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    Default Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuu...skenk-20111102

    Check this out. Maybe some clever guy can translate for the foreigners on this site.

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    44 divisions have to pay R1000 each as a retirement gift and the general prefers a cash voucher.

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    belaglik

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    Quote Originally Posted by Spike Pretorius View Post
    http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuu...skenk-20111102

    Maybe some clever guy can translate....
    What's wrong Spike...you implying you're not clever

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    Quote Originally Posted by malcolmm View Post
    What's wrong Spike...you implying you're not clever
    LOL. That was just my smallprint so the moderators don't nail me for being lazy and not translating it myself

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    Fcuk him...
    Run Fast, Bite Hard!

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    Quote Originally Posted by ikor View Post
    Fcuk him...
    My thoughts exactly.

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    Just found out the respective regiments paid the "gift" out of their regimental funds, so the average soldier didn't even have a say in it.

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    Normally the higher ranks are seen as a...holes. I would not give him a bloody cent as he most probably gave you grieve via his staff. Exactly, flak him.

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    Default Re: Troops must pay towards a general's retirement present

    Quote Originally Posted by ikor View Post
    Fcuk him...
    Frankly... I'd rather just give him the thousand bucks...

    But that's just me...
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