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Old 14th Mar 2021, 23:26
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langleybaston
 
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And then there was "station farm, duty pig!"

and "Brown, you're through"

and "say again all after Good Morning!"

I fear that this next is not unique, but believe it to be true. I might even have participated.

RAFG had a talking clock to coordinate hacks, The clock, on the phone, was not infallible, and a WAAF deputised in real time on occasion. And occasionally answered back, like a precursor of Alexa. Then again it might never have happened ..............................

Puerile, but fun at the time.

One more confession. S Met O at a certain fighter station in RAFG was not all popular [not unusual, but extreme]. We had a new cleaner girl, not German, but perhaps Turkish? Scarcely a word of English. We taught her the words to greet the Boss each morning, something like "Hello Bill you bloody old bastard!" delivered with a friendly smile and a flick of the duster. She quickly learnt the other weather words like "P1sssing down" and seasonal variants. She lasted longer than the boss.
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