relax, i'll be tied up again this week.


"you keep the skin wet, i'll get some ropes" ;)

Blimey CR! Such responsibility shown from one so young. The boathouse in Heerford is blue btw! - ask Robert de Niro. The colour in Hereford is still sub judice - ask CR.

Originally Posted by smudge_budge

Had a mate from this cap badge who's out now and I'm trying to find his contact details.

Last I saw him was before he was sent back from Sangin halfway through our 45Commando tour. he asked the monkeys to look into XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX and your lot sent him home and I havent seen him since so hope one of you can give me a steer.

just want to give him a bell and see how he got on with all that stuff, and XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.

cheers.

Edited by mod - see below.

Never mind all that. I think I can help. The man you are looking for is currently under deep cover in Wales. Look at the pic below. At the top of the pic in the distance just left of centre you will see the prow of a traditional Welsh coracle emerging from behind the trees. Your man is standing on the deck of the coracle. You didnt get this from me, ok?

ok mate

not sure why you did that as i thought it was all well known by now and i didnt think i said anything but fact in that first message

im not sure what a pm is mate.

thanks

Smudge_budge, please confirm that you were in the Int Corps, as this would confirm a number of peoples preconceptions. Thanks.

Originally Posted by eodmatt

Smudge_budge, please confirm that you were in the Int Corps, as this would confirm a number of peoples preconceptions. Thanks.

I'll wager this young pup is not from the Green Slime. Rather, I feel he wears a beret of a different shade of green. The clue was in his original post "half way through our 45 Commando Tour"

I trust they don't let you loose on bombs alone EODmatt?

Originally Posted by eodmatt

you will see the prow of a traditional Welsh coracle emerging from behind the trees. Your man is standing on the deck of the coracle. You didnt get this from me, ok?

You will never make the grade, stick to blue and red wires: These are not recognition features of Welsh or even English coracles. For a start they are both round therefore do not have "a prow" and secondly they do not have a deck, the English version may have a seat (a plank braced across the diameter of the coracle).

Don't get me started on variants of T-72.

Originally Posted by Minnesota_Viking

Originally Posted by eodmatt

you will see the prow of a traditional Welsh coracle emerging from behind the trees. Your man is standing on the deck of the coracle. You didnt get this from me, ok?

You will never make the grade, stick to blue and red wires: These are not recognition features of Welsh or even English coracles. For a start they are both round therefore do not have "a prow" and secondly they do not have a deck, the English version may have a seat (a plank braced across the diameter of the coracle).

Don't get me started on variants of T-72.

You're up early, what's happened? Did the nursing staff need to change the bed linen again?

Originally Posted by rebel_with_a_cause

Originally Posted by Minnesota_Viking

Originally Posted by eodmatt

you will see the prow of a traditional Welsh coracle emerging from behind the trees. Your man is standing on the deck of the coracle. You didnt get this from me, ok?

You will never make the grade, stick to blue and red wires: These are not recognition features of Welsh or even English coracles. For a start they are both round therefore do not have "a prow" and secondly they do not have a deck, the English version may have a seat (a plank braced across the diameter of the coracle).

Don't get me started on variants of T-72.

You're up early, what's happened? Did the nursing staff need to change the bed linen again?

Yeah, they left him without his v-shaped splash plate. BTW in my very, very, very limited experience of T-72s I discovered only two variants that were important to me - those we had knocked out and those we hadn't!

Perhaps that is why my posting to Civ Div was so warmly welcomed? Coincidentally, less than a year after we last met. Bit harsh for a course report I thought!

smudge_budge,

I was informed of this conversation by a former colleague of mine, as the events which you (initially) described, may relate to those of which I was a part.

I am not normally a member of this website, but have registered in order to speak to you. I will periodically check this forum over the next few weeks, and if you are someone whom I worked with and I am the individual who you are looking for, then feel free to contact me here. After this time I will no longer be reading this webite.

If you are who you claim to be then it would certainly be great to speak with you again. I made some very good friends on operations before I was prematurely removed.

Be aware that I have already been informed that there is some press interest in this matter. If you are simply fishing for information then you will find none through me, and suggest that you do not waste anyone's time.

Regarding the edit of the original post on the ground that it may prejudice an active investigation. While I can not say for certain that this matter pertains to the events of which I was a part, I can tell you that if it does then there is no justification for the protection of such information.

I have been informed that the investigation which I requested, and only that investigation, has now been concluded. No-one has been cleared of the allegations which I alleged, however, I was informed that the investigation will never reach Court Martial. You may interpret that as you wish.

Send me your details through this website and I will decide if you are who you claim to be.

Many thanks.