Married to Sara with 2 children, Ems & Tobs
Helpdesk Eng for Varian since June 2018.
ME/CFS sufferer, a Star Wars nerd and, for my sins, an Aldershot supporter!
Before Britain ruled the waves, the British were being sold into slavery.
For over 200 years, raiders crossed from North Africa, took our people from our own shores, and sold them in the markets of Algiers. They came in the night.
In 1631, corsairs landed at a sleeping village in Ireland and carried off more than a hundred men, women, and children in a single raid. Cornwall, Devon, the whole western coast lived under the threat. Fishermen were taken from their boats, families dragged from their beds. Many thousands of Britons vanished into the slave pens of North Africa.
And for a long time, Britain could do nothing. It paid ransoms. It paid tribute. The sea belonged to the slavers. Then Britain built a navy, and everything changed. In 1816, a British fleet sailed into Algiers and opened fire, hour after hour, until the slaver port burned and its ruler was forced to free more than a thousand captives. 🏴
@JohnCleese It seems that those who follow Islam have a major issue with temptation and a total lack of self control. Women and girls have to be covered, they can't see people eat during Ramadan and there can't be criticism of their religion without a major meltdown occurring. Grow up!!
@OfficialShots A much better performance, moved the ball quickly and covered a lot of ground. Could have/should have scored more but got the job done.
Well played Tadley, much better on Saturday and possibly should have won then. Have a great season.
@JohnCleese Any religion or church should never fear reasonable debate in fact they should welcome it. I only wish Christopher Hitchens was still with us, he always had such an eloquent way of making a point.