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Well Jeff, I have to sympathise with you. I too am a 'pad brat' (Father was Army - 22 years) and have lived all over Europe most of my life. It's only when my Dad was posted back to Hereford that we returned to the UK.

Living under the shadow of constant terror, with bomb scares, bombs going off (and shattering your classroom windows when you're only 7 or 8) leaves a lasting impression on you. I must say I never lived to see quite the extremity of having a bomb land in front of me however! That's pretty damn extreme. Must put a new perspective on things. My Dad too served in NI (as do many) but I was merely an embryo at the time.

Turns out the bombers were 18, 22 and 30 ish, and all were UK born and residents. Hm.... fighting the enemy within.

Anyway, enough with this!