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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
25/03/2026 9:28 pm
🤣🤣🤣 Don't think they want my body Dave, it needs a jump start mate.
26/03/2026 8:24 am
I looked into donating mine to Queens University over here for medical training, but it seems they only want perfect specimens that have died peacefully in their sleep, no deformities, disease, cancer or crash deaths so I'll not bother! 🙄Â
26/03/2026 10:07 am
🤣 🤣 🤣 There is nowt wrong with your brain Pat, you could donate that to AI mate.
26/03/2026 1:54 pm
The Uni won't even want that as I have a non malignant tumour lurking in there, discovered during the scans after my accident. They gave it a zapping with some kind of rays last year to stop it growing, but it's still there so a blemish on my record where body donation is concerned. And being as I can't even grasp 'cut and paste' I don't think the AI people will want it either! 🙄Â
26/03/2026 7:32 pm
Woner if thi can do owt wi a big fukk off empty space?
26/03/2026 8:24 pm
Car parking spaces are a fortune these days Dave, so you could be on a winner! 😜Â
27/03/2026 10:14 am
🤣 🤣 🤣 In my case it would be multi story!
27/03/2026 7:04 pm
Don,t know about car park, thi cud build an airpoort in mine! 🤪Â
29/03/2026 12:18 pm
Feel like I've built a multi storey on my own after nearly 12 hours yesterday tiling the kitchen and 5 today grouting the bastards! Back's killing me, and then she says "I'm not sure I like them now they're on the wall!" This after visiting every tile shop in Christendom looking for the right ones! I replied "Well you better f.ckin learn to like 'em cos I won't be doing it again this side of the grave!" 🙄Â
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29/03/2026 4:08 pm
With wimmin, that song comes to mind Pat, "There,s Just No Pleasing You" the Chas & Dave toon! 😠Â
29/03/2026 7:33 pm
They just enjoy winding us blokes up because if we blow the fuse they end up with a widows pension and something to gossip about! 🤣Â
30/03/2026 3:58 pm
Tha duz thi best burrits never gud enuff! 🙁Â
30/03/2026 6:24 pm
Told the tale of the tiles to a couple of blokes in a bed shop today where she was umming and ahhing over a bed for a spare room that'll be used about 3 days a year. She wasn't impressed with all the eye rolling and sympathising between us blokes, but bargained them down by about 300 quid, I think they were just glad to get her out of the shop after lugging headboards back and forth to the window to 'compare colours in daylight' arseing about over a bed with or without storage etc! Then there will be a trip to look for bedside cabinets, lights and stuff to 'dress' the room that will probably be used a dozen times in our lifetime. My comment of 'a blow up mattress on the floor will do!' didn't rate consideration! 🙄Â
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31/03/2026 4:34 pm
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