So, what’s your claim to fame?

[John Gryphon]

I believe that I was the first hunter in Australia to take a trophy sambar stag with a synthetic stocked rifle...(i believe) as I have not come across any evidence otherwise.
Its not much...but first is first ha ha.

 

[Littlejimmy]

Swam across the river Dee in full firefighting kit and rescued 21 ewes during the flood of 2017. After 20 years of house fires and car crashes it’s my only claim to fame that folk remember.

 

[Jimbob39]

Fished with John Wilson and Bob church on Rutland water several times. Met Goldie Hawnes daughter when they were filming at Burley house near Oakham.

 

[Warren79]

Chris packham once shook my hand and told me i was doing a great job and carry on! In fairness he was 4 hours late to open the new fluffy bunny wing at college and the only 2 students available where me studying fishery management and a mate studying game keeping!

 

[camodog]

Briefly held an 'unofficial' record (along with two others, + skipper and boat) for the most 'lure caught marlin' in 'a day' (8 hrs fishing ) We hooked, if memory serves, 27 blues, and T & R 17 between est 250lb & 850lb ! Cape Verde, 2008. This was subsequently beaten by an American boat 'Dreamin On', (which was fishing out of CV at the time of our 'feat) but was over a 24 hr period, not 8 !!
I recall it as an amazing day of multiple strikes when on several occasions we had 4 marlin strike the lures simultaneously......I will never forget it !!

 

[Theloveofgame]

Met the stoltman brothers in there home town this year. Two great guys.

 

[User00036]

I know who this lot are.

 

[John Gryphon]

Swam across the river Dee in full firefighting kit and rescued 21 ewes

That act probably inspired the song lyrics "I`ll never find another ewe"

 

[Triggermortis]

Don’t know their names but they all shoot a 6.5 creedmoor

 

[Foxyboy43]

I know who this lot are.
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So they really do have Mummers in Norfolk!

 

[dropmdead]

Here goes-
Many years ago with one of my other hobbies, we were asked to do a performance for the Bolshoi ballet.

I was working in some buildings in the city which required some exhaustive work given the size and importance. We pretty much didn't leave the job until it was completed some 3 days later.
There was one gentleman (occupant) who came down at 7am every morning and gave us breakfast on a silver tray, with the best bacon rolls and cups of tea and orange juice and bought double fish suppers at tea time for us. He used to have a seat in the muck and dirt and have a chat whilst we all ate. Jack Milroy is the most kindest and down to earth person I've ever met in my life.

 

[bfltd0]

Had a nice conversation with Jason Fox (Foxy) - one of the SF DS off the SAS series on TV - in a queue for drinks at the Globe Theatre. Very approachable.

Went and sat back down with Mrs bfltd0 and told her all about my chat with Foxy. Had to explain who he was, as she hadn't seen the programme.

Slight cough behind me, looked round only to find it was Foxy and his missus.

Fortunately, he took it in good part and we had another chat after the play ended.

Really nice bloke and offered to do some stuff with my RBL branch.

 

[Littlejimmy]

That act probably inspired the song lyrics "I`ll never find another ewe"

Great another sheep joke .

 

[Mike L]

Great another sheep joke .

I bet the Aussies kiwis and Welsh are sniggering

 

[camodog]

I know who this lot are.
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Just wondering.......are you the one seated ?

 

[John Gryphon]

I bet the Aussies kiwis and Welsh are sniggering

They are hard men and their gum boots are worn..wink wink!

 

[User00036]

Just wondering.......are you the one seated ?

No, that is a beautiful lady. `she can skin an elk one handed with a piece of flint. I did ask her to marry me, but she still had the flint in her hand, & started growling at me. She broke my heart, luckily I escaped before she could eat it.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I did in 1988 do the first draft complete body engineering work on a stillborn sports car by the Panther Car Company (Solo II) in a little industrial unit in Woking, best I had ever done performance wise, all of it was manual drafting on Mylar sheet on a 5 metre horizontal drafting table.

Panther Solo - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[bfltd0]

I was once interviewed for Newsnight.

Fortunately, didn't get Paxman'd but it was an equally tough interviewer. Twenty-five minutes of on-camera interview, subsequently edited down to 27 seconds to fit the narrative the programme was trying to push.

No BBC bias there, then!

 

[Pagans]

I was outside with a mate and it was an extremely windy day( weather wise) and making my mate gag by letting one go ,who was renowned for farting and clearings rooms.