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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

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0024986/storyville-dogs-of-war


   
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The slogan was it "Works Wonders!" you could piss a tashes name in the snow! 😛 


   
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A few pints and you could put Niagra falls to shame, mind the worse pint I ever had was Brickwoods a Hampshire Brewery, thought my home made brews were bad,that stuff was pure shite!


   
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A allus stick ta Guinness, at least consistant. Trouble is thy az ta wetch thi blood pressure so it.s ayves instead o pints.


   
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Used to make a lot of homemade wine Dave, some of it turned out quite tasty, But it ended when a Demijohn decide to explode in the airing cupboard, it was ruhbarb wine.I was in the doghouse for weeks after that little escapade.


   
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Made a fair bit of wine and cider a few years back, don't know why as I rarely drink at home so a lot got ditched when we moved house after sitting in the shed for about 10 yrs. I even made 'marrow rum' once after accidentally growing a huge marrow. It's still in the shed and I occasionally make the youngest stepson and his mates drink it as a challenge, smells like vinegar now and tastes terrible but they can't refuse the challenge! 🤣 


   
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Sounds like you could sanitise the crapper with that lot Pat!


   
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Sanitize your guts anyway! 🤮 


   
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"Trouble" got into the home booze kick but never touched it mesen cos I have a Guinness addiction. Laffed mi bollox off once when a young lad who elped mi in the roofing game joined the Maureens n decided ta visit mi at our gaff after he,d passed out. Nice lad, just a bit misguided. Loo-ads o booze the "Trouble" ad brewed so bein the perfect hosts we plied him wi the stuff. Fukkin all! the lad ended up legless so ad ta lob im the jam jar n tek im oo-am to iz parents weer a lobbed im on the deck n knocked at the door, iz owd man pissed iz sen laffin as a teld im, "Shudda joined Para Reg burree wunt listen!" "Kim" name o the lad did quite well in the sea hats did his full time but missed out going down south, was in some unit protecting the oil rigs back ere, used ta stay in touch for a while but as often appens, like a lot o past acquaintances, with the passage of age n time they get lost in the mist of yesteryear. Ope eez sobered up! 😜 


   
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🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Nice One!


   
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A few pints and you could put Niagra falls to shame, mind the worse pint I ever had was Brickwoods a Hampshire Brewery, thought my home made brews were bad,that stuff was pure shite!

That was the most gopping beer known to man, followed by Amsells in the Midlands, fukkkin awful .

 


   
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Don, made you wonder how they ever got away with calling it beer mate.

I once made a bitter home brew, broke it out for somebody's wedding. Tasted bloody awful but I got  b ladderd with it  and the bride found me out for the count in the bog with my arse pointing skywards.

I never lived that down, my lot still remind me of it to this day!


   
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Tell them there's no point in taking the medicine if it doesn't make a difference Bob! 🤣 


   
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That,s the positive of booze, once after the acting daft n twattin some kunt stage, tha dunt arf n crash out well but when tha comes round everyone tellin thi worran arseoyle thaz bin. "Who Me?" "Fukk Off!" 🤔 


   
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I don't drink much these days, mainly cos the local pubs I used have shut down, but when I do imbibe I can remember all that goes on in the bar it's the journey home I can never recall. As soon as I step through the door into the fresh air a complete blank. Hangovers seem to be a thing of the past though, I think I get pissed early enough to sleep through the hangover stage and wake fresh as a daisy. 😴 


   
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Thaz built up imunity wi years a practice Pat! 😋 


   
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