Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...

Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...

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Eric Mc

121,788 posts

264 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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I know who the Black and Tans are (see above) and how they operated. That's not what I was talking about. My query is how can a chap claim that he fought AGAINST them when in the British Army?

And, anybody who was fighting in 1921 is likely to be a lot older than 101.

austinsmirk

5,597 posts

122 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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I may be wrong with my black and tans reference !! anyway, I prefer to try and write from memory than google for accuracy !!! anyway you get the idea about longevity and who people may have met and their stories from the past.

anyway, bless him, Mr A is a damn sight more interesting to talk to than the general 100 yr old's you meet, or older people. mainly because he is fully coherent and not gaga.


once walked the "pendle witch way". got in conversation with an old bloke in a pub who was having it on about having seen the witches being burnt. Yeah right, in what the 15th C !!??

Pugster

428 posts

180 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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thainy77 said:
Exactly the same happened to me at Sea World, my ex was trying to shoe horn me out of my seat, she had more chance of moving Shamu!
They only seem to do that at SeaWorld. I was there a couple of weeks back and coming from the UK it was a major cringe fest. I don't mean that disrespectfully just that we're far more reserved.

The US is just far more patriotic. It's hammered home in their schools.

At Epcot they have an area called The American Adventure. While we were waiting to go in they rolled out some a cappella singers (Voices of Liberty I think they were called). The crowd was mostly American and once they started singing, they managed to whip the crowd up into near hysterics. It was bizarre to watch from a British point of view.

berlintaxi

8,535 posts

172 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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thainy77 said:
98elise said:
I agree. In florida we were at a show in one of the theme parks, and they asked for all serving and ex members of the armed forces to stand up (not just American). They then asked for a round of appause. I'm glad I remained seated.
Exactly the same happened to me at Sea World, my ex was trying to shoe horn me out of my seat, she had more chance of moving Shamu!
Blimey are you that fat!laugh

thainy77

3,347 posts

197 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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berlintaxi said:
Blimey are you that fat!laugh
I should have stayed in wink

Echo66

384 posts

188 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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Picking up on the Waterloo veteran thing, there was a 14yr old subaltern with, I think, the Skins, who were on the frontal slope during the French barrage who survived the battle despite huge losses to his battalion. He lived until a ripe old age as I recall & anyone who was born in the 1880's could have met him. Plenty of young soldiers of similar age who saw action in the Napoleonic wars & later Crimea. My dads mum was born in the 1880s & only croaked in the late 70's. She had relatives still alive in the 30's who'd fought in the Crimea. The generational gaps can be quite significant & span centuries in short order.

silverfoxcc

7,683 posts

144 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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Fat Racist C**t of Hearts said:
"Celebrating with us tonight, down at the front here, we have some lads who were in the Falklands, fighting at Goose Green..." (pauses to rapturous applause from the audience).

[i]"They're Argentinian...and if you want to clap for sh*t like this, that's your f**king problem!"
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Boy would l like to do that at SeaWorld, ( suitably amended)!!!

It would make Gervais and that walking turd Corden look like angels

Edited by silverfoxcc on Tuesday 24th May 15:55

conkerman

3,298 posts

134 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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thainy77 said:
Exactly the same happened to me at Sea World, my ex was trying to shoe horn me out of my seat, she had more chance of moving Shamu!
Were you in the SBS?

Eric Mc

121,788 posts

264 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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austinsmirk said:
I may be wrong with my black and tans reference !! anyway, I prefer to try and write from memory than google for accuracy !!! anyway you get the idea about longevity and who people may have met and their stories from the past.

anyway, bless him, Mr A is a damn sight more interesting to talk to than the general 100 yr old's you meet, or older people. mainly because he is fully coherent and not gaga.


once walked the "pendle witch way". got in conversation with an old bloke in a pub who was having it on about having seen the witches being burnt. Yeah right, in what the 15th C !!??
Just making sure he wasn't spinning you a yarn - or maybe he really is the world's oldest man.

TTwiggy

11,500 posts

203 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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Echo66 said:
Picking up on the Waterloo veteran thing, there was a 14yr old subaltern with, I think, the Skins, who were on the frontal slope during the French barrage who survived the battle despite huge losses to his battalion. He lived until a ripe old age as I recall & anyone who was born in the 1880's could have met him. Plenty of young soldiers of similar age who saw action in the Napoleonic wars & later Crimea. My dads mum was born in the 1880s & only croaked in the late 70's. She had relatives still alive in the 30's who'd fought in the Crimea. The generational gaps can be quite significant & span centuries in short order.
Indeed. The last survivor of the Crimean War actually died in 2004. smile

matchmaker

8,463 posts

199 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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TTwiggy said:
Echo66 said:
Picking up on the Waterloo veteran thing, there was a 14yr old subaltern with, I think, the Skins, who were on the frontal slope during the French barrage who survived the battle despite huge losses to his battalion. He lived until a ripe old age as I recall & anyone who was born in the 1880's could have met him. Plenty of young soldiers of similar age who saw action in the Napoleonic wars & later Crimea. My dads mum was born in the 1880s & only croaked in the late 70's. She had relatives still alive in the 30's who'd fought in the Crimea. The generational gaps can be quite significant & span centuries in short order.
Indeed. The last survivor of the Crimean War actually died in 2004. smile
My grandad, who died in the 1970's and who I remember well, was a merchant seaman who sailed in both WW1 and WW2 - I have his medals.

He was torpedoed 3 times (twice in WW1 and once in WW2). His name was not Albert! biggrin

My dad was a Staff Sergeant who served in North Africa during WW2.

I'm rather pround of both of them.

superlightr

12,842 posts

262 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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ThunderGuts said:
Similar with my grandfather, didn't mention a word about his time in the RAF, until in his 80s a speech was given about him / his life story by another relative at a random, unrelated event.

Somehow ended up with the BBC then wanting to do a special for one of the anniversary celebrations. That was put to and end when he had a stroke.

Some of the correspondence between him, the UK and the US war depts poat-war is pretty interesting.

Kind of makes me look upon 'look at me in my important hi viz, spotlight shining 4x4xfar' a little dimly hehe
Yes we had the same thing Granddad would not talk about what he did in the war. He took keeping quiet seriously even up to the day he died.
It was only his wife grandmother who a few years before her death and about 15 after Grandad did tell a bit of what he did do but she was very reluctant as she was told by him not to tell.

We understand and from cross referencing - Granddad apparently was delivering orders and sensitive information under cover as being a tailor - he was going all over the place, onto ships/bases/abroad under the pretence of making uniforms. Other bits we could not tie up and were never told. He was an officer in the RAF but also had an officers naval uniform. He lived in Portsmouth and then moved during the war to Scotland for the RAF He went away a lot. He was a big fek off bloke you would not want to meet in a dark alley. So most 2nd hand from Grandmother but he would not tell us. He was not a tailor.

baldy1926

2,136 posts

199 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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baldy1926 said:
baldy1926 said:
Theres a guy who lives a couple of streets away from me.
He's got a crew cab 130 defender which has the light bar etc, he's just had another vehicle turn up.
A transit van which he has been busily putting stickers on. He has nice battenburgs each side now and markings on the rear door similar to motorway maintenance.
I've not figured out yet if he is pretend rescue or pretend police yet.
Didn't have my phone with me today but another van has appeared and hes started putting battenburg stickers on that as well.
The transit i saw yesterday has plenty of extra lights so i cant wait to see what goes on the new van
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Had my phone with me today but only 2 of his vehicles there

baldy1926

2,136 posts

199 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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For some reason these didn't show on my previous post.
Both vehicles have top light bars and the transit has extra lights at the bottom of the

baldy1926

2,136 posts

199 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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The landy has a solar panel charger on the dash so no problem with a flat battery for those emergency call outs

Turquoise

1,457 posts

96 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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What a sheath.

4x4Tyke

6,506 posts

131 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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baldy1926 said:

The landy has a solar panel charger on the dash so no problem with a flat battery for those emergency call outs
Totally giving awaying my Land Rover geekdom, but G99 CVC is a factory registration, but not original/age appropriate for what looks like a 130 Double, pretty much the only reason to want a CVC registration is to masquerade as a former Land Rover company vehicle.

EnglishTony

2,552 posts

98 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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baldy1926 said:

The landy has a solar panel charger on the dash so no problem with a flat battery for those emergency call outs
A. Are those blue lights on the roof?
B. Underneath the roofrack and above the windscreen is a sticker I can't quite make out. Something 4x4.


loafer123

15,406 posts

214 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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baldy1926 said:
Didn't have my phone with me today but another van has appeared and hes started putting battenburg stickers on that as well.
The transit i saw yesterday has plenty of extra lights so i cant wait to see what goes on the new van
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Had my phone with me today but only 2 of his vehicles there
I would be reporting him to the police - he is clearly intending to impersonate a police officer.

wker.

baldy1926

2,136 posts

199 months

Tuesday 24th May 2016
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EnglishTony said:
baldy1926 said:

The landy has a solar panel charger on the dash so no problem with a flat battery for those emergency call outs
A. Are those blue lights on the roof?
B. Underneath the roofrack and above the windscreen is a sticker I can't quite make out. Something 4x4.
I'll have a look tomorrow at the stickers etc
Yep i think they are blue lights and the headlights have a blue tint as well