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Whilst the comment about the induction course was a bit tongue in cheek, they did look as though the mud plugging was their forte. I once did a driving job where ,i drove the clients car,say to Lonodn or Ascot type of thing, he gets tanked and keeps a clean licence. One day i turend up having been advied it was a week old Land Rover of some description, owner come out the house throws me the keys and apologises it hasnt been fully cleaned. The only things that were clean were the windows, lights and numrplates. Everything else ,including the roof,must have had 2 inches of mud on it.
It had the full computer kit, traction details angles etc on the screen. He loved it.Banged on about the few days he had getting it like it I just told him no problem its better than boucning up the kerb in Chelsea.
It had the full computer kit, traction details angles etc on the screen. He loved it.Banged on about the few days he had getting it like it I just told him no problem its better than boucning up the kerb in Chelsea.
Crossflow Kid said:
For the love of god just stop it.
Either you're reeling us all in and well done you, or you're serious in which case it's getting very, very irritating....or highly amusing, depending which mood I'm in when I read another Operation Eagle Claw Panther Talon Strike post.
This is deploying:
This is dicking about in a Land Rover:
That's a negative Charlie Foxtrot Kilo.Either you're reeling us all in and well done you, or you're serious in which case it's getting very, very irritating....or highly amusing, depending which mood I'm in when I read another Operation Eagle Claw Panther Talon Strike post.
This is deploying:
This is dicking about in a Land Rover:
Photo one - some of the right kit but no high viz and helicopter landing area not coned. 5/10 in terms of professionalism.
Photo two - clearly a time served professional deploying to assist in festival Evac or breaking down a MAJOR event. Insufficient stickers and no Leathernan visible, otherwise a vision of total competence and warrior spirit. 9/10.
What have you got to say about that?
Your move.
jdw100 said:
Photo two - clearly a time served professional deploying to assist in festival Evac or breaking down a MAJOR event. Insufficient stickers and no Leathernan visible, otherwise a vision of total competence and warrior spirit. 9/10.
Should lose 5 points for partial obscured unique vehicle identification reference plate (front).ChemicalChaos said:
Dog Star said:
ChemicalChaos said:
Funny you should mention that. We're on deployment this weekend, helping to construct, marshal and then break down a major event
I bet that event is Billing? It's that or KC. If the former and you're of the "code red" persuasion then you probably know my mate Gordon. jdw100 said:
That's a negative Charlie Foxtrot Kilo.
Photo one - some of the right kit but no high viz and helicopter landing area not coned. 5/10 in terms of professionalism.
Photo two - clearly a time served professional deploying to assist in festival Evac or breaking down a MAJOR event. Insufficient stickers and no Leathernan visible, otherwise a vision of total competence and warrior spirit. 9/10.
What have you got to say about that?
Your move.
Is this a bit like tactical chess with high vis jackets on.Photo one - some of the right kit but no high viz and helicopter landing area not coned. 5/10 in terms of professionalism.
Photo two - clearly a time served professional deploying to assist in festival Evac or breaking down a MAJOR event. Insufficient stickers and no Leathernan visible, otherwise a vision of total competence and warrior spirit. 9/10.
What have you got to say about that?
Your move.
Spare tyre said:
Why, when everybody else is following on, does the "20th emergency service" (4x4 Responce) decide to start slaloming across the road?ApOrbital said:
Is this a bit like tactical chess with high vis jackets on.
I got it from a previous response from CC on this thread and therefore I assume it to be the correct 4x4 comms lingo;"That picture is 5 years old and I don't look like that any more.
Your move."
Edited by jdw100 on Monday 1st August 10:45
Vaud said:
Should lose 5 points for partial obscured unique vehicle identification reference plate (front).
Well spotted Sir, should be taken down a rank or two.Couple of stripes ripped off the Velcro epaullettes of his high vis will teach him.
Maybe even asking him to unstrap his belt holster and hand in his multi-tool? Or is that just far too harsh?
Trabi601 said:
DMN said:
Why, when everybody else is following on, does the "20th emergency service" (4x4 Responce) decide to start slaloming across the road?
The orange gazebo appears to be their 'command centre', so they must have been paying due respect to their division commander.Vaud said:
Summary execution.
Some might say an extreme reaction, but I do see the need for our 4x4 Rapid Response Specialists to be held to higher account than ordinary civilians.After all these are the men that are looked up to by the other emergency services, so they should be held to account.
Like men of the Night's Watch in Game of Thrones they have sworn off female contact* and dedicate their lives to the defence of the realm**.
- I'm assuming they made an oath, you never see them in female company.
