Walter Mitty
Apr 22nd 2012 | 3:55 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
Nom nom nom nom nom anom....
Sorry, did some one say summit... She asks through a mouthful of feathers???
Ok... I confess... The poor bird that the australian ferral damaged and we had to go out and spend over $100 (cant remember how much it was) on a preloved outdoor cage from gumtree for coz it couldnt fly...and I felt rwsponsible and wouldnt let HIM put it out of its misery... Was killed by one of the hounds from hell... Not mentioning which one, but if you guessed the snobby long legged, pedigree longer than my arm, more blue blooded than the royal bloody family (unlike her adopted family who she feels is more like the Royale family) weimeranna .. You wouldnt be far off the mark.... Who opened the very hard to slide open door on the cage... And snaffled it.... And I KNOW it was her, because it was in and around HER mouth and the other hound from hell would never have let her near it if he had been bright enough to get it...
But I didnt mention it, coz i was embarassed... And thought it would spark a barage of abuse about people who let their cat hunt pidgeons during daylight in australia, only to feed them to their dogs... Its a bloody australian ferral... Its NOT british!!!!
Ok?
Sorry, did some one say summit... She asks through a mouthful of feathers???
Ok... I confess... The poor bird that the australian ferral damaged and we had to go out and spend over $100 (cant remember how much it was) on a preloved outdoor cage from gumtree for coz it couldnt fly...and I felt rwsponsible and wouldnt let HIM put it out of its misery... Was killed by one of the hounds from hell... Not mentioning which one, but if you guessed the snobby long legged, pedigree longer than my arm, more blue blooded than the royal bloody family (unlike her adopted family who she feels is more like the Royale family) weimeranna .. You wouldnt be far off the mark.... Who opened the very hard to slide open door on the cage... And snaffled it.... And I KNOW it was her, because it was in and around HER mouth and the other hound from hell would never have let her near it if he had been bright enough to get it...
But I didnt mention it, coz i was embarassed... And thought it would spark a barage of abuse about people who let their cat hunt pidgeons during daylight in australia, only to feed them to their dogs... Its a bloody australian ferral... Its NOT british!!!!
Ok?
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Apr 22nd 2012 | 4:02 am
#77
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Re: Walter Mitty
What does one serve with woodpidgeon in ORStralia?
Remember the season for it starting in september at home... But what is seasonal here during pidgeon season?????
Remember the season for it starting in september at home... But what is seasonal here during pidgeon season?????
Apr 22nd 2012 | 4:12 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
Talking of which, I have a bone to pick with him. Yesterday Rocky and Gordon were on the sofa on the quilt - I say the quilt you made for me, we were all huddled up and I heard this little voice, not entirely clear but quite high pitched say 'shut up' - it was the bloody parrot.
'Do you ever tell Spider to shut up?' I asked him, not believing it possible, he blushed and said that each time he lies on the sofa and watches TV, Spider yells to get his attention and he tells her to shut up, and when she doesnt, he goes over to her to tickle her belly and give her attention.
So now, the way to get attention and a belly rub in her eyes, is to shriek and say 'shut up' - it isnt that clear but you can understand it and god knows what else he is teaching her.
There will be no munching on that bird, she will yell her way out of Leccys stomach.
Apr 22nd 2012 | 8:24 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
Some people cruise through life doing and achieving little, others push themselves. It all depends how much you put into life, and how much you take out.
Read some of the obituaries in the Telegraph to see what i mean. Or even here in Australia.
Take Malcolm Van Gelder for instance. Look at what this guy did in his lifetime:
http://malcolmvangelder.blogspot.com.au/
Or you can read all about him building airfields in Thailand here:
http://www.wasappers.com/documents/D..._Chapter_4.pdf
He packed a fair bit into his life. I goes some might think he was a Walter Mitty if they "met" him on BE. To be honest BE would benefit from a few more like Col Van Gelder.....
Read some of the obituaries in the Telegraph to see what i mean. Or even here in Australia.
Take Malcolm Van Gelder for instance. Look at what this guy did in his lifetime:
- 1952 Royal Military College middleweight boxing champion.
- 1958 Became a the ACT’s first Wallaby, scored 2 tries against NZ
- Played rugby for 4 states – SA, Vic, NSW and ACT
- Refereed 466 rugby matches in the ACT
- Scored a try against the All Blacks
- A graduate in Military Science, Engineering, Economics and Law
- Fought in the Borneo campaign (Sawrawak during the Indonesian confrontation)
- Fought in the Malaya Campaign against the communists
- Fought in the Vietnam War.
- Spent 2 years in Thailand as an Army Engineer
- Was at Maralinga for the atomic bomb trials.
- Retired from the Army as a Lt Colonel
- Won two AMF Gold Medals for military essays
- Was a cattle farmer and built a small ‘alternative life-style’ village
- Was a Solicitor with a small but successful practice.
- Partied with Russian Generals in Delhi at the time of their Afghanistan War
- Travelled up the Ganges on a steam ship.
- Travelled to Katmandu
http://malcolmvangelder.blogspot.com.au/
Or you can read all about him building airfields in Thailand here:
http://www.wasappers.com/documents/D..._Chapter_4.pdf
He packed a fair bit into his life. I goes some might think he was a Walter Mitty if they "met" him on BE. To be honest BE would benefit from a few more like Col Van Gelder.....
In my experience many ex soldiers and indeed serving soldiers, particularly Royal Engineers or Artisan tradesmen, pack a great deal into their lives and have many many stories and experiences to share. As you show, Sappers in particular are renowned for being seconded too or attached at some point to every known infantry, tanky, artilary regiment/ battalion etc. They certainly get about abit and pack in far more 'sunshine' tours than most. They have 4 lives in effect. First as a civvy, then as a soldier on duty, then as an off duty soldier with family etc, then as a civvy again. Plenty of life experience in different roles and all usually before they hit 40 and the colours have ended.
