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[Grumpy Grandpa]

Humour - always the squaddies' number one fall back position. (I remember the mill - went there a few times in a Saracen.) Same thing, I recall, when 6 toms slept under a Scammell recovery truck in the field, rather than bothering to put up bashas and it sank into the soft ground during the night, killing them. Then, it was, 'those guys that got Scammell rash'. I understand what you're saying - the coping mechanism there is laugh or you might cry.

I understand what S13's saying too. When disability hit me, I went from fit and active, climbing and canoeing, to a wheelchair and a hospital bed in the front room - my walls caved in. That was 7 tears ago and I'm only just climbing out of the depression.

A stock of anti-depressant and ant-anxiety meds would be no bad thing - I plan on growing them - herbal (or other) meds will help some but each of us will have to find our own ways to cope and adjust. Those that don't, will be gonners...

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I imagine the skill of hard-targeting in and out of a home location will be no bad thing to have...