Way to Go Jazzeum (1 Viewer)

[Peter Reuss]

As many of you know, Jazzeum (Brad) has helped out as a moderator on the Treefrog Forum. Because of this we don't get to see his 'official' rank - we just see him listed as a moderator.

At this point, Brad is the highest ranking member of the Forum, having reached the rank of Major General.

Good thing I'm married to the commander-in-chief or I'd be taking orders from him!

Pete

 

[OzDigger]

Considering our hobby he's actually a Model Major General

 

[boot51]

As many of you know, Jazzeum (Brad) has helped out as a moderator on the Treefrog Forum. Because of this we don't get to see his 'official' rank - we just see him listed as a moderator.

At this point, Brad is the highest ranking member of the Forum, having reached the rank of Major General.

Good thing I'm married to the commander-in-chief or I'd be taking orders from him!

Pete

That's funny because most of us here on the forum think of Brad as being a "major pain in the...." Just kidding Brad, you do a great job keeping us in formation and providing us with good information! Congrats!

Fred

 

[jazzeum]

Guys,

I appreciate the sentiments but basically I'm just here to serve you, try to make this a better board and do what Shannnon and Pete want this board to be. Hopefully, I'm succeeding a little bit.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Congrats Major General Brad. Its good that you will have your military pension, because when your civilian boss finds out how much time you spend on this forum, you are going to need the income!

 

[sceic2]

Considering our hobby he's actually a Model Major General

Maybe, (Gilbert & Sullivan said it better); Brad is:
"I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus' uniform:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery—
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy—
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a-gee.
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General."

 

[Louis Badolato]

All Sir Garnett, Michael!

 

[sceic2]

All Sir Garnett, Michael!

Are you referring to "Last Gunboat from Kheris or, women and children first."? If so, Brad, put your pants on before anyone notices.
http://www.fightmasters.com/upthenile/Marchordie.htm

 

[jazzeum]

Maybe, (Gilbert & Sullivan said it better); Brad is:
"I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical,
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus;
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's;
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous;
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
I know the croaking chorus from The Frogs of Aristophanes!
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's din afore,
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform,
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus' uniform:
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin,
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery—
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy—
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a-gee.
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General."

Quite funny. Is that from the HMS Pinafore? I used to love that as a kid.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Its from the Pirates of Penzance. The character of the Modern Major General was modelled on the persona of Sir Garnett Woseley. He had no sense of humor about anything else, but he loved that joke on him, and supposedly would sing it while his wife accompanied him on the piano.

 

[jazzeum]

Congrats Major General Brad. Its good that you will have your military pension, because when your civilian boss finds out how much time you spend on this forum, you are going to need the income!

If things don't work out, I'll apply to become the Curator of the Louis Badolato Collection