Shock Horror NIMROD AIRCREW having to eat out of date MARS BARS
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Shock Horror NIMROD AIRCREW having to eat out of date MARS BARS
Front page of the Scottish SUN this morning up north, shock horror, Nimrod aircrew are having to eat out of date Mars Bars.
That is obviously not counting the DCS,s Tea Time biscuits, Curries and Steak Diane,s that they get.
Lots of local comment, to the tune of SO WHAT.
Just one thought, do out of date Mars Bars make our beloved Green suited brethren put on less weight whilst "earning" their flying pay.
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That is obviously not counting the DCS,s Tea Time biscuits, Curries and Steak Diane,s that they get.
Lots of local comment, to the tune of SO WHAT.
Just one thought, do out of date Mars Bars make our beloved Green suited brethren put on less weight whilst "earning" their flying pay.
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Fair comment, so what. Surely the media having a slow news day, it's not like the aircrew rang up the Sun with "We've got a great story for you".
On your last point, as a Nimrod crew chief with 650 hours down the back, you should be supremely qualified on the calorific content of rations, in date or not.
Nice chip.
On your last point, as a Nimrod crew chief with 650 hours down the back, you should be supremely qualified on the calorific content of rations, in date or not.
Nice chip.
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You've usually got to keep your hands & feet away from their mouths, never mind out of date chocolate! Poor things. There will be a push towards healthy rations next - that'll fettle 'em.
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Bluetail, if you read the article again it also mentions caterers and administration staff as having to eat the deadly out of date food. Luckily for you if you were out there you could eat the chips that you obviously have on your shoulders!! That said, the story is a waste of newspaper space.
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Clearly, in the grand scheme of things, this is triv...
Nevertheless, we were issued out of date food when deployed in the Middle East for OEF - its the principle that counts...although the implications of food poisoning are serious, providing flak jackets and proper NBC protection to our troops on the ground is clearly where the Loggies focus should be....
Nevertheless, we were issued out of date food when deployed in the Middle East for OEF - its the principle that counts...although the implications of food poisoning are serious, providing flak jackets and proper NBC protection to our troops on the ground is clearly where the Loggies focus should be....
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I had some out of date cream in my coffee at the restaurant last night too. I don't think the Telegraph will lead with it tomorrow though.
When it came to Nimrod mars bars I never had a chance. I got home and the dogs jumped up onto my grow bag, turned round and dived into the ankle pockets. After 9 hours, in date or not a mars bar is unfit for human consumption.
Note, I did not mention unfit for knockers or copilots.
When it came to Nimrod mars bars I never had a chance. I got home and the dogs jumped up onto my grow bag, turned round and dived into the ankle pockets. After 9 hours, in date or not a mars bar is unfit for human consumption.
Note, I did not mention unfit for knockers or copilots.
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oh cummon ANTON, no need to get personal, it was only a little dangle, everybody knows it was just a pathetic effort by the Sun to start something off, at least it got the B^&**&*MS from the front pages.
By the way I like Oven chips, less fattening
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By the way I like Oven chips, less fattening
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Bluetail, didn't mean to get personal my old china. Agree with your sentiments about getting those Beckhams off the front page though.
Crinkle cut oven chips are tops, especially when done in the Nimrod oven!!
Crinkle cut oven chips are tops, especially when done in the Nimrod oven!!
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Surely the fault lies with Catering Sqn for their stockpiling techniques? Or perhaps with the PEdO for encouraging aircrew NOT to eat so much chocolate, which threw out the calculations.
Or perhaps Mr Munro, if he still owns the Spar shop on the corner of the Findhorn Road, for having that 'special' on out of date Mars bars caused by Mr Miele's decision to cease deep-frying them?
Anyway, I didn't know chocolate HAD a sell-by date.
Or perhaps Mr Munro, if he still owns the Spar shop on the corner of the Findhorn Road, for having that 'special' on out of date Mars bars caused by Mr Miele's decision to cease deep-frying them?
Anyway, I didn't know chocolate HAD a sell-by date.
Why not flog the Mars bars to some local Jockistani gourmet restaurant? A quick coating of batter and deep frying in lard would surely kill off any bugs lurking in the choccie?
Our UAS students did a good spoof of a Nimrod display team once during Summer Camp at St Mawgan - rushing about in formation with pillows stuffed down their flying suits scoffing crisps and pies. Then one of them (playing the AEO or whoever does wirelesses in the Happy Eater - sorry, 'Mighty Hunter') began "PAN, PAN, DEEP PAN. Nimrod a/c, 18 PoB, deep pan pizza failure........"
Edited later - I meant 'batter', not 'butter'!
Our UAS students did a good spoof of a Nimrod display team once during Summer Camp at St Mawgan - rushing about in formation with pillows stuffed down their flying suits scoffing crisps and pies. Then one of them (playing the AEO or whoever does wirelesses in the Happy Eater - sorry, 'Mighty Hunter') began "PAN, PAN, DEEP PAN. Nimrod a/c, 18 PoB, deep pan pizza failure........"
Edited later - I meant 'batter', not 'butter'!
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The answer of course is blindingly simple. Just nip down to your local memorabilia shop and pick up some Mars' from the 1970s, that way there will be no "use by" date on them ergo they cannot be out of date. Problem solved.
I can't ever remember as a kid getting sick because my grandad fed me some old ration chocolate from the war or mum first scraping the cheese before grating it for sandwiches. Are we now all so namby pamby that we get hung up because of little dates printed on the side of everything we eat and drink.
Rant over.
Other ace things from the seventies.
Choppers, Ford Capris, Tiswas, Starsky and Hutch, Aztec Bars, Its a Knockout, white dog poo, summer of '76, hot pants, Sylvia Kristel, The Rockford Files, Kojak, Pans People, Bazooka Joes..............etc etc.
I can't ever remember as a kid getting sick because my grandad fed me some old ration chocolate from the war or mum first scraping the cheese before grating it for sandwiches. Are we now all so namby pamby that we get hung up because of little dates printed on the side of everything we eat and drink.
Rant over.
Other ace things from the seventies.
Choppers, Ford Capris, Tiswas, Starsky and Hutch, Aztec Bars, Its a Knockout, white dog poo, summer of '76, hot pants, Sylvia Kristel, The Rockford Files, Kojak, Pans People, Bazooka Joes..............etc etc.
