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

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

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Jonmx

2,535 posts

212 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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helix402 said:
I bet Derek knows what colour the boathouse is.
Mostly brown, with a hint of teal...


Of course, anyone who's read this wiki will know that.
http://www.wikihow.com/Be-an-Airsoft-Special-Opera...

austinsmirk

5,597 posts

122 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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jdw100 said:
LordLoveLength said:
Cones you say?
That's got me phoning the cones hotline....premium rate number - cashpoint!
that's a line from Ritchie (bottom) spent all his money phoning the "cones hotline " !!!

well done smile

SpamCan

5,026 posts

217 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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helix402 said:
I bet Derek knows what colour the boathouse is.
This is it shirley?

Starfighter

4,908 posts

177 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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jdw100 said:
I was told it by Derek in AREA COMMS, he was in the SAS you know but is now, he tells me, in deep cover after killing 20 ISIS terrorists who were plotting to take over the services at South Mimms.
Tell Derek thanks from me. I had the coffee there a couple of weeks ago and we could not allow that type of bio-weapon to get in the hands of ISIS.

helix402

7,832 posts

181 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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SpamCan said:
This is it shirley?
Who's Shirley? Derek at weekends? He let us down at Fleet Services:


helix402

7,832 posts

181 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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This is the real boathouse:



It's got a balcony too.

kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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helix402 said:
This is the real boathouse:



It's got a balcony too.
So the 2000 or so operatives feel at home

kowalski655

14,599 posts

142 months

Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Jimmy Recard said:
.... Roger the offender!'

jdw100

4,067 posts

163 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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helix402 said:
I bet Derek knows what colour the boathouse is.
Derek might not know - he's not keen on the water. That's why, he says, he decided against joining the SBS or the Navy Seals.


jdw100

4,067 posts

163 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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Adenauer said:
As I used to work in a factory that made cones I feel fully qualified to be allowed to call them cones.

Back in the 80's a 'cone manufacturing competitor' brought out a new type, and as I was a lowly apprentice at the time my boss thought it clever to drive me through some roadworks where he would slowly pass some and have me lean right out of the passenger window to grab one for further inspection.

Shame we didn't think that it might be full of sand when I grabbed it and nearly ended up leaving my arm on the A303.
You worked at a cone factory?!?

That is just a dream job. You must come and give a talk at the Emergency 4x4 Operators (North West branch) dinner next week? Oh the stories you must have!!

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the 0.01 degree change in taper back in '83 and your insights in to the best grade of sand for the base!

18:30 Tuesday at the Harvester - you can't miss it as there'll be some pretty impressive vehicles in the car park, including Derek's mobility scooter.

If any one else wish to deploy to attend this event then please PM Chemical Chaos of this parish for more details.




jdw100

4,067 posts

163 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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Starfighter said:
Tell Derek thanks from me. I had the coffee there a couple of weeks ago and we could not allow that type of bio-weapon to get in the hands of ISIS.
I strongly suspect the real Costa would have something to say about that.

jdw100

4,067 posts

163 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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SpamCan said:
This is it shirley?
I strongly suspect the real Humber Boat Club would have something to say about that.

jdw100

4,067 posts

163 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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kowalski655 said:
Jimmy Recard said:
.... Roger the offender!'
I strongly suspect the real HM Prison Service would have something to say about that.

Lopey

258 posts

97 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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yellowjack said:
The lack of volunteers thing? I can see the problem to be blunt. It's the whole dressing like a Belisha Beacon, riding one of their bikes, and the training and being "on call 24 hours a day" thing.

There are tens of thousands of mountain bikers all over the land. I'm pretty sure the majority of them would happily turn out to help find a member of the community who went missing. I have my own bike, my own safety kit, and make my own decisions on what to wear/carry based on weather forecasts and trail conditions. I accept that some form of training in helping the vulnerable might be a damned good idea, and that it might be necessary to be CRB checked. But at the end of the day, you don't need to ride as a team of four to cover ground and spot people. Would they turn away a volunteer who hadn't bee trained? Surely mobilizing the local MTB trail club, handing out some 2-way radios, and a briefing by a police officer would get more people out looking, and find the missing person sooner?

It's the pseudo-uniform, the hierarchy, and the faux-military 'comms and protocol' nonsense that makes these "4th emergency service" types divisive and exclusive, rather than inclusive and welcoming to most ordinary folk. So if I spotted an appeal for volunteers to assist the police in a missing person search, sure, I'd volunteer. But to be sorted, organised, and ordered around by some social misfit in ill-fitting hi-vis? No, sorry, but I'm not up for that. And after spending half my life on a 3 hour notice pager for 5 years, I know what REAL on-call means, and what it can do to you after a while. So no, I'm not willing to sleep with one eye open, nor be contactable 24 hours a bloody day either. It's not assisting, or volunteering that puts people off helping. I really do think it's the attitude of many of the folk who have appointed themselves to run the show that makes others reluctant to help. If they'd just chill out a bit, and quit blowing their own trumpet quite so damned hard, I think more people would be willing to sacrifice some of their free time to help out...
To be blunt, people like yourself are precisely why they don't want or need Joe Bloggs out pretend searching in lycra suits.

egor110

16,817 posts

202 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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Lopey said:
yellowjack said:
The lack of volunteers thing? I can see the problem to be blunt. It's the whole dressing like a Belisha Beacon, riding one of their bikes, and the training and being "on call 24 hours a day" thing.

There are tens of thousands of mountain bikers all over the land. I'm pretty sure the majority of them would happily turn out to help find a member of the community who went missing. I have my own bike, my own safety kit, and make my own decisions on what to wear/carry based on weather forecasts and trail conditions. I accept that some form of training in helping the vulnerable might be a damned good idea, and that it might be necessary to be CRB checked. But at the end of the day, you don't need to ride as a team of four to cover ground and spot people. Would they turn away a volunteer who hadn't bee trained? Surely mobilizing the local MTB trail club, handing out some 2-way radios, and a briefing by a police officer would get more people out looking, and find the missing person sooner?

It's the pseudo-uniform, the hierarchy, and the faux-military 'comms and protocol' nonsense that makes these "4th emergency service" types divisive and exclusive, rather than inclusive and welcoming to most ordinary folk. So if I spotted an appeal for volunteers to assist the police in a missing person search, sure, I'd volunteer. But to be sorted, organised, and ordered around by some social misfit in ill-fitting hi-vis? No, sorry, but I'm not up for that. And after spending half my life on a 3 hour notice pager for 5 years, I know what REAL on-call means, and what it can do to you after a while. So no, I'm not willing to sleep with one eye open, nor be contactable 24 hours a bloody day either. It's not assisting, or volunteering that puts people off helping. I really do think it's the attitude of many of the folk who have appointed themselves to run the show that makes others reluctant to help. If they'd just chill out a bit, and quit blowing their own trumpet quite so damned hard, I think more people would be willing to sacrifice some of their free time to help out...
To be blunt, people like yourself are precisely why they don't want or need Joe Bloggs out pretend searching in lycra suits.
Why do you think they have to wear lycra ?

Also when people go missing the police do ask for volunteers to help search so if there missing in the middle of nowhere why not use mountainbikers, runners who can cover more area and get down tracks 4x4's can't?



anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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Just as a general reply to the cones section of this excellent and long running thread.
I have noticed that some truck seem to have a cone spike on them that the cones are lowered onto, I have been behind a couple of late. Is this the correct way to travel with cones. Also I note that some cleaning companies are using cones as a warning device for wet floors. is this not an abuse of the whole cones principle ?

jdw100

4,067 posts

163 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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techiedave said:
Just as a general reply to the cones section of this excellent and long running thread.
I have noticed that some truck seem to have a cone spike on them that the cones are lowered onto, I have been behind a couple of late. Is this the correct way to travel with cones. Also I note that some cleaning companies are using cones as a warning device for wet floors. is this not an abuse of the whole cones principle ?
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

In this instance though I'm not sure who I strongly suspect would have something to say about that.



55palfers

5,892 posts

163 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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techiedave said:
Just as a general reply to the cones section of this excellent and long running thread.
I have noticed that some truck seem to have a cone spike on them that the cones are lowered onto, I have been behind a couple of late. Is this the correct way to travel with cones. Also I note that some cleaning companies are using cones as a warning device for wet floors. is this not an abuse of the whole cones principle ?
Probably a job for the "JSP Dominator"


https://www.cromwell.co.uk/shop/site-safety/traffi...

helix402

7,832 posts

181 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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£6.26! You could dominate the landing with that, at that price you could dominate Norfolk.

Jimmy Recard

17,540 posts

178 months

Wednesday 26th April 2017
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jdw100 said:
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

In this instance though I'm not sure who I strongly suspect would have something to say about that.
Cones Hotline, presumably