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Dave Parker
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Date Posted: 17:30:27 03/25/05 Fri
Jim, I don't know about ALL the afflictions you mentioned but I certainly had the tendency to dive for the ground at the sound of a car backfiring. This lasted for a good few years and, even today, the lilt of the Ulster accent tends to raise the hairs on the back of my neck somewhat.
Tony, it hardly seems credible to old soldiers like us, that these stories are for real but, unfortunately, they are all too true. I am a member of a site that is populated by as many currently serving soldiers as ex-squaddies and TA and some of the threads are, quite frankly, unbelievable. We all know that it is every soldiers prerogative (even, some will say, duty) to moan and bitch about his lot in life but that should be it! You have your moan, (making sure you're not in earshot of the person you're bitching about!) get over it and move on. No one in our day would have dreamed of taking any one to court, in fact, I don't think it would have even been possible in those days but, never the less, it just wouldn't have crossed our minds. The problem, though, isn't confined to our Armed Forces. It seems to be endemic to our society in general. Perhaps, a society on the slippery slope? Or am I an old fart who is getting to be just like all our own old folk, who thought that we were the devils spawn when we were young?
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