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The Horse's Mouth RAEME Association of WA (Inc.) Spring 2007 For those of you who have seen the American’s Viet-Nam Veterans Memorial known as “The Wall, nothing further needs to be said. For you my Australian Brothers who have not seen it, it is the MOST VISITED place in Washington D. C. In that light, my brothers, FOR ALL OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I pass this on to you; Jim Otto “THE WALL” The night was cold, I was ten years old When the Chaplain made his call. The news was bad, my mother was sad When she heard of my fathers fall. An ambush he said, they all were dead The Role Of RAEME Is To :- The words were shocking and cold. Eight other men died, eight other wives cried " Provide Maintenance Engineering , Materiel Maintenance , For young men who would never grow old. Modifications , and Recovery Support to the Army." 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 The years quickly passed, they seemed so fast 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 With no father to show me the way. 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 Yet I knew from the start, deep down in my heart 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012The Horse’s Mouth We’d be together, forever, one day. 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012 Through the laughter and tears, the months and the years The Newsletter of the I kept hearing “it’s” far-away call. The day was cold I was thirty years old When my eyes first set sight on the WALL. RAEME Association It seemed ancient yet knew, as if somehow on cue When I saw it the Earth became still And my memory once gray, became focused that day of WA (Inc.) 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 Of a man who now suddenly seemed real. 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 No more tears filled my eyes, no more lifetime of “whys” 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 All the answers I’d found in this place. 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121Spring 2007 With the touch of his name gone was sorrow and pain 12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121 And bad memories were quickly erased. This newsletter is the official journal of the ROYAL AUSTRALIAN ELEC- As I stared into the black, my father stared back TRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF And he smiled and my heart filled with joy WA (INC.). Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month, except I said: “welcome home, dad, what a journey you’ve had.” for January, at 7.00pm, Bayswater Hotel, 78-80 Railway Parade, He said: “It’s sure great to be home, my boy!” Bayswater, in the Function Room. Membership or other enquiries may be made to any of the committee members. A list is printed on Page 2 of this copyright 1995 by Kelly Strong journal. [email protected] Post Print PP609596/0002 Volume 10 No. 3 2 31 The RAEME Association of WA (Inc.) “Please be sure to take all of your our compliments.” belongings. If you’re going to leave 12. “As you exit the plane, make sure PO Box 186, Bayswater, WA 6933 anything, please make sure it’s to gather all of your belongings. something we’d like to have. Anything left behind will be distributed Patron Colonel Ernie McCart evenly among the flight attendants. Colonel Commandant: Colonel Mark MacKenzie 4. “There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of Please do not leave children or The RAEME Association Committee this airplane” spouses.” President: John Klein 2 Wicks Street, Eden Hill Ph. 9279 3080 5. “Thank you for flying Delta Business 13. And from the pilot during his Vice President: Peter Humpston 3 Shady Glen Mews Edgewater Ph. 9306 4549 Express. We hope you enjoyed giving welcome message: “Delta Airlines is Secretary: Dick Fenton 4 Harbour Court, Safety Bay Ph: 9528 6860 us the business as much as we enjoyed pleased to have some of the best flight Treasurer: David Cooper 263 Robinson Ave Cloverdale Ph. 9479 1149 taking you for a ride.” attendants in industry. Unfortunately, none of them are on this flight!” Editor: John Curtis 2 Whittaker Street, Bayswater Ph. 9271 4520 6. As the plane landed and was coming 14. Heard on Southwest Airlines just Welfare Officer: Don Horsley 11 Celestine Way, Wanneroo Ph. 9306 2946 to a stop at Ronald Reagan, a lone John Power 34 Adenmore Way, Kingsley Ph. 9309 2780 after a very hard landing in Salt Lake voice came over the loudspeaker: City the flight attendant came on the Chaplain Fr. Howard MacCallum “Whoa, big fella. WHOA!” 39 Rogerson Road, Mt Pleasent Ph. 9364 4948 intercom and said, “That was quite a Physician: Dr. Michael Daly 7. After a particularly rough landing bump, and