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Not sure if i've told this o here before ,,, But years ago, i was running a couple of my own taxis ,, and got this fella in ,, he had just come out of the army ,I gave him his first job after he got out , we got on real well and spoke a lot ,, never having been in the army i was curious , asked a lot of questions , Anyway it turns out that he was some sort of PE teacher , he was in the commando's , parachute regiment or one of those up market soilder groups .. I asked him about the SAS , and remember he told me about another one which was a big secret at the time the SBS , ,, Told me he had tried to join the SAS on numerous occasions , and he also said , you virtually have to stand out and then get poached , you can't go knock on the door and ask to be let in ,,, ...... I said to him , i would of thought you would off been ok for that stuff ,especielly since he was doing a lot of PE work with them , and he said outright , i was'nt mentaly tough enough ... He reckons , its the mental side they look for ,, he was telling me , he seen 16 stone men go away and come back virtually un recognisable . big strong 6 foot plus 16 stone men , come back haggard weighing 8 stone

His words were ,, You have to be smart enough and intelligent enough to be a wizard with electronics , smart enough to be bilingul ,, BUT yet stupid enough , to leave camp fully fit , go cross the lake districts , in winter , live out there for a couple of weeks , and survive without being seen , armed with a pen knife and a mars bar ,, Then crazy enough to not think twice about slitting a throat , because your commander told you too without reason ..

And something else he said that always stuck with me was ,, if you EVER EVER see a tv show or read a book by anyone who claims to have been in these squadrons ,, you are looking at a liar.

I've not seen this show , but according to what this guy told me , there breaking a honor sort of system and rules by claiming to be SAS if in fact they have been there

Coco wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 05:46 Fash must be getting on a bit, but in his prime a real strong athlete, a hard man too, a self centred, tunnel visioned guy.

He’s got that wild eyed look - he also looks all elbows and knees as well, combined with his martial arts etc he could probably go a bit

Has John Fashanu shouted 'Awooga' yet?

coneye wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:02 Not sure if i've told this o here before ,,, But years ago, i was running a couple of my own taxis ,, and got this fella in ,, he had just come out of the army ,I gave him his first job after he got out , we got on real well and spoke a lot ,, never having been in the army i was curious , asked a lot of questions , Anyway it turns out that he was some sort of PE teacher , he was in the commando's , parachute regiment or one of those up market soilder groups .. I asked him about the SAS , and remember he told me about another one which was a big secret at the time the SBS , ,, Told me he had tried to join the SAS on numerous occasions , and he also said , you virtually have to stand out and then get poached , you can't go knock on the door and ask to be let in ,,, ...... I said to him , i would of thought you would off been ok for that stuff ,especielly since he was doing a lot of PE work with them , and he said outright , i was'nt mentaly tough enough ... He reckons , its the mental side they look for ,, he was telling me , he seen 16 stone men go away and come back virtually un recognisable . big strong 6 foot plus 16 stone men , come back haggard weighing 8 stone

His words were ,, You have to be smart enough and intelligent enough to be a wizard with electronics , smart enough to be bilingul ,, BUT yet stupid enough , to leave camp fully fit , go cross the lake districts , in winter , live out there for a couple of weeks , and survive without being seen , armed with a pen knife and a mars bar ,, Then crazy enough to not think twice about slitting a throat , because your commander told you too without reason ..

And something else he said that always stuck with me was ,, if you EVER EVER see a tv show or read a book by anyone who claims to have been in these squadrons ,, you are looking at a liar

Well that last bit isn't true because those guys on the TV show are confirmed ex-special forces, as I've said one of them received a commendation for bravery in Northern Ireland and he also got an MBE for leading a hostage rescue operation. Steven Mitchell and Colin Armstrong AKA Andy McNab and Chris Ryan are confirmed ex-SAS, another one who wrote a book was Peter Ratcliffe who was the SAS RSM.

But the rest of your post yeah they want people they know aren't going to fall apart under pressure.

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:11

coneye wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:02 Not sure if i've told this o here before ,,, But years ago, i was running a couple of my own taxis ,, and got this fella in ,, he had just come out of the army ,I gave him his first job after he got out , we got on real well and spoke a lot ,, never having been in the army i was curious , asked a lot of questions , Anyway it turns out that he was some sort of PE teacher , he was in the commando's , parachute regiment or one of those up market soilder groups .. I asked him about the SAS , and remember he told me about another one which was a big secret at the time the SBS , ,, Told me he had tried to join the SAS on numerous occasions , and he also said , you virtually have to stand out and then get poached , you can't go knock on the door and ask to be let in ,,, ...... I said to him , i would of thought you would off been ok for that stuff ,especielly since he was doing a lot of PE work with them , and he said outright , i was'nt mentaly tough enough ... He reckons , its the mental side they look for ,, he was telling me , he seen 16 stone men go away and come back virtually un recognisable . big strong 6 foot plus 16 stone men , come back haggard weighing 8 stone

His words were ,, You have to be smart enough and intelligent enough to be a wizard with electronics , smart enough to be bilingul ,, BUT yet stupid enough , to leave camp fully fit , go cross the lake districts , in winter , live out there for a couple of weeks , and survive without being seen , armed with a pen knife and a mars bar ,, Then crazy enough to not think twice about slitting a throat , because your commander told you too without reason ..

