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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Uncle Mort on October 27, 2008, 09:02:53 AM
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The poppys are out early this year, I noticed a couple of sellers as I walked to the office this morning.
I'll always buy one but it's still two weeks away. Next week is soon enough.
Also TV presenters have been sporting them. I'd guess that they're told to wear them. In which case it's wrong.
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The poppys are out early this year, I noticed a couple of sellers as I walked to the office this morning.
I'll always buy one but it's still two weeks away. Next week is soon enough.
Also TV presenters have been sporting them. I'd guess that they're told to wear them. In which case it's wrong.
I agree with you...
While I agree with the principle and support the RBL (I cycled London to Paris three years running to raise money for them) there is something not quite right when everybody wears them in the media (and all politicians of course).
Luckily we managed to buy ours the last time LL was back in the UK and will be going out to a service this weekend...
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The poppys are out early this year, I noticed a couple of sellers as I walked to the office this morning.
I'll always buy one but it's still two weeks away. Next week is soon enough.
Also TV presenters have been sporting them. I'd guess that they're told to wear them. In which case it's wrong.
(I cycled London to Paris three years running to raise money for them)
Another 4 rungs up on me social ladder! eeek:
I'm impressed, very!
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The poppys are out early this year, I noticed a couple of sellers as I walked to the office this morning.
I'll always buy one but it's still two weeks away. Next week is soon enough.
Also TV presenters have been sporting them. I'd guess that they're told to wear them. In which case it's wrong.
(I cycled London to Paris three years running to raise money for them)
Another 4 rungs up on me social ladder! eeek:
I'm impressed, very!
eeek:
I'll be falling off the top soon!
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Another trip to the hospital and some TLC from LL.
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Another trip to the hospital and some TLC from LL.
eyes:
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The poppys are out early this year, I noticed a couple of sellers as I walked to the office this morning.
I'll always buy one but it's still two weeks away. Next week is soon enough.
Also TV presenters have been sporting them. I'd guess that they're told to wear them. In which case it's wrong.
(I cycled London to Paris three years running to raise money for them)
Another 4 rungs up on me social ladder! eeek:
I'm impressed, very!
eeek:
I'll be falling off the top soon!
Haven't you noticed your karma is moving in a positive direction over the past couple of days? ;)
How long did the bike ride take then? Genuinely interested. Love challenging stuff. cloud9:
I rode a 49cc moped from J.O.G to Lands End in 3 days for charity 8 years ago.
Still got an arse like Rawhide even now. sad32:
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Is that possible? eeek:
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Is that possible? eeek:
Is WHAT possible? ::)
Can't you string a sentence or two together proper like? ::)
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All of it!
It's 300 miles a day! On a 49cc moped?!
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All of it!
It's 300 miles a day! On a 49cc moped?!
12 hour shifts @ 30 mph + rest, water, grub, and arse rubbing stops = just over 300 miles a day.
Took 3 full days and a couple of hours on the final day tbh., all on A and B roads only too.
Shap on the A5 was fun....NOT.
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The poppys are out early this year, I noticed a couple of sellers as I walked to the office this morning.
I'll always buy one but it's still two weeks away. Next week is soon enough.
Also TV presenters have been sporting them. I'd guess that they're told to wear them. In which case it's wrong.
(I cycled London to Paris three years running to raise money for them)
Another 4 rungs up on me social ladder! eeek:
I'm impressed, very!
eeek:
I'll be falling off the top soon!
Haven't you noticed your karma is moving in a positive direction over the past couple of days? ;)
How long did the bike ride take then? Genuinely interested. Love challenging stuff. cloud9:
I rode a 49cc moped from J.O.G to Lands End in 3 days for charity 8 years ago.
Still got an arse like Rawhide even now. sad32:
We did it in four days... set off from Greenwich and ended up at the arc de triumph or whatever it is called...
Excellent fun... eyes:
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What is this thread about?
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What is this thread about?
Poppies, and associated relevant fund raising charity events?
Problem, KING of the 'going off topic Queens'? ::)
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OH I see.SUffering from half term here.Do you need some help with those Yellow Pages?I have a Boy I can lend you for a few days.
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What is this thread about?
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Lest we forget ::)
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Well it was, until Growler filled it with various sorts of transport!
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The poppys are out early this year, I noticed a couple of sellers as I walked to the office this morning.
I'll always buy one but it's still two weeks away. Next week is soon enough.
Also TV presenters have been sporting them. I'd guess that they're told to wear them. In which case it's wrong.
(I cycled London to Paris three years running to raise money for them)
Another 4 rungs up on me social ladder! eeek:
I'm impressed, very!
eeek:
I'll be falling off the top soon!
