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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
19/03/2026 2:56 pm
Nobody can win that battle Dave, it's an impossibility mate! 😀Â
19/03/2026 5:02 pm
Might az well carry a white flag when thaz arguing with the Missis Bob n it,s a bastard sayin, "Tek it outa mi body!" 🤒Â
20/03/2026 11:15 am
Makes me laugh when I hear somebody say, I've been married for years and never had a cross word.
We argue every bloody day! 🤣Â
20/03/2026 6:51 pm
SNAP! but mine goes on into the night as well Bob. Don,t know wot the fuss is all about cos I never ear mesen snorin! 🤥Â
22/03/2026 7:08 pm
Do you get told,stop sawing bloody wood in bed you noisy bugger! I've never woken myself up so it can't be that bad!
22/03/2026 7:59 pm
bit of a bonus if tha snores Bob cos it,s the only time wimmin will listen ta thi! 😜Â
23/03/2026 9:51 am
🤣 🤣 🤣 How true is that!
23/03/2026 4:45 pm
A blessing to have a doss Bob! 🤐Â
24/03/2026 8:40 am
Had a lot of moans from TLO on hols about my snoring. I blame the hammering of the rum cocktails all day! Back to silent nights now so she'll have to find something else to mither about, and I'm sure she will!! 🙄Â
24/03/2026 9:32 am
Pat, you know their happy when their moaning mate! 🤣Â
24/03/2026 7:34 pm
 Thank fukk when the old silent treatment arrives, thi don,t realise worra brill time we av! 😆Â
25/03/2026 6:42 am
'Silence is golden'! The ex wife used to stop talking to me for up to 6 weeks and thought she was punishing me. Little did she know!! 🤣Â
25/03/2026 5:02 pm
They deffo soon start talkin agee-an when thi want summat that dunt include the lego,er! 😏Â
25/03/2026 5:24 pm
Usually jewellery or the car repaired after they've had a reversing malfunction or something else they find us vital for! 🙄Â
25/03/2026 8:04 pm
Allus summat they want but deffo never thi body! 😍Â
