Thought you might like to see my christmas tree ,(well times are hard )
Frank
Saturday, 25 December 2010
Christmas Greetings
To all members: I do trust that you are having a peaceful and restful Christmas Day. May this coming New Year be one of happiness for you and your loved ones. I realise that at 'our age' we venture into the autumn of our life but I put my trust in the One who said, ' Because I live, you will live also.' The best, I feel, is yet to be for you and for me.
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Malay message.
Salamat hari dan natal tahun baru bahagia
To you and yours
Frank
Learnt that from a Malay Doctor in a German heart hospital after my Bypass OP in 2002
Monday, 20 December 2010
snow and ice
I got family living in Bournemouth he tells me he cant get out of the house because he is snowed in.& that he has had to get his bother-in -law to bring him some food ! I asked him how deep it was he says 4 inches. so I went out and dug my car out from under 20 inches of snow ploughed down the drive though mtr high ruts of snow & ice where the lorries delivering to the local DIY store had been manoeuvring. drove on to the bank then realizing that my tank was almost empty got to the filling station filled up with the last of the diesel they had they had all ready run out of petrol and normal diesel ( it must be my lucky day ) the attendant says she can close now until the weather changes because the tankers can't get through.My relative used to be an HGV Driver.mmmmn. what ever happened to the tough guys who's winter attire used to be shorts and sting vests. who used to get though despite all adversities I 'spose its down to the E U and health and safety rules again I was once told by an HGV driver that if he had a puncture he had to call recovery out because he was delivering foodstuffs. Frank
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Welcome Allan Horne
Welcome Allan to the Bulletin Board, Allan was in the RAPC attached to the Royals.
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Birthday greetings also go to Barbara Aitchison on the 20th, have a great day Barbara and you also go steady on the hard stuff and get young Jim to take you out for a slap up meal, tell him you are worth it , John Said so???
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
Many happy returns of the day on the 20th to John Cogan, have a good one and go steady on the vino.
John Atkins
Thursday, 16 December 2010
military pensions.
Got this from another site.
The government have altered how they your military pension is affected by annual inflation. they have changed the link from RPI to CPI .which will decrease the value of your pension year on year.
below are some examples of the loss .supplied by the Forces Pension Society, illustrating the cost of the change from RPI to CPI.
a/double amputee 28 year old corporal pounds 587,000 by the age of 70.
b/ 40 year old Sgt 212,000 by age of 85
c/ 40 year old Major 319,000 by the age of 85.
Please sign the petition which is very easy to do ,just click on to link below
http.//www.ipetitions.com/petition/protect-our-military-pensions/
please pass on to make this petition grow
Frank
Monday, 13 December 2010
Saturday, 11 December 2010
James Hamilton-Russell.
Today I phoned Mrs Hamilton-Russell to enquire about Jake she tells me to let you all know that he is doing well and to thank you all for your interest, she tells me that they have been over to France to visit there daughter there recently and are going over again for xmas.
Thursday, 9 December 2010
My little friend the blackbird
This is the blackbird that I mentioned in a post yesterday, he was here waiting for his food again as normal this morning.
Replaced photo's of the Arboretum
I have put back these photo's which I accidenly deleted along with the comments owing to a senior moment. (my apoligies)
Tuesday, 7 December 2010
Scam Emails
To all members,
I have been in contact with Multiply with regards to the Scam Email's, I have now received a reply and for those Emails sent to members by unknowns have had their memberships on Multiply removed and blocked for breaking the code of conduct rules, if anyone receives these Email's please let me know and I will report it to Multiply for them to get them blocked also.
John Atkins
I have been in contact with Multiply with regards to the Scam Email's, I have now received a reply and for those Emails sent to members by unknowns have had their memberships on Multiply removed and blocked for breaking the code of conduct rules, if anyone receives these Email's please let me know and I will report it to Multiply for them to get them blocked also.
John Atkins
LINDA PUGH
Welcome to the ROYALS BB Linda hpe you enjoy it...Linda for you who dont know her is the Wife of Mick Pugh (RIP) Who many members will remember for his Humour
Regards DEREK LEESE
Monday, 22 November 2010
CHURCHILL ON ISLAM
This short speech below was written by Winston Churchill and delivered by him in 1899 when he was a young soldier and journalist.
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!
Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce; and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualist deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity.
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property;either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslem's may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytising faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa , raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled; the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome ."
Sir Winston Churchill; (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 London )
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!
Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.
The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce; and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.
A degraded sensualist deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity.
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property;either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
Individual Moslem's may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytising faith.
It has already spread throughout Central Africa , raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled; the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome ."
Sir Winston Churchill; (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 London )
Hostpital results
Hi guys got my results today and it was all good cancer on my back is beninne so that now they can operate on my kidney in late January.Thank you for all your good wishes,they really helped me through a rough patch thanks lads.
