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Joeyuk said:
Someone’s talked himself into a stay at a psychiatric hospital.
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"I'll pretend to be crazy, they won't be able to touch me, I'll be out in a month"

Two months later.... "I wrote to the hospital asking when you will be out, they say they've sectioned you and you're there to stay, putting paper crowns in party crackers until the day you die...."
 
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adam cool dude said:
My grandad told me this when I was a nipper. He always used to point out that the most important medals were to the left with the least to the right. He was awarded the MBE in 1957 after 22 years service from 1936 to 1958.

He served overseas in India 1937 to 1944 (Mainly Burma), Middle East 1948 and Far East 1955-1958.

The ribbons were also different. From what I remember the military MBE has a different ribbon to the civilian one.
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Pretty much, yes - gallantry and state awards first, campaign medals next, celebration like coronation and jubilee after that, then long/accumulated service with foreign medals finishing it up. During the World Wars you could rack up quite a display if you were in the right place at the right time. These days there isn’t as much going around, especially with Afghan coming to and end last year. Many are only available for a very small amount of time and only announced years after the actual events due to sensitivity of the specific events.

Other countries do it differently and hand them out a lot more - the ultimate collection goes to one Keith Payne VC:

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Keith Payne - Wikipedia

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Other interesting facts about VC and GC winners - they automatically qualify for all coronation and jubilee medals for the rest of their life, along with a ten grand annuity annually.

If you want something interesting it watch, Jeremy Clarkson has done a few documentaries on the Victoria Cross, after it transpired his father-in-law was awarded one but never told anyone…




That’s enough of my rambling…
 
TheOracle said:
Only Fools and Horses had a higher viewing figure at 24.3m

Can only assume it's because of streaming media?

:edit: Wiki has it at 26.2m

Doesn't seem right does it. The roads were virtually empty.
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Its was deathly quiet here normally its a hubbub of noise, traffic, screaming kids, workmen etc. Absolute quiet yesterday like I've only ever seen it for xmas day or new year. Astonishing.
 
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Blackjack Davy said:
Its was deathly quiet here normally its a hubbub of noise, traffic, screaming kids, workmen etc. Absolute quiet yesterday like I've only ever seen it for xmas day or new year. Astonishing.
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I get the feeling from colleagues a lot of people took it as a chance to take a break, bit of downtime from the normal routine even if relatively brief.
 
Rroff said:
I get the feeling from colleagues a lot of people took it as a chance to take a break, bit of downtime from the normal routine even if relatively brief.
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Exactly roads were incredibly busy and due to the fact most families are both working a day off together is a god send. We went to my father's grave on a bit of a whim and whilst the town seemed quiet the A roads were as busy as normal.
 
adam cool dude said:
Exactly roads were incredibly busy and due to the fact most families are both working a day off together is a god send. We went to my father's grave on a bit of a whim and whilst the town seemed quiet the A roads were as busy as normal.
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When I went into work around 5pm the A road was quite busy but as soon as I got off it, especially into the industrial part of town, it went super dead - when I arrived I was the only one in the car park at work and pretty much the only person in the immediate area.
 
n111ck said:
I love how much celebrities and corporations are scared of pleb’s on twitter..

www.thesun.co.uk

Holly Willoughby and Phil Schofield bring in lawyers after Queen queue-jumping

HOLLY Willoughby is battling for her This Morning job amid claims she skipped the Queen’s lying-in-state queue. A petition for her to go is gaining momentum despite an on-air apology yesterday. Hol…
www.thesun.co.uk www.thesun.co.uk
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I mean, it's possible that they don't really give a **** and it's just The Sun being a sensationalist rag.
 
chaparral said:
One thing i kept looking at all the time in the funeral was how many of them were wearing lots of medals and i wanted to know what each of the medals was for
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I guess you've got an already excellent answer here:
Penfold101 said:
From left to right:
Campaign medal for Operation Telic : 30 days continual service in Iraq during the 2003-2009 Iraq conflict
Operational Service medal for Afghanistan: 30 days service in Afghanistan
Operational Service medal for Iraq and Syria: 30 days service in the operation against ISIS, with clasp for service in Iraq or Syria
Queens Diamond and Platinum Jubilee medals: 5 years service in the day of each jubilee
RAF Long Service and Good Conduct medal: 15 years service without any serious disciplinary issues
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Just to add to the above, one thing to note re: the Royals is that some of the requirements for these things are a bit different, obvs they don't just dish out OSMs (Andrew and Harry earned theirs) but the jubilee medals clearly had different rules AFAIK being part of the Royal Family was sufficient to qualify for them as both William and Harry got the Golden Jubilee medal before either was serving in the Armed forces and both got the Platinum after they'd left.
 
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Some videos of my view at the funeral...I was by Downing Street.

I am not a Royalist but hard to not get a lump in your throat being in that moment with thousands of silent people around you...

Marching with ceremony played over the speakers:

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This one felt quite surreal...choir song:

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'God Save The King':

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Queen going past:

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Feek said:
Next time, put your phone in landscape mode please. Look at the orientation of your telly or your computer screen.

Or better still, watch the event through your eyes, not a phone screen :p
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I did! :p

I purposefully put my phone to the side so I could see everything for real. :) Barely looked at my screen. Pretty sure I mentioned it in my earlier posts. Some people were not looking with their eyes which was sad...it is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
 
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R.P.L said:
I mean, it's possible that they don't really give a **** and it's just The Sun being a sensationalist rag.
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How pathetic, the UK really is now really as a whole a knee-jerking and emotionally fragile nation for whom complaining, being miserable and most importantly being as outraged as possible is now a national sport.
 
dowie said:
I guess you've got an already excellent answer here:


Just to add to the above, one thing to note re: the Royals is that some of the requirements for these things are a bit different, obvs they don't just dish out OSMs (Andrew and Harry earned theirs) but the jubilee medals clearly had different rules AFAIK being part of the Royal Family was sufficient to qualify for them as both William and Harry got the Golden Jubilee medal before either was serving in the Armed forces and both got the Platinum after they'd left.
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Indeed - some of the younger royals have been given the platinum medal too, Viscount Severn stood out to me and he’s only 14. When you’re the Queen, you can issue whatever you want to whoever you want.

Charles is an example of the Coronation medal, followed by all four jubilee medals - something you won’t see outside the royal family or a very small set of Victoria/George Cross winners.
 
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