The poor dears…..

Posted on June 19, 2014 by KG

Aucklanders alarmed by loud bangs:
‘First time in 18 years that publicised bomb practice has caused public alarm, air force boss says.
..Yesterday was the first time the bombs had caused problems in nearly 20 years of annual exercises.
“We have been doing them for at least 18 years. Yesterday was the first day we had any feedback on concern over the noise,” said Air Vice Marshal Mike Yardley Chief of Air Force…’
Counselling. Trauma therapy. Big things that go bang should be banned.

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8 Responses to The poor dears…..

  1. mawm says:
    June 20, 2014 at 06:43

    I’m shaken.

  2. Michael in Nelson says:
    June 20, 2014 at 08:36

    What’s next? Banning vaccines because bacteria react to stimuli in a way that means they might feel pain?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2662297/Fish-feelings-Expert-claims-creatures-experience-pain-way-humans-better-treated.html

    • KG says:
      June 20, 2014 at 09:33

      The greens are gearing up for a major assault on fishermen, Michael. They tried it years ago and got laughed out of town, but things are different now….

    • KG says:
      June 20, 2014 at 09:37

      Aha! Pierre Sprey. :grin:
      Read the book “Boyd” by Robert Coran, and you’ll see just how important the man is. A group of them took on the Pentagon and got the F16 and the A10 into service against massive opposition from contractors and the senior brass who were in the contractors’ pockets.
      Excellent link. Thanks for that Robert.

  4. Ronbo says:
    June 20, 2014 at 23:53

    What the Aucklanders need is some REAL military activity, like we did in Germany during the winter of 1979 at Hanover…How about 350,000 troops and an armored corps of over 300 M-60 main battle tanks rolling thru town on exercises :?: :mrgreen:

    I happened to be on leave and driving back from Paris to Berlin on the autobahn late at night in December and saw – believe it or not :!: :mrgreen: – a Holiday Inn, so I stopped for the night and went immediately to sleep.

    Hanover was only about 50 kilometers from the then East German border. The autobahn at the East German border was under the control of the Soviets and would allow Allied soldiers in the Berlin garrison access only during the day.

    I was rudely awakened at dawn by a column of U.S. tanks and armored personnel carriers going down BOTH sides of the autobahn heading east towards the border, which shook my room like an earthquake.

    Being a good trooper, I naturally ran down stairs to join the parade, thinking WW III had broken out during the night and ready to offer my services as a sergeant to the nearest American officer.

    So I burst out of the elevator and into the lobby and immediately noticed that the Germans at the front desk were not in panic. I walked over and yelled at them in my best Kraut over the vehicle traffic of the 7th Army,

    “Did the war start :?: ”

    A pretty German blond replied,

    “Calm down, Yank, it’s just a show of force against the Russians. They invaded a place called Kabul, Afghanistan last night and your president called out the troops to make sure they don’t invade West Germany as well.” :mrgreen:

  5. KG says:
    June 21, 2014 at 02:50

    “,,the winter of 1979 at Hanover”
    I lived in Celle for a year. :grin: On the Luneberg Heide, if memory serves?