Three months after leaving my crew on Shacks and being posted to Operations, my old crew had been in for briefing for a night 15hr Navex. One of the items on the checklist was the exchange of coded messages to keep in practice: these were monitored of course, by Group Headquarters.
After some 5 hours, I signed for the latest coded message and nipped into the code room. When it was decoded, I ran to the Ops desk in time to find the Group light on and ringing. Before answering and read, the message was checked again; "Please can we come home now - 'cos we are cold and hungry".
I picked up the Green phone and waited for the blast.
JohnB
Last edited by John Botwood; 23rd Aug 2013 at 04:09.