Go on, you know you want one...

[NutLoose]

Groan...on a well known river site and nothing to do with me, pandering to the inadequate :p

I know, here is the special K i missed out of the title to the thread...


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[ORAC]

Just need one that just says “RAF Mug”… 😏


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[sunshine band]

RAF Like The Army Mug – Four Prop (thefourprop.com) (https://thefourprop.com/products/raf-like-the-army-mug?_pos=2&_sid=b78379bf4&_ss=r)

[212man]

Groan...on a well known river site and nothing to do with me, pandering to the inadequate :p

I know, here is the special K i missed out of the title to the thread...


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My ‘super power’ is I know which indefinite article to use before an abbreviation that starts with a ‘vowel sound’.

[Nigerian Expat Outlaw]

As a former Army NCO pilot I guess I could find a use for . To hold paint thinner perhaps....... ;)

NEO

[havoc]

Seen one : Pilots have been looking down on people since 1903

[charliegolf]

My ‘super power’ is I know which indefinite article to use before an abbreviation that starts with a ‘vowel sound’.

Oh, there's a PhD (an incredibly boring one) for someone in that argument.

CG

[SLXOwft]

If you must have one, some services are more inclusive - and buying it helps keep historic aircraft flying. (No, I don't own one, before anyone asks)


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[Snoozydog]

Why is it Nutloose that so many of your thousands of posts seem to have an anti-officer or anti-aircrew bias? Just wondering, were you bullied at school or just feel inadequate? You shouldn’t, we’ve all played our part, even you, we’re all on the same side and if you claim it’s banter I think you need to recalibrate.

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

Don't worry chaps. they do make them for "NAGS"

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[NutLoose]

Why is it Nutloose that so many of your thousands of posts seem to have an anti-officer or anti-aircrew bias? Just wondering, were you bullied at school or just feel inadequate? You shouldn’t, we’ve all played our part, even you, we’re all on the same side and if you claim it’s banter I think you need to recalibrate.

No problem, please read the following links to help you understand.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banter

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/humour

You have to have some humour in your life mate and never take anything to seriously otherwise we would all end up like erm….… Victor Meldrew, and life is too short to end up like that. I truly hope you do not.

Welcome to the forums BTW.

[212man]

Oh, there's a PhD (an incredibly boring one) for someone in that argument.

CG
I doubt it. Pretty clear cut I think.

[[email protected]]

Don't worry chaps. they do make them for "NAGS" they should include an anagram of NAVIGATOR - VAGINAROT:E

[ShyTorque]

Why is it Nutloose that so many of your thousands of posts seem to have an anti-officer or anti-aircrew bias? Just wondering, were you bullied at school or just feel inadequate? You shouldn’t, we’ve all played our part, even you, we’re all on the same side and if you claim it’s banter I think you need to recalibrate.

Just saw a similar situation on other social media. Some chap admitted that he didn’t make the grade to become a policeman so he spends his days criticising the police in general.

[NutLoose]

Flaw there though Shytorque is I always wanted to be an engineer since the age of about six, it always fascinated me that I could strip things down, see how they worked and put them back together often better than when they left the factory, blueprinting engines etc. At primary school I was encouraged and used to help look after the school swimming pool, by the age of about nine I hade stripped down and fixed a partially seized lawn mower. Flying and indeed driving bores the pants off me, hence I tend to do less that 4,000 miles per year.

[Trumpet trousers]

Good skill to have on your cv, mowing a swimming pool.

[NutLoose]

Even better skills to have if you are broken down in the middle of nowhere with a driver who hasn’t a clue how his vehicle works

[Krystal n chips]

Groan...on a well known river site and nothing to do with me, pandering to the inadequate :p

I know, here is the special K i missed out of the title to the thread...


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/300x272/image_a846ba0885da30c34c83b46ccdc94b17c98026c9.png
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Well obviously there's no concerns about the assembly instructions, but, do they come with a helpful users guide ? (graphics and words)

[HOVIS]

I'll just leave this here... 😁
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[SASless]

Sometimes you just have to remind folks of reality.......Warrant Officers know things and drink Coffee and are the subject of the ponderance of "Where's Chief?".



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[sycamore]

SASless ,
CWO
Lifts buildings and walks under them,
Kicks locomotives off the tracks,
Catches speeding bullets,and chews them,
Freezes water at a single glance,
He ,is GOD!!

[Petit-Lion]

I'll just leave this here... 😁
Love it! Stole it and sent to my lovely mechanic! :)

[Ninthace]

I'll just leave this here... 😁

As used to tell the RAF Apprentices and Techies that passed through my tender hands, monkeys may ride rockets, they can't build rockets.
In those days 5 'O' levels would get you a ride in the front seat, but it took more than that to be an Apprentice.

