tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post4566205538694302386..comments2024-03-27T22:53:00.759+01:00Comments on A Hippo On the Lawn: What's that say, Daddy?Hippohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-29168003987957031892015-01-13T20:35:43.712+01:002015-01-13T20:35:43.712+01:00Only saw one fired once. They were too expensive t...Only saw one fired once. They were too expensive to use on exercises or so we were told.....Edventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04855411369486183481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-74372695598728660142015-01-13T19:49:22.393+01:002015-01-13T19:49:22.393+01:00If it ever proves necessary, you will be the firs...If it ever proves necessary, you will be the first to know as I drop in to tell you all about it.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-29922456872197649712015-01-13T19:48:15.578+01:002015-01-13T19:48:15.578+01:00It does look like the staging yard, just in the wr...It does look like the staging yard, just in the wrong place...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-73391085884869321702015-01-13T19:47:29.574+01:002015-01-13T19:47:29.574+01:00Never a dull moment here...Never a dull moment here...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-85013722116091935362015-01-13T19:46:48.304+01:002015-01-13T19:46:48.304+01:00I bet you were one of the buggers who had all the ...I bet you were one of the buggers who had all the fun firing them. I had to inspect and repair them.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-24135954140860073692015-01-13T19:43:54.508+01:002015-01-13T19:43:54.508+01:00For various reasons I'll have to stick around ...For various reasons I'll have to stick around a little longer.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-73881211578842736642015-01-13T19:10:13.936+01:002015-01-13T19:10:13.936+01:00Not heard from you for 5 days…hope that sign wasn&...Not heard from you for 5 days…hope that sign wasn't necessary! XFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576715462615744934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-4041858801190346352015-01-12T19:47:09.368+01:002015-01-12T19:47:09.368+01:00Looks like staging yard for the equipment to widen...Looks like staging yard for the equipment to widen the road/open space for the Angolan equivalent of a Wal-Mart? Perhaps Marcia'd better find out if somebody is trying to one-up her shop with a better location?Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-55619050838896742782015-01-12T18:18:05.412+01:002015-01-12T18:18:05.412+01:00After ghouling the boy of my new girlfriend with c...After ghouling the boy of my new girlfriend with cateatingdogswhogettheirbrainsspreadoverpaths....we followup with bangers that create mush...adam is fascinated by UncleTom....when can we go...and can he have a snake like alessandro..and do lions brush their teeth after chewing little boys...Tristan St. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561344138043118787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-13865049430716166852015-01-11T19:04:56.262+01:002015-01-11T19:04:56.262+01:00Get hold of a Giant Viper. Not sure how effective ...Get hold of a Giant Viper. Not sure how effective it would be but they're bloody impressive when they go off!Edventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04855411369486183481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-85558016170298263472015-01-09T18:24:47.708+01:002015-01-09T18:24:47.708+01:00These signs have only just appeared and the war ha...These signs have only just appeared and the war has been over for at least 12 years? Didn't you say back in the summer you had the prospect of a job in Europe? I'd move out of there as soon as you can!ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-87849040120585941942015-01-09T17:20:01.871+01:002015-01-09T17:20:01.871+01:00Come on Donna, you lot are just using fracking to ...Come on Donna, you lot are just using fracking to excuse buying shoddy houses.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-46814416645342753222015-01-09T17:19:13.908+01:002015-01-09T17:19:13.908+01:00One of the Administrators, I think. They are goin...One of the Administrators, I think. They are going to build a new bridge over the Kwanza and widen the road to it. This land is about 300 metres from the road so if it is part of the project, it's going to be a bloody wide road!Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-8162621735527914382015-01-09T16:50:04.586+01:002015-01-09T16:50:04.586+01:00And, in a place where earthquakes were previously ...And, in a place where earthquakes were previously unknown, we are now the most active place in the nation. While the politicians wink at each other and scratch their heads wondering if it could be from the oil conglomerates "fracking"? They continue on unabated while cracks appear in everyone's houses.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-58343466200647580722015-01-09T14:51:37.522+01:002015-01-09T14:51:37.522+01:00Stuff turns up in my area sometimes as part of gra...Stuff turns up in my area sometimes as part of gravel dredged up from the Solent, mostly fighter munitions from WW2. Still, if it is a scam as you suspect, then do you know who owns the land?<br />In the meantime, as everyone else suggests, be careful old chap.<br />PS. Perhaps it could be a good place to let those dogs you don't like to get there exercise? :)Retired job.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14349739454297792385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-81023019062077477262015-01-09T11:14:13.518+01:002015-01-09T11:14:13.518+01:00Ahem, during the 'silly season' (spring, s...Ahem, during the 'silly season' (spring, summer and harvest time) in UK, my detachment of the bomb squad in Colchester received dozens of calls per month to deal with unexploded ordnance.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-87081833169594395252015-01-09T11:10:51.408+01:002015-01-09T11:10:51.408+01:00If they did, your place could become a tourist att...If they did, your place could become a tourist attraction defeating the object (assuming I have pegged your idea correctly).Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-15615495142529314502015-01-09T11:08:53.722+01:002015-01-09T11:08:53.722+01:00Cissy. But you are a girl so that's OK.Cissy. But you are a girl so that's OK.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-1207993524554925472015-01-09T11:06:57.676+01:002015-01-09T11:06:57.676+01:00Doubt it very much. There may well be some around...Doubt it very much. There may well be some around the abutments of the Bridge over the Rio Kwanza about a kilometre away but none out in the middle of the bush.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-7340642370893450382015-01-09T11:05:42.788+01:002015-01-09T11:05:42.788+01:00No, it is down the road a few hundred yards exactl...No, it is down the road a few hundred yards exactly where no one would ever bother laying land mines.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-30671056505859787252015-01-09T11:04:39.022+01:002015-01-09T11:04:39.022+01:00Me? Careful?Me? Careful?Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-67711955808425230512015-01-09T11:03:49.025+01:002015-01-09T11:03:49.025+01:00Oh you'd survive, and be the life and soul of ...Oh you'd survive, and be the life and soul of the party, no doubt. But if you volunteered to help out in your line of business, it would be very rewarding but would break your heart.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-90234086029339525382015-01-09T11:01:54.029+01:002015-01-09T11:01:54.029+01:00What's not funny, the diversion of valuable, n...What's not funny, the diversion of valuable, no doubt donor funded mine clearance equipment to clear some big wig's land of the same type of nuisance trees I have been cutting down by hand on my land or Black Adder?<br /><br />I know what you mean, though, after all I was clearing the things in Mozambique and Angola and lost a few colleagues to them.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-19992816307798031732015-01-09T10:57:40.867+01:002015-01-09T10:57:40.867+01:00Well his Daddy was a bomb disposal officer and lat...Well his Daddy was a bomb disposal officer and later a mine clearance specialist so he'd best walk in his Daddy's footsteps...Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512022050229968490.post-7935963556795494982015-01-09T10:55:44.550+01:002015-01-09T10:55:44.550+01:00Even though I am convinced there are no mines ther...Even though I am convinced there are no mines there, the sign still stopped me dead in my tracks.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.com