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BEEN CHECKING OUT VETS THOUGHTS ON THE REJECTION OF FORMAL RIGHT TO WEAR,I HAVE TO SAY ,EVEN AS A OPTIMIST,THAT MY VIEW ,WOULD BE ONE OF REINFORCING FAILURE, IN A LENGTHY STATEMENT,CULMINATING IN NO Exclamation EXPRESSIONS OF THE DEPTH OF VETERANS FEELINGS IS ACKNOWLEDGED,BUT ONE THING THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE ,IS THAT THEY( THE HD BODS) WORK TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY Laughing THIS HAS A REALLY HOLLOW RING TO IT,AND WOULD BE A LAUGH,IF ACTUALLY WITH ALL THE REST OF THE CRAP FLYING AROUND,WHICH WE KNOW AND FIND OUT,MADE IT SOUND SOMETHING LIKE CREDIBLE,SO THE HOLE GETS BIGGER.THIS MUST MEAN TO ME NOW THAT THE QUEEN HAS ACTED ON THE ADVICE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE HIGHEST INTERITY,PROTECTING THE SYSTEM,AND BY THE BACK DOOR ITS IMPLIED I CAN WEAR PJM AS ITS NOT POLICED,WELL AS MUCH AS I ADMIRE THE QUEEN AS ONE AMAZING GAL,I SERVED THE SAME SOVEREIGN,ON SHIPS OF THE SAME COLOUR,IN THE SAME UNIFORM,IN THE SAME CAMPAIGN AS THE VETS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND,ARE YOU AND I ANY LESSER THAN THEM Question NO CHANCE RIGHT Exclamation AT A TIME WHEN OUR MILITARY IS STRETCHED,NUMBERS LEAVING UP,ETC ,ETC,ALL THIS HAS DONE TO ME IS THINK, THAT THE MONARCHY SHOULD DISAPPEAR INTO HISTORY,IMPERIAL THIS AND THAT ,SHOULD GO ,AND DECISIONS SHOULD BE MADE BY THE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE'S OF THE PEOPLE,ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE,AFTER ALL IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO FIGHT AND DIE,SO IF THIS MEANS I'M DISCOURTEOUS ,TOO BAD ,I 'LL WEAR IT WHENEVER I SEE FIT,LIVE WITH IT,AS I HAVE TO LIVE WITH MY RECOLLECTION,OF THOSE TIMES,TODAY FOR ME IS ACTUALLY 45 YRS AGO ,FROM WHEN A 7 STONE 6 LB ,5' &1/2" SCHOOLBOY ,WENT THRU THE GATES OF A LITTLE PLACE AT SHOTLEY,NAMED HMS GANGES.I AM CONTENT IN HAVING SEEN THE WORLD AT THE TAXPAYERS EXPENSE,ANYTHING ELSE MAKES ME BITTER,AND THO THE STANDARDS OF BEING A' GANGES BOY' HAVE BEEN WITH ME ALL MY LIFE ,FOR WHICH I'M GRATEFUL,THIS DECISION MAKES ME WONDER,WOULD I DO IT AGAIN Question Question YES FOR THE MATES,YES FOR THE PLACES I'VE BEEN,SERVE MY QUEEN AND COUNTRY,YOU MUST BE F'KIN JOKING Crying or Very sad ,AND THAT MAKES ME SAD TO SAY IT.



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AND THAT MAKES ME SAD TO SAY IT.


Amen to that Pete.

Barry


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Pete
anyone who survived HMS Ganges for 12 months(and I'm one of them) can survive anything in life that is thrown at them.This set-back in our campaign is just a blip.Through our training it as made us stronger and sterner stuff than the suits in London,including the Admiral.Our resolve will win through.We owe it to the lads and lassies who didn't make it back home.

Regds Ray

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HI RAY,TOO RIGHT MATE,TO HAVE BEEN A 'GANGES BOY' AND A SAILOR IN THE QUEENS NAVY,IS OTHER THAN BEING A DAD, IS JUST ABOUT THE THING I'M PROUDEST OF.EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN TAKE OF SHOTLEY, I WENT BACK IN 1982, GANGES ABANDONED AND EMPTY,I TOOK MY MISSUS ,DOWN BENBOW LANE,THE LONG COVERED WAY ETC., I SAID TO HER ,YOU CAN HERE A PIN DROP DROP,BUT ALL I CAN HEAR IS THE SOUND OF THOUSANDS OF HOB NAILED BOOTS' DOUBLING',COS WE NEVER WALKED ANYWHERE!STILL THE SUITS HAVE MORE TO COME,COS UNFORTUNATELY US LOT WHO WENT THRU THE SYSTEM OF 40+ YRS AGO,WERE TRAINED GOOD ,AND REGRETFULLY FOR THE SUITS ;HAVE NOT BEEN DE-BRIEFED.THAT SCHOOLBOY GREW UP PRETTY QUICK,AN THE ONLY THING I'VE EVER LOST IS MY TEMPER,NO CAULIFLOWER EARS,OR BUSTED NOSES,ERE STILL A HANDSOME DEVIL,I THINK AFTER A PERIOD OF REFLECTION ,IS FOR THE C-IN C,TO GIVE US BRIEF OF ,WOT NEXT,IS THE LOOBYING ROUTE FINITO,AS I CAN'T SEE A TWICE CONSIDERED JUDGEMENT BEING OVER TURNED BY THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THAT DECISION, IT WOULD MAKE THEM APPEAR TWICE AS DAFT AS THEY ARE.SO WE WAIT.

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WOT NEXT,IS THE LOOBYING ROUTE FINITO,AS I CAN'T SEE A TWICE CONSIDERED JUDGEMENT BEING OVER TURNED BY THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THAT DECISION, IT WOULD MAKE THEM APPEAR TWICE AS DAFT AS THEY ARE.SO WE WAIT.


.....Point very well taken Pete....let me assure you that a plethora of alternative strategies are available and awaiting their time for implementation....some are already 'in work' as I write and will become self-evident as they mature...We'll call on the membership for their support as appropriate....but let me take this opportunity to say, on behalf of your Committee, a unanimous 'Thank you' to our members for their brilliant support to date.

PS....I'm so glad to note that you are 'STILL A HANDSOME DEVIL'....!


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we beat those orrible buggers in malaya and malaysia back in the 50s and 60s,and we will beat these orrible buggers in london now.we all come from a generation who fought,and we will for as long as it takes. note you suits we are not for sitting on our arses we have been doers all our lives and now sit in every level of society we no longer occupy the bottom rung as we did on joining up,fight on ladies and gentlemen :D


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