Nope....I am owning my age with gusto my friend. Own yer gray I say !:)
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Some burley flake #3 in a Eric king
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Today Les Wood
So....went down to the tobacco shop wilst on errands and.......the shipment of Vikings came in early. I was allowed an early pre shelf browse heh heh. I ended up with this fella. A Viking,Elsinore rustic bent billiard . It feels like a pocket pipe but smokes good n long. I also got the we're moving special deal which involved 6oz. of free house tobacco of my choosing. I ended up with 2oz. of Pilots mix(matured Virginias) and 4 oz. of Prime Minister, my first full English blend which I love,Mellow Georgian,flue cured Virginian,overripe Virginian,Turkish Smyrna,Zicnna-Bassna, Greek Macedonian and Russian black Sea Souchum with a touch of Cyprus Latakia and Tennessee Burley ....Yum ! probably won't make me popular at parties but I like it. I now have 4 Vikings yay ! Attachment 136682Attachment 136683
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I found another nice dirt road today. Excellent gravel...
Thomas,
In the days of old it would have been pretty easy to follow you with this (me 1st from the right):
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Or even one of these:
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And if you were a high officer, too sorry for you. Usually they end up like 'not so well', like this young capt who -maybe once in his lifetime- wanted to try how it's like to work like a real man, nco or recruit, and this what happens. This time it was with forklift truck. How can it be there's always someone there with camera :p
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On a serious note, few of the best vehicles i've been offroad were Russian gigantic Graz or Uaz. They go far behind when driver has already lost his faith. You do not need to be sorry for scratches. They just go and not much care about what you put in the tank. And Uaz seems to be such a miracle: you can't break it too bad to fix it on site and drive back home safely.
Off course they were such a nightmare on decent roads. Modern western 4WD's are nice and smooth, but i wouldn't go with them in places where Uaz still kepps happily going. Nowadays they are not in service any more. I still do drive at work on rare occasions. Land Rover defenders are a big joke (imho) and Humvees have way too wide axle widht to be suitable on our terrain. Nowadays our forces use RG32M.
But you are right, of course. Nowadays i couldn't follow you as i have no 4WD (and not sure about my skill any more either).