I thought you was meant to be ex army, or was that a waltism?

Or maybe I thought wrong....

I'm expecting one of our ex-military to mention a thirty mile YOMP or something.  I did one but I think it was only eight miles.  Truth be told, I near on fainted at the end of it.


And no, it's not a Waltism.  Much as I'm tempted to share photos of me in uniform, I'll leave you to squirm in your insignificant stupidity.    

Ha Ha !   I was holding my breath waiting for that.   Nice flame !   

^^ You know, he has a valid point, which is unusual for him. I was in the military and I regret not serving a lot longer, however:

Waltism - is a sub-branch those pathetic creatures that try to bask in the reflected glory of their relatives that served?


"Me old Dad was a mechanic in the RAF, used to change the spark plugs on the planes. He won the war, you know. He and my Mum would go down the pub of a daytime and get sloshed, leaving me and my sister sitting on a kerb outside waiting for them, he was a great Dad.  Funny how Mum wouldn't let me tell him about all the Uncles that visited when he wasn't 'ere."



"I'm not a stalker," says the guy that got banned from a forum for stalking four times even though he was a moderator. 



W^nker 

One of my pals was a genuine Navy diver, was involved in the Sir Galahad situation, diving past regulated hours in water to try to retrieve bodies. 

I can't remember the class of vessel he sailed on, but he said that when he was in a combat zone, he was terrified of attack as he'd seen the damage done. The terror made worse if the vessel was sailing alone, he always felt better in a group or in the shadow of bigger vessels ( bigger targets ).

The Merchant Navy took a serious amount of damage in the war. The Arctic Convoy was as dangerous as it got as you feared the enemy, icebergs, and the weather. Every member of the Merchant Navy who was involved in the war effort has to be commended to the heavens - while it was the fighting men that defeated the enemy, they couldn't have done it without the Merchant Navy supply system. 

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ps - my brother-in-law was in the RN for twenty-five years. He said he detested sailing in the Arctic or Antarctic, especially the Antarctic, as you were beyond rescue. He loved S.E. Asia though, as did another Merchant seaman I know. That guy was in the Merchant Navy between 67 and 84, I think - the stories he tells about the various ports - gimme a time machine, I want to go! 

Strange question,.but I’ll play along. 

Walking - 16.6 miles (just googled between two different addresses), but I’ve walked further (but I cannot map it)

Swimming/in the water – roughly 2 miles

A friend's cousin was in the RN. He never ever talked about it in company, by contrast 2 others in our crowd never stopped talking of their navy days. They reckoned he was SBS. After a visit to his cousin's, my friend told us he'd taken pictures from inside Murmansk harbour. True or not IDK, but it was the only tit bit he ever came out with.