Marine's sense of fun still intact (From The Argus)
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Marine's sense of fun still intact
12:20pm Thursday 29th January 2009 in News By Andy Whelan
Joe Townsend still has a sense of humour
A marine who lost his legs when he stepped on an anti-tank mine in Afghanistan proudly shows off his car's new number plate.
Joe Townsend was 19 when he was injured while on patrol in Helmand Province.
Eleven months later he is back behind the wheel of his Audi A5, fitted with a brand new 800 private plate.
Joe, from Astaire Avenue in Eastbourne, said: "I thought it would be fun and show I've not lost my sense of humour.
"I've had the car specially adapted with hand controls.
"I just jumped in and after a couple of hours practice I was driving like I was before."
On Tuesday, The Argus revealed how Wealden District Council ruled a bungalow specially designed for him could not be built at his grandparents home in Hankham near Pevensey.
Comments(19)
NoWaySeriously
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12:30pm Thu 29 Jan 09
BBBrighton
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12:38pm Thu 29 Jan 09
djfuller55
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1:37pm Thu 29 Jan 09
Scoomer
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1:45pm Thu 29 Jan 09
Security words: "territorial-p!ssing
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RickH
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1:58pm Thu 29 Jan 09
CornishSeagull
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1:58pm Thu 29 Jan 09
dollymixture
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2:04pm Thu 29 Jan 09
1:58pm Thu 29 Jan 09
Last time I was legless in a car I got a year's ban and a £300 fine!
I was going to put somthing along those lines but thought better of it...! SECURIT WORD Half-Pint
Peacehaven Paul
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3:03pm Thu 29 Jan 09
Tye
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3:36pm Thu 29 Jan 09
CornishSeagull wrote:Doesn't take long for the sick scum start their "jokes" and their sniping
Last time I was legless in a car I got a year's ban and a £300 fine!
There are a couple of new posters here recently ruining the comments area
Is it a plot?
sue.thepooh@virgi.net
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4:03pm Thu 29 Jan 09
stickman
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5:07pm Thu 29 Jan 09
Tye wrote:You'll find they are old posters banned and reregistering. Having said that maybe Joe might that comment funny...
CornishSeagull wrote:Doesn't take long for the sick scum start their "jokes" and their sniping
Last time I was legless in a car I got a year's ban and a £300 fine!
There are a couple of new posters here recently ruining the comments area
Is it a plot?
The Garden Slug
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6:05pm Thu 29 Jan 09
I hope Gordon Brown was man enough to mention him in the house of commons for his sacrifice to the country.
cheezburger
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6:31pm Thu 29 Jan 09
The Garden Slug wrote:Sacrifice? Oh i didnt realise he stood on the mine on purpose.
I salute this man, his number plate and very desireable car. I hope Gordon Brown was man enough to mention him in the house of commons for his sacrifice to the country.
Sorry i couldnt resist.
Good luck to him, im sure we will here about him often, especially if its a slow news week.
GreenGrocer
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7:27pm Thu 29 Jan 09
BBBrighton wrote:I'm sure he doesn't "need" it, but then why not, it's HIS money not yours.
nice car! why does he need 800 number plates?
Good luck to the guy I say, as for the car he'll be paying the excess over the amount he'll be getting from his disability allowance to the motability scheme.
He's only young so perhaps some of the nasty commentors on here can give the guy a break with what he's going thru. Cue nasty comments from the armchair warriors on here whou wouldn't dream of trying to make a difference like this guy has...
Ronald
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8:17pm Thu 29 Jan 09
Scoomer
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11:20pm Thu 29 Jan 09
BBBrighton wrote:Has anybody else noticed that the Argus computer keyboards don't appear to have a "pound" sign? Do you suppose they got them cheap from some bloke at a boot-fair?
nice car! why does he need 800 number plates?
Security word: "cheap-hardware"
GreenGrocer
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12:32am Fri 30 Jan 09
feline1 wrote:Really, our landmines?, I (and the rest of the planet no doubt) was under the impression it was the Soviets who used them in Afghanistan starting in 1979, and then the Taliban and the Northern Alliance, against OUR and other coalition forces since then.....
Let's hope none of the children who have their legs blown off by our landmines in Afghanistan get cars though - after all, they have the wrong colour of skin! lol security word: race-hate
The British signed up to a ban on their use in 1998 by the way under the Ottowa treaty, and didn't enter Afghanistan (unless you count the 1800's!) until 2001.
Please feel free to correct history if you wish to make it the British that laid the mines!
Wilftop
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7:15pm Fri 30 Jan 09
Joe Blake
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11:56pm Fri 30 Jan 09
Joe Blake.
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