i don't give a s**t about who joined any bloody army

(newsflash one of my best mates is an ex-squaddie*)

as Yellalee points out, there is a long, long history of the Irish joining up and fighting for the British army

i have never had a problem with tombs.

i have made what i intended to be light-hearted jokes, and posts, but for which my tone has been seemingly misjudged.

There was something to do with helping out ex-service personnel that i helped with on a post on here, i've forgotten what exactly, it's never been a deal of any size for me. He thanked me for it, i just joked that i was happy Chelts was finally getting the help he needed. It never felt like something worth the thanks he extended to me. That felt like he has had an issue with me for many years.

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i did nothing to warrant that

it was like his own throwaway line

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it gets very tiring to never be given the benefit of that doubt though, and to be constantly criticised, indirectly, nearly every day.

*yeah i know, this so sounds like "i've got nothing against the x, some of my best friends are x" but it's also true

Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on May 10th 2020 at 18:00:44

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Ralf Scrampton.Your angst with Tombs is because he has Irish ancestry (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 16:19:02
- i don't give a shit about who joined any bloody army (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 18:00:44
  - It gets very tiring to never get given the benefit of the doubt. (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 18:10:32
    - I can read you lot like a book as well.easy. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 18:19:03
    - Ie,people decide our mentality? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 18:15:13
  - actually that's not quite true (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, May 10, 18:05:00
- I have catholic Irish family who served in the English Army in 70s (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 10, 16:47:54
  - Not trying to dig you out. On the vino. 🙂 (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 16:57:41
    - Peace and love, proth x (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 10, 16:58:20
      - And you and yours bor.💚💛 (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 16:59:41
  - We are both Irish and British. My Dad served in the RAF during WW11 (n/m) (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, May 10, 16:57:16
    - Mum was Irish, same MTS, although father is Polish so that half are, well,l Polish. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, May 10, 17:06:19
      - Dubs,my grandparents were there too. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 17:14:53
        
        Proth I think you could have polish or irish blood! xxxxxx (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, May 10, 18:18:22
        
        Polish I I reckon,well I think there's abit of Judaism on my dads (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 18:36:24
      - That said, mum's family have more than a wish for the reunification of Ireland. I agree. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, May 10, 17:07:33
  - So ,what do you think it is? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 16:53:42
    - Okay doke. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 10, 16:59:01
    - What what is? Was just adding a family anecdote on the subject tbh (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 10, 16:57:35

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