I have great respect for the SAS. In fact, when we conducted a competition between special ops units from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, France, , Italy, Israel and Turkey back in 1991, the SAS finished third. I won't tell you who won...

If you won't print it here, could you PM me who was first and second. The reason I'm interested is that usually U.S. Special Forces guys will say that the S.A.S. is the best for their type of mission.

It certainly wasn't Italy given their track record.

I'd hazzard a guess that it was Israel followed by France Although I think FP is suggesting that it was the US.

Hehehehe. You are right Mr. Toad. Israel's team finished fifth. Germany was a close fourth. SAS was third. The U.S. took the first two places.

I just couldn't bring myself to say USA (jest). BTW, where did Italy finish? Behind the start line?

I repeat myself, back in the day the Italians actually won such an event.......Go figure.

Edited March 23, 200818 yr by suiging

I love the way this thread is going. Typical Bedders!

When it comes to SF competitions, it's usually pretty much honours even between the SAS and the Americans; sometimes it's them, sometimes it's us. Depends on the mission.

Edited March 25, 200818 yr by micksterbs

BTW, just had a gander at his profile. Five posts today! That's bumped him up to a dizzing 1.52 per day. That means he'll be here in 295 days.

BTW, just had a gander at his profile. Five posts today! That's bumped him up to a dizzing 1.52 per day. That means he'll be here in 295 days.

Oh no, that's way too soon!

Is the gunnut here yet?

We should ask ADMIN to install metal detecters at the gates of Bedders..........Ping could be in charge, after all one Ping is enough. One more ping on your way in and that's it for you buddy, back to general with no coffee.

When it comes to SF competitions, it's usually pretty much honours even between the SAS and the Americans; sometimes it's them, sometimes it's us. Depends on the mission.

I asked a bunch of American Special Forces guys and heard only compliments about the S.A.S. No trouble admitting that they are best for many missions!

We should ask ADMIN to install metal detecters at the gates of Bedders..........Ping could be in charge, after all one Ping is enough. One more ping on your way in and that's it for you buddy, back to general with no coffee.

You'd better supply me with a ping-proof jacket then. How about we just put a 'Closed for Remonstrations' sign on the front door?

It's a knockout was a truly great show!

It's a knockout was without rival, the very best in family game show viewing. Some may also say that it opened the flood gates for a whole glut of other team based physical game shows such as The Crystal Maze and Gladiators.

The format started off simple. Three teams from various towns of the same county/region battle it out in various absurd races of speed and strategy. In short it was basically a school sports day for grown ups.

By 1969, It's a knockout had been relegated to simply being the UK heat rounds for Jeux Sans Frontiere, (A multi-national version run on the same format), where the winners competed with Johnny Foreigner in even more outlandish feats than the beeb had thought possible.

MORE.... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199230/

Would the US have ever competed if invited, I suspect not, far too serious

I particularly enjoyed the 'piano smash' from the early series, each team had an upright piano which they had to pass through a toilet seat (with the aid of sledge hammers).

Ahh I loved its a knockout, was truly great entertainment, of what little I can remember of it. Talking of old TV shows like that reminds me of The Krypton Factor!

Now that was a show! It was a huge favourite in our house.

I had to look it up but the rounds were Mental Agility; Response (flight simulators and such); Intelligence (3d spatial awareness); Observation; Physical Ability (400m army obstabcle course); General Knowledge

More details here:

The Krypton Factor

Edited March 26, 200818 yr by quiksilva

I do not feel that way, I come here to gatha informatun and look for friends.

Not much differant to others so why is it wrong.

To look for friends? Well, try putting the gun down, for a start.

Then try changing your signature to something a little more, how shall I put this, uplifting.

Next, how about applying a little wit, a modicum of joie-de-vivre, the merest sprinkling of levity to brighten-up your posts.

Just follow these few simple steps and soon you'll be fighting off the friends with the soggy end of a cow's leg.

The Colonel here,

Guns (try putting the gun down) and/or Roses (the merest sprinkling of levity to brighten-up your posts) are not for me, as me taste in music is much better.

As me signature says "Sarcasms is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of entertainment on ThaiVisaDotCom ®" so does his IMO.

As Neil Young once sang "Walk On"

I hear some people

been talkin' me down,

Bring up my name,

pass it 'round.

They don't mention

happy times

They do their thing,

I'll do mine.

Ooh baby,

that's hard to change

I can't tell them

how to feel.

Some get stoned,

some get strange,

But sooner or later

it all gets real.

Walk on, walk on,

Walk on, walk on.

I remember

the good old days,

Stayed up all night

gettin' crazed.

Then the money

was not so good,

But we still did

the best we could.

Ooh baby,

that's hard to change

I can't tell them

how to feel.

Some get stoned,

some get strange,

But sooner or later

it all gets real.

Walk on, walk on,

Walk on, walk on.

----------------------------------------------

Just follow these few simple steps and soon you'll be fighting off the friends with the soggy end of a cow's leg

Does that mean he Kan Knot play with his "Lego" with that silly old cow

Kan Win

Well, that killed that thread stone-dead.

Well, just to revive things a bit, here is the latest from WW:

Brest Implants

No, he's not wanting to get them. He's worried that if he takes his g/f to Oz for a holiday (to the "snow"), hers might freeze up (apparently he read a story about that happening to a girl recently).

Well, at least he's up to 55 posts now !

Well, apparently frost bite is an issue when the tissue covering the implant is thin but so far I can't see anything that says the implant itself freezes....

