Walts, posers & wannabes (merged)
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my72jeep said:
I'm younger than you :nod: so I am not sure if the name was the same...but I am dead certain the decor, at least parts of it, would have been "weathered" when you were around those parts.
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Scott said:
If anyone can claim to remember the decor, they're obviously an imposter.
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My (now ex-)GF's uncle used to be in the CF in the late 70s. He always told me 'exciting' stories about how he was Tpt WO (as a Sgt) of 2RCR and then was also sniper qualified in the Airborne Regt. All the 'qualifications' he told me about never added up but all I did was simply smile and nod. It wasn't my job to destroy his delusional reality and nor was it to inflate the delusional ego by asking questions about his Neverland.
Lateron, I have been in conversation with many ex-SniperJTFSecretSquirrels and 'I was on the design team for the M1 Abrahms' people that my routine simply is to ask a few questions like 'when did you do it?', 'what all did you do?' and so on. When they (inevitably) get to the 'I can't tell you about that' phase I apologise and play along a little while longer. When I can take it no longer or simply want to move onto more productive things in life, I ask him 'Well, with all the things that you have told me so far, won't that make you a target for kidnapping and subsequent torture for all the secrets you have in your head? You shouldn't advertise that you know something valuable if you don't want people to get it'. It may work for your issue, and it may not.
Lateron, I have been in conversation with many ex-SniperJTFSecretSquirrels and 'I was on the design team for the M1 Abrahms' people that my routine simply is to ask a few questions like 'when did you do it?', 'what all did you do?' and so on. When they (inevitably) get to the 'I can't tell you about that' phase I apologise and play along a little while longer. When I can take it no longer or simply want to move onto more productive things in life, I ask him 'Well, with all the things that you have told me so far, won't that make you a target for kidnapping and subsequent torture for all the secrets you have in your head? You shouldn't advertise that you know something valuable if you don't want people to get it'. It may work for your issue, and it may not.
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Been busy with work so late to reply. All thanks for the replies much appreciated. As always some of you give me a good laugh with the replies ;D.
Even though sometimes you need to turn the other cheek in this situation I do not think is appropriate. I posted here to see what most would do and it appears my initial thought of calling him out its right. If most jumped down my throat and said leave it be I would have but that is not the concensus here.
Fully agree with what you have said. This really bothers me not only because I served for a brief time but my grandfather and my wife's grandfather went through WWII
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Cui said:
Even though sometimes you need to turn the other cheek in this situation I do not think is appropriate. I posted here to see what most would do and it appears my initial thought of calling him out its right. If most jumped down my throat and said leave it be I would have but that is not the concensus here.
Tommy said:
Fully agree with what you have said. This really bothers me not only because I served for a brief time but my grandfather and my wife's grandfather went through WWII
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PMed a question to you.
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These guys are the best. I once knew a guy that droned on and on about his time in the army. I at first thought it was possible until I heard some of the stories first hand. Apparently he had spent 3 years in as Infantry, and in that time, he did Basic Para, Recce, Pathfinder and Sniper, and also talked about escape and evasion training blah blah blah...AND going on tour. He must have had the busiest basic engagement of anyone in the history of the forces...
Anybody in the military could figure out this guy was full of it, but most civvies don't have any idea and didn't know better. They treated him like a "vet". He eventually found out that I am in the military and wanted to know what courses I had done etc. I told him...and he was like "Yeah, but I mean courses, you know...like sniper or para"
Best part is I asked his unit...he told me. 2 RCR. I said how did you like the east coast? He said, nah it's in Petawawa...
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Winner.
Anybody in the military could figure out this guy was full of it, but most civvies don't have any idea and didn't know better. They treated him like a "vet". He eventually found out that I am in the military and wanted to know what courses I had done etc. I told him...and he was like "Yeah, but I mean courses, you know...like sniper or para"
Best part is I asked his unit...he told me. 2 RCR. I said how did you like the east coast? He said, nah it's in Petawawa...
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Spectrum said:Best part is I asked his unit...he told me. 2 RCR. I said how did you like the east coast? He said, nah it's in Petawawa...
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Haggis said:
FTFY.
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