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The Great War 100 years ago

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  1. jonathan acworth 71

    jonathan acworth 71 Well-Known Member

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    have you ever been to the trenches ?love to do that and normandy
     
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    Ssssshhhhhh - Dev was there and doesn't like to talk about it.
     
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    RAVENBLACK Well-Known Member

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    It's why Dev is so entrenched in his views.
     
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  4. Mick O'Toon

    Mick O'Toon Well-Known Member

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    You may have put your foot in it there,Jonno
     
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  5. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    That is genius <laugh>
     
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  7. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    There was a great war?

    Here was me thinking war was bad for everybody involved.

    What happened in the great war? Did everybody get on really well?
     
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  8. Mick

    Mick Probably won't answer PMs
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    ER dodged the draft.
     
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  9. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    What draft? Start by closing all windows and doors. If you still feel a draft having closed all open apertures this will help you locate the source. When you find the source plug it up with expanding foam.

    Note: Do not use expanding foam on your letter box. A draft from there is perfectly natural.
     
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  10. A.L.D.O 4.1

    A.L.D.O 4.1 1 of the top defendants in Europe

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    Do the trenches overload your spook-o-meter Jono ?
     
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  11. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    I spent the best part of 2001 travelling throughout Belgium and France and I have returned many times since. My contact list for getting about the WW1 and WW2 sites is second-to-none, so now I am going to send you the details of two independent tour operators (personal friends of mine) who will see you get the best possible rates and coverage for Normandy and Flanders. Check your PMs, Jonno.
     
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  12. jonathan acworth 71

    jonathan acworth 71 Well-Known Member

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    sorry ponders sorry been etra busy with all the boys
     
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  13. robbie

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    <saville>.
     
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  14. stopmeandslapme

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    Wouldn't want to go metal detecting in Europe, **** digging up bombs.
     
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  15. Ponders Revisited

    Ponders Revisited Well-Known Member

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    No probs, Jonno. I'll be in touch.
     
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    Gambol
    I must introduce you to my neighbour - she has an obsession with open windows - MY open windows - she claims that my open fanlight windows cause a draught in HER home (she doesn't live with me ! ) and makes her place cold.
    She made a particularly stupid point on the subject in July last year - when the temperature had hit 30 c that day.

    She has made many other malicious claims against me - including not liking the colour of my car !
     
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  17. Gambol

    Gambol George Clooney's wee brother

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    <laugh>

    Rape her at knifepoint and tell if she opens her mouth again you,'ll kill her. Works every time.
     
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  18. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    You're a bit late Jonno. The Germans went home years ago.
     
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  19. Cruyff's Turn

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    Cycled the line of the trenches from the French/Belgian border down to The Somme.In places the lines were visible and in a wood I discovered a stack of artillery shells still in a little pyramid.It was surrounded by debris including a cooking pot with shrapnel holes,the sole of a boot,and various bits and pieces -all German.

    A couple of years after I cycled the invasion beaches in Normandy.Much less debris to be found there.Inland there is an area called the Falaise Gap where the German armies were surrounded and destroyed by air attack.In the ditches along the narrow lanes there was quite a bit of gear still to be seen.Being on a push bike is definitely the way to see it all.
     
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  20. DevAdvocate

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    La Bocage'
     
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