I know what y’all are Honorary Auditor: Terry Barrett during thunderstorms in Memphis, a thinking. I’m here to tell you it wasn’t flight attendant on a Northwest flight the airline’s fault, it wasn’t the pilot’s General Committee: announced, “Please take care when fault, it wasn’t the flight attendant’s John Curtis 9271 4520 Tom Goodlich 9293 3944 opening the overhead compartments fault, it was the asphalt.” Clare Curtis 9271 4520 Marilyn Goodlich 9293 3944 because, after a landing like that, sure 15. Overheard on an American Airlines Perry Beor 9275 8595 Michael Kerrison 9379 2682 as hell everything has shifted.” flight into Amarillo, Texas, on a Fred Ordynski 9377 1252 Mark Vincent 9307 8725 8. From a Southwest Airlines particularly windy and bumpy day: Lawrie Forsyth 9401 5039 employee: “Welcome aboard During the final approach, the Captain Southwest Flight 245 to Tampa . To was really having to fight it. After an DEADLINE operate your seat belt, insert the metal extremely hard landing, the Flight All contributions for the next edition of THE HORSE’S MOUTH must be with the tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It Attendant said, “Ladies and editor no later than the 23rd of NOVEMBER 2007. works just like every other seat belt; Gentlemen, welcome to Amarillo. and, if you don’t know how to operate Please remain in your seats with your DISCLAIMER one, you probably shouldn’t be out in seat belts fastened while the Captain Thoughts expressed in articles in THE HORSE’S MOUTH are those held by public un-supervised.” taxis what’s left of our airplane to the the writer/contributors and not necessarily those of the Association. 9. “In the event of a sudden loss of cabin gate!” pressure, masks will descend from the 16. An airline pilot wrote that on this From the President, But I would like to see more members ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask, particular flight he had hammered his come along to our meetings and see and pull it over your face. If you have a ship into the runway really hard. The Here we are again with a New Year small child travelling with you, secure airline had a policy which required the ahead of us, after just having the Annual for themselves how we get along at the your mask before assisting with theirs. first officer to stand at the door while General Meeting and no change to our Bayswater Hotel and some times it is If you are travelling with more than one the passengers exited, smile, and give committee. We are now in our Tenth a real family affair with good food and small child, pick your favourite.” them a “Thanks for flying our airline.” He said that, in light of his bad landing, Year and let’s hope things will go as not to expensive. We have a great 1 0. “Weather at our destination is 50 he had a hard time looking the we wish it to go, forward and possible meeting venue and the service is degrees with some broken clouds, but tremendous. passengers in the eye, thinking that new members. We did have a good we’ll try to have them fixed before we someone would have a smart meeting and afterwards we shared a I am looking back to the days when we arrive. Thank you, and remember, comment. Finally everyone had gotten nobody loves you, or your money, more off except for a little old lady walking drink or two with the members with of decided to form our organisation, but than Southwest Airlines.” course a snag on the BBQ afterwards. since that night we haven’t seen any of with a cane. She said, “Sir, do you 11. “Your seat cushions can be used mind if I ask you a question?” “Why, I must admit that our Secretary does the old faces again to come and join for flotation; and, in the event of an no, Ma’am,” said the pilot. “What is a reasonable job on the BBQ and I think us and see what we are all about. I emergency water landing, please it?” The little old lady said, “Did we land, everyone present enjoyed themselves. would like to see more family get - youpaddle to shore and take them with or were we shot down?” 30 3 problems remembering things. During bought a new hearing aid. It cost me togethers, outings dinners etc. but no bond of kindred engineering spirits with a checkup, the doctor tells them that four thousand dollars, but it’s state of one seems to be interested. We should a military background is clearly they’re physically okay, but they might the art. It’s perfect.” “Really,” answered put our heads together and pass on our demonstrated in ‘The Horse’s Mouth’ want to start writing things down to the neighbour . “What kind is it?” thoughts and see what we can do to your newsletter, both informative and help them remember Later that night, “Twelve thirty.” have more fun.
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