Originally Posted by
Akrotiri bad boy
A slight hiccup during my service career, (hence the moniker) thwarted my claim to a Long Gong. Having been corrected I continued on for many more years to reach a glorious, but bare chested conclusion. My only hope of glamour rests on the vain hope of a "Cold War" medal being struck. Walt's like this plonker of a plod really grind my gears.
In retrospect the Cold War never really ended, so there was never the right moment to celbrate: the Berlin Wall was a false dawn, the Peace Divident and Options were ill-considered.
Dear John, pig's gone, soldier on.