tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post1986722295493700156..comments2024-01-02T16:30:43.455+00:00Comments on Hog Day Afternoon: Its all in the genesHogdayafternoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-59776054145116466352012-06-15T07:29:13.257+01:002012-06-15T07:29:13.257+01:00JTG: Best keep schtum about that;)JTG: Best keep schtum about that;)Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-88252548928235068422012-06-15T02:50:47.409+01:002012-06-15T02:50:47.409+01:00Sometimes I wonder if I might be descended from a ...Sometimes I wonder if I might be descended from a Stuart bastard. I've heard there were lots and lots of those. Their legitimate issue all died out.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-52003950666376454972012-06-14T12:16:48.057+01:002012-06-14T12:16:48.057+01:00@Dave, how funny and a co-incidence back at you, b...@Dave, how funny and a co-incidence back at you, because yesterday having looked up that Sweeney officer, I bought "The Brave Blue Line" by Dick Kirby, on Amazon <br /><br />Looking back over my 32 years in uniform I was often grateful, in my middle and later service, that my mentors in the Met were inspiring, fearless (at least they didn't show any) wise and wonderful men - even the more mischievious and slightly villainous were good company.<br /><br />I have to say that as my experience and time in the job grew, it started to dawn on me that I would never see their like again, then it dawned on me that I was like them too, or trying to be in my own way, because I liked `their way`, it worked well. I took my grounding in the Met with me to the county force I transferred to and it never left me. To the day I retired my mates would often add `of course he transferred from the Met`, into our conversations! I'm a Londoner anyway, so I welcomed the association even though sometimes they meant it in a less than complimentary way! They were just jealous!!Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-43798849575138677002012-06-13T23:31:50.067+01:002012-06-13T23:31:50.067+01:00You should be on commission, HD. By some amazing ...You should be on commission, HD. By some amazing coincidence I was looking at this book on Amazon a little over a week ago and trying to decide if I wanted to order it and another one called "Just the Job, Mate". You can't ignore a coincidence like this so I think I will buy it. I'll send you a quid as a recommender's fee.Dave Pie-n-Mashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12727074060607086654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-23302810164787520392012-06-13T10:52:57.598+01:002012-06-13T10:52:57.598+01:00Rather like nights out, I'd say most of the be...Rather like nights out, I'd say most of the best acquaintances made are entirely accidental.sparkflashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10106858614940850559noreply@blogger.com