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Submit your OwnTo bribe a policeman. The occasion, Princess Elizabeth, and The Duke of Edinburgh
London was seething with excitement, crowds filled pavements and open spaces , all determined to enjoy the occasion, laughing and joking with the Policemen as they waited for the big moment, and asking impossible questions in many languages, it was like being on a...
The Appendectomy
A short tale of agony Oh! The anticipation of entering the IN side of the General Hospital. No longer was I a simple casualty in the OUT. The fickle finger of medical fate had indicated quite dramatically, by prodding me continuously in the right side of my belly,...
Poacher Bill, a wheelbarrow and a wedding
These things seem unconnected yet they sort of happened at about the same time, as always with Bill things sort of happened. Working in my garden one sunny afternoon the old Landrover chugged up, and with what sounded like a big sigh of relief the chugging stopped,...
The Dogs of war
You experience something really rotten. It twists your thinking. It makes you ask the big questions. You work it through and think. Alright, got it dealt with, moving on. Then you are walking down the street one day...and it is a beautiful day...clear and crisp and...
Fathers day for a warrior
My favorite memory of my father was him carrying me on his shoulders through the snow to get donuts. I had a lot of little brothers but I was the only girl and the oldest and I knew my dad loved me big time. My father was six foot five, this giant man with huge hands,...
Loving a warrior
A dear friend of mine is getting married. He sent me this pic and wanted me to write something to share at his reception on Warrior Love. I have been in a position to watch many a warrior fall in love, commit and then the relationship shatters. The Warrior left...
The Thinking Soldier
A certain soldier ( who is not a million miles from this keyboard ), stationed in Germany in 1974, was trying to wind up his Troop Sergeant, Johnny Luck. " What would you do if I called you a ' Tosser ' ? " Sergeant Luck was shocked. " I'd throw you in the guardhouse...
Anonymous hero
At eight years old, one of my jobs during the school holidays was to make a daily trip to the corner shop for my mum. I was a bit of a dreamer, was seldom in any hurry, and would chat to anyone I met. On this particular day, there was a man waiting at the bus stop,...
The Jonah
You know Davy he has got no luck, we are starting to call him the Jonah, how’s that I asked, what’s the script with him? Well let me tell you, you know the first drogue bombing that we had and the RUC hot spur got totalled, Ye I remember that blew a huge hole in it,...
I was picked up by Aliens
Never believe what you hear It was late 1992 and I was on a trip from Birmingham, Alabama to Los Angles, California I was traveling out I 20 about 80 miles from El Paso, Texas. It was very late at night or very early in the morning, around 3 a.m. When all of a sudden...