[J.A.F.O.]

You can teach a monkey to ride a bike but you can't teach it to fix one.

[ShyTorque]

As used to tell the RAF Apprentices and Techies that passed through my tender hands, monkeys may ride rockets, they can't build rockets.
In those days 5 'O' levels would get you a ride in the front seat, but it took more than that to be an Apprentice.

But you forgot to mention the two A levels.

[Ninthace]

But you forgot to mention the two A levels.
Pilots had 2 A-levels? They could have got a proper job!
Would not have got you an interview in my branch! :p

[Thud_and_Blunder]

Not like me to disagree with Shy, but in this case he's not actually correct. I know, 'cos I didn't actually meet his criteria but still got the job :ooh:

[[email protected]]

Yup, I got in with just 1 A level in the early 80's

[MPN11]

5 O-levels in my day. I had 6 ... 4 the first year and 2 the next. Whitehall, head of [something], here i come!

[ShyTorque]

Yup, I got in with just 1 A level in the early 80's


Well they’d take anybody by then. :E

[ShyTorque]

Not like me to disagree with Shy, but in this case he's not actually correct. I know, 'cos I didn't actually meet his criteria but still got the job :ooh:

Yes, but your route into the RAF wasn’t the standard direct entry one, due to previous military service elsewhere, n’est pas?

[Thud_and_Blunder]

Squaddie time made no difference, Shy - I attended OASC on exactly the same basis as the civvies (albeit in a 'smarter suit' than some) and met the same educational requirements as them too. Like Crab, I just had the one A Level (plus a couple of "Grade O's" (ie the equivalent standard to an O Level)) to show for my 2 wasted years in the 6th form. Not complaining - my career-peak as a Lance-Jack in Cyprus was possibly more enjoyable than if I'd attended some tertiary education establishment or other, and it certainly helped me to get fit.

It's a shame that 15-year-olds had to make life-changing decisions about their careers at that early stage - my best subjects at O Level were Maths, English Lang and French, but I was 'persuaded' that the most useful A's for what I wanted to do were the sciences. Like a mug I did what was suggested. Fortunately it all worked out well in the end - and the Open University is there for those of us who missed-out first time around. (I can remember enough Franglais to recall that it should probably be "n'est-ce pas") :8.

[NutLoose]

Minimum 5 acceptable o levels including English and maths

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[Ninthace]

Minimum 5 acceptable o levels including English and maths

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/9-1970-PUB-ROYAL-AIR-FORCE-RAF-BUCCANEER-PILOTE-PILOT-RECRUTEMENT-ORIGINAL-AD-/291414994633
I had that many A-levels so I was too bright to be a Driver(Airframe) and had to settle for showing young ladies and gentlemen how aeroplanes and the bits inside them worked.

[itsnotthatbloodyhard]

Flaw there though Shytorque is I always wanted to be an engineer since the age of about six
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Flying and indeed driving bores the pants off me, hence I tend to do less that 4,000 miles per year.

And yet here you are, with 27500+ posts on something called the ‘Professional Pilots Rumour Network’ :confused:

[SASless]

Big Willy contests get boring quickly......what say ya'll get back to talking about Tea Cups and the like!

[NutLoose]

And yet here you are, with 27500+ posts on something called the ‘Professional Pilots Rumour Network’ :confused:

And here you are with 557+ posts, unable to read a simple introduction.


Military Aviation A forum for the professionals who fly military hardware. Also for the backroom boys and girls who support the flying and maintain the equipment, and without whom nothing would ever leave the ground. All armies, navies and air forces of the world equally welcome here.


Totally agree SASless, willy waving was not my intention in the initial post at all, simply some humour as a juxtapose to what is happening in Ukraine

[_Agrajag_]

FWIW the smartest bloke I ever met was a bleep Sgt in Germany. Man was a legend, could turn his hand to anything and make it work. He was also had a gift for being able to tell senior officers what they should do without getting a bollocking. Never met anyone like him, in any colour uniform or in civvy street. He should have made a fortune, but doubt he ever did. Last I heard he was living in a council house in Scotland somewhere.

Inter-service rivalry is fine for a bit of a laugh, but in my book respect is earned by actions, not rank or the colour of a uniform.

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Well they’d take anybody by then. Just as well or I would have had to get a proper job for the next 30 plus years:)​​​​​​​

[langleybaston]

When I were a lad, they let bus conductors join the Met Office. 5B route, Brighton Hove and District Omnibus Company.

Used to love it when asked "previous occupation?" as vetting top-up came round.

[Did all sleuths wear flasher's macs? All of mine did]