Who votes troll for this guy?

Jeepers; I wonder if the g/f posts on any forums?

"My boyfriend's a tit and I'm worried that he might suffer from frostbite if we travel to Australia." Could be...

I know what you mean, sbk, but if he is a troll, surely he'd be a bit more prolific? Anyway, I've heard that he's even stranger in real-life.

He's a bit of fun, sees life from a different perspective.

well, as pointed out in the thread, it is a valid question. I still give him the benefit of doubt.

I do not feel that way, I come here to gatha informatun and look for friends.

Not much differant to others so why is it wrong.

To look for friends? Well, try putting the gun down, for a start.

Then try changing your signature to something a little more, how shall I put this, uplifting.

Next, how about applying a little wit, a modicum of joie-de-vivre, the merest sprinkling of levity to brighten-up your posts.

Just follow these few simple steps and soon you'll be fighting off the friends with the soggy end of a cow's leg.

The Colonel here,

Guns (try putting the gun down) and/or Roses (the merest sprinkling of levity to brighten-up your posts) are not for me, as me taste in music is much better.

As me signature says "Sarcasms is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of entertainment on ThaiVisaDotCom ®" so does his IMO.

As Neil Young once sang "Walk On"

I hear some people

been talkin' me down,

Bring up my name,

pass it 'round.

They don't mention

happy times

They do their thing,

I'll do mine.

Ooh baby,

that's hard to change

I can't tell them

how to feel.

Some get stoned,

some get strange,

But sooner or later

it all gets real.

Walk on, walk on,

Walk on, walk on.

I remember

the good old days,

Stayed up all night

gettin' crazed.

Then the money

was not so good,

But we still did

the best we could.

Ooh baby,

that's hard to change

I can't tell them

how to feel.

Some get stoned,

some get strange,

But sooner or later

it all gets real.

Walk on, walk on,

Walk on, walk on.

----------------------------------------------

Just follow these few simple steps and soon you'll be fighting off the friends with the soggy end of a cow's leg

Does that mean he Kan Knot play with his "Lego" with that silly old cow

Kan Win

I love that KGB pic!!!

I'm not fazed by the fact that the guy's a bit 'strange', I just don't like the fact that his strangeness is associated with high powered weapons. I assume he hasn't done anything to incur the wrath of the mods yet, so it looks like those odds on his not making it to 100 posts are rapidly shortening. Before you know it, he will be looking knocking on the front door here (at which time, hopefully, this thread will self-destruct, Mission Impossible style).

Some guy has posted asking advice about his girlfriend who went missing on the way to college.

WW has some helpful words to calm the guy down.

"Does she gamble, have a thai boyfriend ?

Maybe she has just run off to let off steam or go on a gambling binge, or with the boyfriend for awhile to get some decent conversation of her own age.

My wife sometimes does that, run off for days on gambling binges, not with the thai boyfriend. She will call or turn up when she needs a change of clothes. "

Life is like a showbag....full of shit.....

I love that KGB pic!!!

Hi "thaibebop",

that's me "Brother in Arms" taking care of things over there'

I'm not fazed by the fact that the guy's a bit 'strange', I just don't like the fact that his strangeness is associated with high powered weapons. I assume he hasn't done anything to incur the wrath of the mods yet, so it looks like those odds on his not making it to 100 posts are rapidly shortening. Before you know it, he will be looking knocking on the front door here (at which time, hopefully, this thread will self-destruct, Mission Impossible style).

Sorry to say, I am a bit "strangeness" also, so what.

Each and all have our own way of expressing ourselves

strange·ness [stráynjnəss]

1. Condition of being strange: the condition or quality of being strange

2. Quantum characteristic: a quantum characteristic of some elementary particles that is conserved in strong and electromagnetic, but not weak, interactions and has a value strangeness number of zero for most particles

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Yours truly,

Kan Win

1000-1 says if he does make it to Bedders.

MayI take that bet, 1000 to one

Kan Win

Don't gamble kan, too risky!

Look at it this way Tiggs - you have a darn good chance of winning yourself a pint of the finest!

Some guy has posted asking advice about his girlfriend who went missing on the way to college.

WW has some helpful words to calm the guy down.

"Does she gamble, have a thai boyfriend ?

Maybe she has just run off to let off steam or go on a gambling binge, or with the boyfriend for awhile to get some decent conversation of her own age.

My wife sometimes does that, run off for days on gambling binges, not with the thai boyfriend. She will call or turn up when she needs a change of clothes. "

Life is like a showbag....full of shit.....

I take it you've corrected this passage for us, yeah?

Look at it this way Tiggs - you have a darn good chance of winning yourself a pint of the finest!

I'll have 2 then!

...and I'll have half (remember Love Thy Neighbour?)

...and I'll have half (remember Love Thy Neighbour?)

A wicked programme that shows we have evolved as a society. However, it was "I'll 'ave an 'alf". Where I come from this was extreamly funny as the only person to have a half would be a woman. Men NEVER drank halves! To us gulpers a half is gone in 2 mouthfuls!

Look at it this way Tiggs - you have a darn good chance of winning yourself a pint of the finest!

I'll have 2 then!

Welcome to my part of the woods "Our Most Faithful Tiger".

and to me house

and then to me view

If and when you turn up for your winnings should one book you 1 or was that 2?

Khun Ping then, Kan dive in the deep end with you.

Kan Win in Kan as always

Fab Kan, well done - yes I'll have another 2 to keep my first 2 company!