adminblunty - as the wife of a 'mere' Sergeant, your wife was not - in the Air Force's eyes - entitled to read books!
I recall a friend who had recently been promoted to MACR commenting to the boss one day how delighted he was that since his promotion he and his wife were permitted to read books and drink sherry. Barrack Stores had been round to his quarter earlier to deliver the additional MQ inventory items to which he was now entitled: a bookcase and six sherry glasses.
