tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post3377397058890325379..comments2023-07-18T07:27:08.516+00:00Comments on Siren Voices: you can't nick what isn't thereSpence Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-86036968270378137852012-07-11T16:55:38.766+00:002012-07-11T16:55:38.766+00:00I was so impressed by that officer. He managed to ...I was so impressed by that officer. He managed to ignore all the abuse - and there was <i>lots</i> - stayed cool, and managed to get the guy on his side, even if only temporarily. V impressive indeed.<br /><br />Thanks v much for the comment, JW.Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-25137580875437703072012-07-11T16:28:53.907+00:002012-07-11T16:28:53.907+00:00I want to give koodo's to the copper....he was...I want to give koodo's to the copper....he was able to change the mood by actually talking to him as if he mattered....that was the real story in my mind...must be an awfully good police officer not to be holding a grudge.....thanks for a great story all round SpenceLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681479791714669364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-36316741690484184552012-07-06T11:24:19.055+00:002012-07-06T11:24:19.055+00:00So many things didn't really seem to register ...So many things didn't really seem to register with him. I don't know if it was a symptom of his drinking or just how he was (or both) :/Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-26045196622288065752012-07-05T21:47:50.570+00:002012-07-05T21:47:50.570+00:00How convenient to forget he actually hit someone f...How convenient to forget he actually hit someone first...Charmainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-64558382874788347142012-07-05T13:42:35.333+00:002012-07-05T13:42:35.333+00:00Thanks for the comment, Anon.
It's a scandal ...Thanks for the comment, Anon.<br /><br />It's a scandal that the army (and government) doesn't take more time & trouble to prepare leavers for civvy street. It's not as if it happens suddenly, in most cases. I'd imagine the majority of soldiers know pretty much how long they've got - out in ten years, say / what's the next step after that? Time enough to get something under your belt, with the right guidance. You'd think!Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-42799093244285194152012-07-05T13:20:48.547+00:002012-07-05T13:20:48.547+00:00I'll tell you why lots of ex-army end up on th...I'll tell you why lots of ex-army end up on the street. When they leave the army they leave a whole life behind them, and the new one is a strange alien world where their hard-earned skills are totally without value. You try being an ex-motar platoon sergeant looking for a job at forty. Society has no use for ex-squaddies, unless they've got transferable skills, so they go from being a highly skilled, respected and valued member of an organsiation to a job-seeker with nothing the civvy world wants. That's why they drink....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-56023974848150997412012-07-05T10:21:10.874+00:002012-07-05T10:21:10.874+00:00Jacks - It was (darkly) funny that he could've...Jacks - It was (darkly) funny that he could've made such a comparison. Along the lines of 'Say what you like about Mussolini, but at least the trains ran on time..' Just goes to show how wrapped up he was in his own world. Def not an easy character - but the story about Spandau piqued my interest. Glad I wasn't his escort for the evening, though!<br /><br />MD - It's a disturbing statistic about the percentage of street drinkers who are ex-army. You wonder what it is about service life that tends towards that. Quite a complex problem, I think.Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-28373805881252966812012-07-05T09:26:33.884+00:002012-07-05T09:26:33.884+00:00Quite a lot of the street folk seem to be ex-army....Quite a lot of the street folk seem to be ex-army. The big issue seller I chat to in the mornings has been in his fair share of trouble with the law, but he was in the navy and fought in the Falklands - he saw the Sheffield get hit.<br /><br />I wonder why some of them end up being coppers and some of them end up on the streets.MetalDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01539730700058648848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-11646048926753135372012-07-05T06:30:54.449+00:002012-07-05T06:30:54.449+00:00‘Yeah. I felt a bit sorry for Hess – but at least ...‘Yeah. I felt a bit sorry for Hess – but at least he didn’t get beaten up by his own police,’ he says. <br /><br />And Hitler liked dogs,so he couldn't have been too bad either.We'll ignore the 6 million Jews gassed,but there you go.<br /><br />Just because you've served in the Army doesn't give you a free pass to behave like a tit.<br /><br />Never mind Spence,at least you didn't have to write down the litany of nonsense he'd have spewed out at the station.jacksofbuxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420847156401984373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-52370882824806223192012-07-04T22:31:53.885+00:002012-07-04T22:31:53.885+00:00Thanks Alexia. It was such an atmospheric story he...Thanks Alexia. It was such an atmospheric story he told - quite unexpectedly, given the circumstances!Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-75395304286603089102012-07-04T21:48:01.047+00:002012-07-04T21:48:01.047+00:00An astonishing story! I like the ticker tape machi...An astonishing story! I like the ticker tape machine metaphor - as always, great wrting, Spence, which draws in the reader and holds him or her spellbound.Alexiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405656530899442354noreply@blogger.com