shaunywrx

and offered me a sticker with a poppy on it.

davegtt

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...d-we-live.html

They obviously thought you couldnt be trusted with a poppy and a pin

WRX_Dazza

didnt have a baseball cap on did he???

RyanSTI

iTrader: (1)

was he part of the salvation army or somthing? why wouldnt you want a poppy?

GlesgaKiss

The point he's making I think is that they are stupid little sticky things. Adults in the UK aren't capable of handling pins now, labour have decided.

swampster

iTrader: (1)

Personally I wish they'd find a better method of attaching a poppy than a single bloody pin... perhaps a quid more for a safety pin badge type jobby that actually stays where I put it and doesn't involve having a pin sticking into my left nipple if I so much as lean forward....

Poppies are great if you have a jacket/lapel etc... but they're pants if wearing a t-shirt/ sweatshirt

little-ginge

I reckon the RBL have made them start doing this pin risk assesment thingy to save being sued... by the collectors, who just might ***** themselevs doling the things out...

they then make it look like they are assessing YOU, when in reality THEY are the numpties who the RBL pin cushions!!

Leslie

I am surprised that the poppy sellers were allowed out in the first place! That sort of thing is indicative of loyalty to this country and also glorifies war as the pinko pc pratts are wont to say!

Les

moff1888

They are not allowed to go around asking for money or shake the pots with the money in it anymore. As for the pins I was requested to place the poppies on a few of the older generation who also asked if we had any of the velcro ones.
The pin is a pain in the ****.

buffalo

iTrader: (1)

the ones we got in work come with a plastic green stem. very realistic but unless you have the powers of the FORCE i am at a loss as to how we were ment to attach them to ourselfs.

i used to hate it at school when other folk would pass the pin through their skin without any blood. dnt have a clue why they did it. you know the type. always had a couple of classes less than the other kids lol

when i was collecting whilst in the cadets we aslo had rolls of poppy stickers but these were more to plaster all over our tins and boxes or to give free to little children.

dnt mind giving to charity if i am not asked, and i also buy a poppy or two but would be had pushed to volunteer any decent sum of money for a sticker

Leslie

Surely the important thing is not what you get back for your donation so much as how much good will your donation do.

Les

Luan Pra bang

But how much good will it do ? I donate and get a poppy each year but mainly as a way of showing respect and a tribute to those who faught in the great wars and died for our freedom. There will never be another war for our troops with the same brutality and bloodshed and as the number or survivors gets lower each year , as time goes on the need for donations surely decreases ?
I cannot feel the same awe and respect for soldiers with great amounts of kit and machinery, fighting a far inferior force , in a far away place that is no threat to the uk and fighting what is ultimately a war with 2 aims. 1 make American companies money 2 To impose our political and social dogma on other nations.

Leslie

Do you understand what the Royal British Legion does with the money that is collected? Yes of course it is based on respect for those in world wars 1 and 2, but it is used for all kinds of charitable acts for those in real need.

Did you not notice the casualties in Iraq of those with unsuitable kit, not enough body armour or NBC protective clothing, or no fire suppression in the wing tanks on the Hercules despite the recommendations. How about those lads in Afghanistan having to drive around in "******" Landrovers which are no protection against the buried bombs? Have you not realised the dreadful lack of proper treatment given to those wounded and maimed servicemen returning to this country from those wars? They are out there because they have been sent there by the politicians for their own reasons!

This is the sort of thing that your poppy donations go to, helping servicemen in trouble back here for one reason and another. Do you think they don't deserve that?

Les

Luan Pra bang

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, helping servicemen in trouble back here for one reason and another. Do you think they don't deserve that?

Lets be honest the casualty rate for Iraq and afganistan is so low it is completely insignificant when compared with ww1 and ww2.

Leslie

[quote=Luan Pra bang;8249360]Do you have figures not only for those who have died but also the ones who have been maimed for life and when they returned here were treated like the "proverbial" even though they suffered for the sake of this country. They joined in the first place out of loyalty to GB. Even if you are prepared to quote them as being insignificant, you can be sure that they don't and many others besides!

I have to say it is very difficult to understand your attitude in this respect.

Les

Luan Pra bang

The figures show 177 dead and between 600-1200 wounded per year. So less than are killed on the roads.