My granddad was awarded the M.M. at Ypres.
To get it he did stuff that was judged to be very brave but was also extremely foolhardy and could easily have got him killed.
My dad served on Russian convoy escort duty in WW2 and like my grandad, came through unscathed.
These events in their lives took place before they had kids. My point is not that they had lucky escapes but that all their ancestors including me were incredibly lucky to even be conceived.
I suppose this applies in differing degrees to all of us.
Good to be alive, isn't it?
( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 19:08, 5 replies)

visual.ly/what-are-odds
( dazbrilliantwhites has been meaning to change this..., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 19:11, closed)

GAY

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 19:26, closed)

Yes, but that's another QOTW

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 19:42, closed)

The odds that your ancestors survive and breed are 100%
(Brigadier an old boot sitting on a man's face - forever, Sat 6 Jul 2013, 19:37, closed)

Only when they become forefathers.

( edjogs Collared doves are shit., Sat 6 Jul 2013, 19:44, closed)