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Post by smokie36 on Mar 30, 2017 22:28:11 GMT 7
When I lived in Perth years ago I was at Swanbourne, not far from where the Australian SAS are based. Used to see them now and again having a beer at their local pub. Pretty serious looking fellows. Guy who got to know them was told by one of them, if someone tells a stranger he is ex-SAS, there is a good chance he is not.  Even though I have the rugged good looks, physique and charisma of a special services soldier, stop laughing blether, I have never served in the army. Must have been my long service in the Boys Brigade. |
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Bangkok Julia
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Post by Bangkok Julia on Mar 30, 2017 22:37:30 GMT 7
When I lived in Perth years ago I was at Swanbourne, not far from where the Australian SAS are based. Used to see them now and again having a beer at their local pub. Pretty serious looking fellows. Guy who got to know them was told by one of them, if someone tells a stranger he is ex-SAS, there is a good chance he is not. Too true Mick. They are a breed of their own-similar to Submariners. |
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Post by siampolee on Mar 30, 2017 22:55:25 GMT 7
Submariners. To wear the white sweater is indeed a badge of honour. Yes Julia indeed a strange and rare breed. I had two uncles who were submarine commanders they wangled me a two week trial run in a sub. The smell of the great unwashed humanity and other multitude of (in) delicate effluvium's in a sub is beyond description plus the claustrophobic existence was awful.I accept that subs these days are better but they were not and would still be, not for me. No way,at least on the oceans surface you have a chance you're definitely handicapped at 50 fathoms down, torpedo tube escapes in general weren't so effective either. Poseidon's realm, you were the prize if he didn't get you the bends could and would so Poseidon still won.  |
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Post by Bangkok Julia on Mar 30, 2017 23:09:39 GMT 7
Submariners. To wear the white sweater is indeed a badge of honour. Yes Julia indeed a strange and rare breed. I had two uncles who were submarine commanders they wangled me a two week trial run in a sub. The smell of the great unwashed humanity and other multitude of (in) delicate effluvium's in a sub is beyond description plus the claustrophobic existence was awful.I accept that subs these days are better but they were not and would still be, not for me. No way,at least on the oceans surface you have a chance you're definitely handicapped at 50 fathoms down, torpedo tube escapes in general weren't so effective either. Poseidon's realm, you were the prize if he didn't get you the bends could and would so Poseidon still won. I spent a few days on a sub. Not for me. Couldn't wait to get off. A few of my friends say there is nothing else they would rather do. Each to their own I suppose. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2017 7:15:32 GMT 7
I think my Dad told me that during the war the sub crews were volunteers only, and they preferred young unmarried men without kids etc. probably because of the danger involved.
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Post by oldie on Mar 31, 2017 12:28:11 GMT 7
When I lived in Perth years ago I was at Swanbourne, not far from where the Australian SAS are based. Used to see them now and again having a beer at their local pub. Pretty serious looking fellows. Guy who got to know them was told by one of them, if someone tells a stranger he is ex-SAS, there is a good chance he is not. My brother is ex-SAS, something I wouldn't normally mention. He now runs guided tours of the Kokoda Trail. Dumb as dog shit, heart of gold but plain dumb. Why anyone would want to emulate one of them is beyond me. |
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Post by PopeKael on Apr 4, 2017 7:33:37 GMT 7
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 17:00:41 GMT 7
Join Warren and Chanya on a buddhist journey into Sukothai!
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Post by PopeKael on Apr 4, 2017 18:53:24 GMT 7
We drank a lot of whisky that weekend -  |
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Post by PopeKael on Apr 6, 2017 20:40:30 GMT 7
Day 2!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2017 13:26:18 GMT 7
Saying suay wrong isn't a good thing.
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Post by PopeKael on Apr 7, 2017 17:57:09 GMT 7
Saying suay wrong isn't a good thing. I'll get the rising tone right one day - She knows what I mean :-) My biggest challenge is that I have tinnitus, so I have a constant ringing in my ear and I've learned to live with it by being partially deaf. This makes learning a tonal language quite challenging. |
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Post by MrToad on Apr 10, 2017 12:19:18 GMT 7
Wazza where is the latest vlog??
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Post by PopeKael on Apr 10, 2017 21:05:09 GMT 7
Wazza where is the latest vlog?? Sorry MT, I've been slacking! |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Apr 10, 2017 21:43:20 GMT 7
We drank a lot of whisky that weekend - A monks p**s up party, glad you enjoyed yourself, I now avoid them like the plauge. Luk Thung singers, coyote dancers and Hong Tong at eight in the morning aint my cuppa tea anymore. |
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