If you could write your obituary

[PullMyFinger]

WW2 fighter pilot who died on Sunday.

Read the obituary, what an inspiration and humble too.

Telegraph obituary

[Yngwie]

This guy's not dead, but what a story - repeatedly out of the frying pan and into the fire. And as if his ordeals in the far east weren't bad enough, he ends up being sent to Aberdeen.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsi...000/8534377.stm

My obituary will be pitiful in comparison to these guys, and will probably be along the lines of "he dedicated his life to doing lots of spreadsheets, and to a website dedicated to a now defunct provincial football club...."

[Zoid]

Talking of Aberdeen, reminds me of Hector Brocklebank gag calling the P & J to place an obituary. "Peter Reid fae Peterhead is deed...Volvo for sale!"

Classic

[Johnboy]

This guy's not dead, but what a story - repeatedly out of the frying pan and into the fire. And as if his ordeals in the far east weren't bad enough, he ends up being sent to Aberdeen.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsi...000/8534377.stm

My obituary will be pitiful in comparison to these guys, and will probably be along the lines of "he dedicated his life to doing lots of spreadsheets, and to a website dedicated to a now defunct provincial football club...."

I saw this on Reporting Scotland last night...

What an incredible story, and what an incredible guy.

In this day and age, we moan like feck just because a football match falls victim to adverse weather.

[Caley Mad In Berks]

An old friend of mine died last week, aged 89. He too had been a Spitfire pilot in WW11. Not as famous as Bob Doe, with fewer 'kills' to his name, only 2 he'd admit to and he said they were both lucky. Nevertheless a heroic and interesting character. He had been playing golf twice a week up until a few months ago. He also played snooker every week and was no slouch at that either. He had a humanist funeral, with a white cardboard coffin, on which we were invited to write farewell messages in marker pen. He was played out to the music of 633 Squadron. I was surprised that, with so few of these old boys left now, that there was no representative from the RAF at the funeral. Unless of course his family didn't want that, and perhaps didn't even let the RAF know. Anyway, a moving yet stirring occasion.

[Alex MacLeod]

True story this:

Old spitfire pilot was on the Wogan show. He's talking about his part in the Battle of Britian......................."there we were, up over the channel. There's Fokkers to my left, Fokkers to my right"................to which Terry stops him and explains to the viewers that a Fokker was a German fighter plane..................yes says the old boy but these fokkers were Messerschmidt.

[Renegade]

I think my site obituary should read -

Renegade

1st September 2008 - 1st May 2010

Was it really that bad?

Edited March 1, 2010 by Renegade

[caleykid1994]

Mine will read some where along this line

Caleykid

March 1988 - September 2037(I maintain that ill be shot before im 40, and no im not MLK)

Lived life to just above half the cup and wasted the rest of it at Casinos

What a t055er!

Edited March 3, 2010 by caleykid1994