What was your method to stop someone from shouting loudly at you?

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Going by picture , Royal Marines ?

I was with Air Cavalry in Nam but was artillery did not see any combat

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1st Air Cav? The ‘warriors?’

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1/9 Air Cav but a warrior I was not , lol

I was 102 howitzers and in the Cav artillery did not go out only infantry went out , we guarded the base which was lots of Hueys and few Observation choppers , It was an an easy tour for my squad .

I could be mistaken but in UK Green Beret is Royal Marines which is why I asked you .

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I thought your wives were all exes?

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I do remember the Warrior patch, I spent some time at Hohenfels Training area in Bavaria at the Joint Multinational Readiness Centre, and at Garmisch 
good times, I learned a lot. I wasn’t Marines, I was Army for a very long time, again good times

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They are all dead too which has somewhat curtailed our shouting activities.

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Its good to know one is not going crazy :innocent:

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Love Monty Python , The Holy Grail was a work of art

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I have heard Bavaria is beautiful but imagine you spent a lot of time in the field which beautiful country and all is still the field

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  • Donald(Graham Chapman - IMDb): I am your king.
  • Woman: Well, I didn’t vote for you.
  • Donald(Graham Chapman - IMDb): You don’t vote for kings.
  • Woman: Well how’d you become king then?
  • [Angelic music plays
]
  • Donald(Graham Chapman - IMDb): The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, signifying by divine providence that I, Donald, was to carry Excalibur. THAT is why I am your king.
  • Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
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I would turn around and walk away immediately.

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When I was a young lad the fist fights I had without exaggeration have been to many to count Those were the days without cell phones , etc and you could fight with impunity plus no weapons used .

Don’t misconstrue what I’m saying as I was no Jack Dempsey ( also a popular fish / cichlid) as they say about us men , We are fighters , lovers or we laugh at our own jokes and that is where I come in .

Being a strange person I always sided with the odd man out and being " insane " I had no qualms about fighting plus not like I was going to win a beauty contest so broken nose several times was no big deal .

Now being an old Bloke I have lost count how many times people let me have it because I am opinionated but I have never taken it to heart and as everyone knows life goes on.

I was not liked at all when I first moved here and now though no celebrity I am liked by everyone and if in front yard people actually stop to talk , go figure .

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@NotCompSavvy I see what you mean. Life teaches us that sometimes it is better not to fight back. Just walk away and keep your peace. That is also my way. Broken noses are too expensive for me anyway. :joy:

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Or pay someone else to do your bidding, why get your knuckles dirty :facepunch:

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Violence is much more satisfying if done yourself

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Agree and rather painful

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Ahhh yes my farther was Sicilian and that was the old Sicilian ideology which is why the MAFIA at one time thrived .

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Exactly right :smile:

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So true, not worth the pain at all. My face is too precious. :laughing:

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Here in the USA there are mass shootings / school shootings several times a year in fact one school shooting today and sadly we are numb to this and has become part of our culture

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