A Conversation for Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, DSO DFC
Peer Review: A6877506 - Dougles Bader
Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Started conversation Nov 11, 2005
Entry: Dougles Bader - A6877506
Author: Cal Fortuneswell (not one of the herd) - U193866
*drops in another and quickly 
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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Nov 11, 2005
I haven't read this yet Cal. However, my initial reaction is that the title should include his RAF rank and medals/honoours.
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IctoanAWEWawi Posted Nov 11, 2005
Dunno if this is useful or not, but his artificial legs are still held at the RAF Museum at Stafford (not a public museum).
Oh, and is there an explanation of how the .5 on his tally? I assume it was a shared credit?
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
That would make it a very long title 
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
it doesn't say about the .5 I was wondering about that myself
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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Nov 11, 2005
Well, there are longer titles around than 'Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader, DSO DFC' and I think this gives sufficient info to stimulate one to want to read more. 
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
no probs 
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BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows Posted Nov 11, 2005
(But there'a a rogue apostrophe at the end of DFC)
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
oooopppppsssss
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frontiersman Posted Nov 11, 2005
And I would prefer to see 'Douglas' rather than 'Dougles!; he was, after all, only legless! (In that he lost his legs, not his sobriety!
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frontiersman Posted Nov 11, 2005
And I would prefer to see 'Douglas' rather than 'Dougles'; after all, he was only legless! In the sense that he lost his legs rather than his sobriety!
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frontiersman Posted Nov 11, 2005
Sorry about the double posting! This is happening to me a lot because the server is not telling me that my posting has been processed!
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
thats already been changed
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frontiersman Posted Nov 11, 2005
I ain't been changed in the title!
Sorry to be so pedantic!
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
it's been changed in the entry
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
and it was changed in the entry when I first said it had been changed
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frontiersman Posted Nov 11, 2005
Right, I see!
I apologise again!
I did apologise for being pedantic when I first told you!
I have chosen to ignore the several spelling errors and punctuation errors that run through the piece!
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
well it would help if that was something you did tell me about
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frontiersman Posted Nov 11, 2005
Let's not end this exchange on a sour note.
I don't like conflict, and I don't suppose you do either!
I intended the first posting as a joke, in one way; but it didn't go down very well with you...sorry!
You won't believe this, but I wrote a reply to your piece at length, saying quite positive things about it, but 'lost' it before posting it when I tried to look back at your piece. So I was annoyed with myself for being so careless!
If you know me and my postings at all, you will know that I always try to begin and end a review with a positive comment. I am not usually so combative!
I read 'Reach for the Sky', Douglas Bader's autobiography in 1956 at the age of 17; there is a lot that you could say that is very interesting about the great man.
Best Wishes with your Entry.
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Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail Posted Nov 11, 2005
I didn't know this entry was ending on a sour note
I just asked you to point out my mistakes as that is one of the reason peer review is here
I'm sorry I didn't understand your joke at the start but I have only been in peer review for a couple of days and I am still getting used to how it works
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Peer Review: A6877506 - Dougles Bader
- 1: Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail (Nov 11, 2005)
- 2: BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows (Nov 11, 2005)
- 3: IctoanAWEWawi (Nov 11, 2005)
- 4: Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail (Nov 11, 2005)
- 5: Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail (Nov 11, 2005)
- 6: BigAl Patron Saint of Left Handers Keeper of the Glowing Pickle and Monobrows (Nov 11, 2005)
- 7: Cal - interim high priest of the Church of the Holy Tail (Nov 11, 2005)
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- 10: frontiersman (Nov 11, 2005)
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