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Us Sparks are surely more deserving than the pipe monkeys.Why not eh? Salt of the earth. And providing an essential service
[Food] Well Done Toby Carvery
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Do a job, but I wouldn't put them in the same sentence as doctors or nurses.
If you are going to include bin men you may as well list hundreds of jobs.
I’d include everyone except recruitment “consultants”, estate agents, and management consultants. Oh, and premier league footballers.
mikeyjh
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Bingo. You got it.
Paul Reids Sock
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Thanks for this - The wife is a Nurse and had never heard of it. I will get her signed up
mikeyjh
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Plumbing's easy*, sparks more difficult so yes I'll give you that one
* Until it's not, and there's a problem.
Unfortunately, our armed forces have always been political pawns, from being deployed in unpopular wars, to being used for strike breaking.
Unlike nurses, firemen, and even the police, our forces have no trade union, and are specifically banned from joining one, or political parties. Hence, they are at the mercy of whichever hue of Government currently in powers, whether that is Tory cuts, or Labours antipathy to huge defence budgets.
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That I didn't know. Blimey.
Indeed. The first two books are pure class. The TV series was slightly let down a bit by the cheesey performances of Wing-Davey (who) and Dr Who's wife, and the fact they ran out of money and condensed down the latter parts to the consistency of Carnation Milk. But when I was living in Canada (82 to 86) the sense of yearning for home I had, watching the reruns on the better Seattle cable channel, was palpable. All the jokes that Canadians could and will never get....'its a bit like being drunk' 'And what's so bad about that?' 'Ask a glass of water'. Brilliant.
And the Louis Armstrong at the end still has me blubbing, just thinking about it. Ah well. Not for everyone, I guess.
Technically, even trying to organise a Forces union could be construed as mutiny, a capital offence until fairly recently,.
The Government is meant to look after the welfare, etc, of forces personnel, in a casual arrangement called The Military Covenant, an unwritten, unenforcable, series of vague promises that the best interests of servicemen would be served as far as circumstances alow. It doesn't always work, many would say, it rarely works in favour of the troops, the Falklands War injured at the time, and those suffering mental health problems afterwards, would certainly attest to this.
A friend of mune, severly injured on HMS Sheffield was offered a £15 a week pension for the loss of an arm, burns, stomach problems, and subsequent mental health problems.
The Falklands Fund, although literally a life saver, should never have been necessary as the Government of the day, should have adequately provided for the injured.
Indeed. The first two books are pure class. The TV series was slightly let down a bit by the cheesey performances of Wing-Davey (who) and Dr Who's wife, and the fact they ran out of money and condensed down the latter parts to the consistency of Carnation Milk. But when I was living in Canada (82 to 86) the sense of yearning for home I had, watching the reruns on the better Seattle cable channel, was palpable. All the jokes that Canadians could and will never get....'its a bit like being drunk' 'And what's so bad about that?' 'Ask a glass of water'. Brilliant.
While I am gutted that I failed to get any of my kids (I won’t say how many there are - you never know who’s reading this) to become STH, it provides not inconsiderable pleasure to know that they are all Douglas Adams fans. It was one of the days of our lives when we visited his grave, read the first few chapters of the first book out loud and laid a towel upon his headstone. The sense of bonding was palpable.
<scenes> Mrs Tackle is also a big fan. I shall read your post to her later. Right now I seem to have a little dust in my eye....
Thanks for highlighting this.
I'm eligible and, until this post, had no idea that such a thing even existed.
alfredmizen
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alfredmizen
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clueless, utterly clueless.
looney
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Yea this, and go large for an extra quid or so.
Live by the sea
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Not saying it’s not cheap it is but the quality of the food is in line with the price ! But if you like it then fill your boots - and be happy . Fatty tasteless beef , over cooked veg and oily roast potatoes- not for me
looney
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Beefs OK, veg is pretty standard and potatoes are far from greasy. The basic cost of ingredients is bound to be under a couple of quid so like spoons they are relying on turnover. It is far from low end, I would say above average having experienced far worse.
Each to their own.
Their release says "to celebrate the bravery of these heroes" … I do have a problem with the use of the word hero for every member of the armed forces. The heroes surely are the ones who have done something heroic. Merely joining the forces cannot immediately make you a hero. To label all the armed forces personnel as heroes is to misuse the term.
alfredmizen
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You never learn do you ? Didnt you get a slap at withdean for loudly voicing this opinion ?