from Yahoo news today:

Oap Gets War Call-Up
An 80-year-old pensioner has been called up for a possible war in Iraq. Joe Steer has been ordered to prepare for battle in a bungle by the Ministry of Defence.If he went, it would be the first time he saw active service since the famous World War Two battle of El Alamein in Egypt in 1942, The Sun newspaper said.

The call-up papers came in an official government envelope and ordered Steer to report to a training camp.

"I'm a bit past my prime," he told the paper.

"It's too high-tech today. I'm used to rifles and machine guns, not missiles."

An MoD spokesman told the paper the call-up was due to an administrative error


mmmmm.....

ROFLMAO, would loved to have seen the look on the old boys face

Yeah, I spend all my training lugging a missle around :rolleyes:

The MoD must be going for experience these days :)

Stefan

Maybe he had a pair of boots????

Grandad's Army.

maybe he can chuck a fully loaded colostomy bag at them

what was funny was hearing the 'interview' with him on radio 2 today, I love it when the presenter gives a long winded question expecting a story but gets a dry 'yes' or 'no', lots of tumbleweed moments in that interview

i have nothing but respect for the bloke.

over 10000 allies lost there lives there.





[Edited by jjones - 2/27/2003 11:36:15 PM]

what is this please?

Well said jjones.

Les