uncle bill Posted 30 December , 2005 Share Posted 30 December , 2005 Tafski. The wheels are in motion, pushed by my good self, to nail that smug little ****** from Albert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryewalker Posted 30 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 30 December , 2005 I think the Germans will be talking to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Baker Posted 30 December , 2005 Share Posted 30 December , 2005 Have you looked at the website under cartoons, it would appear that he has been stopped on a number of occasions by customs etc. Hopefully he will be charged with as many criminal offences as possible, one gun=one charge, one bullet=one charge etc and even if he pleads guilty he should be sent to prison for at least a couple of years. Although my subject is more WW2 than WW1 I do follow this site as it also interests me.. I cannot believe that these people actually exist!!.. if Id have seen him coming through the tunnel I think I would have had words with absolutely everybody who could listen!!!!!!!! Rant over.... anybody going to keep us updated from the South as to what happens???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen D Posted 30 December , 2005 Share Posted 30 December , 2005 Hope the tw*t never posted anything. Just what I could do with at work being blown up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 31 December , 2005 Share Posted 31 December , 2005 I had an e-mail exchange with this guy a while back about metal detecting and how he organises his searches. He says he always gets local mayoral and landowner permission, hires an EOD expert and that each trip costs around £3000. My thoughts at the time were, 'Bloody hell, there must be a lot found and sold to cover that'. Yet the website does not seem to justify such an outlay. Perhaps the website only showed a fraction of what was found. Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303man Posted 31 December , 2005 Share Posted 31 December , 2005 The police apparently found several items with live primers in. What he has been caught with as well are Section 5 Items (under the firearms Act) this is/could be Machine gun parts, Grenade launchers etc. Bearing in mind a Firing Pin or any pressure bearing part (piston) is classed as a Offence, on the other hand a blank can have a live primer in it (it has to have to make a bang) and in itself no offence is committed as anyone can have blanks. It will run its course and we shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Gibson Posted 31 December , 2005 Share Posted 31 December , 2005 The sad passing of Common Sense Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't always fair, and maybe it was my fault. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children, are in charge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition. Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they failed to do in disciplining their unruly children It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student; but, could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault. Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realise that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I'm A Victim. Not many attended his funeral because so few realised he was gone. Martyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Bull Posted 31 December , 2005 Share Posted 31 December , 2005 Martyn - I thought this was really funny and enjoyed it and I appreciate that it is not meant to be taken entirely seriously but I have to let the facts get in the way of a laugh by saying that Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault. is incorrect - you can use reasonable force to defend yourself and what is reasonable force is a question for a jury of your peers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Hone Posted 31 December , 2005 Share Posted 31 December , 2005 Out of interest I logged on to the website. It is now a very curious mixture of gung-hoery and hand-wringing. His attitude to his finds seems to have changed overnight, strangely enough. I've never been too keen on ordnance, live or supposedly made safe, particularly since the Head of War Studies at Sandhurst managed to blow himself up with a WWII hand grenade a few years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 31 December , 2005 Share Posted 31 December , 2005 The sad passing of Common Sense Regrets? I've had a few. But, then again, too few to mention, etc, etc John the Politically Correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 1 January , 2006 Share Posted 1 January , 2006 hi pals Maybe the french police should be looking at the guy on the dug up website a guy called little tony he used to have his own website smug little tossser he is, should see the stuff he was digging up and selling on e bay not sure if his website still up and running think it was called somme excavations or on that line bruce I Know who you mean. I bought a fired / dug, type 100 fuse from him. It took him 3 weeks to post it. It was sent in a small cooked meat packet with no padding. The box was so flimsy the fuse fell out in the post office van and was rolling around. It was only the common sense of the postie that reunited the fuse and the box and it was delived to me without bomb disposal being called (the fuse was clearly a fired relic). This guy uses a variety of addresses. Bray sur Somme, Albert and Paris on e-bay. I would not buy from him again. Once was enough. Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 1 January , 2006 Share Posted 1 January , 2006 The words "complete ******" quickly spring to mind John Perhaps "incomplete", as in a sandwich short of the full picnic. Perhaps he is the guy who taught Homer Simpson to say "Doh!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 1 January , 2006 Share Posted 1 January , 2006 Words utterly fail me. Yes folks I think we have found the favourite contender for this years Darwin's awards. What a Cretin. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 1 January , 2006 Share Posted 1 January , 2006 on his home page...is that a little masonic symbol? Yes! Sure is! Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveBrigg Posted 1 January , 2006 Share Posted 1 January , 2006 "I was digging with my hands and my Swiss Army knife to clear the top layer of coins" I've not seen this approach on Time Team. Perhaps he could join channel 4 as an advisor? Out of interest I looked at his journey to Colditz. A drive across Europe to fill the car with random roof tiles and cobblestones. They must have seen him coming. I took my wife there on holiday in 1999 and after stopping to chat to the nice old man doing the renovating he gave me a Players Navy Cut packet he had just found in the roof space - a much nicer way to do business. It's still reassuring to see that although this forum has approx 10 000 members, many of the battlefield relics on Ebay still go unsold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACRAE Posted 3 January , 2006 Share Posted 3 January , 2006 It is clear that the mighty $ £ was the only light he could see. So what has the masons got to do with it no point in bringing the craft into it they have nothing to do with it . Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 4 January , 2006 Share Posted 4 January , 2006 It is clear that the mighty $ £ was the only light he could see. So what has the masons got to do with it no point in bringing the craft into it they have nothing to do with it . Dan Perhaps he thought it would keep the Police at bay. Living in the past I should think. Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACRAE Posted 9 January , 2006 Share Posted 9 January , 2006 Perhaps he thought it would keep the Police at bay. Living in the past I should think. Gunner Bailey No doubt it will never help you if you break the law I dare say he lives in the past funny never heard any one in the crafty craft getting of from breaking da law . Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 9 January , 2006 Share Posted 9 January , 2006 No doubt it will never help you if you break the law I dare say he lives in the past funny never heard any one in the crafty craft getting of from breaking da law . Dan Dan Read 'The Brotherhood' by Stephen Knight. It used to happen all the time, from Victorian times through to the 80's. Thankfully not much now. All the judges used to be masons so they saw the signs and either let people off, misdirected jury etc. Police used to turn a blind eye to fellow mason's crimes. The police, especially the CID were almost all masons, especially in the cities. I can remember working with Police in the 80's and probably seeing a couple of masonic references in conversations a week. Some were crude 'Are you on the level?'. As an add on to a statement. As recently as 5 years ago I saw someone trying masonic influence in a computing contract. So commercially it does go on. As I say, it should be history now and I've not heard of masonic interference with a legal case for 10 years or more, but it was that recent. Different world now. However, go to Queen Street in London and see how busy the Masonic Temple is every afternoon. There's also Masonic meetings in the MOD in London, especially the Navy Offices for some reason. I'm sure some of it is harmless fun........... Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcwilson Posted 10 January , 2006 Share Posted 10 January , 2006 Square-and-compass or crossed Swiss Army knives? Without doubting personal experiences as detailed above, the late Stephen Knight's book is something of a problem. Knight was a conspiracy theorist who never let the facts stand in the way of a good axe-grind - his works have been thoroughly discredited not only on the grounds of interpretation but on the creation of spurious evidence. I wonder if the subject of this thread will be drummed out of the corps. Graham W. (not one of the Brethren) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 10 January , 2006 Share Posted 10 January , 2006 Square-and-compass or crossed Swiss Army knives? Without doubting personal experiences as detailed above, the late Stephen Knight's book is something of a problem. Knight was a conspiracy theorist who never let the facts stand in the way of a good axe-grind - his works have been thoroughly discredited not only on the grounds of interpretation but on the creation of spurious evidence. I wonder if the subject of this thread will be drummed out of the corps. Graham W. (not one of the Brethren) Graham I agree Stephen Knight book has always been a problem to masons. Yes in some places he over emphasised things but in digging out true stories of masonic influence it is a very good book. Some people deny the facts but in many cases they rest in newspaper archives. After all, Roberto Calvi was found hanging between the high and low water marks under Blackfriars Bridge, with bricks in his pockets. Whilst I think most masonic activity is well intentioned (though full of self interest) some aspects have no place in modern society. Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 10 January , 2006 Share Posted 10 January , 2006 Anyway, I didn't join this forum to debate Freemasonry, so will add nothing further on the subject. Back to the trenches. Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryewalker Posted 10 January , 2006 Author Share Posted 10 January , 2006 I have been talking to my friend who is the Bomb Disposal Officer from the job and he thanks everyone for their astute comments on the single most lunatic fool that he has seen in 25 Years of the job. He is a member of this forum but that as people will realise anonymity in the job is advised so he does not openly broadcast it. Oh and for any one in the South East Mr Howe appeared on the BBC's Inside Out on Monday the 9th Jan and was portrayed as the idiot he is. My friend (who actually is an expert) also watched him on TV and his describing a German 77mm Gas Shell as French and being safe because "you can see right down it!" said it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 10 January , 2006 Share Posted 10 January , 2006 I didn't see the programme (hope to soon), but if he said that he was a fool. Gas can still be a severe irritant after 60 years and a shellful could still be lethal if it's been sealed airtight in clay. Gunner Bailey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrislock Posted 30 January , 2006 Share Posted 30 January , 2006 But we also tend to be a little hypocritical ourselves! Some of our members salute the work of "de diggers" and others etc. Now, whils't I feel some of their work is worthwhile and important, why do they show such contempt to their ordanance? Many times, I see shells of all makes and calibres, being manhandled about.(Look at the photo's). If a HE shell goes bang, then there aint much you can do! But why handle gas shells, without even a pair of rubber gloves on! Handle that stuff like a new borne, because if "they" leak over you, god help you! Why take the risk? Why is it alright for some, to handle this stuff nontuanately and others, who do the same, to draw disdain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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