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General Discussion / Re: Reduce crime and increase ...
Last post by Diasi - Today at 07:12:17 PM
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.
#2
The Chat Room / Re: The boring thread.....
Last post by Vlad - Today at 07:07:05 PM
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
#3
General Discussion / Re: Wordle
Last post by GrannyMac - Today at 06:46:53 PM
Oooh, painful klondike!  :bandaged:
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The Chat Room / Re: The boring thread.....
Last post by GrannyMac - Today at 06:44:34 PM
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.
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The Chat Room / Re: P C Silliness !
Last post by dextrous63 - Today at 06:21:10 PM
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😬
#6
General Discussion / Re: Reduce crime and increase ...
Last post by dextrous63 - Today at 06:16:59 PM
Quote from: JBR on Today at 03:43:39 PMReally?
I thought their families were all here now anyway!
Not if we deported them as well.  Added incentive not to commit a crime.
#7
The Chat Room / Re: Lets write a Limerick, one...
Last post by Scrumpy - Today at 05:48:58 PM

A stranger knocked on Elsie's door
#8
The Chat Room / Re: The boring thread.....
Last post by Vlad - Today at 03:50:28 PM
Yep read it, the story of his time in Italy was really interesting and funny
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General Discussion / Re: Reduce crime and increase ...
Last post by JBR - Today at 03:43:39 PM
Quote from: klondike on Today at 02:29:12 PMWe could deport those who will be sent back post sentence earlier to finish their sentence back home. Very humanitarian - the poor soles would be closer to their families.
Really?
I thought their families were all here now anyway!
#10
The Chat Room / Re: The boring thread.....
Last post by klondike - Today at 03:32:59 PM
Have 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.