A mate who was in the Coldstream guards (marching up and down lovely boy) was in when they swapped over. I think he said something along the lines of ‘SLR could stop an elephant, SA80 to unreliable’
First air rifle at 9 yrs, used fathers 4-10 303 conversation in my teens as well as a 12 bore.
303 in ACF as well as a 25 pounder ( no not joking).
As well as being an armourer in The RN I was on a Junglie squadron so have fired.
SLR
SMG
GPMG (weapon of choice as I was very accurate with it)...
I can go weeks without a drink which makes the times I do drink that much more enjoyable.
I greatly reduced ‘drinking’ when the first born came along and never really got back into it as they got older ….. also hangovers get worse as you get older.
Fortunately haven’t smoked in over 30 years But was JPS black, silk cut or golden Virginia for roll ups. In the RN we got cheap ciggies called ‘blue liners’ which were an abomination but scarily cheap!
I have been posting on the various reincarnations of NSC since day dot and never been put on someone’s ignore list until CD decided I wasn’t very nice! He’s not a bully and strikes me as being very sensitive, especially when it’s pointed out to him that he is posting utter bollocks.
It should be rememered that these crowds are heavily orchestrated. It’s not people turning up and then suddenly putting on a performance. It’s carefully planned with cheerleaders, drums and flares which I find just a bit cheesy.
I don’t read the Guardian and thought Corbyn an unelectable little shit, yet still find the present conservative party a bunch of wanna facists, who come across as a bunch of ****s.
no one has said being patriotic makes you a Nazi, however using your patriotism as some justification for being a...
There is no centre right in Tory party because they have all been marginalised by the hard right. You say a bit of perspective is needed, I would agree but only in that the Tory party isn’t the Tory party of 15 years ago. Even Thatcher would be horrified by this bunch of chancers and racists...