US Veteran's Day

[David Paste]

It's ostensibly a comedy, but it's a pretty good satire of the time, too.

I had to look that up - seems like it does have a fair share of good stuff.

Yeah, sadly we are getting the same thing now - many channels of junk. But there are still the occasional gems to be found. Cracker is the last series I really got in to, but there is also a lot really good US stuff shown here, but I suppose we have less manure to shovel through to find it. For all the wrongness that has beset the BBC over the past decade or so, it still delivers good TV every now and again. But the radio side of the operation is the real gold mine at the minute, in my humble opinion.

What saddens me the most is the dumbing-down of science shows. We used to have a terrific series called Horizon, it is no longer terrific. The last really good science show I saw was Aubrey Manning's 'Earth Story' (late 1990s) - absolutely brilliant, catch it if you can.

Cheers.

[Steve B]

A snappy salute to my late father, four tiny bronze stars on each of his WW II United States Army Air Corps medals in the Pacific Theater.

Steve

[Steve B]

A hearty salute to every serviceman past and present.

Steve

[Swingman]

Don't blame you ... although a coonass from the swamps of S. Louisiana, I lived and worked in the UK back in the early 60's, my first wife (with a posh accent, and the reason why I never could stand the "East Enders" TV series with that damned cockney accent) was from Staines, just outside London. My oldest, born in Bryan, TX, but went to uni in Sheffield, is married to a fine Yorkshire lad, and they live, with my two grandsons, in Sheffield.

I visit as often as I can, but not often enough. Having spent a couple of years there in the sixties, and again in the early seventies, every time I fly into Heathrow now and look down I can't believe how many houses there are ... sheesh! ;)

You guys are filling that little island to the point that it's going to tip over (to paraphrase an American idiot politician).

BTW, the first British TV program that just floored me was Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's "Not Only, But Also" ... perhaps before your time. :)

[Robatoy]

Ditto.

During an interview a WWII vet was asked if he considered himself a hero, having landed at Normandy.... he thought for a moment and said: "Naw...the heroes all died....."

[J. Clarke]

And another whiny twit .

[David Paste]

Larry - did you actually read and comprehend what I wrote? Or just type out a knee-jerk reaction to each sentence? Come on man, you're better than that.

[David Paste]

I have to say, I am mystified when people move TO the UK rather than FROM - life ain't the best here, it is terribly overcrowded, as you mention. And property prices? Well, it's a joke. The country is skint and not going to get better for a while. If I had the chance, I'd probably move to the states. But then again, the grass is always greener, no?!

What did you do over here, just out of interest? I come from a town which used to have a huge US air base just to the north, several of my aunts got hitched to the airmen and not live the life of Riley on the west coast of America.

The very idea of Heathrow is enough to make anyone nervous! If you're off to Sheffield, fly into Manchester if you can.

This is what worries me the most about the future (not just for the tiny island here, but the world too) - absurd birth rates and dwindling resources. I'm not an apocalyptic type, and I know we'll find ways of coping, but it'll inevitably be at the expense of personal space and the ability to just escape. /moan.

Ha! Not seen that, but had their records / tapes on almost continual repeat as a teenager. Funny stuff indeed.

[nailshooter41]

It is absolutely incredible to me that a three line, heartfelt post expressing appreciation for military veterans can be turned into the normal, whiny sewage this group turns out.

How?

How could some of you hijack a three sentence thread and turn it into a pedantic, snotty diatribe on your personal off topic opinions? WTF is the matter with you guys?

All of us owe a great debt to those who have served and are serving. All of us. Every single one.

To turn this thread into anything but an expression of that thought is petty and enormously selfish. Shame on some of you. So damn little is done these days to show how much we care about our veterans, especially those in need.

Shame on you.

As a small bit of show of my appreciation for a job well done, I will be serving the soldiers and their families dinner on Sunday at Brook Army Medical Center at the Intrepid facility. Their Veteran's Day dinner is held this weekend so that their families can be off work and school to come visit them in the hospital.

the time and energy spent here with pedantic squabbling and wry political observations, why not REALLY give shit and do something besides talk about it? The link above has a button for anyone wanting to donate.

Time around the brave soldiers at the center that have been brutally maimed is profoundly humbling. To see their struggle towards recovery will bring you to tears. Only one of my friends can take an evening of it, and it is gut wrenching. To have them **thank me** for volunteering makes me really, completely uncomfortable. It's just a few days of coordination and on evening on my part. For them? These guys are "catastrophically" wounded. Their lives are starting over.

