There was a fair bit of guessing to do and mine were all poor guesses.

A stranger knocked on Elsie's door
Five minutes later they were on the floor

Quote from: dextrous63 on Today at 06:21:10 PMI simply don't know how we'd manage without you if you did move back😬

Oh, I'd still come here to keep the place civilised if I should ever move to God's County.

Quote from: Diasi on Today at 07:12:17 PMStop knocking our police.

An elderly lady phoned the police because young vandals kept damaging their garden gate.

The police arrived quite quickly & gave the woman a verbal warning for using threatening behaviour as she'd told one of the young vandals she ring his neck if she caught him.

To date nothing has been done about the young vandals.

I often wonder whose side our police are on these days.

Quote from: klondike on Today at 03:32:59 PMHave you read the Spike Milligan war memoires?




Plus quite a few more.

After hearing my father's tales of his war as an aircraft fitter with much of that in North Africa I know I could relate to those of Gunner Milligan so maybe you could too albeit a genaration later.

Interesting.  My dad was a fitter-armourer in the RAF too.  Africa Star, Italy Star, France & Germany Star.

Today at 07:47:14 PM

Quote from: Vlad on Today at 07:07:05 PMYes it is most  of my family including my mom and dad served, we go as far back as the Crimean War

Wow!  I hadn't realised just how old you are, Vlad.  No wonder you're so tired these days.

Stop knocking our police.

An elderly lady phoned the police because young vandals kept damaging their garden gate.

The police arrived quite quickly & gave the woman a verbal warning for using threatening behaviour as she'd told one of the young vandals she ring his neck if she caught him.

To date nothing has been done about the young vandals.

Quote from: GrannyMac on Today at 06:44:34 PMMy dad was a WO during WW2.  He had been in the reserves, so was called up immediately in 1939, at the age of 35.  He was a Sub Conductor in the RAOC, now called the Logistics Corps.  My teenage grandson showed an interest in the history if the war, so he's now got my dad's warrant, medals, his kit box, and a couple of photos of him on parade.  My father died when I was in my teens, it's good to know a little bit of history has been preserved.

Yes it is most  of my family including my mom and dad served, we go as far back as the Crimean War where a relative a great great etc etc grandfather picked up a VC for capturing some Russians at the Battle of Inkerman 1854 and eventually died in Jamaica. His medal is still displayed at the Regimental museum in Brecon

Oooh, painful klondike! 

Quote from: Vlad on Today at 03:05:26 PMOddly enough I was in the Army, 27 years served and finished as a WO2 (SSM ) and a good few years as a Weapons Instructor amongst the many jobs I did. My tales are about life, sometimes humorous about my experiences , this is not a forum for revealing the dark side

My dad was a WO during WW2.  He had been in the reserves, so was called up immediately in 1939, at the age of 35.  He was a Sub Conductor in the RAOC, now called the Logistics Corps.  My teenage grandson showed an interest in the history if the war, so he's now got my dad's warrant, medals, his kit box, and a couple of photos of him on parade.  My father died when I was in my teens, it's good to know a little bit of history has been preserved.

Quote from: JBR on Today at 01:44:02 PMOh, I'd move back instantly if we could run our own affairs.

I simply don't know how we'd manage without you if you did move back😬