Forth Sunday of September International Rivers Day Patrol Boats, River (PBR) tied up to the river bank at Hoi An, South Vietnam, 1970 Australian War Memorial

One for Emma, not quite ‘80’s but right there

Thank you, Sir Gary Oldman, for decades of unforgettable performances - whether as hero or villain, or something in between! Not bad for a Slow Horse... 😉 Congratulations to everyone who received honours today🎖️

The Final Word on SECWAR’s Speech He laid down everything in simple terms. No buzzword bingo. No Ivy League wordsmithing. It was a speech styled in the finest traditions of someone raised professionally at Fort Benning, GA, the home of the Infantry. I recognized it immediately.

1 October World Sake Day Japanese pilots toasting with their maintenance crew before their mission mainichi.jp/english/articl…

Friday beers, though having it outside will just have to wait as it’s raining 🌧️

Sergeant Dick Lewis, from New Zealand, after 2 months service in the desert with the LRDG (Long Range Desert Group) July 1942. ☠️✊☠️

8 October International Off-Road Day NZ Patrol, Long Range Desert Group truck bogged in soft sand, Libya, January 1941 National Library of New Zealand

Oct 8, 1980: 45 years ago, Talking Heads released their 4th studio album, Remain in Light. #80s

Its the “empty the veggie bin” Sausage Stew. Living the dream 👌

If R2D2 was Australian

Takom 1/35 Grant AK Real Colors SCC14 Blue-Black/Light Stone Scheme representing vehicle of 8th King Royal Irish Hussars, 7 Armd Div, North Africa 1942

The actual margin 👇 👏

2/ It wasn’t just Brits who served in the LRDG. So did Kiwis & Rhodesians. In this week in 1941 T1 (Kiwi) Patrol under Captain Len Ballantyne (pic) came across a party of Germans south of Benghazi. The enemy was somewhat surprised as they were deep inside their own territory.

3rd Saturday of October International Repair Day 12 January 1945. Aitape, New Guinea. Matilda of 12 Troop, C Squadron, 2/4th Armoured Regiment undergoing repair. Australian War Memorial

HMS Achilles as seen from HMS Ajax during the Battle of the River Plate.

🎬Kevin Smith’s ‘Clerks’ opened in theaters 31 years ago, October 19, 1994

Ugh, the flies 🪰