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:angry: Never watching a match again

"Im guessing what they want is all fans to hug each other and blow smoke up the poorly preforming players" Sorry George but you can't do that. No smoking is aloud in TCS. Oops different thread. Sorry couldn't resist.

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What ever you say.

"Most the wars you have faught in were for power and greed. Nothing more. The goverment sold out the forces. I hold the goverment to belame" For once I agree with you but have never stated otherwise. I might have put GOVERNMENT & BLAME but that's just me being picky. "but its the soldiers choice to sign up for the army" You should thank God they did or you would not be DornochWCaley, you might have been Outer Berlin Caley. "You can say what you want about me" You're right I can but that's only thanks to the boys and girls that have laid down their lives to give us the right to free speech. "there are more people in Countries all around the world that think the same as me than people that will agree with you. You just wont find many, if any of them on tis forum." Thank God for that but maybe that's because people on this forum have a bit more common sense than you. Georgious, Thanks for the PM much appreciated. I would quite happily let members of the NHS watch the match for nothing. As mentioned earlier I came out of hospital a couple of days ago and they were great looking after me.

Cheers Dam, I must have sold my soul as well. I did 22yrs in the army and am proud to say so. Just as all the lads and lasses now serving should be. I'm afraid that people like him need to take a good look at themself. While we all have our points of view and the right to state them, we should remember why we have that right. It is because of the soldiers that have fought and died for this country in all the wars that we have been involved in. Luckily enough I can speak German, it might have come in quite handy if our boys hadn't sold their souls.

Sold their souls to the devil? I give up you win

Johnboy, Thank you for your comments. I fully respect your views and agree with some of them. I believe we had no businesss going to Afgan in the first place, it wasn't our war but if the guys can take out the taliban/Al Qaeda etc then it would be a safer world. I also believe that we shouldn't have gone to Iraq for the same reason but unfortunately the USA called and we wagged our tail. I agree with you in respect of that being there has made things worse and a lot of the attacks wouldn't have taken place if we were not there, however now that we are I feel we should support our troops no matter what. It isn't the troops that are the problem it's the politicians, they are the ones making the decisions. The troops are just doing their bidding and dying for them. DornochCaley "Its not the religion i hate but their actions. And IMO, some of the actions of the british army are unforgivable." Oh well, at least the Catholic's actions in NI are beyond reproach. And by the way I am neither Catholic or Protestant and have friends/relatives on both sides of the devide and spent over 4 years in NI and been attacked by both sides. You are fully entitled to your views on this subject and although I find it hard I do respect that right. I still find it hard to understand that you don't care about young boys/girls coming back in boxes. They are people's children, husbands, fathers etc. Surely you can respect that?

"Yet i bet you dont feel MUCH compassion when a Taliban member dies do you?" No because that taliban member would think nothing of planting a bomb in the middle of Inverness. An army is a necessary evil to protect what we have, PEACE. Without the army we would have a lot more terrorist attacks in the UK. The army is also key in keeping the Afgan drugs off our streets. I know some will not see that as a good thing but I do. Unfortunately (IMO) your arguement is based on a hatred driven by religion and by a conflict that has pretty much finished. Now I realise there will always be a devide between Catholics and Protestants but surely that has nothing to do with this topic. This is about certain people in the UK wishing to show their appreciation for the boys and girls that fight to make this a safer place to live.

All I can say is I feel sorry for someone with so much coldness in them. If you can't feel anything for the families watching their loved ones come back in a box you have serious problems.

Hi all. I have recently completed 22yrs in the army. During that time I completed tours of the Falklands, Cyprus, Bosnia, Kosovo, numerous stints in Northern Ireland and various other delightful places. Now yes I did choose to join the army, to defend Queen and country. The problem is we are not defending our Queen and country we are defending everybody else's. Now you may say that you knew the risks when you joined, there was a chance you could go to these places, but no when I joined 1984 we didn't fight for everybody else we fought for ourselves. Yes I know the Falklands was a long way from here but it was British. Now I was lucky enough not to go to the Gulf but I lost friends who did and believe me they didn't want to be there either. We don't expect freebies when we return from tours but it is very much appreciated as it shows people care. The biggest boost to morale costs nothing. When we return from tours and parade through the streets and see all the people cheering for us, that is when we feel proud to serve. We would rather have all the money from freebies spent on decent kit. As for the housing, I moved 9 times in 22yrs that I can remember and yes we had some really nice quarters and some right s**tholes but we paid the going rate for all of them and all the council taxes etc. I will never forget my wife bursting into tears when she saw our first married quarter in Tidworth. It was in a block of flats and it looked like something out of Cell block H. They are doing up all the MQs but it will take a long time. The single accom wasn't much better when I joined I lived in a reformed stable block, granted they are building new accom for them now but that stable block still houses troops. Yes I know that the Emergency services do a fantastic job here, hell, I only got out of raigmore yesterday after having my gallbladder removed.(yes I'm still very sore)But I think that the level of danger is slightly higher in Afgan and I think the boys and girls should be rewarded with freebies like free tickets. Now don't get me wrong, I respect the views of all of you as this is your right but surely you don't begrudge a few freebies to those that are striving and dying in far of lands to keep us safe from the terrorist. No-one asks for these freebies or expects them but what harm does it do to let them know they are respected and cared about. I for one will still shed a tear every time one of them is driven through Wooton Basset in a hurse because that is the right thing to do.

Taa to both of you, I will try it today and report back later.

Hi, For some reason my desktop has died on me. When I start it up it gets to a screen that says "Scanning Bios image in hard drive..." and stops. Any ideas? Any help is gratefully appreciated.

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Oh no pink elephants

Aaaargh, I thought I'd be last.LOL Think about it, it's true.

Today is yesterday's tomorrow and tomorrow's yesterday, but tomorrow never comes and yesterday never was. :015:

Oh well it won't last, bound to rain soon But I don't care I'm off to Spain in 2 weeks :P

Sunburn in Inverness? Who'd of thought it?

800 people needed medical treatment during the 3 days. how much of that was alcohol/drug related I wonder?

Yeah, again according to the paper it was from an existing condition.

Big thing about a brawl in the paper today that Dizzy rascal had to help sort out. Anything in it or just the papers talking crap as usual?

Cheers Scotty I've done all the above and no joy. I can get the main site , it's just when I try to go into the forum page and log in. Oh well, looks like I'll just have to go on the laptop for this site. I'm sure it'll come right eventually. Cheers for your help