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oggbashan said:
This afternoon I went out into my front garden overlooking the sea.

The wind was blowing my hair
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That sounded so peaceful in the midst of all this turmoil. I love the ocean and miss it having moved thousands of miles away recently. I envy you having access like that. ;)
 
gordo12 said:
That sounded so peaceful in the midst of all this turmoil. I love the ocean and miss it having moved thousands of miles away recently. I envy you having access like that. ;)
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It isn't so nice in winter when the NE gales blow, I have to clean salt off my windows every day and my garden plants have to be salt-tolerant.

Until I changed to Volvos, my cars used to dissolve into rust heaps within a year.
 
oggbashan said:
It isn't so nice in winter when the NE gales blow, I have to clean salt off my windows every day and my garden plants have to be salt-tolerant.

Until I changed to Volvos, my cars used to dissolve into rust heaps within a year.
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I was more sheltered. It was a headland and it was half a mile to the beach in the direction of the prevailing winds. There was forests of huge cedars around that broke the wind. But we were 500 feet from the tip of the headland and steps to the beach. There was a little community down there with a café. We'd walk down and have coffee and a hot cinnamon roll. It would frequently be foggy, but there was always the soothing sounds of the waves and the cries of the seagulls. I loved it. The sun would gradually burn the fog off. Biggest decision I had was whether or not I REALLY wanted to eat that cinnamon roll and hike back up the (120) stairs.

It's something I miss.
 
oggbashan said:
As I said in another post when young my father's office was lined with Naval Cutlasses used and damaged during the battle of Trafalgar.

I used to practice cutlass drill with them, and the now obsolete naval exercise of double cutlass swinging. Cutlasses were heavy but they improved my shoulder and arm muscles.

Cutlass swinging was probably stopped because the risk of an accident with a sharp blade was high. Even 150 years after Trafalgar the cutlasses were sharp even if showing damage from use in combat.

This is a video of cutlass drill ( from 0.30):

https://youtu.be/YiIDHPO54BI
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You have got to be shitting me.


Talk about preparing to "fight the last war !"


WTF ? Was the Admiralty expecting the crew of H.M.S. Rodney to repel boarders from the Graf Spee ?


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trysail said:


You have got to be shitting me.


Talk about preparing to "fight the last war !"


WTF ? Was the Admiralty expecting the crew of H.M.S. Rodney to repel boarders from the Graf Spee ?


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They are supposed to have used cutlasses in 1940 when boarding the German supply vessel Altmark in what was then Norwegian neutral waters to free 300 British merchant seaman taken captive by the Graf Spee, but the use of cutlasses is disputed.

Cutlass drill and cutlass swinging were part of The Royal Tournaments until the 1960s, as was the field gun race, based on an incident in the Boer War and using field guns of the 19th century.

PS: One of the first orders given to naval officers at the start of the First World War in 1914 was 'sharpen swords'!
 
jehoram said:
Well, one thing about cutlasses is that they don't run out of bullets.
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And a group of sailors waving cutlasses scares the shit out of civilian rioters. The rioters 'know' the British won't shoot but a cutlass is different.

PS. Unfortunately, the idea that the British won't shoot rioters is mistaken even when the people aren't actually rioting. But the British wouldn't think twice about advancing with drawn cutlasses or fixed bayonets. If you don't get out of the way you're going to meet cold steel.
 
Out of curiosity: What's a field gun race? Cursing soldiers dragging artillery pieces across a stretch of tricky terrain?
 
Blind_Justice said:
Out of curiosity: What's a field gun race? Cursing soldiers dragging artillery pieces across a stretch of tricky terrain?
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This is a field gun race:

https://youtu.be/EnzzWKyPcO8

I used to take part in a boy scout version with trek carts, dismantling it to cross a 'chasm'. I carried the heaviest item - the chassis.

In the 1960s the Royal Dockyards thought of entering teams for the Field gun races. I was selected and trained for Devonport but they decided that the Dockyards should not compete so we were stood down.
 
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I am thinking of collecting my posts from this thread as a permanent blog to be posted as a 'story' on Literotica. I may want to include quotes from other people that I have responded to.

Anyone object violently?
 
oggbashan said:
I am thinking of collecting my posts from this thread as a permanent blog to be posted as a 'story' on Literotica. I may want to include quotes from other people that I have responded to.

Anyone object violently?
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Go to it, friend.
With a will !
 
oggbashan said:
I am thinking of collecting my posts from this thread as a permanent blog to be posted as a 'story' on Literotica. I may want to include quotes from other people that I have responded to.

Anyone object violently?
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If you want to quote me, you are very welcome, Ogg)
 
oggbashan said:
I am thinking of collecting my posts from this thread as a permanent blog to be posted as a 'story' on Literotica. I may want to include quotes from other people that I have responded to.

Anyone object violently?
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No worries from this end, Ogg.
 
oggbashan said:
I am thinking of collecting my posts from this thread as a permanent blog to be posted as a 'story' on Literotica. I may want to include quotes from other people that I have responded to.

Anyone object violently?
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I consent violently. Be my guest.
 
Actually, Ogg, this is a public forum and everything posted here is posted on that basis. I’m not sure you need any specially consent.
 
TarnishedPenny said:
Actually, Ogg, this is a public forum and everything posted here is posted on that basis. I’m not sure you need any specially consent.
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I've assumed that but I was just giving people a chance to object.

Part 02 Jan - Apr 19 2020 is now pending also as is Part 03 - a never-before posted account of Og as a Boy Scout. Part 03 is based on a talk I gave last year to a pensioners' group.
 
Now I just wait at home, isolated because I am 'at risk'.

My next medical appointment is 18 May - if hospital isn't locked down then.
 
oggbashan said:
I am thinking of collecting my posts from this thread as a permanent blog to be posted as a 'story' on Literotica. I may want to include quotes from other people that I have responded to.

Anyone object violently?
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Feel free. I think quoting anything from this forum would qualify as Fair Use.

James
 
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