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29/05/2026

28/05/2026

RANGE STEW

I never asked what was in it, there could have been anything. I think the cooks used a colour chart that someone must have done for them. Every range stew we had was always the same colour, greyish brown with a hint of red. But after spending the morning on the ranges with rain, sleet, or snow dribbling down your tin p*sser into your mess tin, it was a great pick me up and there was always enough left for seconds and for the platoon animal to lick the hay box dry. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t feed it to my dog, but it was what the doctor ordered on those cold days on the ranges, in the same way that kebabs taste better when p*ssed.

Did this happen to you? Your oppo says to you, ‘I forgot my mess tins,’ so you lend him one of yours and then find out it’s spotted dick and custard for pudding, instead of the usual sh*tty, oil filled doughnut. Now it’s all in the same mess tin, all washed down with a black mug of stewed Norgie tea. I can feel the steam coming off my combats now and my feet starting to thaw out, as the stew warms my body, but you knew you had to shovel it down fast because those freezing cold mess tins would make it go cold quickly. Range stew was best served in the dark. If you were lucky, sometimes you might get a pasty and chips, or even steamed fish and chips, but it was a bad day when horror bags turned up
BULLIES AND BU****IT.
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26/05/2026

Limited edition crossed SLR L1A1 pins now available.— For Those Who Remember.
A tribute to one of the most recognised rifles ever carried. Designed for veterans, collectors and anyone who remembers the weight of an SLR on their shoulder. Size 20mm by 30mm

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26/05/2026

BATCO Created by Einstein for the common man.
BATCO Short for Battle Code, is a handheld, paper based encryption system, used at a low, front line (platoon, troop and section) level in the British Army. It was introduced, along with the Clansman combat net radio, in the early eighties.
Never had an igloo how it worked. When on exercise everyone had their BATCO wallets out pretending they knew what they were doing. But instead of that paper, alphabetical numerical code card thingy. (VOCABULARY CARD) inside the wallet, I had the newspaper crossword fixed inside so it made me look like I was deep in thought. If I remember rightly, apart from a few boffins, it got binned after a few days on exercise and we resorted to smoke signals.
SLIDEX and MAPCO were easier… no they weren’t, I’m lying. Sh*t, now I am going back some moons. Nowadays I understand it’s all about digital crypto.

BULLIES AND BU****IT Warning! If easily offended, I really do advise you not to read this book.
www.clivewardauthor.com
UK kindle or free on Kindle Unlimited also available in paperback. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QBQFPKL/ref=sr_1_1