Haven't you noticed your karma is moving in a positive direction over the past couple of days? ;)
How long did the bike ride take then? Genuinely interested. Love challenging stuff. cloud9:
I rode a 49cc moped from J.O.G to Lands End in 3 days for charity 8 years ago.
Still got an arse like Rawhide even now. sad32:
We did it in four days... set off from Greenwich and ended up at the arc de triumph or whatever it is called...
Excellent fun... eyes:
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Admirable. angel1
I rode my mountain bike along the route of the Offa Dyke path just before Crimbo in 1996 in 4 sub zero temperature icy days.
That WAS hell, and I've still got the scars to show for it. sad32:
Great fun looking back on it now though.
Raised £400 for cancer research though. cloud9:
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I once cycled to Wolverhampton for no reason
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Well it was, until Growler filled it with various sorts of transport!
cussing:
It's all relevant. Raising money and not forgetting those that have either served/are serving for us, or who are not as fortunate as the rest of us.
Really don't see any problem here tbh. noooo:
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I once cycled to Wolverhampton for no reason
You could at least have said you did it it for a good cause like...... rubschin:.... rubschin:...escaping from Mrs Nick?
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Well that was a bonus!
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Lest we forget ::)
Might have been better in 'The Commons' then on reflection?
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We all have these now.
http://www.rblicatalogue.co.uk/catalogueindex2.cfm?i_id=214
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We still put money in the pots but find these are far easy to cope with. I bought them for the family last year.
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It looks like a rivet
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I never give to people doing charity fun runs, cycling up Snowdon, Offas Dyke, 1000 mile offroad bike challenges through Africa or whatever.
If you want to have fun then do so, just don't pretend it's for charity. How much do these things cost to do anyway? I'd guess sometimes more than is raised for the 'good' cause.
end of 'Bah Humbug' moment
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Given that my cousin recently did a bike ride to Amsterdam for help the aged and had to raise something like £2000 before she was even allowed to participate one does have to wonder.
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I never give to people doing charity fun runs, cycling up Snowdon, Offas Dyke, 1000 mile offroad bike challenges through Africa or whatever.
If you want to have fun then do so, just don't pretend it's for charity. How much do these things cost to do anyway? I'd guess sometimes more than is raised for the 'good' cause.
end of 'Bah Humbug' moment
Your choice, and as a matter of clarification, everything I did was NOT in pretence of doing it for charity.
It was MY way of doing something for a dear and young freind who died of cancer at the age of 34, raising money ( without the help of some 'fund raising organisation' )for the local hospice and The Samaritans who my dad worked for voluntarily until he died at the age of 78.
I don't want any plaudits and pats on the back, I'm just proud that I found a way of raising money in a way that I was comfortable with rather than just chucking a few quid in a rattling tin.
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I never give to people doing charity fun runs, cycling up Snowdon, Offas Dyke, 1000 mile offroad bike challenges through Africa or whatever.
If you want to have fun then do so, just don't pretend it's for charity. How much do these things cost to do anyway? I'd guess sometimes more than is raised for the 'good' cause.
end of 'Bah Humbug' moment
RBL organises P2P every year so there must be money it it for them...
You don't just turn up - you have to raise a minimum amount to be included... It is obviously good PR too.
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Given that my cousin recently did a bike ride to Amsterdam for help the aged and had to raise something like £2000 before she was even allowed to participate one does have to wonder.
But where did she start from? rubschin:
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I never give to people doing charity fun runs, cycling up Snowdon, Offas Dyke, 1000 mile offroad bike challenges through Africa or whatever.
If you want to have fun then do so, just don't pretend it's for charity. How much do these things cost to do anyway? I'd guess sometimes more than is raised for the 'good' cause.
end of 'Bah Humbug' moment
Your choice, and as a matter of clarification, everything I did was NOT in pretence of doing it for charity.
It was MY way of doing something for a dear and young freind who died of cancer at the age of 34, raising money ( without the help of some 'fund raising organisation' )for the local hospice and The Samaritans who my dad worked for voluntarily until he died at the age of 78.
I don't want any plaudits and pats on the back, I'm just proud that I found a way of raising money in a way that I was comfortable with rather than just chucking a few quid in a rattling tin.
Sounds like a good reason to do it in my book...
Have a pat on the back just to annoy you. ;)
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Given that my cousin recently did a bike ride to Amsterdam for help the aged and had to raise something like £2000 before she was even allowed to participate one does have to wonder.
But where did she start from? rubschin:
Three feet off the ground probably.
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Given that my cousin recently did a bike ride to Amsterdam for help the aged and had to raise something like £2000 before she was even allowed to participate one does have to wonder.
But where did she start from? rubschin:
London I think. The whole family was tapped for cash this time around. I put a fiver in the pot to shut them all up and was called back asking if I would please put more in! evil:
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She cycled across the North Sea?
