This government and our local councils make me laugh...............no actually they make me sick. I have mentioned a couple of times on the forum my very good friend Mash. He was in the Army for years, he did three tours in Northern Ireland in the early nineties, he was in war torn Bosnia, Afghanistan the list goes on, most of which he's not allowed to talk about, believe you me this guy fought for his country along with thousands of others.
This government cares not a jot for what our lads have endured and they couldn't give a toss regarding the mental torture these soldiers faced!! All soldiers are taught to repress their emotions whilst serving the armed forces, which in some cases develops into PTSD, (Post Traumatic stress Disorder) The symptoms of which can be Panic Attacks, Paranoia, Depression, Anger Issues, Persecution Complexes, Anxiety etc etc. Nightmares about your past experiences even invade your sleep as a result you are medicated with sleeping tablets and quite often anti depression pills.
Mash does his best to keep it together and he's an amazing guy (course I'm completely bias) He's trained dogs that have recently saved lives. He has two dogs at the moment the first being Socs, she's trained to search out Human Remains. His other dog Lil a brown Labrador is in training at the moment to search in water for flood victims. All this is done on a voluntary basis.
Mash, Gail and I were sat in Gails house on Friday evening, when Mash received a phone call from his lodger informing Mash that a bailiff had just visited the house regarding unpaid Council Tax. The lodger told the Bailiff that Mash wasn't in and wouldn't be home until Sunday as he was staying the weekend in mine. Mash doesn't like going to pubs because he doesn't like crowds and rowdy places, so occasionally he comes down to my house.
The Bailiff was undeterred and told the lodger he would be returning at 6am to kick the door down and take items from the house. Kick the door down. Those were his words!! Of course Mash was beside himself with worry. It turns out the outstanding amount was £39. The best of it is, on the same day he received a cheque from Bangor Council amounting to £29 as Mash had only recently overpaid! So the outstanding amount due was in fact £10. So this gimp was going to kick down Mash's door for £10. I was absolutely hopping.
We phoned the Bailiff and so far he hasn't turned up. A*** and Elbow comes to mind.
I can't help thinking what could have transpired had Mash have been in bed when the Bailiff turned up at 6am and kicked down his door................I wouldn't want to be in the Bailiffs shoes, Mash has after all been trained to deal with dangerous real hard men, armed to the hilt. He would have tied this Munter up in knots and thrown him onto the street closely followed by his feckin clipboard. Maybe I should have given him a lift home and waited until he turned up. :rage: :rage: