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Monday, 7 January 2008
MOD front and center....
MoD denies 'war glamour' claim. I believe them. The MOD are far to bloody stupid to come up with something like that. However....
There is sound eventually.
Happy Birthday to Neville Jacobs - 92 today.
Neville Jacobs – A brief outline of his Burma Campaign
In June 1940, I went to India by ship via Cape Town on the "Strathaird". We docked in Bombay in September 1940 and proceeded to Mhow. There I remained until February 1942. During this time,I had basic training and became an instructor. This included training for would be officers for the Signals.
I was posted to Jubbelpore and from there, I and my friend Charles Hunt were posted to Banaglore where we became part of the 20th Indian Signal Division. After a period of time, we were sent to Ceylon were we trained for jungle warfare.
I was sent back to India for a wireless course for the "Number 9 set". A very powerful device. In fact, as I had been using this radio for a number of weeks in Ceylon, I was asked to take the class! I then returned to Ceylon (where I spent the best part of 18 months) where we took part in two mock battles against another division (we won).
In September 1943, the whole unit was sent to Ranchi, Northern India (at that time I was a sergeant in the 20th Indian Division) from there we proceeded into Burma. Also, around this time, I had a brief and interesting assignation with Flight Officer Jackie Coogan! After facing a determined Japanese advance, we repeatedly retreated, initially from Imphal, until we found ourselves at Kohima in March 1944.
After the battle at Kohima we rested, re-grouped ready for the offensive. After several months we had pushed through into Burma, crossed the Chindwin and eventually routed the Japanese. My friend Charles Hunt CQMS and I took two truck loads of prisoners to Yeho airport where we handed them over to the Military Police. Then I flew to Calcutta and then repatriated. I disembarked at Gourock in April 1945.
He is also Jeremy's father. Which has no doubt been far more harrowing than his wartime service!!
You can see more HERE
Sunday, 6 January 2008
Dear Employees:
It has been brought to management's attention that some individuals throughout the company have been using foul language during the course of normal conversation with their co-workers.
Due to complaints received from some employees who may be easily offended, this type of language will no longer be tolerated.
We do, however, realize the critical importance of being able to accurately express your feelings when communicating with co-workers.
Therefore, a list of 10 New and Innovative 'TRY SAYING' phrases have been provided so that proper exchange of ideas and information can continue in an effective manner.
Number 1
TRY SAYING: I think you could use more training.
INSTEAD OF: You don't know what the f___ you're doing.
Number 2
TRY SAYING: She's an aggressive go-getter.
INSTEAD OF: She's a f___ing bit__.
Number 3
TRY SAYING: Perhaps I can work late.
INSTEAD OF: And when the f___ do you expect me to do this?
Number 4
TRY SAYING: I'm certain that isn't feasible.
INSTEAD OF: No f___ing way.
Number 5
TRY SAYING: Really?
INSTEAD OF: You've got to be sh___ing me!
Number 6
TRY SAYING: Perhaps you should check with . ..
INSTEAD OF: Tell someone who gives a sh__.
Number 7
TRY SAYING: I wasn't involved in the project.
INSTEAD OF: It's not my f___ing problem.
Number 8
TRY SAYING: That's interesting.
INSTEAD OF: What the f___?
Number 9
TRY SAYING: I'm not sure this can be implemented.
INSTEAD OF: This sh__ won't work.
Number 10
TRY SAYING: I'll try to schedule that.
INSTEAD OF: Why the f___ didn't you tell me sooner?
H/T Shelly
Clarkypoos at large.....
And another thing – I’m the motormouth you want in No 10. PROFILE Clarkypoos.
If I ruled the world, by Jeremy Clarkson
Unhand my patio heater, archbishop.
Clear off, nitwit - I’ll rebuild this hospital.
Daihatsu Materia. Just a couple of tweaks and it’s an iPhone on wheels
PM Clarkson's real manifesto.
The Sunday Best....
Coughlin sacked. Stephen Coughlin, the Pentagon specialist on Islamic law and Islamist extremism, has been fired from his position on the military's Joint Staff.
China Rues The Waves. The Chinese have a weakness. It is time to make plans to exploit it.
Will Super Delegates save Hillary. Nothing like a spot of 'vote rigging' to save the day.
New Hampshire: Obama 37% Clinton 27% Hillary should be down and out but she isn't.
Diana author names Tom Cruise as 'World Number Two in Scientology'. Another shortass megalomaniac.
Stolen: Top secret entry codes to 73 police stations. Nick nicked!!
An energy saving bulb has gone - evacuate the room now! Ooops, I have dozens of the bloody things.
'My voice is gravel and potholes...but it's mine': Neil Diamond on being newly cool. Pity he is a Democrat.
Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims. Welcome to modern 'Christian' Britain.
HMS Diana: the ship that went nuclear. A 'slight' disregard for the safety of our servicemen.
Israel warns of Iranian missile peril for Europe. Sadly no-one in power will listen until a European City is a 'car-park'. I nominate Brussels. I stand by my prediction that someone somewhere will detonate a nuclear device this year.
