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Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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I agree, in theory it can work, but they are making the duties too long
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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ashadd wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:I think horses will be the next way forward well maybe pack mules, now there's something I have had experience with. :Very Happy

You really ought too stay in more DV, youre starting to scare me now...... :wave :wave :wave :wave :wave :Very Happy
:chuckle :chuckle I once served in the Far East and was for a time based with a Gurkha Squadron of Pack Mules, they were used for carrying 105mm Pack Howitzers and the ammunition of course. I wasn't directly involved of course but saw them many times. They weren't fast but could certainly hump the stuff up terrain you couldn't trail in.
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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Was that during the Boxer Rebellion?
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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clashcityrocker wrote:Was that during the Boxer Rebellion?
No! You cheeky bugger! It was in the 60's, and good times too :dance :chuckle
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dvbuk55 wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:Was that during the Boxer Rebellion?
No! You cheeky bugger! It was in the 60's, and good times too :dance :chuckle
The 1860's or the 1760's? :hmmmm
I don't suppose your mouth bleeds every 28 days, does it?

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Don't be daft.
He was fleeing the Battle of Hastings.
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle

You two are heading for the naughty room and bloody well deserved too. :Very Happy
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Off topic again,next you'll be posting random-ish kind of related pics in serious threads again. :roll:
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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POSTMAN wrote:Off topic again,next you'll be posting random-ish kind of related pics in serious threads again. :roll:
I would have put a photo of a mule carrying a howitzer but I couldn't find one - sorry. Abingdon van share failing..........very many places it isn't and it's coming to an office near you soooooon.
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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Image

mules carrying 75mmpack howitzer in Abingdon allegedly
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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POSTMAN wrote:Off topic again,next you'll be posting random-ish kind of related pics in serious threads again. :roll:
Aw da-aad! S'not fair....'e only bleedin' started it! :chuckle :whistle :angel
I don't suppose your mouth bleeds every 28 days, does it?

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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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dvbuk55 wrote:
ashadd wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:I think horses will be the next way forward well maybe pack mules, now there's something I have had experience with. :Very Happy

You really ought too stay in more DV, youre starting to scare me now...... :wave :wave :wave :wave :wave :Very Happy
:chuckle :chuckle I once served in the Far East and was for a time based with a Gurkha Squadron of Pack Mules, they were used for carrying 105mm Pack Howitzers and the ammunition of course. I wasn't directly involved of course but saw them many times. They weren't fast but could certainly hump the stuff up terrain you couldn't trail in.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=53074" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - it's a shame we can't hear what youre saying. :sad:
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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clashcityrocker wrote:Image

mules carrying 75mmpack howitzer in Abingdon allegedly
Wow - close to the real thing, very similar layout, brings back memories of the North West Frontier with camels on the Pathe News :evil/mad - I presume Abingdon is in the North West - see the mules never failed, they were a bit recalcitrant sometimes ..........but hey who isn't. :hmmmm

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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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dvbuk55 wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:Image

mules carrying 75mmpack howitzer in Abingdon allegedly
Wow - close to the real thing, very similar layout, brings back memories of the North West Frontier with camels on the Pathe News :evil/mad - I presume Abingdon is in the North West - see the mules never failed, they were a bit recalcitrant sometimes ..........but hey who isn't. :hmmmm

Honest postman they keep winding me up ...............it's not my fault. :angel
I presume Abingdon is in the North West :Very Happy yes, it is to us cockneys who have always stayed within hearing of Bow bells. :shock: :crazy: :shock:
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Re: Van share ...failed in Abingdon (oxon)

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Lounge Lizard wrote:it is to us cockneys who have always stayed within hearing of Bow bells. :shock: :crazy: :shock:
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