Warts 'n' all Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Erwin said: He did not come from the aristocratic BG of all the other senior commanders who based their positions on privilege and entitlement. He was a member of the Anglo-Norman-Irish aristocracy. His grandfather was a "Sir" and one of the biggest landowners in north-west Ireland. His father was a Bishop, and he himself went to the best private school in London. And whilst at Sandhurst he was a silver-spooned bully. But uvver than that 'e woz just like any uvver salt ov the erth cockney barrer boy, 'no' wot I mean Jon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, LongLeftFlank said: Well, I am shamefaced to confess that, in violation of my sacred vows to CMBN before God, I have been wantonly flirting of late with the Vassal version of AH 'The Longest Day', which is at a scale where the above kind of strategic question is more relevant. I bought the original version of that game when we switched from £1 notes to £1 coins With, wait for it... 64 coins. The guy behind the counter was not amused. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Warts 'n' all said: He was a member of the Anglo-Norman-Irish aristocracy. His grandfather was a "Sir" and one of the biggest landowners in north-west Ireland. His father was a Bishop, and he himself went to the best private school in London. And whilst at Sandhurst he was a silver-spooned bully. But uvver than that 'e woz just like any uvver salt ov the erth cockney barrer boy, 'no' wot I mean Jon? You clearly don't understand the Brit class system. That would be considered lowly by the true toffs. To put the class system in context, Princess Di came from such a background but was widely considered to be a "commoner". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 "You must have known that when I said that Warts doesn't understand the class system I was being just a tad frivolous. You cannot think for even one second that I would say anything so stupid and be in earnest, could you? Ah, you could. Oooops." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 This is class the aristocracy were decapitated, and the commoners were drawn and quartered. Don't let anybody tell us we don't understand the system. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/10/2021 at 3:59 PM, Warts 'n' all said: Do your worst, but I swear that walleye was this big! Oopsie, thought this was Mad Addy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 1 hour ago, mjkerner said: Do your worst, but I swear that walleye was this big! Oopsie, thought this was Mad Addy. Only three days to go until we get to celebrate Chas Stuart's Napper Chopping Day. I still can't understand why it isn't a Public Holiday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky_Strike Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 10 hours ago, Warts 'n' all said: I still can't understand why it isn't a Public Holiday. ‘cos we never really got rid of the bug*ers, did we Andrew? Still, third time lucky, hey Charles? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironcross12 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Interesting video. Thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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