(0945) Quiz of sorts at 1100. (1035)
10. Moo corner
9. Over at 1455
8. Sunday morning gathering
The simple truth of the matter is that I am but one ageing guy and there is only so much I can gather, esp. with youtube making it increasingly difficult, esp. with films, to find … required seeking time has now exponentially increased.
One way around it is to go back to old posts, say a particular post from some years ago, and scroll down through that month, saving anything interesting, e.g. screenshots, posts, songs and films. Sometimes they’re still on youtube, sometimes not.
This requires that golden gem … available time … not helped by the ipad or WP playing up in compose mode. Those who can rightly expect me to be there for them … I do need this hour which one month’s scrolling takes … and the benefits will soon be apparent … you should see the material we now have in the wings for a start.
Humbly request that you can cut me some slack on this.
7. The talking heads read their scripts
… who sends the scripts? Who writes them?
Cranberry juice. Works every time. Moving on I see Rupert has been on X, calling on Nigel to “unite the Right” – Douglas Murray called that one over a week ago. Change of subject last night I watched a recording I made of a three-part series called Platoon 24/7. This was back in February and I’ve only just got round to watching it:
During 2025, a film production company was embedded with 13 Platoon, D Company, 5 RIFLES, filming a documentary called ‘Platoon 24/7: Preparing for War’ (‘24/7’ is a C5 ‘brand’ they use on a few access series). The documentary highlights the personal journeys of some of the key Riflemen within the platoon | https://www.therifleslikoyli.co.uk/post/platoon-24-7-preparing-for-war-a-new-channel-5-series-featuring-d-coy-5-rifles
You always compare your time in the forces to what it is like today – well I do anyway. What I saw was less discipline certainly and every other bloke has a full set now. We know why they made this change to King’s Orders and I commented on it at the time. In my day the lads were a muscular lean, and very fit but some would say that’s because you were in Commando Forces where standards are different. True, but when I was at Woolwich Garrison there were no ‘fatties’ as I recall. Blokes didn’t wear glasses either so something must have changed with the eyesight test to allow it.
Having said that the soldiers are the same, it’s just the age we live in that makes them seem somewhat different to my generation – I’m sure my Dad’s generation would look upon mine and come to the same conclusion. What I’m describing is a societal change and the Army it do recruit from it. On to the AFV they dismount from to do their fighting and it’s the FV 510 Warrior. A little secret: the company I did my apprenticeship with made the gearboxes, a subcontract from David Brown. I know because my Dad worked there at the time. Next year marks its 40th anniversary in service with the British Army.