Guest inkhussar Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Good day to you all - I've just found this forum & it looks to be a very fine one. There seems to be an excellent knowledge base here & I'm looking forward to reading & hopefully being able to add a thing or two. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Wills Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Welcome to the Pals, Inkhussar. Thankyou for your kind words, and we look forward to your postings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Welcome, Ink. We look forward to you getting stuck in to the discussion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Hi Ink ..... and welcome! You'll find we are (on the whole) a happy band, glad to help as and when we can. Fleur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hill 60 Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Welcome Ink You will soon find yourself in front of your PC every waking minute, your family and friends will forget what you look like and all you'll be able to say is "the Forum...the Forum...I must log onto the Forum" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 welcome to the forum junkies. Print off the following advice and give it to your wife before starting. Take a rhubarb purgative followed by the application of a cold lotion to the shaved head,or, sit on a caned bottomed chair while the fumes of calomel burn on a spirit burner underneath for twenty minutes until absorbed. Thereafter no wine or spirits allowed, wear flannel and go to bed early. abridged from Denis Winter's book, death's men. I've tried it and it works ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Cancel your calender and re arrange, i only popped in for a visit and never left(much to the disappointment of some ) Welcome, you will enjoy Arm. Ps you will hear much about pink trousers and strange women its no good ignoring it, i tried that and it doesnt go away. The pink trouser are optional, the strange women mandatory.( Incoming!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inkhussar Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Thanks for the warm welcome & sound advice. I can see I'm amongst a fine battalion of folk here. I'm in France & may be able to add things about French soldiers & stuff. I have quite a few old photos & postcards which I'm in the process of sccanning. If I can be of any help - don't hesitate to ask. (right off to find some rhubarb & I'm keeping my eyes peeled for any strange ladies in pink trousers ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armourersergeant Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Now you see ink you have hit it right on the head of the nail. The problem is it isnt women in pink trousers thats got me worried!!! its the men. Arm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Mr Ink where are you in France ? I'm near Limoges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inkhussar Posted 15 September , 2003 Share Posted 15 September , 2003 Uncle Bill - just up north from you in Nantes. I've been living in France since 1991 (apart from a year in Ireland & 6 months in Holland). How long have you been there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 16 September , 2003 Share Posted 16 September , 2003 since 89, what brought you over ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inkhussar Posted 16 September , 2003 Share Posted 16 September , 2003 uncle bill : to tell the truth - hunger - I was in Holland & had no money & I was listening to a Radio 4 documentary on food & the presenters were doing a tour of the markets & I could almost smell the food. So I decided to see for myself. Packed up my bag & stuck my thumb out, had 3 guilders (equiv of 9 french francs at the time) - which bought me a few beeers & some chips & then went. I don't regret it one minute. So how about you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 16 September , 2003 Share Posted 16 September , 2003 I came over to be a full time racing cyclist, needless to say I didn't reach the same standard as Lance Armstrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted 17 September , 2003 Share Posted 17 September , 2003 Ink ... Unkie Bill, Y'all don't live very far from where my folks have a house, in the Vendee right in between Nantes and Niort (Niort, Niort, so good they named it twice!) Only visited Limoge once, after spending the day at Orador Sur Glan and didn't like it very much - but I think that was more to do with the fact that it was ripo snortingly hot and I was on the back of Hubbies motorbike, dressed in full road warrior combat gear - I was hot, tired and crankey! Have never managed to make a visit to Nantes yet as every time I visit my parents house it as a member of a work party to do renovations I will have to make a point of going there Fleur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 17 September , 2003 Share Posted 17 September , 2003 Hi Fleur we had 46 degrees in the sun during the heatwave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted 17 September , 2003 Share Posted 17 September , 2003 Bill, I was out at the house in mid July and it was scorching! We spent alot of time up at La Terrier on the coast. Couldn't believe the temp of the water either - Air temp was some where around the 34/36 mark at about 5.30 in the evening ... .water temp ....... 26!!! Fantastic! Glad I wasn't out there for the really hot stuff, I think I'd have melted! Feel sorry for all the poor elderly people who got caught out by it. Fleur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inkhussar Posted 18 September , 2003 Share Posted 18 September , 2003 Hi Fleur - ah the Vendée - just down the road from me. I sopent a lot of theis summer up in Brittany by the mouth of La Vilaine. My mother-in-law has a piece of land that we camp on up there - but the heat - phew ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 October , 2003 Share Posted 7 October , 2003 Hello to you all My name is Dan and I would just like to introduce myself as a new Forum user. A friend of mine (who is probably known to you as Brig Gen McHenry!!) introduced me to the site a while ago whilst I was in Belgium. I am now back in the UK and looking forward to being a regular user of all the knowledge that is on offer. :unsure:Being a 'crab', I can't see pink trousers being part of my wardrobe. The way things are going I believe purple to be the new colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWills Posted 7 October , 2003 Share Posted 7 October , 2003 Dan (and others), Those who doubt that pink was much used during the war need only look to much of the correspondence sent home to blighty which confirms its prevalence in the front line. Dear (Whoever), Hoping this finds you as it leaves me, in the pink. etc. etc. etc. I rest my case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterd Posted 10 October , 2003 Share Posted 10 October , 2003 Just a note to Fleur to recommend a visit to the WG site in Pornic on the coast just South of the Loire near to Nantes. This is a fascinating and moving site (I think WW2) but includes what appears to be a female jewish agent killed in February 1944! Also Pornic is a lovely little town - enjoy! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleur Posted 20 October , 2003 Share Posted 20 October , 2003 hi Peterd, Many thanks for the info. I'll make a note and add it to my intinery next time I am out there Best wishes Fleur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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