Chavs are funny to annoy. There are so many around here who try and show off in their cars. One guy started making ‘comments’ about my fiancee when he didnt think i was listening. So i quietly poured his pint (of strongbow no less) into his lap to cool off his burning loins. He jumped up and started mouthing off, ending up in pulling his LIGHTER from his kappa trousers and motioning rather badly as to what he was going to do to me. Luckily, being in the pub with the entire 1st and 2nd XV rugby sides of my ex-school has advantages; namely that when he saw the combined might of the scrum heading his way he decided to run and cower behind his girlfriend (who was a nice girl before becoming involved with him).

On another occasion myself and several other like-minded individuals went camping in a local wood. At about 2AM the chavs arrived and started burning things and listening to their stereos very loudly. Being all in Army uniform (mixture of OTC,ACF,ATC and CCF) we decided to spoil their fun by running in on the lot of them screeming “BRITISH ARMY! FREEZE!! DOWN ON THE GROUND!!” and plasticuffing them for a while. I’m sure at least 2 of them cacked themselves. I know its a little extreme- but its the only way they’ll learn, and they’re never going to find me!!! If your ever in Pontypool or Monmouth- ask about the VPS… most people will know what you mean
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welcome to you leleese, and it was indeed our honour to have contact with such a special person such as steve. Whilst not a massive contributor to the forum, even I was touched by his utter devotion to his son and his enthusiasm for the historic aircraft which we all enjoy here. Many of us will never forget the helpful advice and funny anecdotes that he imparted to us all. No matter what we do here, Steve will always be with all of us. I went down the pub last night and raised my pint of Spitfire silently to him. He deserved it.
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You see everyone? Conclusive proof that Dale Brown’s excellent. Both me and Comet endorse the series!!! My entire collection of 7 books cost about a tenner, and trust me, you’ll re-read them over and over again.
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Currently i’m re-reading my entire Dale Brown Collection, which consists of around 7 books so far. Dale Brown was a USAF navigator from 1978 to 1986, and the topics range from US coastal operations (in Hammerheads) to offensive operations over the USSR (in Flight Of The Old Dog).

Dale Brown uses the mythical HAWC unit of the USAF in creating hybrid and modified aircraft, such as the EB-52 Megafortress for his books and the development of these aircraft is very well done, (as it needs to be, as it is often the confines of the plot for chapters on end). Brown often uses the exploits of a Captain McLanahan and his crew in his books, and his character evolution is (IMHO) outstanding. In fact everything he writes is so well described that even i (a non flying bozo with no military experience aside the CCF) can understand it and even imagine turning the knobs and punching the buttons.

The only downside to the series is that it tends to be very Ra-Ra America, with the USAF conutering everything the Soviet Union threw at it. In Flight Of The Old Dog, the Megafortress is attacked by two MiG 29 fighters and painted by every radar in the Eastern USSR, but every missile fired misses. But when they fire a missile, BOOM! scratch one MiG. But as a literary experience this is of little consequence.

All in all, I love the Dale Brown series, and as they can all be mostly found in charity shops nation-wide, there really is no excuse to give thm a try. IMHO, you won’t regret it. [9-10]

Oh my god. My sincere condolences to his family. He will be sorely missed around here.
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If the government GAVE them to us then i could possibly see it in myself to carry it in my wallet. However, my issue is price. To charge 90 pounds for a compulsory card, when in all honesty a driving licence would do almost the same job, is a bit rich. Plus i expect we ALL know the British Government’s record on databases and IT systems recently. All overbudget, all late and none up to scratch. To have all of 65 million people registered would invite system crashes. Say you got pulled over by the police and your ID card was requested. You hand it over, but when they scan it, the systems down. What do they do? Keep you in chains until the systems sorted? Or let you go, which contravenes everything that the ID card wa suposed to protect.
Finally, if every other card is so easy to forge, how do we prove our identity when we get them in the first place? What would prove our identity to get the ID card? If anything then why do we need the card? I expect the cheque for £90 woulkd prove our identity…
In regards to the bombings and terrorism in general, how exactly would ID cards have helped, other to identifying bodies? Surely most people carry around their wallets which have licences in them to ID people. I carry a piece of paper with emergency numbers, addresses, organ doner consent number and my blood group. That should do to identify me in any situation. If the wallets are blown away by the blast etc, then who’t the ID card be blown away too? There are too many catch 22’s in this issue for my liking, so im against it in its present form.
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Thanks mpa, but this piccie was a close up of a MiG-21 at about 45 degrees looking from the front. But a good article all the same…
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Ashley- yeh i think thats plenty red enough… and Nermal, you know how rediculous it gets around here sometimes. I thought that at least we may have a warning for trying to breach the rules, and the old link to the terms of the forum from some uptight person… Obviously people can STILL take a joke now n then… Will wonders never cease?
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