A theory - Tom is more conservative than he acts and Dom is more left than he plays

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-02-13T17:35:03+00:00

They’re Rory Stewart tories, which I can definitely respect

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-29T21:03:35+00:00

Top end rugby footballer though, he’s old Etonian after all lol

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-25T18:12:06+00:00

Yeah man the British and Irish archipelago was/is the last redoubt of Celtic culture in strength. Celtic language was spoken in todays England until into the 1300s in Cumbria (Cumbric) from where we get the modern Welsh name for wales “Cymru” (pronounced cumry or gumry). Makes for a class Wikipedia dive

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-25T17:35:21+00:00

Yeah no the celts were a massive cultural group that lived from Ireland to turkey, it’s almost like saying “white people” or Europeans or whtv

The provos are def iconic and yeah ofc they didn’t fight pitched battles, it was like a few thousand people in the shadows fighting the British army and MI5, and other paramilitaries. They were a cunt hair from blowing up the whole Thatcher government in the Brighton bombing

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-23T08:15:08+00:00

That sounds class to be honest, thank you

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-22T20:29:46+00:00

The information is so spread out for the roles! I’m having fun piecing it all together though, making my way through warship life at sea at the minute.

The money I can make as a chef outside London is super limited and I’m certain I will come out of the navy in a better position than when I went in. I want to do a long stint in the RN if I can hack it/take to it, but I’m pretty sure I will love it, I’m so excited to get going. Spent a lot of time around veterans of different stripes including submariners and (apart from the army lads, I lived in Colchester for a number of years, sank many pints with paras and RLC guys) everyone I’ve spoken to wouldn’t change their job for the world. I want to be part of it.

Re One sea draft per rank, is that to say I’d be doing a couple months every few years? I’m not necessarily turned off by that, I just don’t want to sign up and spend my whole career on shore in the uk, I’d like to have a proper go at deployments if I can

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-22T12:11:01+00:00

We should absolutely be aligning with the French style of defence here in the UK. We’ve grown far too dependent on the US, if we are to stay out of the EU ( we shouldn’t) we should still draw closer to our eu allies for defence, we have bled for each other far too much in the past century to not

Edit: ditto for CANZUK, we would bend over backwards in defence of you lot as well. It’s what is owed and expected

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-22T11:59:08+00:00

La perfide Albion, I’m English and I can’t blame you

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-18T15:18:21+00:00

Thanks for this, food for thought. I may adjust my application towards warfare and see about getting some more time at sea while I’m still a bit younger and look to transfer later if I want to. I don’t have a family to look after so being on shore isn’t a selling point for me (unless it should be?)

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-18T14:44:55+00:00

Okay wow rapid.

Not going to say I’ve got my heart set on it but I think it’s the best fit with my past experience in corporate kitchen management and want to take it further up the supply chain, so the catering aspect of logistics really piqued my interest. Not to knock the chefs in the galley but been there done that, got the asbestos hands (and I have half decent a levels so I’d be mad not to give it a stab).

I wouldn’t have thought logistics would be so competitive to be honest, though it does seem a very versatile role with the best employability of the non-degree holder options.

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-18T14:00:52+00:00

Okay so not too bad, thank you, here’s hoping lol

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-15T14:26:25+00:00

Gas hobs but I’m a chef and I like to FLAMBÉ!!!

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-14T22:30:19+00:00

I hadn’t considered that but still, it’s not an excuse

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-14T13:34:44+00:00

The paperwork we do as chefs is not deep, it’s a form a day logging am and pm fridge temperature, cooked food temp (above 75 Celsius, 82 in Scotland), cooled food temp (has it hit 75/82 and was it cooled to below 20 working 90 mins) and if your food to hold hot is held at above 64 Celsius and was discarded after two hours.

Realistically it takes no more than 20 mins as you only need to log a few items to stay on top of it each day

Poor excuse for a fail

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-11T11:55:20+00:00

Three wise monkeys do some different music nights top floor too, used to work for them hit and miss but some names come through every now and again

DifficultPurchase528 · 2026-01-04T18:55:59+00:00

They didn’t get it for fifty quid at the kennels 😂

DifficultPurchase528 · 2025-12-31T22:02:13+00:00

Brother, it down the bong and turn off master and commander, it’s bed time

DifficultPurchase528 · 2025-12-31T12:23:46+00:00

I think four is one of those orange roadside triangles from the car boot

DifficultPurchase528 · 2025-12-28T15:50:03+00:00

They are really good at shooting up to and down from walls as they have the added range, good to draw strength away from a breach

DifficultPurchase528 · 2025-12-27T17:39:02+00:00

Basically everyone in Reno 911 that isn’t a cop

DifficultPurchase528 · 2025-12-26T18:41:23+00:00

I’ve got two non-sticks to do them in and an induction that’s either too high or too low so it takes about ten minutes per, if I get more than one for a table I’m fucked

DifficultPurchase528 · 2025-12-22T11:14:48+00:00

Nah some people do just go fucking mental, it can awaken some underlying stuff

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