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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
09/05/2026 8:41 am
Hell of a life when you have to plan a trip out by checking if there are piss rings in the area. There was a time when they used to have attendant operated piss rings which were mostly kept immaculate. These days you have stinking stainless steel bogs most of which are covered in someone's shit in various degrees and a floor swimming in piss. Well done UK I'm sure foreign visitors appreciate your cleanliness! 🤮
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09/05/2026 6:28 pm
Like the rest o the country Bob, piss corners and shitters literally gone down the pan. Best to sneak inta a decent battlecruiser if tha gets cut short forra piss or a crap. If tha gets weer thaz bustin, up agee-anst a wall or an overgrown back garden, ad plenty of experience when workin on the holy ghost! only prob iz gerrin caught by plod or an owd lady nebbin outa the back windda. Altenative iz wear a dish dash like a soo-ap dodger, piss n shit weer tha wants then just walk away! 🤧Â
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10/05/2026 1:02 pm
Hi Dave a question for you mate, your knowledgeable about mortar mixes having mixed a few for building jobs. What would be a good mix for putting mortar into double glazed window cheeks? The clowns who fitted my double glazing filled the cheeks and most of it has become loose.
10/05/2026 4:16 pm
@bob9739 A lot of people don,t realise that the mixing is the secret to sound mortar. When mixing I always use 5 shovels of sand to 3 of cement or the equivilant if you just need a smaller amount. Put dry sand and cement on a spot board and using shovel to turn it over, keep shovelling the mix from left to right and then right to left and repeat continuously until thoroughly mixed together. Make small hole in the centre of the mix pile making a small volcano effect. Then continually add water to the hole, small amount at a time while dragging mortar mix from the sides and mixing constantly until you get a nice smooth texture. The more time you spend mixing the smoother and better, bit like mixing a Yorkshire pudding. Make sure the gobbo is firm enough to adhere to the shovel or trowel and not too sloppy.
Topic starter
10/05/2026 5:04 pm
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10/05/2026 5:51 pm
Dave cheers for that mate,true what they say your never to old to learn mate. Thank you! 👍Â
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