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Old 1st Oct 2021, 16:45
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OJ 72
 
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A '+1' to Huge 72's shout out to the TISWAS guys during BANNER...especially the guys in Omagh. It was amazing what they could rustle up from the rations they were given/acquired. Surely some of them must have ventured onto 'Masterchef'!! For the officers on the crew it was nearly always preferable to eat in the TSW Crewroom - even with the 'eclectic' mix of reading material, 'wall art' and, ahem, 'art house' films - than to dine with the officers of the Resident Battalion. I always found that sweaty flying suits were 'tolerated' in their Mess, rather than accepted.

Then there were the self-catering facilities at Y453 with the rations gifted by TSW in the next door hut. Many's a good Sunday lunch and full fried breakfast was cooked by the Wessex 2 crew in that manky kitchen. Just as well the Aldergrove SMO didn't pay too many visits around the bazaars. Just don't mention the cockroaches.

And, finally whilst not strictly a feeder per se, who could forget the butty boxes at BBK? Where they got the sausage rolls with the unfeasibly long 'best before dates' was always a mystery to me! Chernobyl, perhaps? And then the ubiquitous 'Tunnocks Caramel Wafer'! Allegedly over 5 000 000 sold every week...and at least 4 999 999 to the UK military!!!
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