... come on chaps, concentrate on the topic ... the Home Guard were issued with WW1 surplus Lee Enfield rifles to replace the pitch forks.
Prisoner i961??? I have taken part in ''rational'' debates in the past and all that happens it gets turned into us verses them with the same protagonists every time. You, Elite, BFG etc, will slate the Tories. Joe, Serious, Tarqs etc. will do the same to Labour just read what is being posted. It's Majors fault no it's Blairs and then look who is posting it. It gets a bit tiresome so a few on here have tried to turn it into a bit of fun. Obviously not succeeding in your eyes.
Precisely......if I am going to have a nice little argument, or big usually in my case, I would rather do it over a subject that arouses my interest and those of my protagonists, I have just checked the BBC news and Chameleon is basically a non~story....Party A dreams up a way to save some dosh by privatising labia enhancements, Party B says "oooh~errr, cracking idea, we will use it to privatise transgender operations for the under 5s", Party A gets back into power and the cycle of endless waste continues blah blah infinitum....10 or 20 years later, everyone has filled up their Bermudan bank accounts and done a runner with the pension pot.....yeah yeah Sid, we get it..... obviously not me though because I am "hopelessly misinformed".
Right...back on topic....in 1915 the Germans were getting a bit cheesed off with those pesky Tommies lobbing their Potato Mashers back into the German trenches....so they invented a contact grenade rather than a delayed~fuse grenade....the Turtle grenade or Diskushandgranate, seriously, was designed to be spun like a discus towards the Allied trenches, the longitudinal spinning motion activated the percussion pin and the Turtle exploded on landing......smart huh?
After the war.....Turtle~spinning or Diskus~throwing was allowed into the Olympic Games in memory of this stunning invention.....and we still won the inaugural event!!.....which basically peed off the Germans even more and this led to the 2nd World War
ps I have just found my pound sign...it was on the shift plus 3 marked as the hash key.....so here are a few freebies towards paying off those PFI bills...££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££... .that is called quantitative easing, basically what the World banks do every day....invent more money on a keyboard
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I understand where you're coming from, but I have always tried to avoid that (falling into one of two camps). For example, I put the blame on Blair |(Labour) here every bit as much as the Tories (for their slow and inadequate response). On this occasion, (PFI) I prefer a Corbyn model but I share people's concerns about Corbyn as PM (so does Elite, I think).
You never get a properly considered response from Soccerman because, frankly, I don't think he has the nous - too busy winding up (very unsuccessfully in my case). Serious can post some intelligent ideas when he's not carried away insulting others and telling them they know nothing about deals & business. Tarquin can be funny and thoughtful but also nasty and racist.
If posters keep their views short and sharp, it can be useful and worth reading.
Btw, Prisoner i961 was a reference to the fact that you are known by a number, not a name. Don't take it personal - it's a joke. Make one back would be a good response.
Have a good day.
... If posters keep their views short and sharp, it can be useful and worth reading ... oh, the ironing!
Anyway - where were you when the Germans tried to bomb Trent Bridge (bad job at Turneys - very near miss). Dad's Home Guard patrol were at Blackberry Hill, near Cotgrave, splendid view ... he thought they'd hit the City Ground!