TheGaffer

All round good egg. Ex-squaddie, history nut, ex-drummer, metalhead, petrolhead, modeler. Also a bit of a twat.
Independent Company Member of @wehavewayspod

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@FoxNews What a weapons grade fucking idiot Trump is. Graduated top of his class at the international school of talking bollocks.

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@almurray Having spent nearly 50 years studying Arnhem & as an ex para, reading #arnhemblacktuesday has been sublime. Superb read, superb research. Right up there in the top 3 books on the Battle. Unputdownable.

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@James1940 @WeHaveWaysPod The new Battle of the Atlantic museum opening 2026 will be local to me & as an amateur historian have been invited to join the team as a volunteer.

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@JamesBlunt You've signed a dairy product endorsement deal?

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@JamesBlunt You Mr Blunt are a legend. Twitter won again. Brilliant

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Epic. Mr Blunt wipes the floor again. Legend.

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1. I know your mum had so many illegitimate children that it’s probably easiest to assume everyone you meet is a relation, but for clarity - I am not your brother.
2. Reading your attempt at a proper sentence, I wonder if you should be sticking to picture-based apps? #insta
3. I’m not just a star, I’m a fucking MONSTAR.

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@MarkAttwood You're fucking tool of the highest order. She's just another person with cancer.

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@Mr_Andrew_Fox Mucka. Am ex PARA with multiple banner tours during some bad times. 35 odd years later & having done a number of PMC jobs in Iraq recently diagnosed with C-PTSD. Am not mended but my broken crayons do still colour. We can get better & we're with you.

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Latest project completed
Lovely 1/10th bust
Rainy Mountain Charlie
https://t.co/8LyTIQNzfc

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@jakeshieldsajj Jake. Bless you, you're a bit thick or being deliberately obtuse. Its a planned demolition. You're talking shite.

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@April_1970s Started it yesterday & finish today. The true story (& this is pretty close) is crazy & awful

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@shaneyt74 @VeteranIrish BFT & CFT in the 80s. Buggered if I can remember times but 10 mins or so on the bft sounds about right. Black dabs in lightweights looking a nob.

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@jamesjhistory Far more interesting than the day as the post 6th logistics & keeping the channel corridors open was potentially very problematic & vulnerable. Add in the meat grinder fighting to August & yeah a whole different ballgame

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@chinnychick I still read the ground like an infantryman. I still subconsciously visual check vehicles that look iffy for VBIEDs. Barking stuff.
Still only fully comfortable in crowded places where I can see routes in & out.

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@April_1970s Careful of anything with raisins currants etc

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@chinnychick In the words of Terry Thomas....'Oh hello!'
Merry Christmas

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@jamesjhistory Royal Military Police armoured section?

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A wee update on one of the current pieces I'm working on. An updated resin bust of the old Poste Militaire Rainy Mountain Charlie i picked up from SMW Telford this year. Still WIP but close to the finish line. Just his blanket to pattern & fix some small parts.

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@Orbness Oh thats nice!!

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@chinnychick @Waterstones Oi crew chick. Some of us lesser mortals have small shelves or lots of books or are afflicted by both curses. Hardbacks are too big! Paperback asap please!! 😄
Merry Christmas!