243 fazination???
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MARCBO
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It's a Glasgow thing, best not go there.
So as I understand it, the story goes: The Pope was in Glasgow drinking a bitter in the Scurvy Dog Pub late one evening when....
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If he was drinking bitter in the Scurvy Dog he Definately (sic) was not in Glasgow
MARCBO
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Ok, whats wrong with the story? Is it the Scurvy Dog or the bitter?
My experiences in the UK have been limited to the areas around Sculthorpe/Kings Lynn and the US Air Base there. In 1991 my team was part of an exercise and we made a para drop on the air base. Apprently the pilot/navigator was a bit confused as the 8 of us were dropped on top of and between the buildings on the base instead of between the runways....
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My experiences in the UK have been limited to the areas around Sculthorpe/Kings Lynn and the US Air Base there. In 1991 my team was part of an exercise and we made a para drop on the air base. Apprently the pilot/navigator was a bit confused as the 8 of us were dropped on top of and between the buildings on the base instead of between the runways....
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The deer man
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No the Pope caries a 'ferula'. He'd never use a .243 or .308 because they're not metric. On the other hand he might meet half way and use a 7mm-08! I could understand that.
Bitter -- only in England.
It's Heavy here.
Scurvy Dog -- not sure, sounds English though
Re the para drop...what was wrong with the pub.
I'm familiar with the area. Used to see A10's lining up on the road, scary.
Think they were told off for that.
It's Heavy here.
Scurvy Dog -- not sure, sounds English though
Re the para drop...what was wrong with the pub
.I'm familiar with the area. Used to see A10's lining up on the road, scary.
Think they were told off for that.
Druid
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ah yes, sculthorpe, I remember there being TR1 spy planes there at the back end of the 80s, longest heated runway in Europe I believe
MARCBO
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We were using MC-130s for our infil aircraft. They are the ones with the large nose featuring the STAR recovery system and mostly in one shade of gray. Probably around that area only once a year in the 1980s. The fall of the Wall and end of the Cold War pretty much ended those exercises.
As I recall it was Norwich Bitter we drank in the pubs there about.
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As I recall it was Norwich Bitter we drank in the pubs there about.
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The Cold War, The Wall, properly funded armed forces.
Ahh happy days
ps... and I'm not being ironic or sarcastic.
We all knew the score back then.
Ahh happy days
ps... and I'm not being ironic or sarcastic.
We all knew the score back then.
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MARCBO
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The Cold War, The Wall, properly funded armed forces.
Ahh happy days
ps... and I'm not being ironic or sarcastic.
We all knew the score back then.
We still know the score, the polticians just don't want us to realize it.
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Ha well said!
MARCBO
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I missed Buckaroo8's comment.
To respond, the women mostly carry the guns and don't shoot often. Many only "hunt" a short time til getting married before giving up the sport. The man then either rebarrels the action to a more practical caliber or trades it in against a new one.
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turkeyhunter
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That's called dating.
MARCBO
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Chasey
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I totaly agree
Perhaps we could put it in with the other posts like "If you don't drive a 6ltr V8 your a obviously a girl" and "if you dont crave ownership of a 50cal your probably gay"
It would fit right in
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Chasey
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I totaly agree
Perhaps we could put it in with the other posts like "If you don't drive a 6ltr V8 your a obviously a girl" and "if you dont crave ownership of a 50cal your probably gay"
It would fit right in
ATB
Chasey
Nothing wrong with gay girls
MARCBO
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Hereford
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