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Topic starter
23/10/2024 9:59 am
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Watched a Doco on BBC 4 last night
Dave Tompkins was a petty thief who craved adventure. His career as an international mercenary began in Africa and took him all over the world - to Afghanistan, Croatia and later to Colombia, where he led a team commissioned to assassinate notorious Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar. He went out with Callan and Copland to Angola he was the explosives guy in the team. While laying some mines he was injured by one going off. Got casavact back to uk just before Callan executed some of his men. Peter McAleese featured. We had one guy in our squadron who was out there he told me that the only way he survived was to keep to SOP’s staying in the bush and no tracks/roads
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0024986/storyville-dogs-of-war
09/11/2025 8:57 pm
I'm really pleased they haven't allowed him on the remembrance day service this year, in fact keep him away from any public event!
10/11/2025 8:15 am
I always work on setting a low standard, then I'm not as disappointed when I fail to achieve it! 😋Â
10/11/2025 12:11 pm
I set the standard of trying to fukk myself to death, achievable?
10/11/2025 1:40 pm
Not at home anyway!!! 🤣Â
10/11/2025 4:53 pm
If at first you don,t succeed try try agee-an. Ope a live long enuff! 🙄Â
10/11/2025 10:42 pm
🤣 🤣 🤣 what a way to go man!
11/11/2025 8:16 am
Something to aspire to!
11/11/2025 7:05 pm
I once aspired to be a brain surgeon but got fukked off for not having one! 🤔Â
11/11/2025 8:34 pm
Don't put yourself down mate, there are people running this country who haven't got a brain cell between them.
12/11/2025 8:48 am
Dave for PM!!!! 😀Â
Topic starter
12/11/2025 9:45 am
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12/11/2025 5:00 pm
Prime Minister Dave? Fukkin Ell! Any speech would be more fukkin bleeps than actual words! 😆Â
12/11/2025 7:22 pm
Still would make more sense than anything that Starmer gives out at PMQ's on a wednesday!
13/11/2025 6:49 pm
At least thi shud understand when a tell the lot of em, "They,re worse than fukkin useless!" 🤬Â
