Yemen and the Red Sea

[mackem 29,547]

2 hours ago, TRUEBRIT66 said:

the work ethic isn't the same, customers moaning, staff getting ever more demoralised.

That resonates with me lol,yesterday went to WalMart,there’s a squareCell-phone island in the middle of the store with four tills,four Indian girls on it,I just wanted a top-up for my PAYG mobile,queued behind two people then my turn at the first till “Sorry,I can’t do your transaction,you need to go to the next till” went to the next till same result (and this girl was truly clueless and I had to repeat what I wanted twice slowly enunciating the words),third till seemed better she gave me the top up receipt but when I tried to pay (I pay cash for everything,don’t normally carry and plastic and it’s very unusual for me to pay with a card)she had no change,she owed me $1.75 (just over a quid)I told her to put it in a charity box.It was a comedy of errors.It was exactly the same as shopping in India.

[jukel123 9,422]

5 hours ago, mackem said:

That resonates with me lol,yesterday went to WalMart,there’s a squareCell-phone island in the middle of the store with four tills,four Indian girls on it,I just wanted a top-up for my PAYG mobile,queued behind two people then my turn at the first till “Sorry,I can’t do your transaction,you need to go to the next till” went to the next till same result (and this girl was truly clueless and I had to repeat what I wanted twice slowly enunciating the words),third till seemed better she gave me the top up receipt but when I tried to pay (I pay cash for everything,don’t normally carry and plastic and it’s very unusual for me to pay with a card)she had no change,she owed me $1.75 (just over a quid)I told her to put it in a charity box.It was a comedy of errors.It was exactly the same as shopping in India.

Did you try shouting? Lots of foreigners,particularly blackies,are hard of hearing. Speak slowly, and SHOUT loudly. Works 99% of the time.

I'm sorry mate,but every Englishman knows that ffs.

[mackem 29,547]

16 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Did you try shouting? Lots of foreigners,particularly blackies,are hard of hearing. Speak slowly, and SHOUT loudly. Works 99% of the time.

I'm sorry mate,but every Englishman knows that ffs.

I shall try that,thanks mate (lord,give me strength).

 

[jukel123 9,422]

When I was a kid I used to devour comics.

A lot of the stories were about jerries and how cunning they could be. If you were undercover in France or Germany, one of their dastardly tricks was to trick you into speaking English by saying  'thank you" in English when they were checking your papers so naturally you  would saying  'thank you" in return. Then you were f****d.

Fast forward 50 years, I am in a taverna in Greece enjoying the spectacular sunset

 A German guy approached me and said: "spracken di deutsch?"

I shit myself,but,remembering my comic training,  I replied confidently," nein"

My Mrs collapsed in laughter. She said my whole body language and facial expression screamed caution,shock and a bit of aggression. She said my elbows were sticking out like a gunslinger.

Bitch,I was saving her from the bosh!

 

 

 

[mackem 29,547]

11 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

When I was a kid I used to devour comics.

A lot of the stories were about jerries and how cunning they could be. If you were undercover in France or Germany, one of their dastardly tricks was to trick you into speaking English by saying  'thank you" in English when they were checking your papers so naturally you  would saying  'thank you" in return. Then you were f****d.

Fast forward 50 years, I am in a taverna in Greece enjoying the spectacular sunset

 A German guy approached me and said: "spracken di deutsch?"

I shit myself,but,remembering my comic training,  I replied confidently," nein"

My Mrs collapsed in laughter. She said my whole body language and facial expression screamed caution,shock and a bit of aggression. She said my elbows were sticking out like a gunslinger.

Bitch,I was saving her from the bosh!

 

 

 

Commando magazines und ze Germans?I had an Austrian girlfriend years ago,her grandfather was SS boche,in the comics Fritz was always cunning,but not cunning enough for Tommy (most of the time).

[jukel123 9,422]

I've written about this before.  Apologies  if I"m senior  record repeating.

There was a kid in my class who was the son of a German POW.John Smidt.

Bear in mind large swathes of Salford was flattened by the luftwaffe. So Salfordians were a bit sore about that.

Poor John used to get bullied,kicked and punched every day of his life.

It's always been not just on my conscience , but my classmates too.

He refused to ever attend any reunions or talk to any of us and the poor bugger died in his early fifties.

Sorry John.

[mackem 29,547]

7 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

I've written about this before.  Apologies  if I"m senior  record repeating.

There was a kid in my class who was the son of a German POW.John Smidt.

Bear in mind large swathes of Salford was flattened by the luftwaffe. So Salfordians were a bit sore about that.

Poor John used to get bullied,kicked and punched every day of his life.

It's always been not just on my conscience , but my classmates too.

He refused to ever attend any reunions or talk to any of us and the poor bugger died in his early fifties.

Sorry John.

Lucky he didn’t bring his dads broomhandle Mauser into school one afternoon and teach you all the error of your ways.

[jukel123 9,422]

f**k I never thought of that.  

[mackem 29,547]

6 hours ago, jukel123 said:

 If you were undercover in France or Germany, one of their dastardly tricks was to trick you into speaking English by saying  'thank you" in English when they were checking your papers so naturally you  would saying  'thank you" in return. 

Gott im Hummel,cunning Fritz also read Commando comics.

 

[chartpolski 27,901]

Emergency Cabinet meeting in progress, Speaker of the House called in, recall of Parliament maybe tomorrow.

More RN warships heading to the Red Sea, USS Eisenhower carrier group on site, doesn’t look good for the Houthi ….

Cheers.

Edited January 11, 2024 by chartpolski

[Born Hunter 17,910]

So far the British strategy has clearly been defensive, with no real offensive strike capability deployed in the gulf. At best they could use naval gunfire. If a carrier was deployed that would make a statement of a strategic shift towards a more offensive posture. Such an operation seems ideally suited to our current carrier strike capability. 

Its always possible a sub is about with tomahawks but that’s not a particularly sustainable way of striking. Though again it would be a strong statement of an offensive posture.

Edited January 11, 2024 by Born Hunter

[Born Hunter 17,910]

The main outcome of the cabinet meeting should be to build more f***ing escorts. 

[chartpolski 27,901]

16 minutes ago, Born Hunter said:

The main outcome of the cabinet meeting should be to build more f***ing escorts. 

More like have a recruiting campaign for the RN !

Ships are being mothballed because of a shortage of personnel!

Cheers.

[ditchman 3,353]

be interesting to see how this pans out...............

 

keep buying BAE shares ...you know it makes sense...

[ditchman 3,353]

1 minute ago, chartpolski said:

More like have a recruiting campaign for the RN !

Ships are being mothballed because of a shortage of personnel!

Cheers.

is "colour service" still relevant ?...............bet that would piss alot of people off......they could stick arry windsor in a bloody apache to draw fire..