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mackem

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  1. Kier starmer issued a “Nowt to do with us” statement.
  2. The French quebecois guy in that looked like Elon musks older brother,the film wasn’t what I anticipated it to be Seen this film many times,never get tired of watching it
  3. I have met lots of Ghurka and ex-Ghurka,don’t blame me for the “mercenary” observation,it’s @jukel123 who wants to go full on Executive Outcomes
  4. Some incredible views at high altitude Mel
  5. Several news agencies reporting the ayatollahs death.
  6. The Geneva convention actually doesn't consider Gurkhas mercenaries because the Nepalese government resented the classification but taken literally a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army dictionary defenition is,and that's why I added dictionary defenition,a mercenary.
  7. You will enjoy that,theres a few places in Toronto you can hire winter sports gear.
  8. We still do in a way if you follow the dictionary definition.....Gurkhas. Yup,a lot of Ukrainians fled the fight.
  9. Head over here,local lakes/rivers are kite skiing heaven.
  10. Haven’t had much caviar over here mate,wrong environment EBT=Everest Basecamp Trek If your into mountains it’s the holy grail for a trek.
  11. That air-rifle is retro charts,is it a BSA meteor?
  12. Do the EBT before you pop your clogs,don’t be a shoulda woulda coulda (but didn’t)don’t make excuses,just do it if your really into mountains
  13. I spoke to two Ukrainians a month or so back,refugee immigrants in their late 20’s or early 30’s both worked in construction here and neither had a desire to return permanently to their homeland,both had family or knew people who had died in the conflict.
  14. Did he ever send a postcard from Kiev?
  15. 13 year old girl killed here maybe 3? weeks back while on a ski trip.My younger son enjoys snowboarding when he comes up,I remember when skiing was the pastime of the middle and upper classes,now all of us plebs can get on the slopes
  16. I read an article a few weeks back about Filipinos fighting for Russia,they were on a thousand dollars a month,one was squashed I think his family got $4000 the other was captured.I have met a few Ukrainian guys in their 20’s and 30’s who are here as refugees.Gamerooster is alive and still sounding the dawn,he was on here recently.
  17. Never too late for you to do anything mel,a place in can recommend close to the UK is chamonix its ski central,first place I ever tried to ski was in India and I wasn't really into it,I have done cross country skiing which is big over here the neighbours are all into it,my lady is a skier and a snowboarder,its second nature to her,beats lying on a beach as a vacation.
  18. Tats,next time your down London pop into the V&A museum,they have a porcelain figure of a tiger dragging a British soldier from the days of the raj but better than that they also have......
  19. I saw this in a museum today,homemade crossbow confiscated by canadian forces from a German POW in WW2
  20. Good luck with the pup mate,I hope you have a great time with it,I would love another dog but lifestyle choices don't allow it
  21. I would have popped Oop north just to see who walks the walk and who talks the talk,I predict a good day for all if it happens
  22. I don’t think he is dead mC I read he is in a medically induced coma which is common for bleeding on the brain.
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