Never got on with my Dad...
...he was in the service and we tended to move from place to place depending on where he was stationed. I never really felt like his heart was in his relationship with my Mum, he was one of those career men - still is in fact, 45 years at the last count. Me and my little brother were going into the service whether we liked it or not. I tried to get interested in becoming a lawyer like my granddad, just to annoy him, but, let's be honest, law's fucking boring and my Dad got to fly planes and stuff.

Eventually I stopped sulking and realised I was only resisting becoming a pilot because I felt like I hadn't been given much choice; I actually really wanted to do the same job as my Dad had, not that I'd ever admit it to him. My brother didn't take to it very well, though. He met this slightly mental hottie at school and I think he was doing it to impress her, to an extent. I really liked his girlfriend, which I obviously couldn't admit to either. Family ties were strained all round.

Then the Cylons bombed the fuck out of our planets and reduced the entire species to less than 50,000 people. Seemed churlish to hold a grudge after that.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 17:35, 9 replies)

Twigged at
"lawyer like my granddad"
( The_Commander_of_Skips wears his sunglasses at night, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 18:36, closed)

I doff my cap to you, sir
But if anyone gets it at "45 years" they win
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 18:48, closed)

That's pretty much where I figured it out.
"BY YOUR COMMAND"
( jim_bob can herd cats., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 18:53, closed)

Did you bollocks
:-)
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 12 Nov 2009, 19:10, closed)

Zing!
Ya got me!

have a click, good sir.
(El Fandango carved a big EF onto his nemesis' doublet on .., Thu 12 Nov 2009, 20:01, closed)

I
still don't have the foggiest what you're talking on about.

Damn popular culture references; I don't even get the Star Wars ones 'til everyone's commented on them.

I'm so dim sometimes.
( Moey, Fri 13 Nov 2009, 14:45, closed)

Battlestar Galactica
I can't bring myself to cast shame and damnation on you for not having seen it because I'm a recent convert myself. Seek it out. Your life will be better for it.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Fri 13 Nov 2009, 16:01, closed)

(sigh) Ah, now that's what we need.
Proper British craftsmanship that is...
( DukeEuphoria Comes highly reccomended, Mon 16 Nov 2009, 11:26, closed)