Cannonfodder80 Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Asda selling nicorette lozenges for just over a pound instead of the usual price of almost a fiver fiver Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 That feeling of paying for your lunch with money you've found in the street. Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Free food! Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Had a *fruitcage*-awesome night last night, damn it my life goes up and down and last night was right up there. That is all, back to your business. Oh and Marui making the M9 with all the extra bits the M9A1 has makes me feel good too. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 I'm noticing a distinct lack of googly-eye hailing here, people Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 Ok, hail the googly eyes........ Happy now? Can I go back to my girl and hot wax play? Yup, great, thanks. and 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted September 6, 2015 Report Share Posted September 6, 2015 ALL HAIL THE GOOGLY EYEZ!!! *kowtows and apologises* Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 All Hail Googly Eyez!!! Huzzah! Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Our Squadron won silver at the Army pistol shooting thing. We got beaten by the medics, who always win because: A) they're from NI so they can get on the ranges whenever they want, and pretty much all they do is shooting competitions. So not bad for my first go. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Went to see the Foo Fighters last night at MK Bowl.... was *fruitcage*ing awesome! Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Our Squadron won silver at the Army pistol shooting thing. We got beaten by the medics, who always win because: A) they're from NI so they can get on the ranges whenever they want, and pretty much all they do is shooting competitions. Something I've always wondered about the military. Say an individual wants to do more pistol/rifle practice beyond what is required for whatever qualification/annual competence checks (I assume they are a thing?) How easy is that to go about? I take it there are only ranges on certain bases/locations so not as easy as the NI guys. You couldn't just decide to blat off a few hundred rounds through a Sig every week or so if you want? Link to post Share on other sites
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amateurstuntman Posted September 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 Something I've always wondered about the military. Say an individual wants to do more pistol/rifle practice beyond what is required for whatever qualification/annual competence checks (I assume they are a thing?) How easy is that to go about? I take it there are only ranges on certain bases/locations so not as easy as the NI guys. You couldn't just decide to blat off a few hundred rounds through a Sig every week or so if you want? Nope. Nope. Nooooooooope. Now, I wasn't in NI and I was an Engineer but people just couldn't give a *fruitcage* about shooting. I was in the regimental shooting team and on more than one occasion I went to the armoury to sign out my rifle to find that it had been: Signed out by someone else. Response: "you can't have a rifle and an LSW so I gave it to the new guy" You know I am in the shooting team, LSW for my role in the section and rifle for comps. Had the SUSAT removed by the armourer. Response: "Engineers don't get SUSAT, you shouldn't have it" You do if you're in the shooting team you plum. Sights altered off of zero for no reason. Response: "I didn't do it, chin up" I've had range days cancelled because the regiment didn't have enough bullets. I've seen guys only pass the APWT because a shooter in the next lane was told to fire across lanes at his target. When you get posted you don't take your weapon with you, they just give you another. It looks the same. Stop whining. DC will tell you about infantry but the Engineers were a joke. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 I don't know why I expected any less ha ha. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted September 7, 2015 Report Share Posted September 7, 2015 I found a new motto for Rusty: Link to post Share on other sites
darkchild130 Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 None of that stuff that Stunt said happens in the infantry. Shooting people is our primary concern so our weapon is ours and it rarely gets *fruitcage*ed with. That being said, I'm now in a cavalry unit, and last month they took all our DD handguards and Elcan sights away from us because somebody else needed them lol. In terms of practice for competitions, we had 2 range days to train for it, which is frankly ridiculous, as short barreled weapons are notorious for skill fade, you need to put thousands of rounds through a pistol before you become proficient in its use. Eg, nowadays we use Glocks (which I do not like) whereas I did all my pistol shooting as a covert soldier in NI with a Sig (which I love). It would take me months to get used to the Glock, and unlearn all my sig shooting habits, not the 2 days we actually had. You can never get the range time you want. The NI shooters on the other hand, live in Northern Ireland. It would not be a stretch for any of the medics (who have all been professional pistol shots at some point) to buy their own guns and train whenever they damn well please. This is why I said that Silver is not bad, considering we get about 2 days a year to fire the things, compared to the hundreds of hours these guys put in. Darkchild Link to post Share on other sites
Tw1tch Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Well the MOD clearly need to talk to Madbull about some DD rails then. Link to post Share on other sites
Bovinedog Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 What made me smile? Didn't die yesterday! Think I mentioned on here about my Achilles tendon rupture. Well, on the back of that I have had a huge pulmonary embolism, a clot blocking the main artery of the lungs. almost completely blocked one side and mostly blocked the other. Doc said it was impressive and was very clear it was life threatening. Have recovered v quickly with some kick *albatross* drugs (side effect-my brain could bleed!) Nhs care has been brilliant. Owe them my life..... Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 Bloody hell! Link to post Share on other sites
Bovinedog Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Yeah, scary. And on blood thinners for at least 3 months, so no airsoft. Bruises and thiiners not good. Doc asked if I'd had keyhole surgery because of my old airsoft wounds! Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Sitting in the dentist waiting to be seen. £18.80 for anything. Anything. This is due to being in a lot of pain last night. I can hear a small drill. . . Edit: I'm going in (and Annie Lennox is on the radio). Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Dentist never bothered me, suppose I'm lucky! Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Dentist never bothered me, suppose I'm lucky! Obviously never had a real bad one. My old one was so much of a miser with the anaesthetic, it was almost like he was adding half of your allocated drugs to his "personal stash". He also insisted on passing all the sharp nasty tools past your eyes instead of from below, which put you on edge before they'd even got to your mouth. Link to post Share on other sites
Got Wood? Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Every picture Jessica Ngiri puts up on Facebook Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Obviously never had a real bad one. My old one was so much of a miser with the anaesthetic, it was almost like he was adding half of your allocated drugs to his "personal stash". He also insisted on passing all the sharp nasty tools past your eyes instead of from below, which put you on edge before they'd even got to your mouth. Always had the good drugs. Never felt a thing. Tools don't bother me either! Link to post Share on other sites
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