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SH refuelling, when was that? I used to spin off all the 105 mm spent cases and turn them into ashtrays in exchange for LH seats on the Pumas so long as they flew to Big Falls where I would let the RAF loose with weapons, loaded ones, drop some ducks and then fly back. This was in the eighties when they were needing them, not feeding them. You see, you are never too old to learn something new. All these years there was I thinking that sodding great lump hammers were standard issue to the Paras in lieu of personal weapons... IanB, thanks. I will post more, honest but I am dealing wi

Paulus, Of course I don´t remember Raul´s Rose Garden (Extra Green Stamps on Saturday) with the raised bar deck overlooking the dance floor and the crappy rooms in the back. I used to hurry by that den of sin every Friday night without stopping. Ever. Honest. Bit of background to the photo would be very nice. I just happened to be in there drinking a beer with a Signals officer (the Paras were the resident battalion) when I saw one of my guys (RAOC) getting the shit kicked out of him by the Paras so against the advice of my friend, I dived in. I am still impressed with the

Sorry for the late reply chaps. I would like to say it was because of that b*****d Gates and his crappy software but I cannot tell a lie. I was playing headers with my three year old son in what will be the kitchen of my restaurant and is currently home to three of us while our new house is being built, when I scored a direct hit on a full beer bottle which emptied itself into the keyboard of my laptop. $1,100 and several days of sweating and cursing later and I am back on line again. I´ll just post this reply and then, much to my wife's relief, go and have a shower and a shave. I hope th

Cleanspade' "A man may smile and bid you hail Yet wish you to the devil; But when a good dog wags his tail, You know he's on the level" Sounds like Kipling, on so many levels... Mine has just given me ten puppies. Ten!

Jonah, thanks for liking my blog. I will have to post more now that I know I have a reader! I also owe you my thanks because I only found this site ebcause I noticed my blog had a lot of referrals from it suddenly so I followed the link and found this thread. It's an excellent forum so i signed up immediately. Buster, (back on topic!) blogging is easy. I also like writing a sort of diary and was always dismayed when the laptop finally died and I lost all my files so a blog is great for storing your stuff somewhere relatively safe. I use Blogger. It is easy to create an accou

Hello everybody, I found this site because I noticed I was getting a lot of traffic to my blog from it. I am very pleased to have discovered 'The Hunting Life' so signed up immediately. I am retired British Army (Light Infantry then RAOC as an Ammunition Technical Officer) and now live in Angola where I am building a fishing lodge and restaurant on the banks of the Rio Kwanza where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean. I was a pretty keen shot in my day, the best shooting I enjoyed was when I was stationed in Belize. There I was a founder member of the sadly defunct Duck Hunters