SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
“a farmer was sent to jail because he shot the burgler that was trying to rob him, the robber got away scotfree but the farmer went down for 2 years!”
He was dead. That isn’t quite scotfree. ‘Flipping’ Pikey. Should have got the George Cross, old Mr Martin – damn good show, and he won’t get released early, because he hasn’t, and won’t say sorry. That, my friends, is admirable. I was in uniform during the last Gulf war, and was gagging for a go – ended to quick though. This isn’t about going to war, or to a combat zone – we do that quite readily (on occasion anywhere up to 3 years before the yanks. Of course, that was 60 years ago. Would never happen in this day and age, would it? Kosovo, for example.) – but this is not our war, and its not a ‘just’ war. I would rather invade America than Iraq personally. I know who I fear to be the great threat to world peace. And I certainly wouldn’t want to wear a British uniform in the presence of American airpower. (Unlees I was fighting against them – that should be safe enough). Ah, America. For Truth, Freedom, and the American Way. For Apple Pie and Dollar signs. For Waving the big stick and ramming burgers down the third worlds throats.
We are too nice here in England (at least the stupid hippys that have made policy over the last 30 years were) so we just turn around and let everybody screw us as they wish. We do arm the police – have you not heard of truncheons? Ha, we have armed teams anyway (SO19) but, like in Northern Ireland, its bad news if you shoot someone – you can go inside for a long time (but you won’t meet any burglars there at least, we aren’t going to lock them up anymore). I reckon that really we should send all the spongers back to their own countries – if they have a problem with their government, i’m sure the CIA will give them money and arms for a coup / uptrising / rebellion. It will give them the chance of training a fresh generation of troops in action against a hostile nation in years to come.
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
“a farmer was sent to jail because he shot the burgler that was trying to rob him, the robber got away scotfree but the farmer went down for 2 years!”
He was dead. That isn’t quite scotfree. ‘Flipping’ Pikey. Should have got the George Cross, old Mr Martin – damn good show, and he won’t get released early, because he hasn’t, and won’t say sorry. That, my friends, is admirable. I was in uniform during the last Gulf war, and was gagging for a go – ended to quick though. This isn’t about going to war, or to a combat zone – we do that quite readily (on occasion anywhere up to 3 years before the yanks. Of course, that was 60 years ago. Would never happen in this day and age, would it? Kosovo, for example.) – but this is not our war, and its not a ‘just’ war. I would rather invade America than Iraq personally. I know who I fear to be the great threat to world peace. And I certainly wouldn’t want to wear a British uniform in the presence of American airpower. (Unlees I was fighting against them – that should be safe enough). Ah, America. For Truth, Freedom, and the American Way. For Apple Pie and Dollar signs. For Waving the big stick and ramming burgers down the third worlds throats.
We are too nice here in England (at least the stupid hippys that have made policy over the last 30 years were) so we just turn around and let everybody screw us as they wish. We do arm the police – have you not heard of truncheons? Ha, we have armed teams anyway (SO19) but, like in Northern Ireland, its bad news if you shoot someone – you can go inside for a long time (but you won’t meet any burglars there at least, we aren’t going to lock them up anymore). I reckon that really we should send all the spongers back to their own countries – if they have a problem with their government, i’m sure the CIA will give them money and arms for a coup / uptrising / rebellion. It will give them the chance of training a fresh generation of troops in action against a hostile nation in years to come.
SnapperRE: Pic of Dark Lord Saur-, oops, I mean Bush
Are his false teeth fizzing away in a glass next to him in the pic?
SnapperRE: Pic of Dark Lord Saur-, oops, I mean Bush
Are his false teeth fizzing away in a glass next to him in the pic?
SnapperRE: Foreign Nationals War Graves
Many of them (all?) are also on the CWGC – certainly tyhe Belgians who died flying with 609 (West Riding) Squadron are, example:
Debt of Honour Register
In Memory of
JEAN HENRI MARIE OFFENBERG
Flight Lieutenant
82517
609 Sqdn., Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
who died on
Thursday 22 January 1942 .
Additional Information: Repatriated to Belgium (formerly buried in Scopwick Church Burial Ground, UK).
Cemetery: REPATRIATION REGISTERCivilian War Dead
Location: The casualties listed here were all repatriated to their home countries and are commemorated solely by this register entry.
Display Record of Commemoration
SnapperRE: A Lanc that glows in the dark!
