Rememberance day

On the 11th hour of the 11th day in the 11th month of 1918, a peace treaty was signed, bringing an end to the great war, which had seen many lives lost across europe, and the rest of the world. It was the first war that introduced new technology to warfare in the shape of tanks and aircraft, it was the first to use mustard gas. Many lives lost, then 21 years later war is again declared on Germany, this time under a fascist tyranny.

The story of both wars has been told many times over, but what about the people, the average person, the real unsung heroes of the war were the volunteers who signed up, the men and women who worked in the factories to keep things ticking over, then would do duties in the night such as firefighting, medics, making sure that the streets were blacked out. The farmers who fed the nation, the landgirls, the list goes on and on.

There are very few famlies who have not been affected by both conflicts, both directly and indirectly, there are now no veterans of world war 1, the last vet died only a few years ago, and the veterans of world war 2 are rapidly dwindling.

Out of my grandparents, all in their 80's, My granny was a Wren, my other Grandmother was a nurse, and my Canadian granddad was in the airforce, serving on Lancaster Bombers. My other Grandad, was a farmer, although a young lad at the time.

So I hope you all showed your respect today, and remembered the fallen.

Here is a very interesting fact, there is only one year year since the end of world war 2 when a serving solder has not died in conflict, and that is 1968. It is mind boggling if you think about it. Many lives have been lost on peace keeping missions.

I personally do not agree with the war in the Gulf, and I know that lots of people share my opinion, but you cant help but to respect the solders serving in these volatile countries.

Other things in life now, still not heard about the car today, but I intend to be mobile again by the weekend, working saturday, which will stop me going out and spending my money.

The government are proposing to cut the benefits of the longterm out of work, as with all of these ideas the wrong people will be targeted, whilst the sub human scum, who know how to play the system will get away with it. There were demonstrations in London yesterday, which turned in to anarchy, involving damage and forced entry to the tory party headquarters. Just a shame Cameron and George Osbourne were not in there, the pair of silver spoon wankers, I would love to see the anarchists get their mits on them, it would make great TV.

So there you have it, my be giving the bus a miss this week, well not going to have the time to spend on it this week. Right off to look at Ebay now talk soon