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by D41
01 Jul 2016, 16:14
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

Yeah,,,I read about the father/son thing awhile back....might well have been you that posted it. When I was at the DLI museum a few years back...I forget exactly how many VC medals they had...quite a few on display (11??)....most were awarded to medics...those were the guys who went out ...
by Blade
01 Jul 2016, 15:10
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

I remember when we stayed at the guest house on the Somme last year on the way back from Germany the Proprietor who was also a WW1 historian explained, fathers lied about their age to sign up so they could go to the front line to look out for their sons in combat. I think he said the oldest British ...
by D41
01 Jul 2016, 15:03
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

Key phrase in that link is "may have". The M.O. on that stuff is usually to pass various troop movements...most of which will actually be non-existent units, and to have a few of those actually be real. You can pick out the real ones after the fact, but not before. The Special Air Service ...
by Kwacky
01 Jul 2016, 13:57
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Post referendum
Replies: 100
Views: 3247

Re: Post referendum

... mourning and the millennial vote”, Notebook June 30). It’s us on Facebook posting memes about Little Britain and Pooh and Piglet. We are the 48 — years old as well as per cent. We have small houses and large mortgages. We went to raves and we stopped fighting at football matches. We got very drunk ...
by Kwacky
01 Jul 2016, 12:22
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36667478" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's the first time I've heard about this lapse in our intelligence.
by StMarks
01 Jul 2016, 11:58
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

The war to end all wars..... 100 years later, & we vote by majority to initiate the re-fragmentation of the peaceful European Union. Lest we forget..... I set my alarm to be up for the 730 am 2 minutes silence and pay my respects to the ...
by Blade
01 Jul 2016, 11:53
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

I set my alarm to be up for the 730 am 2 minutes silence and pay my respects to the young and old men who gave up so much for us.

I'm thinking of taking my kids to the Imperial War Museum in London to educated them on the horrific history of WW1 they have a special exhibition.
by kingfixer
01 Jul 2016, 10:13
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

Me and my best mate did the WW1 battlefield tour last year, the guide obviously showing you where we attacked from and where the thousands died,
harrowing stuff ;( ;(
by Kwacky
01 Jul 2016, 10:06
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

Good to see that it's being remembered

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_aud ... s/36681312" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Actors in uniform have turned up at railway stations up and down the country to represent some of those who fell on the first day
by Monty
30 Jun 2016, 20:33
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Cameron to resign.
Replies: 128
Views: 3420

Re: Cameron to resign.

I've been saying this for years
by Monty
30 Jun 2016, 17:23
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Cameron to resign.
Replies: 128
Views: 3420

Re: Cameron to resign.

Boris pulls out, just like his father should have done 52 years ago.
by Kwacky
30 Jun 2016, 15:08
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: I'm struggling to understand this
Replies: 13
Views: 527

Re: I'm struggling to understand this

and its mind by the time he or she is about 8 years old
by Cav
30 Jun 2016, 14:45
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: I'm struggling to understand this
Replies: 13
Views: 527

Re: I'm struggling to understand this

So it could take 2 years or more.. that kid is likely to lose it's mother/grandmother when it's 18 years old.

Also, his mother is his sister...
by Kwacky
30 Jun 2016, 08:52
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Turkey
Replies: 3
Views: 210

Re: Turkey

... after. One of the things I like out there is the way they look out for children, be it in the shops, when you're eating or on the bus. A few years ago a little girl ran off form her mum and was heading towards the road. I scooped her up and handed her back. Her mum was grateful. In the UK ...
by aidy90
29 Jun 2016, 19:43
Forum: Marketplace
Topic: Triumph daytona 600
Replies: 4
Views: 1870

Triumph daytona 600

... 600. I have owned this bike from when it was purchased new in 2004. I have had it serviced every year, but hardly riden it for the last 4 or 5 years, so it needs to go to a new home. I can supply all MOT's to warrant mileage, currently it has 5955 genuine miles, which is unlikely to change ...
by D41
29 Jun 2016, 13:42
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Turkey
Replies: 3
Views: 210

Re: Turkey

My sister likes it...but then again she's also into elder abuse, property theft, and lots of other cool stuff. She should go back there.

Been unstable for years it seems....always 'simmering' but never really addressed...and like Kwacky says, lots of bad people right in the backyard.
by Cav
29 Jun 2016, 10:34
Forum: Biking Stuff
Topic: Seamless gearbox on a road bike?
Replies: 6
Views: 608

Re: Seamless gearbox on a road bike?

... forced-induction-bhp and near equal torque. Suzuki are no where to be seen still having only brought a fancy paint job to the scene in the last 11 years and Yamaha obviously have the R1 and MT10 which will be selling like hot cakes for a few years.
by Kwacky
29 Jun 2016, 09:20
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Turkey
Replies: 3
Views: 210

Turkey

Might be a place to avoid for a couple of years. They've got ISIS and the PKK on their doorstep and both seem able to drift in and out of Turkey at will.

I had noticed recently that it has started to become more conservative.

Shame, I like the place.
by D6Nutz
28 Jun 2016, 19:46
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: Post referendum
Replies: 100
Views: 3247

Re: Post referendum

... chatting about brexit with a guy at work today, and the only thing we could really end the conversation with was the fact that the next could of years are going to be very "interesting" which ever tact we end up taking.
by D41
28 Jun 2016, 14:41
Forum: Slapper Chat
Topic: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday
Replies: 16
Views: 980

Re: 100 years since the Battle of the Somme - Friday

'The Forgotten War'...as someone once told me. Couldn't make sense of that at the time....turns out the man was right. WWII will end up the same way...if it hasn't nearly done so already. Been watching a bit of "Band Of..." lately....prolly the best depiction of WWII yet. Forget the guy wh...