Captain Tom
Posted
#255166
(In Topic #13974)
Full Member
Even as Captain Tom lay in hospital fighting for life, a group of young men, who probably owe their existence to men like him, gathered together, unlawfully, to watch a football match endangering themselves and their families.
They knew they were doing wrong, with the arrival of the police they jumped over a balcony and ran away.
Cowardly, selfishly, no doubt alive with 'woke' sentiments and an over inflated belief in their own self entitlement, they deserve nothing but derision and scorn.
See We joined Avon and Somerset Police’s special team dealing with lockdown enforcement - BBC News
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
Posted
Full Member
Posted
Site staff
RIP Sir
Ron
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
Posted
Full Member
John.
Posted
Full Member
Unfortunately Captain Sir Tom has succumbed to Covid-19
RIP Sir
I think the main cause of his demise was pneumonia Sol - he'd been having treatment for that since Christmas but tested positive to Covid 19 in the last few days.
It's strange to think that, for most of his life, he was just another guy - an old soldier from that "greatest generation" who'd obviously had a good innings. Then, suddenly, he was thrust into the limelight - not doing anything particularly spectacular, in spite of his age, but somthing that grabbed the attention of the media and thence, the public.
The results we all know but to me, he was a classic example of someone being in exactly the right place at exactly the right time.
I sincerely hope the remarkable sum he raised is being spent for the genuine benefit of those front line workers for whom it was intended and not to plug the holes left by a lack of state investment.
Am I being cynical if I say I doubt it ……………………… :hmm
'Petermac
Posted
Full Member
I agree with Gordon
They are mindless morons - people have died to give them the freedoms which they are now abusing
Barry
Shed dweller, Softie Southerner and Meglomaniac
Posted
Full Member
As for Covid in the UK, too little done too late, also there should have been bigger fines for much more people who flaunt the rules.
Last edit: by Phil.c
Phil
Posted
Full Member
For heavens sake, that would put him amongst the likes of Royalty, Wellington, Nelson and Churchill. He is most certainly not in that category and the very suggestion proves just how mad the country has become. Even a "Ceremonial Funeral" as accorded to Princess Diana, would be going way too far - IMHO !
What he did, I maintain, was not extraordinary but it did inspire the public, via the media coverage, to donate huge sums to a very worthy cause. The right man, in the right place, at the right time.
To old fogies like me, I think the honours system has become a bit of a joke. My father was awarded the MBE for his efforts during WW2. I recall we had the devil's own job persuading him not to return it when the Beatles got theirs !
'Petermac
Posted
Full Member
I only wish that I had thought of the wheeze first. My railway shed is at the end of my 90 foot garden. If I had been sponsored for every journey I have made between house and shed over the years, we could have paid of any NHS debt and the National Defence Budget at the same time!
Terry
Posted
Full Member
'Kev
Posted
Full Member
Last edit: by zedcell
Posted
Full Member
Phil
Posted
Full Member
The other elephant in the room is the despair over the quoted 60% proportion of the victims being 'disabled' without any reference to the fact that they are that proportion of the community most likely to be attended on by 'carers', who probably move between patients.
In what passes for my mind, I had a feeling that they should have been the first recipients of vaccinations and access to professional standards of PPE.
Douglas
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
1 guest and 0 members have just viewed this.