And something else he said that always stuck with me was ,, if you EVER EVER see a tv show or read a book by anyone who claims to have been in these squadrons ,, you are looking at a liar

Well that last bit isn't true because those guys on the TV show are confirmed ex-special forces, as I've said one of them received a commendation for bravery in Northern Ireland and he also got an MBE for leading a hostage rescue operation. Steven Mitchell and Colin Armstrong AKA Andy McNab and Chris Ryan are confirmed ex-SAS, another one who wrote a book was Peter Ratcliffe who was the SAS RSM.

But the rest of your post yeah they want people they know aren't going to fall apart under pressure.

These convo's were over 30 years ago ,, I've not seen the show we don't get it here . Do remember the Andy Mcnab books coming out was'nt he slated for writing them ,

coneye wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:16

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:11

Well that last bit isn't true because those guys on the TV show are confirmed ex-special forces, as I've said one of them received a commendation for bravery in Northern Ireland and he also got an MBE for leading a hostage rescue operation. Steven Mitchell and Colin Armstrong AKA Andy McNab and Chris Ryan are confirmed ex-SAS, another one who wrote a book was Peter Ratcliffe who was the SAS RSM.

But the rest of your post yeah they want people they know aren't going to fall apart under pressure.

These convo's were over 30 years ago ,, I've not seen the show we don't get it here . Do remember the Andy Mcnab books coming out was'nt he slated for writing them ,

Yeah he and Ryan were slated for embellishing their story and also for naming the dead men from Bravo Two Zero while they hid behind pseudonyms.

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 02:27

mickey1975 wrote: ↑20 Apr 2020, 23:49 I think the staff are scared of him.

I doubt it, one of them received an award for bravery for capturing an IRA sniper by using himself as bait so I doubt he's going to be intimidated by a boxer.

I think without snipers watching his every move, Boomer would take his head off.

mickey1975 wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:35

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 02:27

I doubt it, one of them received an award for bravery for capturing an IRA sniper by using himself as bait so I doubt he's going to be intimidated by a boxer.

I think without snipers watching his every move, Boomer would take his head off.

No doubt but he won't be scared of him.

milpool wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:05 Has John Fashanu shouted 'Awooga' yet?

I shout that when i blow my beans

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 05:54

Coco wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 05:46 Fash must be getting on a bit, but in his prime a real strong athlete, a hard man too, a self centred, tunnel visioned guy.

I always remember Vinnie Jones after being asked about his hard man image that he was a complete pussycat compared to Fash.

Aye , he used to put it about a bit .
That was when I used to like footy , can you imagine today's premiership snowflakes standing up to the hardmen of that era and before ? .
It's nearly a non physical contact sport nowadays .
Anyways I wouldn't want fash the bash setting about me even now .

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:11

coneye wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:02 Not sure if i've told this o here before ,,, But years ago, i was running a couple of my own taxis ,, and got this fella in ,, he had just come out of the army ,I gave him his first job after he got out , we got on real well and spoke a lot ,, never having been in the army i was curious , asked a lot of questions , Anyway it turns out that he was some sort of PE teacher , he was in the commando's , parachute regiment or one of those up market soilder groups .. I asked him about the SAS , and remember he told me about another one which was a big secret at the time the SBS , ,, Told me he had tried to join the SAS on numerous occasions , and he also said , you virtually have to stand out and then get poached , you can't go knock on the door and ask to be let in ,,, ...... I said to him , i would of thought you would off been ok for that stuff ,especielly since he was doing a lot of PE work with them , and he said outright , i was'nt mentaly tough enough ... He reckons , its the mental side they look for ,, he was telling me , he seen 16 stone men go away and come back virtually un recognisable . big strong 6 foot plus 16 stone men , come back haggard weighing 8 stone

His words were ,, You have to be smart enough and intelligent enough to be a wizard with electronics , smart enough to be bilingul ,, BUT yet stupid enough , to leave camp fully fit , go cross the lake districts , in winter , live out there for a couple of weeks , and survive without being seen , armed with a pen knife and a mars bar ,, Then crazy enough to not think twice about slitting a throat , because your commander told you too without reason ..

