Suicide and our Armed Forces

[Des Taff Jenkins]

John.
My first bosun who I sailed with for two years was a huge Welshman who ho had been a prisoner of war, he told me the Germans who he hated, put him in a hole in the open with a wire across the top, he never told me what for, but he was a hard man,but fair. Taught me a lot about seamanship.
Des

[j.sabourn]

Today’s generation the way I see it Des are taught to run before they can walk .That is the cart is put before the horse and have adapted to the Scow wegian method for certification and getting before the seatime . It is on ships that you gain knowledge from other people’s practical experience . I still maintain the only way to train seafarers is the old British way and not the now European way . Cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

My mate Mr West who did catering for the Kray twins had for some time been in the Military Police.
Told me of one guy who was attacked but won.
Some form of martial art, hit the other guy in the stomach with an open had and got his fingers under the ribs, pulled hard and broke two.

[j.sabourn]

Did he get his spare ribs for tea then John ? If you grab the flesh of anyone’s inner thigh in the groin region and squeeze you will have them immobilised within 5 seconds . Don’t practice it on your wife though or she’ll have you in the divorce court. JS
PS you can do it with 2 fingers or should say finger and thumb.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

John.
If I tried that with the wife I would wake up in the morning with 8 broken fingers and maybe even the toes.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Des, do that and there is no guarantee you will wake up ever again.