Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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grandfatherDuring the war my Grandad was gainfully employed as an engineer on a Royal Navy frigate. In 1942 while on escort duty in mid-atlantic, the convoy his ship was escorting came under extensive U-boat attack. His ship was torpedoed, stayed afloat but was heavily damaged. There was no working SONAR on board so my Grandad had to come up with a solution fast. He removed the lens and protective glass from the door to the cells (the window a guard could look at prisoners through) and welded this to the hull below the waterline. He was then able to keep a sharp lookout for U-boats, thus saving many lives.
He later wrote a book about it. It was called 'a device from hold peephole'
Sorry.
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Lord & Lady Pants, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 10:29,
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I read through most of this thinkingwow, that's pretty cool. not sure how well that would work, but it's not a bad idea.
then you delivered a glorious pun. congratulations
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Vipros too orangey for crows, Tue 24 Jun 2008, 10:41,
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Yesvery good. Took me by surprise.
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