Friday, 19 November 2010
Reply from Multiply,regards scam Emails
Hi John,
These are spam bots that are obtaining User ID's at random. We've put some measures in place to prevent these going forward, but like with many spammers, they continually change their methods. We're still working on a permanent solution, so for now just make sure you don't click on anything in a message sent from someone you don't know, and report the user ID to customer service.
Thanks.
- Jack
These are spam bots that are obtaining User ID's at random. We've put some measures in place to prevent these going forward, but like with many spammers, they continually change their methods. We're still working on a permanent solution, so for now just make sure you don't click on anything in a message sent from someone you don't know, and report the user ID to customer service.
Thanks.
- Jack
Thursday, 18 November 2010
BEWARE..... DOWNLOADER TROJAN
Today I had a message sent to me via MULTIPLY which when I opened it downloaded a nasty.... it was sent to me by ROXIFER, if you get this in your email account don't open it.. It purports to be a WINDOWS APPLICATION and is a security/virus scanner.
If you open it, it will try to force you to download the application. As soon as it starts it will take over the control of your system and it is impossible to get rid of the pop-ups etc.
The only way I managed to get rid of it was to go in to the REGEDIT facility and erase each and every key relating to the program. If you do not know what you are doing in REGEDIT don't play around in there as you will crash your system and have to reload your operating system
PAUL STRETTON
Dear Member of The Blues and Royals Association,
The following is an extract of the foreword "Across the wire", which is the result of dedicated research by the Centre for Mental Health. The document is attached for your information and you may find it an interesting and poignant piece of work with issues that may have affected a large number that have served in the Armed Forces:
In theory we have been at peace since 1945, but only in 1968 has a serviceman or woman not been killed in action somewhere in the world during that period. The majority have been members of the regular forces, but their numbers also include members of the reserves, rightly categorised by the term ‘twice a citizen’.
Sadly, we also see and hear of young men and women who have suffered terrible disablement, following injuries from which their parents and grandparents would not have survived. These are the outward and visible reminders of the debt that the nation owes to those who literally put their lives on the line on its behalf.
However there are, equally sadly, a large number whose service results in medical conditions that are not so obvious. Throughout history the plight of veterans who find it difficult to return to normal life has been both visible and all-too often ignored. Many young people broke away from chaotic and dysfunctional lifestyles to join the armed forces, which could be accused of providing an entirely false form of existence, in which servicemen are looked after from morning until night, but then discharged, unprepared for the daily demands of civilian life. They do not want to go back to chaos, where those around them, who have not shared their experience, do not understand the nuances of what they are going through. Drink, anxiety and depression
lead too many into the hands of the criminal justice system.
Some face the additional problems of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), again nothing new, but society has changed since the days following World War I, when the British Legion established clubs in which veterans, whose families and friends did not understand what they had been through, could share experiences with comrades in arms, in other words practising, unwittingly, what is now called counselling or talking therapy. The nation
owes a debt to them all, a debt that has been inadequately honoured for too long.
<<...>>
PF Stretton
The following is an extract of the foreword "Across the wire", which is the result of dedicated research by the Centre for Mental Health. The document is attached for your information and you may find it an interesting and poignant piece of work with issues that may have affected a large number that have served in the Armed Forces:
In theory we have been at peace since 1945, but only in 1968 has a serviceman or woman not been killed in action somewhere in the world during that period. The majority have been members of the regular forces, but their numbers also include members of the reserves, rightly categorised by the term ‘twice a citizen’.
Sadly, we also see and hear of young men and women who have suffered terrible disablement, following injuries from which their parents and grandparents would not have survived. These are the outward and visible reminders of the debt that the nation owes to those who literally put their lives on the line on its behalf.
However there are, equally sadly, a large number whose service results in medical conditions that are not so obvious. Throughout history the plight of veterans who find it difficult to return to normal life has been both visible and all-too often ignored. Many young people broke away from chaotic and dysfunctional lifestyles to join the armed forces, which could be accused of providing an entirely false form of existence, in which servicemen are looked after from morning until night, but then discharged, unprepared for the daily demands of civilian life. They do not want to go back to chaos, where those around them, who have not shared their experience, do not understand the nuances of what they are going through. Drink, anxiety and depression
lead too many into the hands of the criminal justice system.
Some face the additional problems of Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), again nothing new, but society has changed since the days following World War I, when the British Legion established clubs in which veterans, whose families and friends did not understand what they had been through, could share experiences with comrades in arms, in other words practising, unwittingly, what is now called counselling or talking therapy. The nation
owes a debt to them all, a debt that has been inadequately honoured for too long.
<<...>>
PF Stretton
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
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