Hah, I had a double take on that post! "Bloody hell that's good. Oh, wait..."
Only played two games with Marsha but she was regularly mentioned with respect by the 34th Ladz, will be missed...
Same for Dadio, have a fast recovery!
Bye Marsha ,enjoy whatever you do next .
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Not Today I, but This Week I was working with the Army (British) in Lubbecke, Germany and stayed in one of their educational establishments called Church House.
Church House has a fascinating story, it was built in the 1930’s as a ‘Leaders School’ for the Hitler Youth. As activities declined later in the war, it served as the HQ for the Waffen SS Liebstandarte during late 1944, until captured by the British in April 1945.
Lots of history at this place and it was amazing to have the chance to stay here and have a poke around. There still traces of its Third Reich origins to be seen, particularly the removed Eagle and Swastika (see picture below) as well as ironwork for ‘1938’ and ‘HJ’ (Hitler Jungend).
Having trialled my Aussie impression at Normandy yesterday, I am in considerable pain and haven't done much. I did pick up the amazon package from the locker in the co-op across the road. It's 2 books; The Australian Army in WW2 and Australian Commandos: Their secret war against the Japanese.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1846 ... UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0811 ... UTF8&psc=1
Given that I have based my Aussie loadout on a mixture of what they had when war broke out and which bits of kit they might be able to obtain easily from the British, with a fair bit of guesswork, I was pleased to find a picture of Aussies in Libya. In this picture they are wearing Aussie service dress jackets with P37 webbing and anklets. The trousers are not denim battledress but in terms of bagginess look about the same minus the pocket. My information up to this point was that KD and P37 webbing was not issued to the Aussies until they had been in North Africa a while, I had made the assumption that Webbing would have been obtained 1st (mainly so I didn't have to fork out for P08 webbing). It would seem that my assumption was correct 
Having trialled my Aussie impression at Normandy yesterday, I am in considerable pain and haven't done much. I did pick up the amazon package from the locker in the co-op across the road. It's 2 books; The Australian Army in WW2 and Australian Commandos: Their secret war against the Japanese.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1846 ... UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0811 ... UTF8&psc=1
Given that I have based my Aussie loadout on a mixture of what they had when war broke out and which bits of kit they might be able to obtain easily from the British, with a fair bit of guesswork, I was pleased to find a picture of Aussies in Libya. In this picture they are wearing Aussie service dress jackets with P37 webbing and anklets. The trousers are not denim battledress but in terms of bagginess look about the same minus the pocket. My information up to this point was that KD and P37 webbing was not issued to the Aussies until they had been in North Africa a while, I had made the assumption that Webbing would have been obtained 1st (mainly so I didn't have to fork out for P08 webbing). It would seem that my assumption was correct
Received M38 lace up US leggings and HBT trousers. The leggings looked complicated so I found a guide http://www.90thidpg.us/Research/Origina ... ndex1.html
The HBT trousers are pretty nice. Very lightweight and massive pockets. The plan is to use these with a green shirt, Slouch hat and P37 webbing as a late war Aussie impression. If anyone does a PTO game, I'm ready 
Failing that it should be a nice cool summer walk on impression.
Found a para beret with King's crown cap badge for a tenner at a market! Got that setup off and added my Recce Regt cap badge. What a steal.
Oh, and a spare trench whistle. Can't have too many of those 
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Was planning to test my new SMLE but discovered I have no gas 
Got made redundant. It's an odd feeling, after being 20 years at the same place.
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Got made redundant. It's an odd feeling, after being 20 years at the same place.
That's a bugger and a half Andy.
Got made redundant. It's an odd feeling, after being 20 years at the same place.
That's always an awful thing to happen, sorry to hear it.
I've fired a bullet on every continent. Nearly hit someone, too.
Got made redundant. It's an odd feeling, after being 20 years at the same place.
Sorry to hear that Andy. There is something new and exciting out there for you - in the meantime, get the garage and loft cleared out and that living room decorated!
Sorry, Andy. You're a top bloke. You'll have no hassles finding something new.
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Sorry to hear that Andy, here's to a positive work future for you - one door closes, another will open...
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Sorry to hear that Andy , same thing happened to me about 6 years ago after 20 years in IT, I'm now doing well in a new career as a RF/Electronic technician half way through an HNC which with luck will boost me to Engineer status end of next year, not bad as I was 50 when I lost my job.
So keep positive I'm sure things will work out for you
Got made redundant. It's an odd feeling, after being 20 years at the same place.
What a bastard. Hope you find something else, mate. 
'ABSIT OMEN'
Andy,that sucks. 20 years. I know job hunting is one of the circles of hell but keep your chin up and try to enjoy some of your time. Before you know it you will be back on the 9-5 and wondering how you never quite got round to re-blancoing your webbing...
I honestly don't know what to say Andy , best of luck ,i'm sure you'l be OK just try to look at it as a chance to try something new and maybe better.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
I can only echo the above sentiments Andy. I was also made redundant after 20ish years with a company, to be honest there have been some ups and downs since then but all in all looking back I am glad it happened. Its just at the time its hard to imagine a differant regime and the fear of the unknown. Best of luck 