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Apr 22nd 2012 | 9:24 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
Interesting man. Ranulph Feines is another. David Sterling too. Most service personel also wear many hats.
In my experience many ex soldiers and indeed serving soldiers, particularly Royal Engineers or Artisan tradesmen, pack a great deal into their lives and have many many stories and experiences to share. As you show, Sappers in particular are reknowned for being seconded too or attached at some point to every known infantry, tanky, artilary regiment/ battalion etc. They certainly get about abit and pack in far more 'sunshine' tours than most. They have 4 lives in effect. First as a civvy, then as a soldier on duty, then as an off duty soldier with family etc, then as a civvy again. Plenty of life experience in different roles.
In my experience many ex soldiers and indeed serving soldiers, particularly Royal Engineers or Artisan tradesmen, pack a great deal into their lives and have many many stories and experiences to share. As you show, Sappers in particular are reknowned for being seconded too or attached at some point to every known infantry, tanky, artilary regiment/ battalion etc. They certainly get about abit and pack in far more 'sunshine' tours than most. They have 4 lives in effect. First as a civvy, then as a soldier on duty, then as an off duty soldier with family etc, then as a civvy again. Plenty of life experience in different roles.
Apr 22nd 2012 | 9:34 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
I is just me, not tried to be anything else on here, I'm the same when you meet me (probs a tad quieter at first but I'd say most are the same).
Met lots of BE'ers and liked all so far, but then I wouldn't arrange to meet up with someone I'm not too fond of on here, so I appear to have judged well.
Met lots of BE'ers and liked all so far, but then I wouldn't arrange to meet up with someone I'm not too fond of on here, so I appear to have judged well.
Annoying, more than a little patronising, extremely sarcastic, frequently hilarious and with a heart of gold. Sometimes.
I wouldn't get away with spouting bullshit - and having lived with a Walter Mitty sociopathic type for a very, very, very, very long 5 years, I wouldn't want to.
I suppose some things get exaggerated for comedic effect (usually at my own expense) - actually... I don't really think I do that much!
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Apr 22nd 2012 | 9:41 am
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Apr 22nd 2012 | 9:48 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
Oh I dont know, if i listed the things i had seen and done no doubt some would question it 
Success for many is having their own home and a family, for others it is money.
Success for many is having their own home and a family, for others it is money.
Apr 22nd 2012 | 10:03 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
It seems that BE draws interesting people....but then it also seems to draw people who are happiest scampering through the more mundane...the people who complain about their lives!! The weather and their housebound kids....their food stuffs...
Apr 22nd 2012 | 10:13 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
.........and they usually don't realise how well off they really are!
Apr 22nd 2012 | 10:24 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
I do think a lot of people on BE are bored with their U K lives...the key is managing the rest of it perhaps.
Apr 22nd 2012 | 10:30 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
Interesting thread, having just spent 5 days with a BE poster I had never met before, staying with her family in their home in a country where I know precisely one word of the language 
We have got on brilliantly, she is exactly how she appears on the forum, and she has a lovely family who match perfectly with their online descriptions. Extreme relief for both of us I think when we discovered neither of us are axe-murderers but are just how we portrayed ourselves on here 
Maybe I've been lucky with the BE-ers I've met but the majority have been the people they appear to be online, I can only think of a couple of exceptions, and I must have met well over 100 posters at various times.
We have got on brilliantly, she is exactly how she appears on the forum, and she has a lovely family who match perfectly with their online descriptions. Extreme relief for both of us I think when we discovered neither of us are axe-murderers but are just how we portrayed ourselves on here Maybe I've been lucky with the BE-ers I've met but the majority have been the people they appear to be online, I can only think of a couple of exceptions, and I must have met well over 100 posters at various times.
Apr 22nd 2012 | 10:40 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
Interesting thread, having just spent 5 days with a BE poster I had never met before, staying with her family in their home in a country where I know precisely one word of the language We have got on brilliantly, she is exactly how she appears on the forum, and she has a lovely family who match perfectly with their online descriptions. Extreme relief for both of us I think when we discovered neither of us are axe-murderers but are just how we portrayed ourselves on here
Maybe I've been lucky with the BE-ers I've met but the majority have been the people they appear to be online, I can only think of a couple of exceptions, and I must have met well over 100 posters at various times.
We have got on brilliantly, she is exactly how she appears on the forum, and she has a lovely family who match perfectly with their online descriptions. Extreme relief for both of us I think when we discovered neither of us are axe-murderers but are just how we portrayed ourselves on here Maybe I've been lucky with the BE-ers I've met but the majority have been the people they appear to be online, I can only think of a couple of exceptions, and I must have met well over 100 posters at various times.
I have to be honest and say I tend to avoid BE people at meets....I'm always scared that I will be drawn into conversations about the very things that I know nothing about or not be able to relate to them ....there's a confession...
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Apr 22nd 2012 | 10:51 am
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Re: Walter Mitty
Can I ask in what part of the world you were? Or indeed what country?
I have to be honest and say I tend to avoid BE people at meets....I'm always scared that I will be drawn into conversations about the very things that I know nothing about or not be able to relate to them ....there's a confession...
I have to be honest and say I tend to avoid BE people at meets....I'm always scared that I will be drawn into conversations about the very things that I know nothing about or not be able to relate to them ....there's a confession...
We talked about it last night, how strange it is that we have both turned out to be the same as expected, when all we've done up till now is two short phone calls and stuff on the forum.
