Marshy
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Post by Marshy on Feb 24, 2017 14:01:15 GMT
Do it you will love it! I'm gona have a really good time this year as I've got an extra £152k to spend, oops! Why 152 quid? It may have been a bit subtle? 152k you know the supporters club money? |
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Post by baggins on Feb 24, 2017 14:06:23 GMT
It may have been a bit subtle? 152k you know the supporters club money? Ah, I didn't get that either. Didn't associate you with being subtle. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 14:09:44 GMT
It may have been a bit subtle? 152k you know the supporters club money? Ah, I didn't get that either. Didn't associate you with being subtle. Nor me....useless you call a brick subtle  |
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Post by Marshy on Feb 24, 2017 14:12:25 GMT
Ah, I didn't get that either. Didn't associate you with being subtle. Nor me....useless you call a brick subtle Brick or Prick? Don't answer that! |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 24, 2017 22:57:09 GMT
Long weekend in Dorset and hopefully a week in France. Not practical to fly so car it is.
Thinking of driving to Austria next year with the odd stop off in a Germany, so perhaps Nobby, you could give me a few tips on autobahn driving.
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Post by William Wilson on Feb 25, 2017 8:30:23 GMT
Just got back from three weeks in Vietnam, with a couple of days in Cambodia tacked on at the end. Beautiful,football obsessed country.
Crawling through the old Vietcong tunnels at Cu Chi wasn`t much fun, but my mate did it, so I did too.
In June, am off to Volgograd ( was Stalingrad until 1961 ) to potter round the battle sites there.
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Post by baggins on Feb 26, 2017 12:11:39 GMT
Just got back from three weeks in Vietnam, with a couple of days in Cambodia tacked on at the end. Beautiful,football obsessed country. Crawling through the old Vietcong tunnels at Cu Chi wasn`t much fun, but my mate did it, so I did too. In June, am off to Volgograd ( was Stalingrad until 1961 ) to potter round the battle sites there. Wow, would love to have done that. Enjoy your War Tours then? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 14:08:53 GMT
Just got back from three weeks in Vietnam, with a couple of days in Cambodia tacked on at the end. Beautiful,football obsessed country. Crawling through the old Vietcong tunnels at Cu Chi wasn`t much fun, but my mate did it, so I did too. In June, am off to Volgograd ( was Stalingrad until 1961 ) to potter round the battle sites there. Wow, would love to have done that. Enjoy your War Tours then? You weren't there man! |
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Post by baggins on Feb 26, 2017 14:20:31 GMT
Wow, would love to have done that. Enjoy your War Tours then? You weren't there man! I'm still suffering from PTSD after Rovers away at Trashton. |
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Post by William Wilson on Feb 27, 2017 12:35:25 GMT
Just got back from three weeks in Vietnam, with a couple of days in Cambodia tacked on at the end. Beautiful,football obsessed country. Crawling through the old Vietcong tunnels at Cu Chi wasn`t much fun, but my mate did it, so I did too. In June, am off to Volgograd ( was Stalingrad until 1961 ) to potter round the battle sites there. Wow, would love to have done that. Enjoy your War Tours then? The Stalingrad visit is a one off. I`ve never gone anywhere before, specifically to look round a battle site. But I`ve been fascinated by that particular battle since I was a nipper, and I finally decided to go and see it. Normally, I`ll visit a country, and if there any such sites, then I`ll have a look round them. Athens was one such case: I hired a car and visited Marathon and Thermopylae. |
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Post by baggins on Feb 27, 2017 12:43:30 GMT
Wow, would love to have done that. Enjoy your War Tours then? The Stalingrad visit is a one off. I`ve never gone anywhere before, specifically to look round a battle site. But I`ve been fascinated by that particular battle since I was a nipper, and I finally decided to go and see it. Normally, I`ll visit a country, and if there any such sites, then I`ll have a look round them. Athens was one such case: I hired a car and visited Marathon and Thermopylae. Nice. I fancy visiting the Normandy landings. Not for some weird blood death fetish, but to just appreciate what those guys must have gone through a bit more. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 27, 2017 12:58:30 GMT
Managed to get across the Channel to visit sites in Belgium and Normandy, also been lucky enough to visit Pearl Harbor. Very sombre places,
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Post by baggins on Feb 27, 2017 13:07:29 GMT
Managed to get across the Channel to visit sites in Belgium and Normandy, also been lucky enough to visit Pearl Harbor. Very sombre places, Mate visited one of the death camps a year or so ago, couldn't tell you which one but he said it was very eerie. Surrounded by woodland but not one single bird song. |
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Post by baggins on Feb 27, 2017 13:10:57 GMT