- by that I mean pulling cars out of muddy fields.
anonymous said:
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The better prepared Landies, as well as the drivers being all Tacklebrried up with Leatherman/Bear Grylls and other 
anonymous said:
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My modern Landy has two "trigger guards" on roof buttons. One gets you connected to a Brummie lady who is sympathetic but of no real use. (I've tried it twice now) The other is for real emergencies. You'd assume it would put you through to the police but I imagine it actually activates a SARBE which emits a signal picked up by those big ariels which are part of the "comms fit" on our 9th emergency service 4x4 Response Discovery 2 friends.No doubt when they turn up in a haze of orange LEDs they suck their teeth, laugh to themselves in an annoying patronising manner, tell you what a mug you are and that you should have bought a proper Landy like theirs. They will then tow your Land Rover - despite it telling you not to in the hand book - and f
k up your 9 speed ZF box and Haldex - whatever they are. When the car then refuses to move because it's now fked to the tune of nine grand they'll tell you they're not insured and that its your fault for buying a st car before trundling off to bugger up someone else's day.I've been following this thread and genuinely laughed out loud at some of the posts. I've just got off a conference call and now have to post here as art and reality are beginning to mix...
Just been on a conference call discussing a project at JLR. While we were waiting for all the attendees to join I was chatting with a colleague who mentioned that his next door neighbour has a Defender - highly modified with winch, snorkel, light bars etc. "He's not a member of the 4x4 Emergency Response team is he?" I gingerly asked.
"Oh yeah" came the reply. "He's rescued people stuck at the Isle of Wight Festival and all sorts of stuff. He's got a sticker on the back that states 'I Pulled At The Isle of Wight Festival'. It's quite funny".
"Hmm", I responded, "I've recently been reading about these people".
Just been on a conference call discussing a project at JLR. While we were waiting for all the attendees to join I was chatting with a colleague who mentioned that his next door neighbour has a Defender - highly modified with winch, snorkel, light bars etc. "He's not a member of the 4x4 Emergency Response team is he?" I gingerly asked.
"Oh yeah" came the reply. "He's rescued people stuck at the Isle of Wight Festival and all sorts of stuff. He's got a sticker on the back that states 'I Pulled At The Isle of Wight Festival'. It's quite funny".
"Hmm", I responded, "I've recently been reading about these people".
I met a misfit at a car show. I have an MGF. I have one because I like them. Mine is in pretty decent Nick for its age.
So at this show a very superior guy engages me in condescending conversation about the car. He invites me to look at his MG which was a pretty ratty MGB GT. Not a V8 or anything interesting. Just a shabby late 1970s slightly rusty car.
The tone of his conversation went along the lines of it'll cost you X amount to get yourself one of these, you don't have a proper car, it's ste and mines great. Then he told me how he was in this club and I could meet some of the committee members and he'd introduce me. He supposed they might let me join with my car, but that it was up to the committee.
If I'd wanted a moldy old MGB I'd have bought one. And if I did like them, which I don't I'd buy a restored V8. I told him this but it didn't put him off. He didn't quite pat me on the head but he was getting close.
The final straw for me came when he started slagging off a group of very tidy MX-5s, telling me: "They're basically a Ford Focus with the roof cut off."
I just walked away and as far as I know he's probably still standing in a field droning on in a superior and borderline arrogant manner.
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So at this show a very superior guy engages me in condescending conversation about the car. He invites me to look at his MG which was a pretty ratty MGB GT. Not a V8 or anything interesting. Just a shabby late 1970s slightly rusty car.
The tone of his conversation went along the lines of it'll cost you X amount to get yourself one of these, you don't have a proper car, it's s
te and mines great. Then he told me how he was in this club and I could meet some of the committee members and he'd introduce me. He supposed they might let me join with my car, but that it was up to the committee.If I'd wanted a moldy old MGB I'd have bought one. And if I did like them, which I don't I'd buy a restored V8. I told him this but it didn't put him off. He didn't quite pat me on the head but he was getting close.
The final straw for me came when he started slagging off a group of very tidy MX-5s, telling me: "They're basically a Ford Focus with the roof cut off."
I just walked away and as far as I know he's probably still standing in a field droning on in a superior and borderline arrogant manner.
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ker.Edited by wildcat45 on Monday 1st August 13:16
jdw100 said:
Crossflow Kid said:
For the love of god just stop it.
Either you're reeling us all in and well done you, or you're serious in which case it's getting very, very irritating....or highly amusing, depending which mood I'm in when I read another Operation Eagle Claw Panther Talon Strike post.
This is deploying:
This is dicking about in a Land Rover:
That's a negative Charlie Foxtrot Kilo.Either you're reeling us all in and well done you, or you're serious in which case it's getting very, very irritating....or highly amusing, depending which mood I'm in when I read another Operation Eagle Claw Panther Talon Strike post.
This is deploying:
This is dicking about in a Land Rover:
Photo one - some of the right kit but no high viz and helicopter landing area not coned. 5/10 in terms of professionalism.
Photo two - clearly a time served professional deploying to assist in festival Evac or breaking down a MAJOR event. Insufficient stickers and no Leathernan visible, otherwise a vision of total competence and warrior spirit. 9/10.
What have you got to say about that?
Your move.
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