Fantastic programme. Watched it the other night and thought it was incredible the way they pulled no punches about how brutal war is and how you could see they’re still traumatised by it. My only criticism? Why no one mentioned the complete **** up of sending the Sir Tristram and Sir Galahad to Bluff Cove with no adequate cover. It was a major cock-up by the senior command and cost the lives of so many men I was surprised they didn’t even discuss the reasons - but you could see that the effects on the men are still there 40 years later.
Yes I take your point about the ships . I would just say that I thought it was mentioned that those 2 ships ( well at least the Sir Galahad ) were meant to have been off loaded my dawn ? I might be wrong on that though , either way , yes the fact there was no decent cover is bloody daft . Best viewing I have had in ages .
Yes, they did mention that and it was true - they were both supposed to arrive way before dawn and offload then. However, if you’ve seen the channel 4 documentary “Falklands War - The Untold Story” (which I can 100% recommend) you’ll know that it was a complete balls-up. They were pushed by politicians, senior command in London ordered them to go to Bluff Cove without taking into consideration the weather, which meant they had to go to Fitzroy first (where the commander refused the advice of an experienced landing craft officer to immediately disembark the men there and insisted they go round to Bluff Cove - which allowed the Argentinian airforce to plan their attack) and , basically, put those poor sods in the firing line.
I asked my wife suggestions for an exercise routine. She said, “Why don’t you try lunges?” I said: “That’s a...big step.”
An American touring Spain stopped at a local restaurant following a day of sightseeing. While sipping his sangria, he noticed a sizzling, scrumptious looking platter being served at the next table. Not only did it look good, the smell was wonderful. He asked the waiter, "What is that you just served"...? The waiter replied, "Ah senor, you have excellent taste! Those are bulls testicles from the bull fight this morning. A delicacy"... The American, though momentarily daunted, said, "What the hell, I'm on vacation! Bring me an order"... The waiter replied, "I am so sorry senor. There is only one serving per day because there is only one bull fight each morning. If you come early tomorrow and place your order, we will be sure to save you this delicacy"... The next day, the American returned, placed his order, and then that evening he was served the one and only special delicacy of the day. After a few bites, and inspecting the contents of his platter, he called to the waiter and said, "These are delicious, but they are much, much smaller than the ones i saw you serve yesterday"... The waiter shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Si senor. Sometimes the bull wins"...
I’m sure I’ve posted this before…: A teacher told her young class to ask their parents for a family story with a moral at the end of it, and to return the next day to tell their stories. In the classroom the next day, Joe gave his example first, "My dad is a farmer and we have chickens. One day we were taking lots of eggs to market in a basket on the front seat of the truck when we hit a big bump in the road; the basket fell off the seat and all the eggs broke. The moral of the story is not to put all your eggs in one basket." "Very good," said the teacher. Next, Mary said, "We are farmers too. We had twenty eggs waiting to hatch, but when they did we only got ten chicks. The moral of this story is not to count your chickens before they're hatched." "Very good," said the teacher again, very pleased with the responses so far. Next it was Dave's turn to tell his story: "My dad told me this story about my Aunt Karen.... Aunt Karen was a flight engineer in the war and her plane got hit. She had to bail out over enemy territory and all she had was a bottle of whiskey, a machine gun, and a machete." "Go on," said the teacher, intrigued. "Aunt Karen drank the whiskey on the way down to prepare herself. Then she landed right in the middle of a hundred enemy soldiers. She killed seventy of them with the machine gun until she ran out of bullets. Then she killed twenty more with the machete 'til the blade broke. And then she killed the last ten with her bare hands." "Good heavens," said the horrified teacher, "What did your father say was the moral of that frightening story?" "Stay away from Aunt Karen when she's been drinking..."
A sexual predator, a racist, and a narcissist walk into a bar. The bartender says: "What can I get you Mr. Trump?"
The Bishop has her covered and she is next to her favourite castle. I also note a couple knights of the garter were available for extra protection. As for the porn we the know slimy scumbag and he was causing her much upset.
A Short Love Story A man and woman who had never met before and were both married to other people, found themselves assigned to the same sleeping room on a trans-continental train. Though initially embarrassed and a bit uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly, he in the upper berth and she in the lower. At 1:00 AM, the man leaned down and gently woke the woman to say, "Ma'am, I'm sorry to bother you, but would you be willing to reach into the closet to get me a second blanket? I'm awfully cold." "I have a better idea," she replied "Just for tonight, let's pretend that we're married." "Wow! That's a great idea!", he exclaimed. "'Good", she replied "Get your own fricking blanket." After a moment of silence, he farted. The End
Took a short video of this little critter, but couldn’t work out how to condense it to load up, so took a still from the video. Saw another couple on another walk today. Also have a short video of a mother bird “dive bombing” me to drive me away from her chicks, which I wouldn’t have even seen if she hadn’t started her peeping and noisy distraction tactics, which drew my attention to them. Any clues on sharing them? I have managed to work out how to reduce the photo size, so I hope to find a way to load up a short video.
