From: Nigel Hay MILWEB (nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Wed Aug 10 2005 - 23:38:11 PDT
I have to agree, it was a peaceful August day in 1979, I was working on my
first jeep, my daughter was just a few weeks away from being born when the
Dowager Lady Brabourne ( who lived in our village in Kent) stopped at our
gate to ask my (then) wife how things were going, just days later this
charming, gentle woman was blown up with Lord Mountbatten by the IRA whilst
on holiday in Ireland.
IRA terrorism touched all levels of British society. We all know about
Noraid. Lets leave it at that.
One of the Shoreland level 5 armoured Landrovers has just been placed on
www.milweb.net in the Armour section. The initial spec for these vehicles
was to withstand bullets from an M1 carbine....... which seems a bit
bizarre.
These and more often earlier variants were a common sight on the streets of
Northern Ireland. Nowadays they are popular with the press in trouble spots
around the world. This one I think is ex CNN. Co-incidentally, this months
Classic Military Vehicles has a serious look at the Shorelands, including
the actual one advertised.
NH
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Jim Webster
Sent: 11 August 2005 01:40
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Political Correctness Amuck
Larry Tighe wrote:
> Be it "Statistical Probablility" or "Profiling" it's gotta be done.
> The test below answers the obvious. I hope this can end the OT
> discussion of "self-destructive behaviour" called PC.
>
> HISTORY TEST Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the
> following multiple choice test. The events are actual events from
> history. They actually happened! Do you remember?
>
> 1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a. Superman b. Jay Leno
> c. Harry Potter d. a Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17
> and 40
Hey this is fun lets try another version...
1. On Saturday 15 August 1998 a bomb killed 29 people in Omagh the
people responsible were:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis Fans
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. A group funded and armed by citizens of the USA
2. During the late 1980's an ex-US Army sniper was employed by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. A group funded and armed by citizens of the USA
3. From 1969 - 2001 3,523 people were killed in Northern Ireland by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. A group funded and armed by citizens of the USA
4. In August 1979 a convoy was ambushed and 18 para's were killed by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. A group funded and armed by citizens of the USA
I could go on indefinately...
Now layoff the terrorism crap; as some of us have had it for the last 40
years; and lets get back to MILITARY VEHICLES. We do remember thats what
this mailing list is about?
TTFN
Jim
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