- Reaction score
- 7,339
- Points
- 1,160
And you lot think you have problems............
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/18/nkilts18.xml
Just think of the hygiene issues....... "Ah'm no sharing mah kilt wi' onybuddy. Hae' ye seen the mess Geordie made on the parade square whan he wuz fu', forbye?"
On the plus side I note that the MOD figures it will only take a year to recover the lost skills..... :
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/17/nparas17.xmlNo jumps for Paras as MoD cuts £1bn
By Sean Rayment and Rob Watts, Sunday Telegraph
Last Updated: 1:28am GMT 17/12/2006
Parachute training in the Army is set to be halted for four years as part of a £1 billion cost-cutting programme by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).....
Scots troops must share their kilts
By Kate Devlin
Last Updated: 2:35am GMT 18/12/2006
Soldiers in Scotland's new "super regiment" have to share kilts because of a shortage of the ceremonial dress.
The Royal Regiment of Scotland has 5,000 soldiers but just 320 kilts, just one for every 15 men. ......
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/18/nkilts18.xml
Just think of the hygiene issues....... "Ah'm no sharing mah kilt wi' onybuddy. Hae' ye seen the mess Geordie made on the parade square whan he wuz fu', forbye?"
On the plus side I note that the MOD figures it will only take a year to recover the lost skills..... :