More Quotes...
Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups:
alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.
Alex Levine
I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.
-- Bob Hope
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
-- W.C. Fields
We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way
through Congress.
-- Will Rogers
Don't worry about avoiding temptation as you grow older, it will avoid you
-- Winston Churchill
Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty, but everything else starts to
wear out, fall out, or spread out.
-- Phyllis Diller
By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.
-- Billy Crystal
The cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.
H/T Shelly
Saturday, 5 January 2008
Memoirs are not necessarily Memories!!!
Ted Kennedy has received an 8 Million dollar advance for his upcoming memoirs. Some folks on the Internet have decided to chip in and help Teddy design a nice cover and title for his book:
I am guessing that Mary Jo's family will not be getting any royalties!
H/T Shelly
Quotes....
Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself ~~"Lillian, you
should have remained a virgin." -- Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased
to read the description in the catalog: "No good in a bed, but fine against a wall."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
Last week, I stated that this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have
since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.
-- Mark Twain
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending;
and to have the two as close together as possible.
-- George Burns
Santa Clause has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.
- - Victor Borge
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
-- Mark Twain
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get
a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
-- Socrates
H/T Shelly
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Don't tell the Eco-loonies......
Take the West Virginia Global Warming Test:
10 Questions - very educational
The answers might surprise you.
H/T Shelly
Saturday round-up....
Lag refuses to leave cell. Ever heard of shackles? Drag him by his dangly bits to the nearest gallows. At least we have one Judge with some fire.
BBC 'cocaine death' couple: The petite actress whose life was marked by tragedy - and the property developer's son who became a kids' favourite. This is the second recent BBC 'staff' drug related death.
LIVE Animals torn to pieces by lions in front of baying crowds: the spectator sport China DOESN'T want you to see. We should boycott China! There again if reports are true the peasants are revolting in increasing numbers so with luck the Chinese leadership will soon be Tiger Tofu!! And before anyone starts it is the LIVE bit I don't like.
Does busy Bea really need a £250,000-a-year bodyguard? Not if she is going to carry on like this she doesn't. There again like mother like daughter.
Half of English teens falling short on Three Rs. Don't even think about what they know about Geography, Science and History!!
See the world and suffer some bruises. James May from Afghanistan.
Special forces win the right to take their secrets to the grave. So they bloody should.
Violence erupts at military base demo. We should quit Cyprus and use Malta instead, OR see if the Israeli's have a spare base we could use. That would seriously piss off the Syrians and Iranians.
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Hillary Booed at NH Democratic Party Dinner
If the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s 100 Club dinner is any bell weather – Barack Obama will handily win here. When Obama, the dinner’s last speaker, took the stage the crowd surged forward chanting “O-bam-a” and “Fired Up, Ready to Go!” So many people pressed toward the stage that an announcer asked people to “please take their seats for safety concerns.”
By comparison Hillary was twice booed. The first time was when she said she has always and will continue to work for "change for you. The audience, particularly from Obama supporters (they were waving Obama signs) let out a noise that sounded like a thousand people collectively groaning. The second time came a few minutes later when Clinton said: "The there are two big questions for voters in New Hampshire. One is: who will be ready to lead from day one? The second," and here Clinton was forced to pause as boos from the crowd mixed with cheers from her own supporters. "Is who can we nominate who will go the distance against the Republicans?”
The dinner held in the Hampshire Dome in Milford is the largest political dinner in New Hampshire history, Republican or Democrat. More than 3,000 people attended.
Lifted from HERE
H/T Shelley
Friday, 4 January 2008
Kenya's Chaos.
Trouble in Paradise
Kenya's desperation was obvious but ignored
If we do not step in carnage will ensue.
And I thought we had got rid of her.....
British Nannies Come Out Tops Tinies placed one nanny in Russia last year with a package worth £80,000 in pay and perks. Holy Cow!!
Apache low flying patrolling in town of Baquba - Iraq
Apache AH-64 takes out Insurgents car in Afghanstan
A great general
David Petraeus has engineered one of the great turnarounds in American history
Det 1, Alpha Batt sends some love on the way!
H/Ts Shelly & Mark Scott
Shhh...don't tell Al gore.
A cold spell soon to replace global warming. So we can expect more of this.
H/T Shelly
Kick the Tire & Light the Fire Photo by Sgt. Michael Connors November 28, 2007
Army Pfc. Jeremy Shelton from Monticello, Ga., kicks the tire of his brand new mine-resistant , ambush-protected vehicle during preventive maintenance checks and services at drivers training at Camp Liberty Nov. 11. Shelton is with Company B, 1-30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. This is the first fielding of the MRAP in the division.
We need some of these!
H/T Mark Scott
A Sad and Lonely End....
Vicar's plea for mourners at 'Eleanor Rigby' pensioner's funeral after no one visits her for FIVE years. We will all be old one day. A sad indictment of modern Britain.
Introducing the No Smoking Car Park.....
I don't care if it is a Doctor's Surgery. Next it will be the No Smoking village!!!!
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