tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.comments2024-01-02T16:30:43.455+00:00Hog Day AfternoonHogdayafternoonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comBlogger3830125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-20004261863574937512024-01-02T16:30:43.455+00:002024-01-02T16:30:43.455+00:00Conan dear boy! I do believe that much hasn’t chan...Conan dear boy! I do believe that much hasn’t changed since we last exchanged comments! Ive been up your way quite a bit over the past several years (mainly Fife).Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-74041225955979380372023-12-19T17:05:55.310+00:002023-12-19T17:05:55.310+00:00Long time no see Hog.Long time no see Hog.Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-17384513629690077932019-10-18T22:40:40.182+01:002019-10-18T22:40:40.182+01:00You can bet your motorbike seat calloused arse upo...You can bet your motorbike seat calloused arse upon that.Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-19851997546973295242017-12-07T10:36:05.545+00:002017-12-07T10:36:05.545+00:00True Troub` Everyone has their `price` (mines a pi...True Troub` Everyone has their `price` (mines a pint of bitter ;)Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-22763768262523255622017-12-05T12:47:14.217+00:002017-12-05T12:47:14.217+00:00Some days I don't think that kind of "cod...Some days I don't think that kind of "code of honor" is found much in the USA. It makes me miss British Columbia.<br /><br />It sounds as though you ha da lovely reunion though.Trobairitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453398807198746434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-12606742041105291742017-09-11T15:07:05.985+01:002017-09-11T15:07:05.985+01:00It is a sad reflection on the systematic `run-down...It is a sad reflection on the systematic `run-down` of police funding when a `robbery in progress` call gets `no units available` on a quiet night in London. Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-82642649988856949592017-09-08T18:51:11.720+01:002017-09-08T18:51:11.720+01:00It won't change anything though will it? The B...It won't change anything though will it? The BBC London news barely covers murders now. I know there are a lot of serious assaults that don't even make the local news. Until this sort of crime seriously affects the middle class nothing will be done.<br />I'm glad I'm out. The capacity and capability of the Met to respond to theses incidents is now hollowed out. The political class don't care, the police are demonized at every opportunity by a lazy press. I would not advise anyone to join the police at the moment.<br />RetiredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-13617221869736642942017-09-08T14:40:38.096+01:002017-09-08T14:40:38.096+01:00So sad. We see stories like this in the news here...So sad. We see stories like this in the news here in the USA all the time. Just sad and senseless.<br /><br />Trobairitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453398807198746434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-81112060433325445492017-05-08T18:38:11.451+01:002017-05-08T18:38:11.451+01:00I have yet to read Tony Log's but it is on my ...I have yet to read Tony Log's but it is on my list of things to do. Like you I fill my days and I have reached a state of Zen-like calm with regard to the ongoing destruction of the UK police and armed services. I do like saying 'I told you so' to people now.<br />RetiredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-66156096398979989692017-05-04T09:31:32.423+01:002017-05-04T09:31:32.423+01:00Hello Retired. Well thanks for the welcome `back`....Hello Retired. Well thanks for the welcome `back`. I've been heavily engaged elsewhere with these random things that seem to fill the days of us retirees. I'm writing a lot, elsewhere, and almost forgot I had this little room in the ether. I'll dust the shelves off and see what I can see.<br />PS. Have you read Tony Long's book? The guy did a nice job.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-54780645184206081882017-04-30T10:22:25.037+01:002017-04-30T10:22:25.037+01:00Welcome back, like you I don't watch many TV c...Welcome back, like you I don't watch many TV cop dramas as I find them inaccurate and over the top, true the past wasn't perfect but if you believe the TV most of us 70's vintage cops would have been thrown out of the SS for being too nasty.<br />Do you shout at historical clips on the news as well? They have researchers but they don't seem to do any researching. My favourite was a piece about the Battle of Britain that showed the Luftwaffe attacking USAAF planes over Germany.<br />I also get upset when the RN in WW2 is mentioned and they show clips of USN battleships in the pacific.<br />Yes, I do need to get out more.