Over the last couple of weeks I have visited many war memorials in Scotland, from The Royal Oak in the Orkneys to the X Boats at Kylescu, from the Royals at Spean Bridge to the memorial overlooking Stornoway, they are all worth a mention, the McDonalds, the Frasers, the Campbells and so on.

But ...

Jon makes some very valid points. The situation in Israel/Palestine has been simmering since biblical days, nothing will change unless Israel becomes the USA's 51st state, if ever that happens then God help us all!

Now this should get some of you going..............PROFESSIONAL footballers = TARTS!

I managed to get to Spean Bridge on Thursday morning en route to Fort William from Skye. A wonderful memorial with a newish garden of remembrance which was full of flowers on a very wet and grey day.

My coach driver ex Coldstream Guards narrated the reason for its siting here, as previously stated ...

I've been on both sides of the economic mortgage yo-yo, when I had a mortgage, interest rates started at 6.25% in 1968 by 1988ish they had risen to 15%. I went out of my way to find a better paid job in life, I wondered why I hadn't looked earlier! I had paid my mortgage off early and what a saving ...

They see America as ruthless, agressive, conceited, arrogant, and biased. In short, they see the US as the new Rome, a ruthless and godless empire, not as a Godly republic or a shining city on a hill.
Most Americans don`t care what Arabs think, but if we are going to war, in my opinion, we need to ...

Presently, I just feel there is so much paranoia going around on both sides. The West not trusting anything remotely muslim or Middle Eastern and vice versa. There needs to be more communication and integration at the grass roots level with community leaders, so representative communities do not ...

If the alternative is Corrie Street or EastEnders then I might be FORCED into watching the steroid humanoids in action, but if Military Forums hasn't been wiped off the face of planet Earth, then I shall be here.

I loved Singapore.

Singers crime rate almost zero, safe to walk the streets, mind you I don't know what Bugis Street is like these days, apparently zero drug and chewing gum tolerance.

Whitey:-

I'm beginning to pick up on y'all southern accent an'all, the only trouble is where I come from they ...

............and to cap it all sea rod licences likely to be taxed at £22 a year letting the Spanish, Russians et al to profit at the expense of those Fowey boys, bloody madness says I...................

Now public speaking is a gift, and I don't know how many of you have had stand up in front and give a speech or a public address, but it is not the easist thing to do.

Yes I have this experience it is somewhat trying at times, I have a two hour delivery to make in 4 weeks tonight, you make mental ...

We are fast becoming a lawless society in the UK, you know the feeling a lot are wrongdoers but get off Scott Free, some refuse to buy car insurance, road tax and have no licences and if they can't afford to buy a car they nick one.

Road rage, shopping trolley rage, ever more vandalism, attitude ...

bigbart wrote:Makes Ronald Reagan look like Albert f***ing Einstein

Brilliant!! 'Lets Nuke the bastards!'

"Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets..."

The sooner the better!!

Would you like to see Martial Law in your country?

I have been reading a lot of threads where there appears to be consternation as to how your own country is being run and the opposition to the alternative opposition parties.

In the UK, the Labour party is unpopular, the Conservatives are also ...