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Just now, mC HULL said:

the respect doesn’t go both ways though fd i seen it talk down to the terrier man like he’s thick as f**k remember been young thinking tell him to get f****d  

Agreed but that’s a totally different thing mate but if the chap is decent enough I see reason not to respect his position .Those that demean others through title need to be pulled up on it .I’ve known both types .

[jukel123 6,648]

Just now, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

mate, that stuffs old hat !!! No one goes around recruiting like that ? How do I know ? I was on a recruiting team .

many many many officers are from worse backgrounds than you or I can imagine , I know many officers , rough violent council estate lads who are officers in the military .  

There is very very little parity as a junior officer regarding sandhurst , the regiment they are assigned to reflects their performance in training and their preferences  , the best usually get the infantry where a cadet with a degree in engineering may be steered automatically towards one of the supporting arms . 
 

indeed my old troop commander , who I rate as possibly the most intelligent man I’ve ever met , was a rough old valleys boy whose main interests were rugby , the gym , football and boxing , went to the same school as one of the lance jacks , the only deciding factor was that he buckled down an got a first in aeronautical engineering . He would have been wasted as an enlisted man , he was too clever for that game . 
 

I’ll just address this here as well that there seems to be a few here that seem to think that the army is like bad lads army . It’s an agile forward thinking modern organisation that imbues and offers young lads from estates the world  for two hard rules , don’t take drugs and have a shave .

what sone of you think it is , I dread to think . 

Check out the stats.

[DIDO.1 21,099]

31 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

I don't get this continual focus on illegal immigration across the channel. The UK pays  out a lot less than other comparable countries on asylum seekers. Most of the boat people are from countries where the west has been poking its military nose. Many are genuine asylum seekers. Civilised countries have to accept their quotas. We accept a lot less than others.

I wouldn't condemn any of them for seeking a better life. One generation ago, my people came across on a boat from Ireland. 

In any case they are only the tip of the iceberg. It's estimated there are hundreds of thousands of illegal Immigrants in the UK . Check out nail bars, car washes, foreign restaurants. They are there in plain sight. I'm not grassing on anybody. It's not my job to decide immigration/ asylum policy. 

The powers that be love cheap labour, its more economical than investing in new technology and training.

I'm not underestimating the tensions that exist in the northern towns. I've lived there  worked with Pakistan immigrants straight off the boats and I know what it feels like to be a token white man.

But immigration  is just a side issue. 

We are a small over crowded island. We are full. 7 million a day just keeping the recent arrivals in hotels. If that's a side issue I don't know what a major issue would be.

The day I see a nurse suggesting that money be spent on health care then I'll change my opinion on nurses pay rise. 

The NHS is a wasteful money pit.... again not one suggestion from the union's to change that. 

Show me a nurse that didn't support closing the economy down for 2 years......

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4 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

We should be born equal and then rise to the top dependent on your true abilities not your dad's wealth or your family connections.

There’s plenty rise or fall within every class mate .Birthright is only a start in life ,it’s what you do after that matters .

[mC HULL 10,505]

5 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

mate, that stuffs old hat !!! No one goes around recruiting like that ? How do I know ? I was on a recruiting team .

many many many officers are from worse backgrounds than you or I can imagine , I know many officers , rough violent council estate lads who are officers in the military .  

There is very very little parity as a junior officer regarding sandhurst , the regiment they are assigned to reflects their performance in training and their preferences  , the best usually get the infantry where a cadet with a degree in engineering may be steered automatically towards one of the supporting arms . 
 

indeed my old troop commander , who I rate as possibly the most intelligent man I’ve ever met , was a rough old valleys boy whose main interests were rugby , the gym , football and boxing , went to the same school as one of the lance jacks , the only deciding factor was that he buckled down an got a first in aeronautical engineering . He would have been wasted as an enlisted man , he was too clever for that game . 
 

I’ll just address this here as well that there seems to be a few here that seem to think that the army is like bad lads army . It’s an agile forward thinking modern organisation that imbues and offers young lads from estates the world  for two hard rules , don’t take drugs and have a shave .

what sone of you think it is , I dread to think . 

you live in a dream world stiff  

don’t take drugs every lad i’ve ever known that was in the army hammered drugs just drink that much water on a day the testing was happening the test was inconclusive get put on a watch list do it all again  

[mC HULL 10,505]

3 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

We are a small over crowded island. We are full. 7 million a day just keeping the recent arrivals in hotels. If that's a side issue I don't know what a major issue would be.

The day I see a nurse suggesting that money be spent on health care then I'll change my opinion on nurses pay rise. 

The NHS is a wasteful money pit.... again not one suggestion from the union's to change that. 

Show me a nurse that didn't support closing the economy down for 2 years......

the ones that didn’t left dido 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,632]

1 minute ago, mC HULL said:

you live in a dream world stiff  

don’t take drugs every lad i’ve ever known that was in the army hammered drugs just drink that much water on a day the testing was happening the test was inconclusive get put on a watch list do it all again  

 

One way or another they come unstuck . 

and it doesn’t work like that . It’s not anything I’d expect you to know about  either so stop launching arrows in the dark . 

[socks 32,253]

8 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

you live in a dream world stiff  

don’t take drugs every lad i’ve ever known that was in the army hammered drugs just drink that much water on a day the testing was happening the test was inconclusive get put on a watch list do it all again  

Fair play that’s the biggest load of bollox I’ve heard in ages. 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,632]

12 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Check out the stats.

What stats mate ??? 

where am I looking for and for what ? 
 
i mean your totally removing such things like the fact that some landed gentry insist on sone form of service for inheritance purposes for their offspring or for some to head into the military as a vocation , or that sone schools point their graduates towards a military career 
 

 

[mC HULL 10,505]

8 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

 

One way or another they come unstuck . 

and it doesn’t work like that . It’s not anything I’d expect you to know about  either so stop launching arrows in the dark . 

as i’ve said i’ve multiple mates been in the army friends of friends all smashed drugs while in the army 

[mC HULL 10,505]

5 minutes ago, socks said:

Fair play that’s the biggest load of bollox I’ve heard in ages. 

you want me to get me pal to do me a video how it was in the army to get past tests and how many were at it socks i’ll post tomorrow 

or me other family memeber who was based germany in the days of them all off there heads on ecstasy’s in the 90s 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,632]

1 minute ago, mC HULL said:

as i’ve said i’ve multiple mates been in the army friends of friends all smashed drugs while in the army 

More fool them , kinda completing the picture for me here tbh .

Your low estimate of the military may be coloured by the fact that you’re knocking around with the sort of oxygen thieves that would risk their pension, career and home life for being unable to control their vices . 

[THE STIFFMEISTER 14,632]

2 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

you want me to get me pal to do me a video how it was in the army to get past tests and how many were at it socks i’ll post tomorrow 

or me other family memeber who was based germany in the days of them all off there heads on ecstasy’s in the 90s 

The tests or policy doesn’t work like that mate . It’s on a par with only ten percent get tested . 
 

as for  the 90s ffs it’s 2020s mate , get with the memo 

[mC HULL 10,505]

3 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

More fool them , kinda completing the picture for me here tbh .

Your low estimate of the military may be coloured by the fact that you’re knocking around with the sort of oxygen thieves that would risk their pension, career and home life for being unable to control their vices . 

none i knew made a career out the army 

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Just now, mC HULL said:

none i knew made a career out the army 

Is that because they were smack heads mate ?