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Another attempted Serviceman abduction, this time Aldershot, be careful out there

Old 3rd Aug 2016, 12:36
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Another attempted Serviceman abduction, this time Aldershot, be careful out there

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Police investigating attempted abduction of a serviceman at barracks - just weeks after attempted RAF snatch
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Other reports are saying there was no attempt to do anything. Apparently the soldier reported two men 'acting suspiciously' having parked their Renault Clio in an unusual location. No doubt the press will be adding as much drama as they can.
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Reporting suspicious activity has to be the way to go, if only to provoke reaction from the police ............ a sort of Exercise at worst, an Operation if the threat is credible.
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Reporting suspicious activity is to be encouraged. Exaggerated reporting, causing public anxiety just plays into the terrorists hands and should be discouraged.
In this case, the same reports tell us that local Police say that no crime was committed. As attempted abduction is a crime, clearly the Police did not believe there was any attempted abduction.
Quite simple really and as usual journalists making it up as they go along.
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If I was posted to Aldershot I'd probably pay someone to abduct me.
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I know where you're coming from, gawd awful place
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Funny

Originally Posted by Tashengurt
If I was posted to Aldershot I'd probably pay someone to abduct me.
Not wishing to detract from the potential seriousness of these events, that did make me laugh 😁😁😁.

Reminds me of a story - may not be true (and not sure why to be honest) - re an Admiral visiting a ship and talking to all and sundry. Admiral speaks to Able Seaman Bloggs and says...'Able Seaman Bloggs, if one of your Officers fell overboard, what would you do?'. After a bit of thought, Bloggs replies 'Which one were you thinking of sir?'.

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probably the local dogging community ................
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I appreciate these are intended as ribald remarks, but in the circumstances I think they are in rather poor taste.

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No. 1 son lives across the other side of the Black Water Valley and always refers to Aldershot as 'Alder****e'. Farnham is a rather more pleasant prospect.

And now back to your regular programme...
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Yes if you make it down the hill. When I was there some pongo went off the road in the fog, and so did the rest of the service vehicles that followed him
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Quote - "British Forces Broadcasting Service reported servicemen stationed there should not wear uniform outside the base."

How far we have fallen
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What circumstances are those then? Someone seeing something that turned out to be nothing?
Or do you mean the unfortunate circumstance of some poor pongo actually being posted to 'the 'shot'?
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Originally Posted by Lyneham Lad
No. 1 son lives across the other side of the Black Water Valley and always refers to Aldershot as 'Alder****e'. Farnham is a rather more pleasant prospect.
Well Farnham is where I reside, so I would inherently support that view.

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PDR1 - likewise
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I had to go to Aldershot in 2003 for my resettlement brief. Which sadly wasn't particularly useful...

I'd anticipated the 'Home of the British Army' being all shining brass, spit and polish, manicured lawns and black-and-white kerbs, well-maintained buildings and with 'Guns at Batasi' Richard Attenborough-style RSMs marching about the place...

It wasn't. It was an utter tip. Shabby run down buildings, overgrown patches of grass and a few sulking squaddies shambling about looking glum. No pride whatsoever and it even made Tidworth look smart.
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"Farnham is a rather more pleasant prospect" - full of Chelsea tractors and dodgy estate agents IMHO
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Certainly some dodgy estate agents - don't even get me started
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Indeed. I thought I had a good deal on a trailer-park buy-to-let investment down in Frensham, but the estate agent's gone all cagey on me now...



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