Bbb333 ??
 

Has any date been laid on yet, Gentlemen of the Ottawa Valley? We wish to know, in order to organise our summer activities accordingly.... :note:

August 15th - 16th ........
 

AH yes the Bob's Beer & BBQ thing.......

As in previous years it will officially start toa slow crawl on Friday late afternoon with BBQ burgers and chicken burgers......and work itself to a full crezendo by Saturday steak supper....BBQed corn on the cob with lots of butter...... ceasar salad and bake potatoes....... and the usual large bonfire and fireworks...... food price may need to escalate to reflect market demand but be assured the fare will be worth it.....and we do not intend to make a profit....!!!

Breakfast at Chez Marie...... wrap up Sunday morning.

Will have the back field partly mowed and fresh water and a porta potty on site....... TP is free!!!!

Camping is primitive but so are CMPs......

NOTE...... will need to know who is coming by latest Aug 8th so we can order the victuals.......

Bring all you can drink.....and drink all that you bring....and only what you bring!!!!!

We are considering setting up an additional Winter shelter...for shade during the day and with the sides installed if some of you wishes to sleep inside the shelter rather than the front seat of your cars.....

Phil Waterman from NH will be with us..... so think of all the technical questions you want to ask him....... he's the man!!!!!

Hoping to attract some of the PQ crowd that are so close in the Montreal area......

Bring your spare parts to trade or sell........

The Rotters are looking forward to seeing you all......

Boob

15-17 Aug 2008
 

SUNRAY will attend with a party of two. :salute:

With???? :eek: Are we preggers?!? :blink: Are you saying that you want to start another family?? :nono: You have the kitties and I have you.. that is enough for me!!! :p

:doh: Oh christ...... :bang: :bang: :bang: :blink:

How about "as" instead of "with"? Of course in that case, it may well be "as a party of 1.5"... :p

Jif...... :no4:


Bob, as soon as the .5 gets over his gunshot wounds we will be there ;)

Just thought of it... it's not me that's preggers... it's BOB!! Remember that pic from the winter? Bob, when are you due? It's alright, you can tell us... :)

Bbb3....
 

Bob..
Count me in for a party of one..for Saturday..maybe more...
Jif has a better "Half"... .5
I have a better "Three quarters"... .75

But she knows better that to come to these events with me...I usually steer and she has to push...
He'll learn...
:yappy: :D :cheers: :drunk::remember

Awwww Alex... you HAVE been well trained :thup: (or was she watching over your shoulder??? :note:)

After going to Chez Marie ;) and the :cheers: with his mates, I will have to drive his smiling corpse back to T.O. :drunk:... so I am a necessary element. Besides, I want to meet everyone ... and hear those stories! :D

Sally.
I will be very pleased to meet you...I WAS Jif's Official Batman at these BBB events but see now that I have been replaced,by you..his official spider killer.
I drew the line at digging his slit trench ..
Any of the stories he tells you about me are lies...all lies....
But I have lots of interesting TRUE war stories of my 14 years in the RCAF..and Canadian Forces..
Embelished..???maybe..
Lies..Never..

S&P at the BBB
 

Hi Guys:

August will be a crazy month... I have friends from the UK visiting for the first two weeks: they own a bofors and LAAT (Ferd), a 15 cwt (Chiv) and several 90cm searchlights. I will try to get their dates to coincide with BBB.

I have to go back to the Dark Continent in late Aug for a week long recce of southern countries into which we might export our courses. On the way through the UK I will attend an antique railway and military veh event my chum (see para 1) is hosting on the weekend of 22 to 24 Aug.

Add in the price of petrol these days and I'm afarid we won't be able to bring the big convoy we brought last year... perhaps a smaller line up inlcuding the Windsor carrier (arriving next week!) and the CCKW (in the same container!) and at least one thing that goes BOOM!

:cheers: Mike:remember :support

Understand ref the gas bit... but PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPRETTYPLEASE bring the 6 pdr? Huh? Huh? Kinda fits behind the Windsor, n'est-ce pas? :D

6 pounder
 

Hi Jiff:

I'm looking forward to putting the two beasties together so your wish may come true... it could happen to you.... if you're young at heart... you old f*rt!:thup2:

I just stuck another bar on my CD so I'm feeling possitively antique right now! :whinge

:remember :support

:cheers:Mike

First time I have ever heard you complain about a bar.

