Reports now coming out saying it was a live round.
Pure speculation.
Reports now coming out saying it was a live round.
You never spent time hurrying up and waiting I take it. But Squaddies are famously sensitive souls.
Edit: to be clear it's a joke that failed to land. I'm sure there's an RAF joke in there but I'll quit whilst I'm behind.
Made me weep. "..Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves..."Fair enough and I apologise for maybe over reacting. I 've never been in the services although I did come very close in my late teens, the thought of endless tours of NI put me off. Several of my friends did join up and one was killed in active service in the Falklands.
Most of the people I know of who joined the 'services' was not because they wanted to fight, for some it was a way out of poverty, for some it was because they were orphans or came from a broken home, or they were simply misfits , for some they just wanted to do a few years and learn a trade, the army became their family, no-one I ever knew joined the army/navy in anticipation of a good scrap.
But here's the thing. There are several active threads where people are quoting 'statistics' whereby our armed forces are the weakest in Europe if not the world. The fact is, and still remains, that when the sh*t hits the fan in any foreign cesspit in the world, British boots are usually the first on the ground, not French, not German, not Greek, but British boots, some of these countries might have larger forces, but better? No.
I have nothing but respect for people like Doug99 who I suspect may have been involved in the Falklands unpleasantness, and for charliegolf, who was commander in chief of a secondary school, in Wales, I suspect the pupils benefitted from his military experience, and the cheeky young taffs were as equal as any adversary he might meet on Mt Tumbledown.
Long story short, I salute those have that served in the forces, those who have offered their lives for us. Thank you.
Made me weep. "..Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves..."
I think you'll find that it usually depends on the historical colonial influence, and what's in it for us.that when the sh*t hits the fan in any foreign cesspit in the world, British boots are usually the first on the ground, not French, not German, not Greek, but British boots, some of these countries might have larger forces, but better? No.
It will be interesting to see Fillys evidence when he gets time to collate itI think you'll find that it usually depends on the historical colonial influence, and what's in it for us.
It may be British forces, but that only reinforces the extent of the historic British colonial influence.
Could be a skul duggery involved
similar to that bloke who tampered with his wife’s (?) parachute
some one deliberately slipped a live round into the gun
conspiracy theory in there some where
and for charliegolf, who was commander in chief of a secondary school, in Wales, I suspect the pupils benefitted from his military experience, and the cheeky young taffs were as equal as any adversary he might meet on Mt Tumbledown.
Call me a pussi but I've always disliked, feared and stayed away from firearms despite having access to them.
I preferred to settle disputes with bare fists.
I preferred to settle disputes with bare fists.
That would have been funny and clever, in the pub. It doesn't quite work in print.Naughty.... they have sharp claws