lets see,more than fifty years after a war in which quite a few excited young men were killing other excited young men out of the skys and people actually spend time trying to nit pick on whether the scores are real or not!!Only met J Johnson once (my AOC in Aden)and would not dream of asking did you really shoot down fifty?!!!
The fact that all their collective kills saved us should be sufficient.
I read in a recent newspaper that a path is to be cleared of mines in the baltic for a gas pipeline,some underwater robot will find them then they will be destroyed.perhaps the ship will look out for aircraft parts!!There is a german group protesting about this due to environmental concerns.Apprently there are mines from both wars still at large there.
Did I read no more shacks flying again!If all the bits lying in various countries where assembled then yes ,their could be another Shack flying alongside a Lanc!Maybe we can all chip into the lottery each week!!
John Pilgers”Secret country”.Should be compulsory reading for all Australians.If you think our politicians are devious you should read this!!!Involves the CIA a lot!
One teacher I knew (at school 1950s) made them smoke the whole packet one after the other .Not many reoffenders!!Of course nowadays teachers cant say Boo to their pupils.Well I got the cane many times and for smoking but it didn’t do me any harm.Old fashioned thinking?Maybe but it worked .
Go to Holland and see how its done.No stigma attached .After all its men who have the strong sex drive,should be legalized in the uk,help cut down crime.Prostitution is illegal here in Thailand!Yes it is although its not looked at in the same way and at least all the girls are there for you to choose from!!
Diving around Plymouth sound I came into contact with a couple of bombs and several misfire HE rounds near where there had been anti aircraft guns.On one occasion on a sand bottom we came across a 12 inch across circular object with a brass middle ,we thought some kind of mine so left well alone!!Lots of stuff still down there .Just offshore there are dumping grounds(nicely marked on the charts!)where all sorts of wartime “stuff”was jettisoned into the sea.A well known dive story of a group diving a WW1 wreck ,one chap saw some objects resembling cheese wedges so he put one in his buoyancy jacket,on coming back on the dive boat all gear is usually left in a pile while hot drinks are consumed!This was taking place when a fire started amongst the dive gear!The cheese wedges were lumps of phosphorous which burns when exposed to air!!!Leave well alone anything you don’t recognize!!!
See the “Daily telegraph “article by Michael Rifkind on Farage and then read the comments!!Explains a lot. I hope the other parties get a real shock by UKIP in the next election ,Nigel should shake things up a little!!
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