Mebbe that's the gettin' old bit... :D

CD and Bar
 

Gunner..
Bring the credit card...A bar to a CD is :drunk:

Congrats..you'll be walking with a list to port for sure when you get all those gongs up..
Price of metal these days you'll need a platoon of troops to keep the "Scrappies" off'n your mangy hide..
Pick you clean they will..

Another bar...as in 2 up?

If so, definitely antique...just like me!

I am also advised that Gunner also received his St. John Service medal and bar indicating 17 years service to that venerable organization. Methinks that Gunner is going for the US look (no offence to our many Yank friends).

Bars and bars
 

Damn... shudda kept my big OLD mouth shut!:ergh:

If Her Majesty sees fit to leave me here for BBB I will happily wet the bars at the bar!

Doesn't Joe Drouin (medal mounter extraordinaire) sell some kind of prop with a little wheel on it... to take the weight off'n the left shoulder? If our Forces get any busier we'll all look like banana republic dictators there'll be so much tin on our left chests! Take a look at a Remembrance Day Parade photo from the 70's and compare to today! :salute:

Then there was the volunteer in the red t-shirt who wouldn't give serving soldiers a bag lunch at a certain big ceremony involving the opening of a big building full of old military stuff here in Ottawa... he said, with a straight face, to a serving member with eight medals up, "Sorry, bag lunches are only for Veterans!" The gruff reply was, "What do these look like, kid; beer bottle caps?" Needless to say, bag lunches went out to ALL the Veterans. :thup:

:drunk: :cheers: Mike

:remember :support

Don't forget BB 3.....
 

Just to remind everyone that we will need to know by August 8th who is coming........ needed to know how many cows we need to rustle up and how many rolls of TP to have on hand.....!!!!

Looks like we may have a delegation from the far East coast.... a representative from the good ol' U-Hess of Hay.....

I will be away from the barn from July 24th to Aug 2nd..... for information during my absence contact Grant Bowker..... fellow Rotter par excellence!!!

Rob Clarke should have returned to the Ottawa Valley by August 28th....

BooB

Dates..??
 

BOO Bee...
What dates is BBB3 happening..??
Or do we all go to your place on the 1 Aug and wait for it to happen..??
I'm going anyway but
I would like to know when..I know where..
:cheers: :drunk:

15-16 August, Al... as per post #2, unless Boobie is just kidding us, hoping to lure us into an ambush, in which case my superior infantry skills will turn the tide... :sheep:

BB3 date
 

As recently as this past weekend Bob was still planning to start events Friday Aug 15.

Ambush..!!
 

Thanks Jif and Grant..
Must have missed it when I was drinkin' the other day..
Medium rare for me Grant please..
:thup2: :drunk: :cheers: :salute: :support

'Course, you could always just show up on the 1st of August and wait for it to happen... I'm sure one of the Hammond Triumvirate would find something useful for you to do (other than diddle whomever's waiting tables at Chez Marie)... :D :coffee

Oooopsss....!!!!
 

Seems I can't tell time or read a calendar.......

...On the previous reminder I made a Boo (bee) Boo and Rob is in fact away this week but will be back in the Valley on or about July 28th 2008.....not August...

I will be off site in Maine until late August 2nd vacationing with Joyce.

See you soon.

BooBee

Away, but...
 

I'm still watching you all from afar! I will get to my PMs later, and Bob, I will need a to do list from you before you invade the states. Rest assured that Grant and I will take good care of the barn while you are away...I should be back in Ottawa Saturday - really early.

Cheers, from Dar es Salaam...

Travellin'
 

Looks like young Craig Tanner and I will be a comin' up from the wilds of Burton! We have no excuses not to come, and with too much time on our hands, combined with the pressing need to escape, we shall "Gracie" you all with our presence. I am looking fwd to renewing friendships( and swilling vast qtys of whatever)and going to ground in mon oncle Boob's hay field. So we'll see y'all in a couple of weeks! :drunk:

Cheers, Bill

That's excellent news, I'm looking forward to seeing both of you and any camp followers you collect along the way to center of the Eastern Ontario CMP universe.

Grant

BBB3 Field Trip
 

G'Day!

Due to the staggering cost of filling beasties of the size I like to play with, may I propose that I bring along summat interesting for BBB3 and that we have a little field trip on Saturday- in modern cars its a 1/2 hour drive, to see the S&P, especially for thems whats never been there afore!

Cheers!:remember Mike