21 hours ago, VBF said:

Yes. that REALLY gets me angry!

They're OK to do our dirty work for us but now everyone's supposed to be all "Woke" and "PC" the gov hangs them out to dry!!!!! 🤬

war aint pc and  never  will be mainly cuz  johhny enemy doesnt give a  sheite

7 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

Hard to keep it a secret at the British Legion and other events like at the British Embassy, Hellfire Pass or Remembrance Sunday at the British Club etc. 😉

Perhaps, but then the ex soldiers are amongst their peers, not in a public place  like a bar in Pattaya. Their former work is (presumably) considered more "matter of fact" than revelling in former glories.

Never been in the SAS, but did get arrested by the Libyan secret police once. But i didn't know it at the time, or i would have shat myself. Only questioned for about an hour, guess my answers checked out, because I am still around.

When people say how difficult the SAS selection is, that is total nonsense, the Army Catering Corps is by far the most difficult, no-ones ever passed it!

7 minutes ago, roo860 said:

When people say how difficult the SAS selection is, that is total nonsense, the Army Catering Corps is by far the most difficult, no-ones ever passed it!

Funny

On 1/20/2025 at 3:22 PM, PomPolo said:

It's been a while since I have initiated a post but given this is a community pub and don't get to a real one that much these days thought I would.

Last week I was talking with a buddy who has lived in Pattaya for a while, and we were discussing how many people profess to be or have been in the SAS who are living in or visiting Thailand.
I have heard people talk about being in the SAS myself not so much these days with less bar visits than I used to.
I am actually quite surprised there is anyone left in Hereford as they all seem to have migrated to Thailand.
This is by no means any disrespect to retired or serving military who I respect a lot, just wondered if anyone else has seen or heard the same on their Thai travels?

Bumped into a few here in my single bar-mongering days, even had one in the village where I used to live. Even when you tell them you're ex army yourself, they continue with their fallacy. They must genuinely have convinced themselves that it's true.

3 hours ago, rickudon said:

Never been in the SAS, but did get arrested by the Libyan secret police once. But i didn't know it at the time, or i would have shat myself. Only questioned for about an hour, guess my answers checked out, because I am still around.

Oddly enough, I was on a contract in Libya in 1989 (oil related, nothing military) and 3 of us got called into the boss to be told we were being "let go" immediately. Within 2 hours we were flown back to Tripoli, paid off and given our air tickets to London, via Malta.

 

Back in UK, I tried to find out WHY and the contracting company said they wanted to know too but no one in the oil company would say anything other than "our faces didn't fit".

Given the politics of the day and the fact that the contracting company treated us fairly (all paid up and transported home), I took the view, in hindsight, that I may have had a lucky escape from something or other. I'd still love to know, but I guess I never shall  🤔

22 minutes ago, jesimps said:

Bumped into a few here in my single bar-mongering days, even had one in the village where I used to live. Even when you tell them you're ex army yourself, they continue with their fallacy. They must genuinely have convinced themselves that it's true.

If it's British Army, asked them what their number was, you never forget it 

59 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Funny

6 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Reminds me of an interview I had for a Middle East contract, which included accommodation and all meals.

I asked "What's the food like" - after a few seconds, the interviewer replied "It's OK until the chef gets hold of it".

 

He was correct - the most prized object on that camp was a bottle of HP sauce to add at least SOME flavour! 😩

36 minutes ago, VBF said:

Reminds me of an interview I had for a Middle East contract, which included accommodation and all meals.

I asked "What's the food like" - after a few seconds, the interviewer replied "It's OK until the chef gets hold of it".

 

He was correct - the most prized object on that camp was a bottle of HP sauce to add at least SOME flavour! 😩

I was stationed in the North Norway, and the chef at our camp, had been fired 3 times, but only one applied for the job.

 

Horrible food, terrible, 

20 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I was stationed in the North Norway, and the chef at our camp, had been fired 3 times, but only one applied for the job.