<br />RetiredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-33261768425063422222016-02-03T09:18:45.168+00:002016-02-03T09:18:45.168+00:00Conan, the Met have had the hardwear to arm double...Conan, the Met have had the hardwear to arm double the numbers they already have, for a long time.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-59729972964633191162016-01-14T16:09:26.704+00:002016-01-14T16:09:26.704+00:00More bang for your buck?More bang for your buck?Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-1877838773695354412015-08-07T15:40:00.321+01:002015-08-07T15:40:00.321+01:00What an incredible story... glad he survived to te...What an incredible story... glad he survived to tell the tale.. though a bit of me feels the audi driver got away very lightly for his actions that day.<br />Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005047450040559399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-15032272298132883402015-07-18T18:48:09.949+01:002015-07-18T18:48:09.949+01:00Hogday/
The West is unfortunately PC suicidely na...Hogday/<br /><br />The West is unfortunately PC suicidely naive to the threat posed by Islam... to a fault.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-7588480352046833112015-07-08T19:04:37.652+01:002015-07-08T19:04:37.652+01:00After all these years we are all probably deaf eno...After all these years we are all probably deaf enough not to need ear protection though.<br />RetiredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-36042136163915696072015-07-08T18:30:11.022+01:002015-07-08T18:30:11.022+01:00I wondered what the contingencies would be. I'...I wondered what the contingencies would be. I'd be amazed if there wasn't a plan at the H.O. but buying back retired afo's must be one of the daftest. Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-36502516436787348312015-07-07T15:23:22.065+01:002015-07-07T15:23:22.065+01:00To cover the gap in AFO coverage caused by the lo...To cover the gap in AFO coverage caused by the loss of experienced staff. After this trial I would imagine most current officers will be thinking very carefully before using any form of force at all. You cannot rely on anything except that the current Home Secretary will stab you in the back if she has the chance. <br />RetiredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-19643877168540546862015-07-07T12:40:59.047+01:002015-07-07T12:40:59.047+01:00Retired: Come back? For what??Retired: Come back? For what??Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-20205902674683111262015-07-06T18:22:35.465+01:002015-07-06T18:22:35.465+01:00I just knew that you were going to bring me bad lu...I just knew that you were going to bring me bad luck! lol<br />dickiebohttp://dickiebo.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-55294210194250773262015-07-05T09:04:51.750+01:002015-07-05T09:04:51.750+01:00And the idea was being floated that ex AFO's s...And the idea was being floated that ex AFO's should come back? Was this another piece of blue skies thinking from the policing brains of Policy Exchange? No thank you.<br />RetiredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-43960212635803013782015-07-03T19:58:57.964+01:002015-07-03T19:58:57.964+01:00As the Russians used to say 'Easy training, ha...As the Russians used to say 'Easy training, hard fighting. Hard training,easy fighting'. BTW any idea why the colour of the coveralls has changed?<br />RetiredAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-82432049246697449442015-07-02T19:59:26.395+01:002015-07-02T19:59:26.395+01:00The world continues to see these atrocities, and y...The world continues to see these atrocities, and yet I see no end to them.<br /><br />Makes me glad I don't have kids and yet worried for the world in which my nephew will grow up.Trobairitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453398807198746434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-30236400549752600202015-06-24T12:37:14.999+01:002015-06-24T12:37:14.999+01:00William, yes indeed. My great grandmother's br...William, yes indeed. My great grandmother's brother Thomas was killed by Zulus at Isandlwana, over 50 years later in the biggest massacre of British infantry of modern times by a native force. Him and his dead comrades remained on the field for 3 months so there was little left to bury.Hogdayafternoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188146617570775741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434417594974826136.post-17187179233103989772015-06-19T23:40:42.904+01:002015-06-19T23:40:42.904+01:00Something I read about Waterloo just a few days ag...Something I read about Waterloo just a few days ago that detailed the cost - there were giant pits dug and the bodies of 1000s of men and horses were pushed in <br /><br />It was one of those pivotal battles that changed the future of Europe Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.com