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  1. stan_deezy

    Unusual Babysitting

    So there I was yesterday, first day back on duty after a fortnights leave and immediately got deployed to babysit a tank :^ Our local army garrison has a mechanised unit attached and they had been out on basic road driving training when one of the vehicles broke down on a small slip road exit...
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    Schumacher announces his retirement!

    So with Mick Schumacher leaving Formula One motor racing does he really warrant being called the greatest racing driver ever? Statisically he looks to have a claim and certainly some of his driving has been "pretty good" but has his reputation been tarnished by his blatant cheating ? And is...
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    You've lost what????????? *Updated*

    On night shift at the moment and got a call last night that made us wonder if the call was a "Candid Camera" type stunt............................. Dispatcher called us on the radio while we were on refreshment break (coffee and donuts are a universal thing!) "A lorry driver has just called...
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    SHT While driving !!

    Oh well, I've only been in the new job a few months but in that time I've seen stupidity that I didn't believed happened except on TV in shows like "World's Craziest Drivers" :^ A few (and just a few) examples: The other night in torrential rain and in pitch darkness we were overtaken at high...
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    Tony Blair is taking advice from who??????????

    Aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh:devil::devil::devil::devil: I just cannot believe our stoopid "President Blair".........not content with messing up every other area of our lives in this green and pleasant land he now decides to visit Arnie in the Republic of Kalifornia to seek...
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    Whatever happened to............Customer Service?

    <Rant mode on><br /><br />So I'm with a telephone company in the UK called Pipex Homecall. Their rates are pretty good: for £12.50 monthly I get to make as many national calls day 24/7 without any extra charges. I also get broadband and line rental through the same company. Up until recently the...
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    Egg on their faces? Ho! Ho! Ho!

    UK Government officials were left red-faced when police detained a number of illegal immigrants as they reported for work at............<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br />the offices of the UK Immigration Service :D :D :D <br /><br...
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    Stan's New Office

    Well here it is.........a photo of one of my new "offices" :D :D :D <br /><br /> <br /><br />And the best bit ?????<br /><br /><br />The Government are paying for it all :D ;) :p
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    Whoops!

    A crane driver escaped without injury after his crane toppled over and crashed through a factory.<br /><br />BBC full story here <br /><br />The crane had lifted two new £1m yachts on to lorries at International Marine Services by Exeter Quay before a wheel sank into a drain and it toppled...
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    Jill Carroll Freed in Iraq

    Breaking news; BBC story here
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    Got a tattoo? Join the US Army!

    BBC: full story here <br /><br />The US Army has relaxed its rules on recruits having tattoos.<br /><br />The relaxing of the rules also applies to permanent eye-liner, eyebrows and lip make-up.......something you want to tell us guys? :D <br /><br />Apparently you must not look "too trendy"...
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    Only in Ireland

    BBC: Civilian Airliner Lands at Army Base by mistake! <br /><br />Investigators are trying to work out how an Irish passenger jet managed to land at an Army base by mistake........ :eek: <br /><br />Give him his dues, the pilot was only six miles off course and had visual contact with the...
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    Going gummy

    Oh well, after all the to-ing and fro-ing with the dentists etc it looks like today is the day when I finally say goodbye to my upper set of broken gnashers. Booked in for 17.30 BST.<br /><br />If I'm mumbling a lot tomorrow you'll know the reason why.<br /><br />Got a nice supply of custard and...
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    1000 Not Out!

    1000th Post and still not been banned from the board........ :D <br /><br />Now, where did I leave my boat last September.......?????
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    Celtic Ancestory may not be a good thing

    BBC: here <br /><br />The month of March is a time when Irish people all over the world take pride in their blood ancestry and their heritage - culminating with St Patrick's Day. <br /><br /><br />But with that same blood, because of a "Celtic gene", people of Irish ancestry are much more...
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    Police find a one horsepower car

    Police patrol officers who stopped a Mini Metro believed to have been involved in a road accident found a Shetland pony on the back seat. <br /><br />BBC: story here <br /><br />Norfolk (England)<br /><br />For those that don't know a Mini Metro is almost micro-car sized: not sure if they ever...
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    Armless man caught speeding in NZ

    BBC; story here <br /><br />A man born without arms was caught by police speeding at 121KPH (75mph).<br /><br />He was using one of his feet to steer and told police he had been driving for years :eek: :eek:
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    Parlez-Vous English Mr Chirac?

    The French President has done himself no favours (again!) by storming out of a meeting when the speaker announced that he would be speaking in English as it was the international language of business.<br /><br />Full story here <br /><br /><br />Gee's this guy really needs a wake-up call and...
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    British Soldier Awarded Medal

    BBC: story here <br /><br />George Cross medal awarded to Captain Peter Norton for bravery in Iraq. <br />While investigating a bombing which had claimed the lives of four US soldiers Captain Norton searched the area to make it safe. He did so despite being made aware of the danger of secondary...
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    Where's Heycods?

    I know it's only been a couple of days but him and that flea-bitten mutt haven't been snuffling around the DC.<br /><br />Hope you're okay Heycods?
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