 

Horrible food, terrible, 

Should have been fired from a cannon💥💥

On 1/20/2025 at 3:47 PM, SAFETY FIRST said:

Every second guy drinking in a soi Buakhou bar is ex SAS. 😂

 

The others are rocket scientists, porn stars or bank robers 

 

Can I just mention that in a previous career I was indeed a rocket scientist, but my efforts to establish a porn-star career with my colleague Candi has come to nought...

16 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Can I just mention that in a previous career I was indeed a rocket scientist, but my efforts to establish a porn-star career with my colleague Candi has come to nought...

Went off too soon did you? 😎

6 hours ago, rickudon said:

Never been in the SAS, but did get arrested by the Libyan secret police once. But i didn't know it at the time, or i would have shat myself. Only questioned for about an hour, guess my answers checked out, because I am still around.

Was that at RAF El Adem.

6 hours ago, VBF said:

Perhaps, but then the ex soldiers are amongst their peers, not in a public place  like a bar in Pattaya. Their former work is (presumably) considered more "matter of fact" than revelling in former glories.

If you know, you know.

Only met ex CIA operatives in Pattaya.

One in every bar.

The only $@$ i know stands for $hort @$$ $yndrome.

12 hours ago, roo860 said:

If it's British Army, asked them what their number was, you never forget it 

 

I got my veterans card a few months ago. You can get one if you still have a UK address.

2 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

I got my veterans card a few months ago. You can get one if you still have a UK address.

I do still have a UK address, but have no idea what the benefits are of having a card.

1 hour ago, Kinok Farang said:

Only met ex CIA operatives in Pattaya.

One in every bar.

 

I met a guy in Patpong that kept alluding to being a spook, although he claimed he was English. Throughout the years I bumped into him now and again in bars until he started drinking regularly down Soi 22. 

 

He was arrested for having a chopped up body in his freezer and shot a policeman when they raided his business in Thong Lor.

 

Turns out he was on the run from the FBI for 40 years and was running a passport forgery business as well as other criminal activities!

 

Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction. 

1 minute ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

I met a guy in Patpong that kept alluding to being a spook, although he claimed he was English. Throughout the years I bumped into him now and again in bars until he started drinking regularly down Soi 22. 

 

He was arrested for having a chopped up body in his freezer and shot a policeman when they raided his business in Thong Lor.

 

Turns out he was on the run from the FBI for 40 years and was running a passport forgery business as well as other criminal activities!

 

Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction. 

He should have just told the truth in the first place would have been far more interesting 🙂

Just now, PomPolo said:

He should have just told the truth in the first place would have been far more interesting 🙂

 

This is the story: https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2016/09/28/the-americans-head-forgery-ring-suspect-ran-from-fbi/

 

Being a Bangkok old hand this is not the only character I have known throughout the years either!

3 minutes ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

This is the story: https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/crime-crime/2016/09/28/the-americans-head-forgery-ring-suspect-ran-from-fbi/

 

Being a Bangkok old hand this is not the only character I have known throughout the years either!

Just read that article amazing.

It's sometimes difficult to tell who is being a Walter Mitty, trying to re-invent themselves, on the run or just an outright BS'r, this guy definitely had something to hide not sure eluding to be a spook would take the attention away from him that he wanted, 40 years on the run though it's a beauty, bet he's kicking himself for chopping someone up and keeping them in the freezer 🙂

...............

On 1/20/2025 at 4:42 PM, sammieuk1 said:

Don't get me started about my Legionnaire days or I will have to garrotte you 🤔

OK Beau.

Highly unlikely he is ex-SAS.

Ex SAS don't talk.

 

SAS Scandinavian Airlines 😳

3 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Only met ex CIA operatives in Pattaya.

One in every bar.

 

Strange, lived there for 25 years and never met one, do you attract walter mittys?

1 hour ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

 

I met a guy in Patpong that kept alluding to being a spook, although he claimed he was English. Throughout the years I bumped into him now and again in bars until he started drinking regularly down Soi 22. 

 

He was arrested for having a chopped up body in his freezer and shot a policeman when they raided his business in Thong Lor.

 

Turns out he was on the run from the FBI for 40 years and was running a passport forgery business as well as other criminal activities!

 

Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction. 

 

Yeah, strange fella- used to bump into him in Goldfingers