01 May 2022 - Weird Thoughts
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Written while listening to Tob play simf on Dubious Goals Committee.

Today a weird thought hit me. It is the 40th anniversary of the 
Falklands conflict where the UK armed forces did something rather 
unthinkable and win a conflict with no land bases near by. My Dad was 
a surprise combatant. He was on HMS GLAMORGAN, a destroyer, as part of 
his initial sea training as part of his engineering artificer 
training. Unfortunately during that training, he was stuck on board as 
the ship headed to the south Atlantic. As part of the 40th 
anniversary, various social media accounts have been stating events 
from each day. Today marked the 40th anniversary of my Dad first being 
shot at. It is a weird thought for sure! HMS GLAMORGAN was sent 
inshore to bombard Stanley airfield in broad daylight. The gas 
turbines were shut down while bombarding the airfield. Suddenly a pair 
of Mirage aircraft appeared and dropped bombs which thankfully missed 
the stern of the vessel. The gas turbines were turned on and it is 
thought that the smoke from the funnels made the aircraft think their 
bombs had hit and leave the vessel alone. Unfortunately the luck ran 
out and she was ultimately hit but was lucky enough to be the only 
ship to have survived a hit from an exocet missile. So happy 40 years 
of being a combat veteren I suppose. Told you it was a weird thought.