Sas survival programs

[Adam86]

Is anyone watching these at the moment? Sunday night has Eddie Stone re-enacting missions etc and thats followed by Ray Mears survival then monday has the real sas story I think its called, watched them this week they were fair interesting

[Cronkilla]

Did not really enjoy this weeks SAS survival as it wasnt really SAS specific. Im sure the escap and evade will be more interesting.

Ray mears as always was very interesting and i liked finding out about the 'real' operation and not the one ive seen on telly with........erm........yanky bloke...........bah forgot

[zombieslut]

I agree - half the stuff was basic traning! The only 'specific' thing i noted was that the so called 'hunter force' were the same ex SAS blokes dressed in black - with masks on. In fact the same people were appearing all the time in different situations - no doubt fat bloke Stone had to call upon all his friends and relatives to appear on the show to save on the budget - albeit I must admit that the mine information was interesting.

We did have a good laugh at the McAleese bloke though because over the years my partner has seen him pissed up round town many a time & it was entertaining to see him doing a TV show with his tashe (HBM)

I'll watch it next week just to see if theres any more Hereford locals doubling up as stunt men etc.
- Finally i think Stone had too many of them beans and burger rations - he needs to do some 'push aways' - is push some food away!

[Adam86]

It suprised me how much kit they had to carry it facinates me watching a team kit everythin up like that dont know why but i thought it was a very good progam

[voodoo sprout]

viewtopic.php?t=4435&start=15 page two from AGC's post covers this little effort somewhat. Though to be honest I sincerely hope things don't get any more advanced, as said on the other thread no-one needs advanced information on these subjects from the TV, on the other hand many undesirables could well use these sorts of skills in a negative way so it is entirely counter productive. Granted not many people are going to be running around with minimis, but the casualty rate related to gang crime for instance seems very precarious. On the news you will hear about gunmen spraying bullets in a general area and running off. Had they had some knowledge of weapons handling, the number of casualties could realisitically increase ten fold. Esacpe and evasion, how many normal people will sue this? Not many unless you insist on going to Columbia for your holidays. But what if some of those methods are used by criminals to evade the police? Again, for the sake of entertainment and money grabbing TV companies, society has potentially become that bit more dangerous.

[mike_B]

Because you're an authority on the issue 'voodoo sprout'?

Let's not get into the bullshit about crappy little programs, all of which are so deprived of real info. and out of date that are pretty much irrelevant.

A more interesting note, Ray Mears went to my school and i'm getting him back (hopefully) to show the CCF some skills. Should be good if i get it. But apparantly he wants to charge us!!!

[zombieslut]

Yeah mikeB - that's a great idea - get Ray Mears to show all the kiddies how to start a fire and watch them burn the school down....
I wish there were more like you at the school i attended.
Best i could do is get suspended - for being suspended out of a second floor window by my mate...

[lew]

Burn a school down...

My first secondary school was made out of fire retardant materials

Doesn’t mean we didn’t try though...(science) sir what does this stuff do, no put that down Lewis, that’s nitro glycerine, no don’t shake the bottle...


I loved science...


lew

[zombieslut]

In Science - did you & your mates ever chuck everything down the sink at once - and create a haze of wierd smelling smoke - resuling in the evacuation of the building?????

[lew]

No after the nitro glycerine incident the cupboard where all the fun stuff was, was bolted up...

I got into big trouble over that, I was later told there was enough nitro glycerine in that bottle to blow up the science block...

Scare tactics, maybe, just glad I didn’t find out...


lew

[rabby]

Lew,

What are schools doing with nitro glycerin in the first place!?!?!?

[lew]

Rabby

Most schools will have that type of stuff, the only difference being most schools are probably clever enough to keep it away from the pupils, and not stupid enough to employ a half witted science teacher who mentions that they have it to a bunch of tear arse little barstewards (me and my mates) then be stupid enough to leave the cupboard open...

I mean what was he expecting us to do


lew

[mike_B]

What a load of ***** Nitro in a school. I don't think you are telling the truth.


Mike... please... there is no need for foul and abusive language. Please curtail your language and behave!

[chunky from york]

Lew,

My old school was blessed with a nuttter for a chemistry master, he once showed us how to make fulminate of mercury, the stuff detonators are made from. Then showed us how it went bang if dropped from shoulder eight, standing on a bench


Back to the SAS, you will notice, or not that some stuff was skated around. They took radios and batteries but did not mention much about their use or the coding and encryption that goes with it.

In fact a lot of SOP's were missed out, you will be pkeased to hear.

[zombieslut]

No - you're right - most of it was common sense - like - 'don't walk on the top of the hill in enemy territory or you will be an easy target,' and 'if you are walking a long way with your bergen - dont pack things you won't need...'

I should do a survival programme - on how to survive a tiresome job and boring commuing. I would include tips on how to map read whilst driving at speed and listen to the traffic report at the same time. I'd also include tips on how to get even with arrogant drivers and how to destroy gatsos using a cocktail of household chemicals.

What d yer thnk?