Originally posted by Mailman
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Army targetting the poor
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Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone -
Wouldnt make any difference as all kiwis are in well paying contract/permanent positions, thus ensuring their fellow english citizens are kept out of employment
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Caught up with a load of my old RAF mates at the weekend. They all had nice big pay packs this month - all their tax back from the time they spent in Iraq. Hmmm... should have asked where mine was. Anyway, they aren't too bothered about pay seeing as after a few years service their rate starts aproaching something worth while. And they get cheap lodgings and food. Also, you can't buy the social life that you adopt when you sign up. There are many benefits and I haven't met too many serviceman who aren't happy because of the pay. It's generally the inept leadership, tulipty conditions and crap gear that get them all down.
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I must say, from my Army days, that my squaddies were absolute gems. I conversed several times with a recruiting sergeant on this very point: about how ours were the creme, and he pointed out he used various tricks to get the planks to try out for the Marines instead.Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.Comment
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Originally posted by threadedI must say, from my Army days, that my squaddies were absolute gems. I conversed several times with a recruiting sergeant on this very point: about how ours were the creme, and he pointed out he used various tricks to get the planks to try out for the Marines instead.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by DanTheManEveryone knows this happens. When I was going through basic one of my instructors basically accused everyone signing up cos they could get feck all else outside of the military. Only myself and about 2 other people disagreed. 1 said he only went in the recruitment office to get out of the rain (which made us chuckle).
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Originally posted by bogeymanWhat rank were you in your Army Days then Threaded? Field Marshal?Comment
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Its standard practice
From taking the Kings shilling in the bottom of a Tankard (hence glass bottom tankards) to Micheal Moore in Bowling for Columbine its the same story, who else would want to become cannon fodder if they had a choice?Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by threadedI must say, from my Army days, that my squaddies were absolute gems. I conversed several times with a recruiting sergeant on this very point: about how ours were the creme, and he pointed out he used various tricks to get the planks to try out for the Marines instead.
I missed this absolute threaded gem ....Hard Brexit now!
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Originally posted by threadedI must say, from my Army days, that my squaddies were absolute gems. I conversed several times with a recruiting sergeant on this very point: about how ours were the creme, and he pointed out he used various tricks to get the planks to try out for the Marines instead.Comment
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