Your fav Sketch cards

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[beckham1]

Well here is one most have already seen it.  Funny thing is I am not even much of a Frodo fan.

[ferdinand_the_yak]

That's a hideous card Dave. Send it to me and I will get rid of it for you. Heck, I'll even pay shipping

[Roz]

They got you too, huh?  Oohrah.

Roz, poor, poor Roz, the Marines are much to special (see, I can say that, since I was one, hehe) to just have a tune; no, a tune will not do. We have the Marine Corps hymn, much better then a tune.

What? Hymns don't have tunes in America? What a dull idea.

[savage727]

Casey is correct Roz - here a tune is something very short maybe a note or two while our Hymn is a much longer piece of music - 3 verses in fact!      Casey were you assigned to the U.S. Embassy in the Marine Security Guard or were you at the Sub Base in Scotland?

[Roz]

Ahh, no a tune is the main part of the music (excluding the bridges) it might be the chorus or one of the verses. It's amazing how much we use the same words differently. Apparently the word 'scheme' in the States implies evil. Here it's just a plan, or a reward 'scheme' or perhaps a schematic of a building.

[darthmactor]

Casey is correct Roz - here a tune is something very short maybe a note or two while our Hymn is a much longer piece of music - 3 verses in fact!      Casey were you assigned to the U.S. Embassy in the Marine Security Guard or were you at the Sub Base in Scotland?

Neither. I spent some time with the Embassy guys every time I went down to London though, good people. I was stationed outside the little town of Harrogate with Co. G at RAF Menwith Hill Station (known to the locals as "the place with the giant golf balls"). Only station in Scotland I knew of was Edsel, and that closed back in '94 or '96, before I was even in. Roz, yep, hence the wonderfully corny line in all the intentionally bad vaudevillian plays, "You'll never get away with your dastardly scheme!" 

[Roz]

outside the little town of Harrogate

Mind who you are 'littling' - I have relatives in Harrogate.

Did you try the spa water which has been used for years to kill all ailments? Oh dear Lord that stuff's terrible.

Roz, yep, hence the wonderfully corny line in all the intentionally bad vaudevillian plays, "You'll never get away with your dastardly scheme!" 

A scheme can be dastardly here too, but it isn't necessarily so

[darthmactor]

outside the little town of Harrogate

Mind who you are 'littling' - I have relatives in Harrogate.

Did you try the spa water which has been used for years to kill all ailments? Oh dear Lord that stuff's terrible.

Oh, lord yes they are terrible. Tried it once on a lark, never again. You have relatives in Harrogate? I'm sorry.  :'( Just kidding.  Harrogate was a good enough place. I fondly remember many a night out, starting at Crabtree's and working are way through to ending it at Jimmy's (back when Jimmy's was still Jimmy's, instead of whatever the heck it is now) and the late night chip shop next door. Ah, good times those. 

Roz, yep, hence the wonderfully corny line in all the intentionally bad vaudevillian plays, "You'll never get away with your dastardly scheme!" 

A scheme can be dastardly here too, but it isn't necessarily so

Well, ya' got me on that one. You can take down the roadblocks now. 

[savage727]

Isn't it amazing how small the world is Roz!  Casey with his connection to Harrogate and yours!    The Sub Base is at Holly Loche and has a Marine Security Detachment there due to the nuclear weapons on board the subs.  I have 31 years in the Active & Reserve Marine Corps and am on medical leave due to an illness.  I was XO of an F/A-18 Hornet Fighter Squadron before become sick.  

[Roz]

I fondly remember many a night out, starting at Crabtree's and working are way through to ending it at Jimmy's (back when Jimmy's was still Jimmy's, instead of whatever the heck it is now) and the late night chip shop next door. Ah, good times those. 

Whilst Harrogate is a nice place for calmer, older folk, I'm not sure it's the greatest place for a 'night out'. the best I could recommend would be tea at Betty's

I expect you probably travelled to the bigger cities. The Yorkshire coast is beautiful. Although mists can come over quite quickly in winter.

Well, ya' got me on that one. You can take down the roadblocks now. 

Roadblocks? I've got you on the banned passport list

[darthmactor]

Whilst Harrogate is a nice place for calmer, older folk, I'm not sure it's the greatest place for a 'night out'. the best I could recommend would be tea at Betty's

I expect you probably travelled to the bigger cities. The Yorkshire coast is beautiful. Although mists can come over quite quickly in winter.

I did travel to the bigger cities quite often, but you'd be surprised at the nightlife in Harrogate. It is actually pretty good, help largely in part by the surprising number of younger people now living there (though even they complain that Harrogate is a community of oldies  ) and the presence of both US and British Military Instillations nearby.

Roadblocks? I've got you on the banned passport list

*sigh* It's not the first time, it won't be the last. 

[Roz]

I did travel to the bigger cities quite often, but you'd be surprised at the nightlife in Harrogate. It is actually pretty good, help largely in part by the surprising number of younger people now living there (though even they complain that Harrogate is a community of oldies ) and the presence of both US and British Military Instillations nearby.

It's almost like the people planning where to put these military installations don't care what you do with your evenings

lol they are usually pretty remote... then there's less of a chance of people taking an interest (X files moment)

Roadblocks? I've got you on the banned passport list

*sigh* It's not the first time, it won't be the last.

I won't even go there

[darthmactor]

They don't care, actually, that's why there is usually a handy liquor and cigs shop on base. 

Ah, yes, good idea not to go there. The Korean Ambassador did, and look what happened to him... (okay, the punchline of that joke is predicated on the fact that you realize that no one in England or the US knows what ever happens to a Korean Ambassador...mainly 'cause they don't care, but that's neither here nor there...)

[canny19]

OK here is my sketch card from a competition I on on another board
Cat staggs drew it, and it looks amazing, even if I do say so myself! 

[darthmactor]

Very nice, great rendition of a fun character 

[kbmum]

Um...who is it?

[darthmactor]

Dark Willow, which is Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer on a Bady Trip. 

[kbmum]

Thanks!  I had no idea -- I've never watched the show.

[darthmactor]

Welcome. Yeah, that show is one of my guilty pleasures. 

[beckham1]

Dark Willow, which is Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer on a Bady Trip. 

I never watched that show I didn't know they got into drugs.