Originally Posted by
thegypsy
Whoever it was said it breaks down chemically after 15 years is talking out of his backside.
Maybe a cunning ploy to persuade you to empty your cellar
And Rossarian mentioning the customs and etiquette of the not too distant past raises yet another question.
We have considered Service and rank but not the
AGE of said pongo. Now his real age is of course immaterial but what is important is his social age, hence the matter of calling cards.
Is he a 'new man' or is he from the days of the Raj? My colonel, some 10 years younger than me was certainly a gentleman of the latter sort. He was distinctly put out when an ex-sqn ldr, engineer, now contract manager called him "Mate". So, will he be "Sir", "Colonel" or "Bill"?