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I believe there was probably a ferry involved.
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Probably? rubschin:
SHe didn't smear herself in whale blubber before setting out then.
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The whole family was tapped for cash this time around. I put a fiver in the pot to shut them all up and was called back asking if I would please put more in! evil:
That's the thing with these charity 'events' there's always a hint of blackmail/pester by the participant to their friends/familly/colleagues.
cussing:
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Ah yes, the school "sponsored activity" (walks etc.) noooo:
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It was interesting to watch Question Time last week (from 'merica) where all the panel were adorned with poppies but none of the audience.
That Irish bloke on Sky this morning (Eamon?) said it was 'compulsory' for presenters to wear them...
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For the events where you have to raise a large amount of money first I suspect that a significant part of that cash is to cover insurance for the event itself.
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I bought a poppy in Brum yesterday. Then I went outside and it blew away evil:
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We were going to a service thing tomorrow but it was called off... will watch it on the telly prolly...
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I bought a poppy in Brum yesterday. Then I went outside and it blew away evil:
Then buy another .... the Royal British Legion does good work and needs the money.
I seldom wear a poppy .... but I buy a number each year. If I wore one no-one would ask me to buy one.
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Mr Wench has bought one at school at every day and I have put money in every pot I've seen, but not taken an actual poppy.
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Thank you.
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Went to watch my dad on parade yesterday, at Carshalton. Pretty big turn-out.
Was surprised how many ex-service people I knew or recognised.
Nice tot of rum afterwards. smile:
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My boys paraded ~ one with the Cubs and the younger with the Beavers. Army band and Brit Legion and all. They were very proud of themselves ~ if soaked to the skin.
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happ096
The Boy asked today if my dad had been killed in the war evil:
My sister has his war diary but is too mean to photocopy it evil:
I may have to kill her evil:
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happ096
The Boy asked today if my dad had been killed in the war evil:
My sister has his war diary but is too mean to photocopy it evil:
I may have to kill her evil:
Not a celebrity I'm afraid... noooo:
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How do you know? whistle:
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How would one go about finding out about a deceased relatives army history?
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How do you know? whistle:
Because you wouldn't have been able to resist telling us if she were. point:
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How do you know? whistle:
Because you wouldn't have been able to resist telling us if she were. point:
Would
QUEEN
help? whistle:
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Thank-you. I was hoping for a tried and tested route rather than a google search.
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Good grief!
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How would one go about finding out about a deceased relatives army history?
WW1 - try here
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp
Found my grandfathers stuff.
For later wars/conflicts or general service, you may find some useful stuff here, otherwise it's a personal visit to Kew.
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How would one go about finding out about a deceased relatives army history?
Nick's list is not as helpful as he may think. There are strict rules on Army records from 2nd WW
Much depends how they were related to you and when they served in the Army. First world war is easy if you know the regiment and service number (unless the surname is very unusual) Second WW can only be done via MOD records and you have to be next of kin/sole surviving relative (and able to prove it) before they will release info ~ either that or wait another 30 years.
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It is for Mr Wench and his Mum. The two of them have decided that it would be nice to know more about Grandad/Father and his WW2 career. They aren't on speaking terms with his widow and so don't really have access to anything that he may have left and were trying to work out how it would be best to go about it. I told them it would be an MOD job and they didn't believe me.
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Does anyone in your family speak to each other?
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How do you know? whistle:
Because you wouldn't have been able to resist telling us if she were. point:
Would
QUEEN
help? whistle:
A pooftah like...? rubschin:
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Also there is the war graves commission - I found my great uncle there, Holland 1944. This gives you a service number etc.
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You can find war dead from WWII but not their service records without going via the MOD, who are very reluctant to reveal anything as next of kin etc may still be living. I have my father's WWII service record as I have his Pay book and discharge papers which he had kept and passed to me but the MOD will not release any other info to me unless I can demonstrate that I am his eldest surving son and that his wife is dead. I can do all these things obviously but they are still reluctant as they fear law suits if they give out information that is misused..
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How would one go about finding out about a deceased relatives army history?
FYI
http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html
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How would one go about finding out about a deceased relatives army history?
FYI
http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html
Thank-you. Given that no one is talking to Grandfather in law's wife this may prove to be difficult for them.
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Grandfather in law's wife
Oma?
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noooo:
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Another employee at the BEEB with a degree in Media Studies I have no doubt. noooo:
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There is no excuse for that. noooo:
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There is no excuse for that. noooo:
Indeed not.
Or, for that matter, degrees in 'Humanities', 'Black Music Culture', 'Bolivian pot making' or 'The history of the Pink Oboe'.