Looking After The Veterans
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Hmm, last time I used a service gym I contracted mosaic verrucae, took almost 3 years for the body to overcome the virus. Feet looking like compressed cauliflower.
******* horrible is putting it mildly, then one day it started to disappear all by itself..
..so, no thanks to service gyms from me!
******* horrible is putting it mildly, then one day it started to disappear all by itself..
..so, no thanks to service gyms from me!
I am surprised at those that think that being a former service person should carry with it the right to continued use of Service facilities. Just think how contact with serving personnel could be supported with wonderful tales of how it was in the good old days.
Seriously though, in the UK we are not too good at supporting veterans, and most of what is done is by charities (which seriously winds my clock, as does the fact that we have helicopter air ambulances only with charitable support, when they save the NHS large sums by getting emergency cases to treatment inside the "golden hour" (rant "off"!). I would have thought that some scheme could be devised to allow continued use on a "marginal cost" basis, and in that way promote the integration of those serving and non-serving support personnel on the same unit.
Seriously though, in the UK we are not too good at supporting veterans, and most of what is done is by charities (which seriously winds my clock, as does the fact that we have helicopter air ambulances only with charitable support, when they save the NHS large sums by getting emergency cases to treatment inside the "golden hour" (rant "off"!). I would have thought that some scheme could be devised to allow continued use on a "marginal cost" basis, and in that way promote the integration of those serving and non-serving support personnel on the same unit.
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My wife wanted to pay Mr. Bannatyne Esq. a small fortune to use his gym, four miles from here.
I told her to run to the gym, then run back again. Sorted.
I told her to run to the gym, then run back again. Sorted.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
After a 3 truck pile up at Larkhill the Army called in 3 air ambulances. I hope they give a massive contribution to the charities concerned.
