Finn MacDubh

A new government arrives. Looking forward to some progress on a number of important matters that have been neglected for the past 10 years. Fingers crossed!

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@JayJay91341991 @abcnews @newscomauHQ @SkyNewsAU_RBX Yes, an insufferable F***wit. Who's giving him the oxygen to appear in any media at all? Get rid of him.🤬

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@JayJay91341991 NO! He's escaped from the cryo-chamber yet again. Spare us all. Hasn't he done enough damage to Oz politics?

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@GreatWarHuts Interesting story, thanks. Can someone identify the qualification badges on his left sleeve, please? I see a single wound stripe, a long service chevron, but the two badges above these are a bit obscure. Tank badge on his right shoulder?
Thanks in advance.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@lesstenny Pompous dickhead!

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@GrayConnolly Strongly suggest you get hold of of "Dust, Donkeys and Delusions - the Myth of Simpson and His Donkey" by Graham Wilson (Big Sky Publishing) to get a less jingoistic interpretation of this overblown story. Yes, he transported men WIA, but did not "venture out" as you suggested.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@TrenchTrotter Well done, Tim! The more "Anzackery" Myths you can bust with clients can only be a good thing. Keep up the good work. If only people here in Oz would listen to the facts of history instead of the horseshit jingoism surrounding this campaign, then we all might be better off.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@TrenchTrotter Impressive. Rising Sun looks original, a bit bent. Ottoman War Medal 1915-18, probably with the Chanakkale bar (one of six possible bars - and not, repeat NOT a "Gallipoli Star" as spruiked by some unscrupulous dealers. Been after one of those French medals for some time now.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@blakandblack Some years ago, the authors of the Honest History website conducted a forensic examination of those words. The conclusion was that neither Ataturk, nor any of his staff ever spoke them. Yet another jingoistic myth. Conveniently quoted by all & sundry for political purposes.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@aviationarchive As reported in another post in this thread, the Indians used the Leach catapult on Gallipoli. I have seen reports elsewhere of British and Australian units also using them. Made by a bicycle company in the UK, I believe?

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@PDC_Services Yes, some great stuff on display there, Paul. Well worth the visit. Don't forget to drop in at the Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum; smaller but also very good.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@PDC_Services I was in Dien Bien Phu only last week. An awesome place with lots of battlefield displays. An awesome visit. I sat at de Castries' desk in the French command bunker and then visited Giap's HQ 30km away. My only concern is the growing city's encroachment into the battlespace.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@philmupp1

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@PhillipAdams_1 Stupid, stupid old bag. Suffering from Irrelevancy Syndrome as usual.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@TheShovel

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@TrenchTrotter Thank you, Tim. Hoists flags: Bravo Zulu.
👍

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@AaronDodd

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@Raymartin55 Reminder to all fellow Grunts: "All battles are fought uphill, in the dark, in pissing rain and at the junction of four maps..."
Loved every moment of it.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@Raymartin55 Sorry to hear that, Ray. Cats are such great pets. Hang in there.

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@Raymartin55 Hang in there, Ray! We're all watching.
BZ

[Finn MacDubh @finn_macdubh]

@Raymartin55 Take care in the coming storm, Ray, Thinking of you and yours, including the furred ones. 👍