R.I.P to a cracking bloke.

He/She/It isn't Parachute Regiment and never has been. IT was Media Ops who choose whatever cap badge they like. IT started off in Royal Irish and spent some time attached to 4 PARA. But hey, Royal Irish or TA doesn't sell stories like the tag line 'Para' does it?!

London Boy wrote:How long has that been the case?

I remember a female attempting P Coy back in 1991 - you should have heard the cheer go up around the depot when she jacked on the trainansium!!

London Boy wrote:

Tab wrote:It will sound good when they order a curry in Britain

Actually, most curry house owners in the UK speak Urdu, most of them being Pakistanis

Actually the vast majority of curry houses (and workers) in UK are Bangladeshi owned therefore speaking Bengali would be more useful.

My names Simon to my friends, you lot can call me Master :lol: just kidding call me god :lol: im on fire.
Im sure your all a friendly bunch, im not by the way so your going to hate me :lol: damn i cant stop today.

All kidding aside i hope that i can contribute to the forum and help and ask for ...

Doc wrote:ccfc, I'm Welsh too, however it isn't about typing per say, its more in keeping with military standards and clarity.

Doc

Hear, Hear. (Oh by the way; it's 'Per Se')!

Bloody druids!

TIA - Thanks in advance.

Don't ex-booties know anyfink?

Vickers Mk7 - SupFAC you were indeed correct. Have a cigar!

SupFAC; I think thatthe vehicle your are thinking of is the Shir 1 which we flogged to Iran. Jordan also bought it and for them it was called the Khalid. The Shir 2, ordered by Iran but cancelled due to a minor scrap in the country went on to become Challenger 1.

Going back to the original question ...

and seconded from the Maroon Machine.

JR wrote: Ropes,knots and cordage 'H' all comes down to seamanship! with the odd turks head and a granny or two???

Come on then; who's going to be the first to make a joke about Royal, seaman (sp?), turks or grannys!!!

Don't need to be a bootneck to know what you're on about! It's the lanyard which was attached to the arctic muzzle cover for the elephant gun. No idea where you would get one though.

The only factor I would consider in my opinion is that Marines look after there boys better,when I say this I mean at QM/stores/getting kit/conditions.

Complete b*llocks. Para Regt look after the blokes by giving them what is available. The blokes however don't constantly moan and whine about the ...

Rogue Chef wrote:Snow! We have snow!

Woy? In Al Ain?

harry hackedoff wrote:Fark me days Roops, was Richard Dunn a bingo caller then

Oy there's nothing wrong with 'King Richard'. He's still a celebrity back home in Yorkshire!