For my father and brother...

Rick-a-Roo · 10-29-2013, 12:19 AM

...both Merchant Seaman in the British Merchant Navy, and both of whom passed away at age 66.

ETERNAL FATHER - The Naval Hymn - YouTube

CDawg · 11-04-2013, 03:21 AM

Fair winds and following seas for your loved ones. That hymn always gets me. Thanks for posting it. I will request it's sung properly during my last walk. Sailors all have a bond with the sea. No one who's spent any time out there with only the grace of God between them and eternity goes unchanged.

4thIDvet · 11-04-2013, 03:57 AM

Railbuggy · 11-04-2013, 07:39 AM

I was a sea going bellhop.

AyKay · 11-07-2013, 09:02 AM

Amen. May God have mercy on us all.

Bookworm · 12-19-2013, 06:51 PM

Amen

Dave

11-04-2013, 03:21 AM	#2
CDawg slug Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 12,270	Fair winds and following seas for your loved ones. That hymn always gets me. Thanks for posting it. I will request it's sung properly during my last walk. Sailors all have a bond with the sea. No one who's spent any time out there with only the grace of God between them and eternity goes unchanged. __________________ "Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning" Erwin Rommel A Chief Petty Officer shall not drink. However, if he should drink he shall not get drunk. If he should get drunk, he shall not stagger. And if he should stagger, he shall not fall. And if he should fall, he will fall in such a manner as to cover up his rank so that passersby will think he is an officer.

11-04-2013, 03:57 AM	#3
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,432	__________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

11-04-2013, 07:39 AM	#4
Railbuggy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Taylor Creek,Ohio Posts: 7,279	I was a sea going bellhop. __________________ Im not a wannabe,Im a has-been. We already lost the war. You are the resistance.

12-19-2013, 06:51 PM	#6
Bookworm Official DDB Poet Laureat Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,482	Amen Dave __________________ 3 Don’t pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he’ll just kill you.

11-07-2013, 09:02 AM	#5
AyKay Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 33	Amen. May God have mercy on us all.