normannomates
3:09 Fri Dec 20
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SOLDO 12.24
I was a pompadour mate.. Battalion was dispanded in 92..most went into 1R Anglian(vikings).. Some odd bods went to poachers.
I believe the lineage is now C Coy 1R Anglian
Great family Regt.. And well respected in house.. Wouldnt hesitate to recommend to any young lad.
As for walter.. Hes a classic a Walt..
Most walts have 'served' with the Regt.. And either of Bootnecks or Para Regt.. Some show some imagination and were a guardsman...
Never a chunky . Spanner monkeys or corpse corps..
The uber walts tend to go to extreme lengths.. Buy all the NO 2s... cap badges.. Ties.. Even fookin MEDALS.... Easy these days I guess.
A lot of em have been mangled on remembrance days in the boozers after.. That's a site to behold I tell ya
You've wisely deduced he's a Walt.. Therefore you have his number(no pun)..
Humour him.. Your sister is a bird mate.. She'll figure it out.. Eventually.. Hope you humiliate him in good order..
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Nurse Ratched
1:37 Wed Dec 18
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NORM!
Don't know which regiment he is going to join. I don't think he starts training till around March.
Regarding the CUISINE it's not so much the portions, it's the quality of it. I couldn't imagine him eating a bowl of Frosties, but maybe he'll be starving by then!
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Northern Sold
12:30 Wed Dec 18
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Had a couple of mates in the Vikings Norm... loved their time in the Regt...
Norm... we got a walter' in the family (Sisters boyfriend)... been seeing him a couple of years... every story that comes out of his mouth you start questionning yourself... reckons he was in the Marines... and taught Paras how tp get through P Company... also reckons he got blown up and captured by the Taliban... tortured... and finally rescued by the SAS !! Hence his PTSD and why he cannot work and why my sister has to keep him while he sits on his 20 stone fat arse watching box sets all day long...
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Northern Sold
12:24 Wed Dec 18
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Had a couple of mates in the Vikings Norm... loved their time in the Regt...
Norm... we got a walter' in the family (Sisters boyfriend)... been seeing him a couple of years... every story that comes out of his mouth you start questionning yourself... reckons he was in the Marines... and taught Paras how tp get through P Company (navy teaching army???)... also reckons he got blown up and captured by the Taliban... tortured... and finally rescued by the SAS !! Hence his PTSD and why he cannot work and why my sister has to keep him while he sits on his 20 stone fat arse watching box sets all day long... thats along with 100's of other brilliant fantasist stories that put a REAL storyteller like me to shame...
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normannomates
5:15 Wed Dec 18
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Fuck the Bootnecks..
If he's interested in Infantry.. He should join his regional Battalion...
I should have been a Queensman being a londoner.. But I joined up in fuckin Watford of all places in the 80s..
3 R Anglian
I had literally no affiliation to essex.. Herts or Beds..
But I got used to it👍
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normannomates
5:01 Wed Dec 18
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ACC LIKE WHU.. never know what your gonna get.
Scoff is every squaddies religion...and you will scoff any old shite
get a decent slop jockey and he is well looked after
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normannomates
4:21 Wed Dec 18
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He won't go Marvin in training.. 3 squares and plenty of it.. The standard of cookhouses vary.. but he won't give a fuck.. will not matter..
He will need to eat like a horse just to stay his natural weight.
Wonder if the tea urns still have bromide.
Average breakfast.. 06.00 - 0.800.. Brew.. Frosties..fry up..
Dinner.. Brew.. pasta..rice curry type shite
Tea... Fill ya boots..liver and bacon and the like.. Proper puds tbf . Custard galore.. More brew...
Never gain a fookin ounce.. Hahaha
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normannomates
4:01 Wed Dec 18
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*him..
Haha.. I'm a muppet
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normannomates
4:00 Wed Dec 18
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Yea encourage me
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lab
2:25 Wed Dec 18
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Encourage him Nurse , great life.
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normannomates
1:49 Wed Dec 18
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*which Regt/Corps has he attestioned too?
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normannomates
1:47 Wed Dec 18
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Nurse Ratched 1.20
Hes fuckin keen.. He'll piss it if he goes in thinking he'll doing 3 miler run and marches in boots from wk 1..
Hahaha.. Good lad
WHO has atested t
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wmc3205
11:16 Tue Dec 17
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cant go wrong with a pair of Salomons
https://www.salomon.com/en-gb/gift-guide
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mashed in maryland
10:01 Tue Dec 17
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Boring uninteresting fact I learned the other day:
The boots worn by the army (Magnum) are made by Hi-Tek
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mashed in maryland
9:59 Tue Dec 17
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Don't listen to the "buy this shoe" posts.
Go to a smallish independent sports shop that specialises in outdoor/running gear and speak to the staff. They'll probably ask him to walk around a bit and they'll suggest a pair based on his gait etc.
You could probably bypass all that and buy what looks best or is cheapest or advertised best from Sports Direct but they could end up being shit, falling apart after 5 minutes or just the totally wrong thing
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joe royal
9:51 Tue Dec 17
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Great discipline. Get a trade. Travel the World. Meet interesting people.
And shoot them.
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BRANDED
2:05 Tue Dec 17
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I’ve had at least 20 friends and associates be in the forces and all of them loved it and did well. Some found it harder than others when leaving but none regretted it.
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Takashi Miike
2:04 Tue Dec 17
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nurse, loads of good deals on this site......
https://outlet.asics.com/gb/en-gb/mens-gear/c/ao110100000/?pmax=50.00&prefn1=size&pmin=20.00&prefv1=9
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goose
2:02 Tue Dec 17
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yeh i guess its easy for a stranger to say 'good for him' when you are thinking the complete opposite.
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BRANDED
2:01 Tue Dec 17
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Great discipline. Get a trade. Travel the World. Meet interesting people.
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Nurse Ratched
1:59 Tue Dec 17
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Cognitive dissonance, goose. Part of me is still hoping he will go off the idea, or hate it once he starts training. I just don't want him dead, obviously. I know my son, and I can't imagine him enjoying being barked at to do things 24 hours a day and the lack of personal space and privacy. Who would? Plus he loves his grub. I don't expect army catering is up to his usual standards.
He originally wanted to join the navy (Marines) but they messed him around with application process so much - just at the paperwork stage - that he lost patience with them and switched to the army. Different story altogether. Within weeks he was at an army assessment centre thing. He went through all the activities. He was already very fit, and scored very highly on the other tasks. He is now mulling his options regarding what route to go down, but has made up his mind this is what he wants to do.
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