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I was sorely tempted to pull out the longbow...

Robber Broon

Sadly I was busy, first in physics then in the Bute...

I do wonder (from a strictly theoretical point of view, naturally...) how well bullet-proof vests, as worn by GB's protection goons, rather then the Iron Chancellor himself, are likely to stop a semi-medieval modern-bodkin arrow. ( Read more... )

I've been reading Kipling again. His verse is something of a solace on a quiet & lonely night such as this.
I find these stanzas meaningful at the mo...

Now, if you must marry, take care she is old-
A troop-sergeant’s widow’s the nicest I’m told,
For beauty won’t help if your rations is cold,
        Nor love ain’t enough for a soldier.
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It it me or does this board look uncannily like toblero?

http://www.allectuslimited.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=29

I'm single on Valentine's day. Hrrmph!

Being able to exchange cards with Wessex-lass last year was nice. Shame about the long-distance and other impediments.

Coupled with...

•  further bone-headness from the accom-office
•  a trip on the Bute stairs infront of not one, but two tour parties of prospective UGs (Negligible damage but embarrasing)
  
• and a Trojan ( Read more... )

Hrrrmph!

At 2359 tonight The Light Infantry, the Regiment I was "Badged" too as a Cadet is disbanded and amalgamted with the Royal Green Jackets and a bunch of other johnny-come-latelys (Devon & Dorsets and the M4s), to create a 5 battalion "Super-Regiment". Effectively it'll be *the* West-Country Regt. except for some odd recruiting pockets a ( Read more... )

ITV4 recently re-ran "Dark Skies" on Sunday nights. I watched the Finale just after I got back from Egypt. I'd forgotten how good the show was on the whole. It rather suffered from Prisoner-syndrome in that facing a sudden axe they had to try to tie up the plot lines they'd left hanging for Season 2 in one episode flat. I recall speculating with my ( Read more... )

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I was most impressed my the valour of 4 Commandos (as I hope was a good tranche of the country), who bravely clung to the sides of two Apache attack choppers to attempt the rescue of a fallen comrade

Clicky

In the aftermath it was revealed that at least one (and I think two) of the volunteers for this mission were ( Read more... )

I went on Ebay again ( Read more... )

In between ( Read more... )