We have a pair of walts in our local.
One professes to be ex Marine Reserves/TA he can never make his mind up.
The other has been in SAS, a mercenary, US special forces, a hells angel, then different professions, bouncer, Police liaison to the traffic dept on how the police should conduct Motorcycle duties, HGV convoy driver/outrider, a DOT Driving examiner, Head game keeper for the Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire, he once took a trial lesson in a cesspit 150 but now says he was taught in the SAS to fly ALL aircraft! He was in the Paras, has done well over 200 jumps and has jumped more times into battle than anyone else with Para Wings... Oh and he was in one skirmish in Aden when the SAS were pinned down and he alone saved the day.
When I pointed out that the particular battle he was referring to was in 1964 and he would have been 11 he went rather quite.
A couple of weeks ago, he was on a shoot where I was doing some beating and a couple of formations of Harriers came over rather low and quickly. Apart from saying they were lucky his reactions were that quick otherwise he would have shot them down, he and his mate then went on to tell us all that they were MK6 and Mk 10 Harriers... Navy ones!! He could tell because they were grey.....
How we fell apart laughing!! They didnt realise what the joke was....