Brian Reay <
no...@m.com> wrote:
> On 23/05/2019 10:29, Spike wrote:
>> On 23/05/2019 09:16, Jeefaw K Effkay wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 12:17:16 PM UTC+1, Spike wrote:
>>>> On 22/05/2019 11:05, Jim GM4DHJ ... wrote:
>>
>>>>>> of course, as we age, it is the high end of our
>>>>>> hearing which goes first. (Possibly why older people dislike music the
>>>>>> young favour).
>>
>>>>> speak for yourself, I had a hearing check last year and I have only slight
>>>>> hearing loss and the graphs looked OK .....
>>
>>>> Short wave listening, motorcycles, explosions, and automatic weapon fire
>>>> did my hearing in. But it was a fun life, beats teaching any day,
>>
>>> Eek! It can't be easy, riding a motorbike whilst talking to
>>> "Broadsword" (or was it Danny Boy?) on the paraset clutched between
>>> your knees, whilst being shot at and having hand grenades thrown at you.
>>
>> oops...parasets were backpack types,
>>
>> Danny Boy was the outstation...
>>
>>> Was that in North Korea or the Falklands?
>>
>> Shhhh!
>>
>> Little-known fact: Some Bren guns were stamped with the number 69!
>>
>
> The closest you ever got to Port Stanley is Torquay, may be Land's End
> on a pensioners' trip.
>
> The Americans have an expression for people like you- "Stolen Valour".
>
I’ve got a better one; scrotum-necked old twat.
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