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[paul463]

I, like Annie, like a visit to a castle or two - it's fun, and interesting, and gets me out and about

I was visiting an iron-age hillfort on my day off

Couldn't agree more History is a very important part of life (PS some great castles on the Isle of Man) My own passion is aviation museums love them! My love of aviation does lead to some harmless banter. But as I said earlier in this thread the place I work in (full of Scientists) has so many diverse hobbies and interests, one guy is a stage manager with a local drama group and one of my friends is very in to needle work. I often have conversations with her about how her latest project is going and often find myself discussing her latest search for buttons!

The guy I was working with yesterday tells me he still has some of his SW from his youth, including a boxed scout walker, A falcon and some other stuff. He was fairly impressed by Paul's SW collection that I showed him (It was a quiet day yesterday). Dave incidently is heavily in to computers asa hobby and was chatting about what he needs to scratch build his next PC.

It take all sorts. And as many of you have said those who take the piss are more than likely jealous or are low in IQ.

[Golden Puma]

the guy who bought the brick with his name spelt wrong, hope you had a good laugh at his expense, take that you twat!

There's a lot of interests I can't understand, one of my mates is a complete gear head, another one is into remote control cars.

People who can't live and let live aren't worth jack-diddly-iddly-sh*t

[gung-hoeddie]

on the history front, many years ago as a young scamp. I found an interest in reading WW1 poetry. I Was and still am amazed at the courage of those men that made the ultimate sacrifice. I was ridiculed for apparently being a big girls blouse for reading poetry. It does seem to me however that we as a group, as was mentioned earlier are more intelligent and imaginative than most. And regardless of what people think about our hobbies. Who cares. At least we've got the balls to do what we enjoy and to not follow the conventional way. I'm happy with my life, are they happy with theirs.

[tintinlostsnowy]

on the history front, many years ago as a young scamp. I found an interest in reading WW1 poetry. I Was and still am amazed at the courage of those men that made the ultimate sacrifice. I was ridiculed for apparently being a big girls blouse for reading poetry. It does seem to me however that we as a group, as was mentioned earlier are more intelligent and imaginative than most. And regardless of what people think about our hobbies. Who cares. At least we've got the balls to do what we enjoy and to not follow the conventional way. I'm happy with my life, are they happy with theirs.

Not last christmas but the year before my girlfriend bought me Forgotten Voices of the Great War by Max Arthur (I have a few of his books) It doesn't have poetry but it has snipets and humour from soldiers letters friend and foe from the front line some of it will put a lump in your throat others will have you in tears of laughter and some will do both it really is a great book.

SteveD You don't support Barnsley do you?
We play them at Turf Moor on boxing day and i am going!

[Thundershot]

I've learnt a lot more about world & military history while collecting "toys" & building models, than I ever did in school.
Kids toys have & will always reflect social history in one way or another..

[paul463]

the guy who bought the brick with his name spelt wrong, hope you had a good laugh at his expense, take that you twat!

We sure did the photo was in the local paper, so we kept putting it up on the notice board just to keep the piss taking going.

I found an interest in reading WW1 poetry. I Was and still am amazed at the courage of those men that made the ultimate sacrifice.

My uncle has been doing some research in to my Great Gradfathers expolits in WW1. It turns out that he started in the infantry and then transfered to the Royal Engineers. And as he was a miner in the real world he ended up as a tunnelling boy. He made it through the whole war which amazed me.

[tintinlostsnowy]

Miner's were a reserved occupation as well so he didn't really need to go!
My Grandad my Dad and my Brother were Miner's.
My Dad served in the 8th army during the second world war.
My Brother was killed in Hapton Valley Pit Disaster on 22nd March 1962.
http://www.dmm2.org.uk/uknames/u1962-01.htm

[gung-hoeddie]

There was a time team special on tv recently about tunnellers and there exploits. Although not many were ever recognised for there bravery Due to operational secrecy. Many of there missions a part from digging the trenches were to dig underneath the german trenches and blow them up. Many of those tasks took months to carry out. Brave men.

[paul463]

Miner's were a reserved occupation as well so he didn't really need to go!

My Grandad worked in a shipyard during WW2 he tried joining up but they wouldn't let him. My mum told me that one morning when he was coming home from work someone gave him three white feathers. That has always pissed me off, he did join the RAF as soon as he could. He ended up as a PTI sergeant. He was always fit and was always on at me about my fitness.

Trev, those are great pictures, some real history there.

That time team special was brilliant. It was on just after we got the info about my Great Grandad. I did wonder if he had maybe been involved in the building of that bunker.

[Chopper]

This has turned real interesting. History is important, without accurate recounts we are destined to make the same cockups. People should pay more attention to it.

TTLS, your Dad was at Alamein? There were a heap of Kiwi's there too. My great uncle Fred was one of them. IIRC he was attributed to being the first soldier to bring down a Stuka with a Lee Enfield single handed. Least that's my Poppa's legend Poppa had a reserved occupation and got call up papers just before Horihito surrendered, after much struggle with the NZ defence ministry. He always said Horihito was scared shitless that Poppa was coming and gave up. My Nan is a pom and was in the Waffy's during the Battle of Britain and Grandad was a navigator in the RNZAF based in Scotland. I hate to ask questions about what happened, because I know it upsets them. Pity really.