Re: OT: This govt really _has_ lost the plot!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:48 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:07:17 +0000, Champ wibbled:
>>They're young soldiers, trained to be aggressive and kill. It's got
>>bugger all to do with their level of education or level of income. A
>>career in the forces is still a bloody good career.
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> For an officer, the forces might be considered a career. There' ...
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Re: OT: This govt really _has_ lost the plot!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:30 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:18:35 -0700, vulgarandmischevious wibbled:
>> A
>>career in the forces is still a bloody good career.
>
> Why did you leave, then?
For a reason I'd not like to explain on ukrm.
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Re: OT: This govt really _has_ lost the plot!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:51 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:08:23 +0000, Champ wibbled:
>>So? You don't join the forces to expect to have a peaceful career
>>lasting 22 years. That risk comes with the job. If you're scared of
>>going to fight and possibly be killed or maimed, then you don't join.
>>Simple.
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> As I said up there, "Most people who h ...
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Well that was worth it.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:20:25 +0000
All my fettling and carb ultrasonic cleaning on SWMBO's Honda 250 has
been rewarded with an Ebay selling price of ¡ê600 (pretty close to your
estimate TOG). A shame I have to hand over the proceeds as I just found
where I can get an oversize front brake disc and caliper mounting
adapter for the "Old Gimmer's Hi ...
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Paging Timo - Morini parts
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:11:12 +0000
Did you get the Dellorto body OK? Do you still want the tank sending to
Beav?
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OT: Paging the Electrics / electronics FOAK
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:08:58 +0000
I suddenly find (for reasons that are far to dull to go into) that I
need to use mains power to turn on a relay.
Can anyone suggest a thing I can buy (preferably tomorrow) form
somewhere like Maplin, that will allow me to do so, short of hacking a
wall wart adapter apart and using the 12v out.
TIA
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Where's the Spanish sense of humour gone?
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:01:51 +0000
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8371305.stm
Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke. ...
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Re: OT: This govt really _has_ lost the plot!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:32:42 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:34:43 -0000, "'Hog"
<sm911SPAM@hotmailCHIPS.co.uk> wrote:
>Or we would have referendums for say:
>Leave the EU
>Reinstate capital punishment
>Outlaw homosexuals of both sexes keeping children
>Ban mosques
These are presumably your preferred list of referendums?
>Tricky thing democr ...
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Re: OT: This govt really _has_ lost the plot!
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:26:31 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:40:24 -0000, "'Hog"
<sm911SPAM@hotmailCHIPS.co.uk> wrote:
snip>
>And all the anti war protestors can do exactly the same. You demand
>Parliamentary democracy. You vote. You get the govmint you deserve. You gave
>them the power to do what they want not to do what you approve of. So tou ...
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Re: OT: Quickquid
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:41:11 +0000
On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:04:35 -0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, ogden says:
>Ben wrote:
>> Personally, I spend all my loose change in the pub. It's the only
>> place I use cash now.
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>Conversely, the pub is where I mostly acquire loose change. I know when
>I've had a good night because the wad of notes previously ...
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