But on the other hand, an afternoon and evening with them can be rewarding as hell. I am pleased to be able to help where I can. I will also be on a fact finding mission Sunday to see if how many want a good cigar for the courtyard outside to smoke during Sunday night football. Cigars always seem to cheer these guys up, even though 99% of them never really smoke them.

Those guys are what the day is about. You guys can take any thread you want to twist into a political rant or a pulpit to for your opinions Let this thread be.

I would personally like to extend my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all that have served and are serving.

Robert

[Josepi]

A lot of unburned off energy on this group.

It's real easy...just like this.

Can you cite any references for your stupid claims?

LOL

How?

How could some of you hijack a three sentence thread and turn it into a pedantic, snotty diatribe on your personal off topic opinions? WTF is the matter with you guys?

All of us owe a great debt to those who have served and are serving. All of us. Every single one.

To turn this thread into anything but an expression of that thought is petty and enormously selfish. Shame on some of you. So damn little is done these days to show how much we care about our veterans, especially those in need.

Shame on you.

As a small bit of show of my appreciation for a job well done, I will be serving the soldiers and their families dinner on Sunday at Brook Army Medical Center at the Intrepid facility. Their Veteran's Day dinner is held this weekend so that their families can be off work and school to come visit them in the hospital.

the time and energy spent here with pedantic squabbling and wry political observations, why not REALLY give shit and do something besides talk about it? The link above has a button for anyone wanting to donate.

Time around the brave soldiers at the center that have been brutally maimed is profoundly humbling. To see their struggle towards recovery will bring you to tears. Only one of my friends can take an evening of it, and it is gut wrenching. To have them **thank me** for volunteering makes me really, completely uncomfortable. It's just a few days of coordination and on evening on my part. For them? These guys are "catastrophically" wounded. Their lives are starting over.

But on the other hand, an afternoon and evening with them can be rewarding as hell. I am pleased to be able to help where I can. I will also be on a fact finding mission Sunday to see if how many want a good cigar for the courtyard outside to smoke during Sunday night football. Cigars always seem to cheer these guys up, even though 99% of them never really smoke them.

Those guys are what the day is about. You guys can take any thread you want to twist into a political rant or a pulpit to for your opinions Let this thread be.

I would personally like to extend my heartfelt thanks and gratitude to all that have served and are serving.

Robert

[J. Clarke]

Josepi, FOAD.

[Swingman]

Civilian. I worked for Heston Aircraft out of Heston Airport, on the BAC

1-11. Also worked for a cabinetmaker in Hounslow whose family had been in business a couple of hundred years ... just a new business by y'alls standards. ;)

I have friends in Staines, so always go for a visit of a few days of either end of the drive up to Sheffield.

Nothing on earth like British humor ... takes some getting used to, but once you get it you don't need a laugh track to cue you. :)

Good talking to you David ... maybe we can swing a visit on either end one of these days.

[Tim W]

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I don't intend to get into a debate about Veteran's Day so we will skip that.

I am working class man, a socialist and a pacifist. I am sure you hate my politics and I can tell you the feeling is totally mutual.

I don't come to this group posting stuff about the US military and all the crimes they commit and if I did you would probably have a lot to say about it. So why is it so incredible that posts about how great the US military is should provoke a response? Don't you know that waving your flag around is offensive and provocative? Welcome to the big wide world.

Tim W

[J. Clarke]

Didn't your mother ever teach you that there are times when if you can't say something nice you shouldn't say anything? If not, there are such times, and Veteran's Day is one of them.

[Tim W]

Exactly right. I am in total agreement.

Tim W

[Larry Jaques]

Yeah, I read it and reread it to make sure I was catching it--in context. What do you think I missed?

-- To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. -- J. K. Rowling

[David Paste]

There'll be a pint with your name on it mate!

[David Paste]

Well, your reply seems to be railing against what I wrote as if I wrote something inflammatory about you or your country. I didn't. I have no axe to grind, merely suggesting reasons for the differences. You even called me a booby! I don't even have blue feet!

[Larry Jaques]

The axe I grind is against gov'ts who steal freedom from their vict^H^H^H^Hsubjects.

Har! I meant that as a gently abrasive moniker.

-- To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. -- J. K. Rowling

[Swingman]

Pale Rider'll do ... my shout!