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Originally Posted by Zacharias
Now writing 50 times on the blackboard:
"I will resist the urge to ask Stretch if he is sure about something."  |
Oh please don't start thinking like that. This is a forum not "the law". If you're not sure or want further evidence or proof you should really ask for it. Even in this thread consider the situation that perhaps the guy who complied the "evidence" to which I refer missed out the section that shows long chassis W123 200Ds!
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Originally Posted by Zacharias
I have an acquaintance whose father had such a serious drinking problem, when he was a tank commander stationed in Germany, that one weekend he sold his tank to a bunch of criminals in a small town bar. Yes, an armoured Canadian battle tank, presumably about the same as whatever the Brits had just finished using in the 1960s (our military has a proud tradition of buying up whatever used crap the Brits are too smart to try and fix anymore). And I mean armoured in the sense he had live rounds on board.
He actually never did time, as the story had legs in Germany and the military just quietly shipped him back home immediately and kicked him out, rather than risk the facts becoming public through the court martial. Or any senior officer having to explain it in the first place.
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May be he had to "sell" it to them!
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