Mudball
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Awesome… you are my new best friend on the forum… at £35 it is not cheap but about 10-15 less than regular
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Awesome… you are my new best friend on the forum… at £35 it is not cheap but about 10-15 less than regular
Neilds
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You obviously haven’t been in the military, believe me, you get very protective about what terms are used if you havehttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soldier#:~:text=Definition of soldier,c : a skilled warrior
A soldier isn't restricted to just the army
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I was. Read the definition of soldier that I posted.
NearHull
Well-known member
Within my 36 yrs of light blue, I would have been extremely peeved if I had been called a soldier.
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What was your role?
Leftitshort
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Leftitshort
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Hi di hi campers !
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
Royal Mail tracking. Again. Absolutely sodding useless. "Your package will arrive between 8:30 and 11:30." It didn't. I thought it was still on the way in the afternoon and I was off out again, so I clicked the thing to enter my safe place details of round the side gate. Get a confirmation that says "You have asked to us to attempt redelivery on Monday, and if no answer we will deliver to your safe place round the side gate." NO. That's not what I did at all! Try and change it again and you can't, it just says "you have already updated your delivery information". It's like they've intentionally designed it to wind people up so people give up on it and they have an excuse when packages go missing.
Jamesbrown
Head Pro
Reading hotel reviews on Tripadvisor and finding the majority of reviewers do not know how star ratings at hotels are awarded.
NearHull
Well-known member
Aircraft engineer. I did many years with the Harrier Force spending a lot of time in DPs and carrying a weapon. I still wasn’t a soldier.
Not always ‘happy campers!’
Okay, I'll go bah humbug. I like watching the news but right now it is pointless. There is no news, there is nothing happening in the world. Just wall to wall coverage of the jubilee. Not everyone is interested, there are other things going on. Some perspective please. Roll on Monday/Tuesday.
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Pretty much. Saying that, I switched over to sky and it wasn't much better. The only saving grace was Paddington being shown repeatedly ?.The BBC wetting themselves as they have the broadcast rights to a live event
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If you were in a war zone, your CO give you a rifle and orders you to kill anyone that tries to enter the base, you're trained in firearms and you're in the military wearing a uniform. Your primary role maybe aircraft engineer but I'm afraid by definition you are a soldier whether you like it or not.
Should Ukraine send back shot down pilots because they are not soldiers?
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
Oh dear.
I think "soldier" as a word is non-specific.
Whether someone in the armed forces is a soldier or not a soldier, is pretty much a non-debate.
This non-debate has been going on for decades.
Does a kittiwake know that it is a gull and a common tern know that it is not a gull? Not many of us know what can or can not be called a seagull. And there will never be a definite categorisation, because "seagull" is non-specific.
I've got more important things to do today anyway; like the hoovering with my electrolux.
I think "soldier" as a word is non-specific.
Whether someone in the armed forces is a soldier or not a soldier, is pretty much a non-debate.
This non-debate has been going on for decades.
Does a kittiwake know that it is a gull and a common tern know that it is not a gull? Not many of us know what can or can not be called a seagull. And there will never be a definite categorisation, because "seagull" is non-specific.
I've got more important things to do today anyway; like the hoovering with my electrolux.
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Tashyboy
Please don’t ask to see my tatts 👍
Vaccume with my Electrolux ???
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
You got it!
NearHull
Well-known member
I was an armed airman. i will now leave the issue alone as we will have to agree to disagree and we are no doubt boring the non serving members.
bobmac
Major Champion
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/soldier
''A soldier is a person who works in an army, especially a person who is not an officer.''
''A soldier is a person who works in an army, especially a person who is not an officer.''