Managed to get across the Channel to visit sites in Belgium and Normandy, also been lucky enough to visit Pearl Harbor. Very sombre places, Pearl Harbor must have been interesting ( and I mean that in the most respectful way). Horrific. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 27, 2017 13:18:05 GMT
The Stalingrad visit is a one off. I`ve never gone anywhere before, specifically to look round a battle site. But I`ve been fascinated by that particular battle since I was a nipper, and I finally decided to go and see it. Normally, I`ll visit a country, and if there any such sites, then I`ll have a look round them. Athens was one such case: I hired a car and visited Marathon and Thermopylae. Nice. I fancy visiting the Normandy landings. Not for some weird blood death fetish, but to just appreciate what those guys must have gone through a bit more. Been across to Normandy a couple of times and not just for the War walks. If you can drive it can be done in a day. Overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Ouistreham/Caen then quick drive along to Ste Mare Eglise (the para stuck up the bell tower in the Longest Day) then back along taking in several beaches and cemeteries. Point du Hoc (Rangers scaling the cliffs, American Cemetary near Omaha beach, Canadians at Juno, us at Sword and Gold and finally Pegasus Bridge. Then back to the port for another overnight ferry to Portsmouth. On one stay we fell in love with Port en Bessin, which doubled as Ouistreham in the Longest Day. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 27, 2017 13:22:53 GMT
Managed to get across the Channel to visit sites in Belgium and Normandy, also been lucky enough to visit Pearl Harbor. Very sombre places, Pearl Harbor must have been interesting ( and I mean that in the most respectful way). Horrific. It was, and respectfully done too. Had a short boat trip out to see some of the battleship graves, I think it was Arizona that was left as a memorial. It was just before the Ben Affleck film came out, the film was panned but I thought the history part wasn't too bad myself. No mention of Taranto though where the Japanese got the idea from us in the first place. Lots if Japanese tourists there, perhaps not that surprising. |
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Post by baggins on Feb 27, 2017 13:22:56 GMT
Nice. I fancy visiting the Normandy landings. Not for some weird blood death fetish, but to just appreciate what those guys must have gone through a bit more. Been across to Normandy a couple of times and not just for the War walks. If you can drive it can be done in a day. Overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Ouistreham/Caen then quick drive along to Ste Mare Eglise (the para stuck up the bell tower in the Longest Day) then back along taking in several beaches and cemeteries. Point du Hoc (Rangers scaling the cliffs, American Cemetary near Omaha beach, Canadians at Juno, us at Sword and Gold and finally Pegasus Bridge. Then back to the port for another overnight ferry to Portsmouth. On one stay we fell in love with Port en Bessin, which doubled as Ouistreham in the Longest Day. I must admit, I feel awkward and a bit embarrased to be interested in stuff like that. Poor devils. |
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Post by baggins on Feb 27, 2017 13:24:41 GMT
Pearl Harbor must have been interesting ( and I mean that in the most respectful way). Horrific. It was, and respectfully done too. Had a short boat trip out to see some of the battleship graves, I think it was Arizona that was left as a memorial. It was just before the Ben Affleck film came out, the film was panned but I thought the history part wasn't too bad myself. No mention of Taranto though where the Japanese got the idea from us in the first place. Lots if Japanese tourists there, perhaps not that surprising. I thought the film was excellent. Bit over dramatised but that was to be expected. Bless them all. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 27, 2017 13:28:48 GMT
Been across to Normandy a couple of times and not just for the War walks. If you can drive it can be done in a day. Overnight ferry from Portsmouth to Ouistreham/Caen then quick drive along to Ste Mare Eglise (the para stuck up the bell tower in the Longest Day) then back along taking in several beaches and cemeteries. Point du Hoc (Rangers scaling the cliffs, American Cemetary near Omaha beach, Canadians at Juno, us at Sword and Gold and finally Pegasus Bridge. Then back to the port for another overnight ferry to Portsmouth. On one stay we fell in love with Port en Bessin, which doubled as Ouistreham in the Longest Day. I must admit, I feel awkward and a bit embarrased to be interested in stuff like that. Poor devils. Better to be respectful and learn from it rather than ignore and risk repeating. You'll be hard pressed to find a bigger lover of peace than one who has witnessed the horrors of war. |
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Post by baggins on Feb 27, 2017 13:31:07 GMT
I must admit, I feel awkward and a bit embarrased to be interested in stuff like that. Poor devils. Better to be respectful and learn from it rather than ignore and risk repeating. You'll be hard pressed to find a bigger lover of peace than one who has witnessed the horrors of war. Especially when family elders were involved in it. To never come home. |
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