Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
What was unusual about that? In the sixties the Sergeants' Mess had a row of Jaguars and MGs whilst the Officers' Mess had beaten up old Fords and Vauxhalls.
Situation today is that car parks around barrack blocks are generally full of BMWs, Audis and assorted hot hatches undoubtedly purchased on personal contract plans consuming every last drop of disposable income, while the Officers' and Sergeants' Mess car parks are generally full of second-hand family wagons, with most ploughing their income into mortgages instead of cars. But the real question is, why and how did DC10RealMan manage to pull this thread out from the dim and distant past of 2009?