Based on what a colleague who was ex-army told me, if you attained the rank of Major or higher (or the navy/RAF equivalent) you were allowed to keep using that rank in civilian life after you retired if you wanted to (but he doesn't as he thought it was a bit naff).
I've had a few clients over the years who have liked to be addressed as Major ...... on correspondence.
Expect these jokers are expecting a hefty legal bill on top of cash flow issues through the "charity" cash machine being closed down, so a swift sale is the order of the day.
The basic rule of non bellendery seems to be that the more service you have given and the more active you have been in that service, the less people are told about it, The converse is true.
Certain people I have known of my grandparents' generation who had distinguished careers in the forces during the war years were known as "Mr" even though they had held senior officer roles (albeit battlefield promotions no doubt).
I am sorry to be a curmudgeon about this but I am sick and tired of the Captain Tom tale and was uncomfortable with it back in the delusional days of lockdown brainwashing. He was an elderly man who did his bit and got some attention for it. Then the world went mad. The public response felt like the Princess Diana flower dumping business. Everyone using the event as a proxy for other feelings. The raising of money for charitable purposes was great but it got completely out of hand and the family's behaviour thereafter was not a fitting memorial for him. But who knows, maybe he was an absolute grifting shit too?? There, I said it.
Good to see Mid Bedfordshire Council are an equal opportunities employer as their planning and conservation officer must be blind. That extension is about as in keeping with its surroundings as Barry the Cab Driver in a premier City law firm.
The extension is a shocka. Brick is wrong. Roof style is wrong. Gable end all wrong. Angle of roof not in keeping with main house. Skylight wrong. Weird point Dutch style brick corner pillars all wrong. Windows/ doors at odds with sashes in main house.
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Home for sale
Captain Sir Tom Moore's home on sale for £2.25m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-68896140
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Actually I was in the market for something in that area.
Does it have a pool?
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thanks
please keep us updated
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complete with one recently demolished spa
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Come on Kimmy an estate agent woul clearly describe that as a recently installed rockery feature.
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ha, yes: we are proud to present to the market this property which benefits from a newly created flat area of earth
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Thought it would be more TBH.
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HEH @ Sailo.
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https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147224183#
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Not a bad gaff. They must have
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It does seem cheap, doesn't it.
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She's an apple that fell a very long way indeed from the tree.
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OMG the chair
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Am I right in thinking that it’s a big no no for ex army to still refer to their rank?
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Based on what a colleague who was ex-army told me, if you attained the rank of Major or higher (or the navy/RAF equivalent) you were allowed to keep using that rank in civilian life after you retired if you wanted to (but he doesn't as he thought it was a bit naff).
I've had a few clients over the years who have liked to be addressed as Major ...... on correspondence.
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OMG the farkin chair. Seriously.
And the leopard skin.
And the union flag stuff scatter cushion emporium.
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Christ - did they have ole Captain Tom stuffed and turned into a wingback Queen Anne chair?!
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Expect these jokers are expecting a hefty legal bill on top of cash flow issues through the "charity" cash machine being closed down, so a swift sale is the order of the day.
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The basic rule of non bellendery seems to be that the more service you have given and the more active you have been in that service, the less people are told about it, The converse is true.
Certain people I have known of my grandparents' generation who had distinguished careers in the forces during the war years were known as "Mr" even though they had held senior officer roles (albeit battlefield promotions no doubt).
I am sorry to be a curmudgeon about this but I am sick and tired of the Captain Tom tale and was uncomfortable with it back in the delusional days of lockdown brainwashing. He was an elderly man who did his bit and got some attention for it. Then the world went mad. The public response felt like the Princess Diana flower dumping business. Everyone using the event as a proxy for other feelings. The raising of money for charitable purposes was great but it got completely out of hand and the family's behaviour thereafter was not a fitting memorial for him. But who knows, maybe he was an absolute grifting shit too?? There, I said it.
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Odd mix. The gym is a tad de trop
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Captain Tom, gone too soon.
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The bronze of Adolf Hitler giving his infamous speech at Nuremburg on the table in the front hall was an unexpected detail
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You cheeky scamp. It’s Chamberlain waving a hankie
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lol mutters.
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It's a nice house
I think marshall called this from day one tbf
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good detai on the dais there
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Marathon-style drinks station still set up, I see.
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Mrs C and I are debating getting an outside set like that. I’m glad that Hannah is a woman of taste. I knew she was.
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Disgraceful comments from mittley
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Good to see Mid Bedfordshire Council are an equal opportunities employer as their planning and conservation officer must be blind. That extension is about as in keeping with its surroundings as Barry the Cab Driver in a premier City law firm.
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Feeling much better about them now tbh
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The extension is a shocka.
Brick is wrong. Roof style is wrong. Gable end all wrong. Angle of roof not in keeping with main house. Skylight wrong. Weird point Dutch style brick corner pillars all wrong. Windows/ doors at odds with sashes in main house.
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