacted me. He had helped my grandfather put together his memoirs and supplied some photos 25 years ago. At the time I was a teenager keen on photography & WWII and was the one who copied his photos for my grandfather's memoirs. Another remarkable thing happened to me, thanks to the internet. My grandfather's two brothers were both killed during the Battle of the Somme in WWI. The next of kin of WWI killed soldiers were given a "death penny", a beautiful medallion with the dead soldier's name embossed it. Both these death pennies had been lost from my family for many years. Thanks to a website run by Derek Robertson (Wanted Death Plaques), the two death pennies were located and I was able to purchase them back from a collector and restore them to our family. They were probably lost 40 or 50 years ago when my great grandmother died. It was fantastic to get them back. Now I just to need locate their campaign medals which must be out there somewhere... Lee __________________

18-04-2008, 11:11 AM	#30 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,600	Top notch, Ron. I have another Qs or two for y'all related to this magazine, but I've drug this excellent thread off topic enough as it is, so I'll hush. __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

08-01-2007, 06:29 PM	#21 (permalink)
Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: London, England Posts: 685	and a Hi to you Kitty ! One of the problems of posting on a 'new' site (yes.. I know I joined back in 2004 but I've been occupied elsewhere) is that one has to learn who everyone is. The avatars give no means of identifying Gender, for example, and at "a Trieste", the Italian site that I post to, it took me some time before I used the right form of address to members. Perhaps you might care to mark my card for me on this site ? Cheers Ron ps. To come back to Grumpy Old Men.... perhaps I can persuade Peter to open an offshoot named Grumpy Old Bxxxxxxs

08-01-2007, 07:02 PM	#22 (permalink)
PeterG Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 174	You have to have at least chalked up half a century to be a full GOM, but we will appoint suitable candidates at half the qualifying age as Honorable Grumpy Old Men. Peter

08-01-2007, 07:10 PM	#23 (permalink)
PeterG Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 174	... Ok, OK, and women. Peter - Junior Member (Junior? at 76???)

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