Show me a 1940’s dial that isn’t radioactive. Watches included. As for making it out of bounds, well, it’s not likely to be a harmful dosage at all. Sounds liek an official health and safety line. I’ll go and dust for them…..
SnapperRE: War Cemetaries
Funnily enough, I have never been to a war cemetery in the UK. I have been to ones in France, Tunisia, Egypt, Thailand, Crete, and Belgium. I’ve visited Neuengamme and Bergen – Belsen, Yad Vashem holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, the peace monument in Beirut, and we have some war graves in most of the local cemeteries here – but I really should go to some of these here! Runnymede is a priority at the moment, but Cannonck Chase sounds very interesting. Whenever I am abroad, I do try to visit local CWGC cemeteries if I know of them – ‘a debt I owe’ kind of feeling. Perhaps I shall scan a small selection of war graves tonight. The US Cemetery in Tunis was pretty impressive, but I had to take the taxi driver there, with the aid of my Lonely Planet book. He had never heard of it!
Fascinating, moving, awe – inspiring places that always deserve a visit whenever possible.
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
Flog them to death, then flog the bodies to medical students for practice / dissection / practical jokes at parties.
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
Flog them to death, then flog the bodies to medical students for practice / dissection / practical jokes at parties.
SnapperRE: A couple of jokes.
Yep. The Enterprise. I heard it in 1990. Amazing coincidence.
SnapperRE: A couple of jokes.
Yep. The Enterprise. I heard it in 1990. Amazing coincidence.
SnapperRE: Another meet up ? See some ‘planes and have a chat / pie / pint etc
Normandy is really a piece of cake. I fancy doing Arnhem this year too – a recce for next years 60th. I also want to self – drive the First War battlefields in France and Belgium – especially the bits that my Great Grandfather did. He was BEF, 16th Lancers, and shipped out the day my Grandfather was born – 14th August 1914. He was wounded right at the beginning of the Battle of the Aisne in September. He was an invalid for the rest of his life after getting a 3 inch piece of shrapnel in his thigh – which was very lucky, as it probably saved his life, all things considered. I should have got my arse in gear and flown to Brussels for the 20th January this year really – Jean De Selys Longchamps of 609 Sqn blasted the Gestapo HQ on the Avenue Louise with his Typhoon 60 years ago, before hurling Belgian and British flags out. Got a DFC for his courage, and a posting for disobeying Group orders. Hehe.
SnapperRE: Another meet up ? See some ‘planes and have a chat / pie / pint etc
Went on my own. Dead easy. Crossed Portsmouth to Cherbourg, then headed down and west. Sailed back from Le Havre to Portsmouth. Did most of the main sites, and some sidetracks, in 3 days (been plenty of times and have a map of them, so its quick and easy for me.) Spent each evening at Pegasus Bridge having a beer with Vets and serving Paras, as well as before heading back to Le Havre. Its a pretty compact area, and there are plenty of ‘Formule 1’ hotels, which are about £15 for a room, per night, with a double bed, single bunk, sink and TV. Very clean, comfortable, and the pre-fab Mcdonalds of hotels. Its just a case of driving about really. Most of the stuff is on the seafront, for obvious reasons, and going solo means that you can see the bits that interest you. I’ll get some stuff scanned and posted in a nother thread over the next couple of days. Its a cheap trip, easy, and superbly enjoyable. I’m up for it this year and next. I reckon I spent £50 on food and accomodation (3 days, 2 nights) plus my ferry. I’d just done the Jubilee in London (and Hendon!!) so it all fell into place nicely. Getting held up by slow moving jeep convoys etc is highly reccomended! I found a de-facto US Army camp, all authentic period stuff, in a site that was used as such, by accident. There must have been 11/2 acres of tents / marquees / vehicles / sandbag emplacements etc. with loads of people dressed up. It really comes alive then – but book your accomodation beforehand!!! I stayed at Caen, and will probably either do that, or split it between Caen and Bayeux. It may be that plenty of people on here fancy piling along and we can all book up at the same places and have a forum ‘holiday’, with night – time binges etc.
Oh, I must point out that that timespan did NOT include museums etc. The whole place is alive with mobile museums and remnants and reminders as it is, so I didn’t bother with them this time. Allow a full week if you want to visit all of them too.
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
And for once it wasn’t an intentional snub.
SnapperRE: Please explain!!!…..Is it me?
And for once it wasn’t an intentional snub.
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