That's quite funny. The good thing about military service jokes is that you generally don't need to embellish them, the simple truth is hilarious. There was a series of books - described as subversive first-hand accounts - that Spike Milligan wrote about his WWII army career in the artillery, which had me in stitches!
I wonder when Robert Maclaren was actually commissioned - a topic the paymaster ignored, clearly a typo originally. I'd say probably 1966 : 2nd lieutenant to Lt Colonel over 35 years is reasonable with about 2000 BGP per year of service credited. I don't know what that buys you in Pommyland but it's a nice ~ $132K+ AUD Downunder (provided it's not taxed by Canberra, always a possibility). Here that will get you a real nice car, say a top notch Ford Mustang ('Bullitt' color scheme) with some spare for the insurance, services and running costs for a good decade.
Cheers, Mike.
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That's quite funny. The good
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That's quite funny. The good thing about military service jokes is that you generally don't need to embellish them, the simple truth is hilarious. There was a series of books - described as subversive first-hand accounts - that Spike Milligan wrote about his WWII army career in the artillery, which had me in stitches!
I wonder when Robert Maclaren was actually commissioned - a topic the paymaster ignored, clearly a typo originally. I'd say probably 1966 : 2nd lieutenant to Lt Colonel over 35 years is reasonable with about 2000 BGP per year of service credited. I don't know what that buys you in Pommyland but it's a nice ~ $132K+ AUD Downunder (provided it's not taxed by Canberra, always a possibility). Here that will get you a real nice car, say a top notch Ford Mustang ('Bullitt' color scheme) with some spare for the insurance, services and running costs for a good decade.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
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Richard
Just found out that A Tale of
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Just found out that A Tale of Two Cities was originally serialised in two local newspapers.
It was The Bicester Times, it was the Worcester Times.
Richard
Pull in your horns. Or Al
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Pull in your horns.
Or Al Gore you.
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Why is one third of a Pun a
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Why is one third of a Pun a waste?
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Hey Flat Earthers! If the
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Hey Flat Earthers!
If the world was really flat, wouldn't cats have pushed everything off by now?
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Yep. Sucked in for sure.
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Yep. Sucked in for sure.
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My get up and go left without
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My get up and go, got up and left without me.
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From a bumper
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From a bumper sticker.
The Place of a Women is in the House!
And the Senate.
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ill humor. Noun - jokes about
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ill humor. Noun - jokes about being sick.
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