And something else he said that always stuck with me was ,, if you EVER EVER see a tv show or read a book by anyone who claims to have been in these squadrons ,, you are looking at a liar

Well that last bit isn't true because those guys on the TV show are confirmed ex-special forces, as I've said one of them received a commendation for bravery in Northern Ireland and he also got an MBE for leading a hostage rescue operation. Steven Mitchell and Colin Armstrong AKA Andy McNab and Chris Ryan are confirmed ex-SAS, another one who wrote a book was Peter Ratcliffe who was the SAS RSM.

But the rest of your post yeah they want people they know aren't going to fall apart under pressure.

"Apparently" if after you leave SF and you publicise the fact that you were in The Regiment whether that be righting books or appearing on shows. Then you are banned from any sort of reunion etc sine die

You are ostracised forever basically.

During my time in the forces I saw a quite a few go off and attempt selection, all bar one returned. Never heard off him again.. although I did leave the Army the following year. Often wonder what became of him....

I do enjoy the programme tho, the celeb one not so much....
Ant Middleton started his career in the same regiment as me

rd350lc wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:46

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 05:54

I always remember Vinnie Jones after being asked about his hard man image that he was a complete pussycat compared to Fash.

Aye , he used to put it about a bit .
That was when I used to like footy , can you imagine today's premiership snowflakes standing up to the hardmen of that era and before ? .
It's nearly a non physical contact sport nowadays .
Anyways I wouldn't want fash the bash setting about me even now .

If I remember rightly, he caved in half of Gary mabbutts face didn't he?

the patriot wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:59

banjo wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:11

Well that last bit isn't true because those guys on the TV show are confirmed ex-special forces, as I've said one of them received a commendation for bravery in Northern Ireland and he also got an MBE for leading a hostage rescue operation. Steven Mitchell and Colin Armstrong AKA Andy McNab and Chris Ryan are confirmed ex-SAS, another one who wrote a book was Peter Ratcliffe who was the SAS RSM.

But the rest of your post yeah they want people they know aren't going to fall apart under pressure.

"Apparently" if after you leave SF and you publicise the fact that you were in The Regiment whether that be righting books or appearing on shows. Then you are banned from any sort of reunion etc sine die

You are ostracised forever basically.

During my time in the forces I saw a quite a few go off and attempt selection, all bar one returned. Never heard off him again.. although I did leave the Army the following year. Often wonder what became of him....

Yeah I've heard that too although I've heard Peter Ratcliffe is still welcomed by the regiment although his book was more about pulling down the tall tales told by the likes of McNab, Ryan, Cameron Spence and Yorky Crossland, the latter two who were part of his mission in Iraq and neither of their books painted him in a positive light so this was Ratcliffe getting his own back. It's also notable that Ratcliffe published his book under his real name with his real face on the cover too, none of this pseudonyms with blanked out faces that the others did.

Shhhh wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 09:14

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 06:40

I shout that when i blow my beans

Damn.... do U get many second dates? Lol

Only need one mate

Shhhh wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 09:16 John Fashanu is not a good a fighter as brother... Justin was a expert in the ring boom boom

Ooeer misses , scored a fantastic goal for Norwich as I remember .

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 10:59

Shhhh wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 09:14

Damn.... do U get many second dates? Lol

Only need one mate

Any sexual innuendo about Anthea Turner yet Stu ?
Have I missed it or are you slipping up ?
She is still very tidy .

rd350lc wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 11:01

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 10:59

Only need one mate

Any sexual innuendo about Anthea Turner yet Stu ?
Have I missed it or are you slipping up ?
She is still very tidy .

Was she the one who got done for giving her husband/bf a blowjob on the hard shoulder ?

rd350lc wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 11:01

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 10:59

Only need one mate

Any sexual innuendo about Anthea Turner yet Stu ?
Have I missed it or are you slipping up ?
She is still very tidy .

I covered her (giggity) earlier in the thread cuz

Old bones Ian wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 08:07 https://www.independent.co.uk/student/c ... 30573.html

Nice piece...

Old bones Ian wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 08:07 https://www.independent.co.uk/student/c ... 30573.html

That man's achievements are staggering.

the patriot wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 11:26

rd350lc wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 11:01

Any sexual innuendo about Anthea Turner yet Stu ?
Have I missed it or are you slipping up ?
She is still very tidy .

Was she the one who got done for giving her husband/bf a blowjob on the hard shoulder ?

I think that was Gillian Taylforth from eastenders. Apparently she told the police she was trying to ease his stomach ache.

Stuarty wrote: ↑18 Apr 2020, 10:09 Bucket snatch Katie Price is on it as well! Absolute jizz bag!

Anthea Turner as well! I've never wanted to punch a woman before but she has a very punchable face! Still ride her though if she provided the KY...

Brilliant

Stuarty wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 11:32

rd350lc wrote: ↑21 Apr 2020, 11:01

Any sexual innuendo about Anthea Turner yet Stu ?
Have I missed it or are you slipping up ?
She is still very tidy .

I covered her (giggity) earlier in the thread cuz

Pay me to look then