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08-02-2010, 21:06 #1Senior Member
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways,camel blue in one hand,wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming WOW!!! WHAT A RIDE !!!!!!!!!!!
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08-02-2010, 21:19 #2Senior Member
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"Civilians now prepare for war with the TA"!!??!!
Great, I knew that public order training would come in handy again. The clip has some of the worst shaped berets I've ever seen, by the way.Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
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08-02-2010, 21:23 #3Senior Member
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A good piece, well timed too! Some bods in the Army's PR Bn have done a good job there.
But it is not true that employers have to let staff go when they are mobilised, as we know.The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
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08-02-2010, 21:28 #4Senior Member
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They look like they have never been shaped. They must have both missed that lesson at sandhurst.
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08-02-2010, 22:04 #5Senior Member
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Or they couldn't afford the staff, I hear commoners do occasionally slip through the safeguards. Originally Posted by saladdoger
They look like they have never been shaped. They must have both missed that lesson at sandhurst. Originally Posted by xpat
Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
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08-02-2010, 22:13 #6Senior Member
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Good report on praiseworthy men and women!
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09-02-2010, 23:18 #7Senior Member
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Of the 2 bad berets. Originally Posted by xpat
One of them's a brigadier the other a splitarrse, shaping a beret badly is a part of their job description. :D
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10-02-2010, 10:18 #8Senior Member
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Ruperts are exempt ally berets - it also deflects squaddies apprehensions of their abilities Originally Posted by xpat
Good piece from C4 though - much better than that Mark of Cain crap they pushed out a year back"If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or he is a Gurkha" - Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw MC
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10-02-2010, 12:23 #9Senior Member
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Duke your thoughts ? Originally Posted by TheSpecialOne
Ruperts are exempt ally berets - it also deflects squaddies apprehensions of their abilities Originally Posted by xpat
Good piece from C4 though - much better than that Mark of Cain crap they pushed out a year back
Mine remains ally but I am now a plastic rupert after all !
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10-02-2010, 12:26 #10Senior Member
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Quite correct. My "pancake" was sacked on commissioning, replaced with one worn at least 1" above the eyebrow, cap badge firmly over the centre of the left eye, bow centred in the back and pulled smartly to the right with no overhang in sight - just the way the RSM likes them!
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10-02-2010, 12:34 #11Senior Member
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Yeah, but you still wear a very baggy to the knees smock. Originally Posted by The_Duke
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10-02-2010, 12:34 #12Senior Member
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I know someone (ex mob )who used to work for this particular media establishment (thankfully no longer) and the mark of cain drivel was infuriating for him.........
As a rule they take great pride in shocking people...
A particular point of pride in their 25th anniversary celebrations was a letter from the Prince's asking them not to air a certain interview programme post their mothers death....
Needless to say they showed it anyway...such is their commitment to their ethos of "Making Trouble"
Never mind the wishes of 2 grieving kids....
Nice to see that they have finally showed something positive about the forces...
About time...
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10-02-2010, 12:35 #13Senior Member
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The baggier the better - but not as ally as the Coy signaller I used to know who had an extention piece sewn into his smock so it went well below his knees:D Originally Posted by sfub
Yeah, but you still wear a very baggy to the knees smock. Originally Posted by The_Duke
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15-02-2010, 14:52 #14Senior Member
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any way there TA they werent going to turn up for C1 beret shapping training
have you eve met a TA soldier? Part time soldier full time banging on about it – Jack Dee
MP have More time off than the COs webbing
And of course the taliban refer to you ...as those cheeky nice British soldier chaps? ffs come into the real world.
X-Box 360, MW2 on line with your TA mucka's?
That and lots of phys
TA->Ginsters(if RLC)->Civvi Career->Your mates->Porn->Your kids->Daytime TV->The loud appliance known as your missus
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