Not as far as I know; AFAIK he was under-age, from a minor public school in WWI, so 'eligible' for promotion..... and lucky to survive. In WWII he was initially told 'too old' but was accepted in the… (View Post)

I think that in the event of war being inevitable you'd have young men queuing up at recruiting offices. And young women, too. (View Post)

Trump has, apparently, banned citizens of the following countries from travelling to the US. Some I can understand, unless they're refugees of course, but what has Bhutan done wrong? The list is:~ Af… (View Post)

If you wanted to start a fight with Hartlepudlians in my student days in Sunderland you asked the 'Who 'anged the monkey, then?' Back in the 50's they were very sensitive about it. (View Post)

The link doesn't work. Odd, that! And Trump avoided conscription because of physical infirmity...... bone spurs. Allegedly. (View Post)