During the war

[Reynard]

The other thing I might end up doing, as a woman, is joining the Lumberjills.

Not blowing my trumpet or anything, but I am a dab hand at felling trees and then dismantling them to the size required.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

But should women be put on the list as equal to men?????

I'm sure that discussion has been had in higher places (WHAT higher that cyclechat?????) but would they????

My Dad was called up in WW2 - ended up in RAF Ground Crew - his eyesight was awful without glasses - if he was in the army and lost his glasses and got scared $deity knows who he would have shot!!!

didn't work out - RAF armourer so he got to check out the shot up rear turret to clear out the ammo before someone came to clear out the 'remains' - must have been a bit 'difficult'
then a bomb casing fell out of a Halifax (I think) and hit his head - thus breaking his spine
that was in 1944 - got out of hospital in 1947 I think

I would be bugger all use - too old and asthmatic - but if you want to sail a small boat I'm all yours

or I could keep IT stuff working - or even hack stuff - if I don't get bored

 

[Julia9054]

Not blowing my trumpet or anything

I could blow my trumpet and distract the enemy whilst the real soldiers snuck up on ‘em

 

[Drago]

My grandad only enlisted in WWII by accident.

He was a bit hard of hearing and thought he was signing up to give the nun a good licking.

 

[DRM]

My grandad only enlisted in WWII by accident.

He was a bit hard of hearing and thought he was signing up to give the nun a good licking.

Isn’t that WW1 propaganda for what the Bosch were up to in Belgium?

 

[Notafettler]

but if you want to sail a small boat I'm all yours

To late unless you are expecting another Dunkirk.

 

[Craig the cyclist]

I would lie about my age and pretend to only be 35 so I could go and fight 💂‍♂️

 

[Drago]

I would lie about my age and pretend to only be 35 so I could go and fight 💂‍♂️

Would the recruiter not become suspocipus of your zimmer frame, redolent smellmof cabbage, and the fact that you walked there in your slippers and pyjamas?

 

[Julia9054]

Isn‘t/wasn’t the upper age restriction for a reason? Surely someone with a patriotic fuelled over estimation of their own capability is going to be a liability?