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As an ex, lowly paid GE, I cannot compete against lawn mowers etc. (I could only afford a tube of pringles, they were dirt cheap in Bowling AFB). But in the long gone days of the DCI run we used to park alongside a car scrap heap compound. A BengO had the need for some Fiat spares and had arranged a lift back with a broken car. We spent the next 2 hours back to WID putting our hands through the body work. The wing fell off, (the car), on landing followed by numerous bits when it got off-loaded. After collecting our Becks we left him sweeping up the remains!
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Our AEO decided a good deal was to be had on radial arm saws from Macy's in Sacramento. We could barely get in the borrowed pick up and it took all 7 of us to hoist it into the V Bomber bomb bay using a mini bomb hoist!! Lord knows what it weighed!!
Bought some uniform shirts in the JET shop in Limassol: damn fine deal except that when I took them out the packet they would only button up as far as the middle of my chest!! Apparently designed for Cyp look like a Bee Gee wannabees ( well it was the late 70s).
Also bought a box of courgettes from the fruit shop at the corner of the plantation at Akronelli: seemed like a good idea at the time. The missus had said that she liked courgettes - but a 30 lb box???
Bought some uniform shirts in the JET shop in Limassol: damn fine deal except that when I took them out the packet they would only button up as far as the middle of my chest!! Apparently designed for Cyp look like a Bee Gee wannabees ( well it was the late 70s).
Also bought a box of courgettes from the fruit shop at the corner of the plantation at Akronelli: seemed like a good idea at the time. The missus had said that she liked courgettes - but a 30 lb box???
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On a trip to Butterworth, the crew, (47 I think), bartered for and got a rickshaw off a street trader! Not only did they pay for it up front, (dodgy), but convinced the poor guy to bring it out to the airfield on our departure day
The poor guy cycled all the way from Georgetown to the airfield, (an hour or so), and was waiting for us when we arrived at the gate. He then walked back to town well chuffed with himself for his days work. Can't remember how much they paid but he could have built a few more with the money. (They are quite a feat of imaginative engineering when you look closely at them).
The poor guy cycled all the way from Georgetown to the airfield, (an hour or so), and was waiting for us when we arrived at the gate. He then walked back to town well chuffed with himself for his days work. Can't remember how much they paid but he could have built a few more with the money. (They are quite a feat of imaginative engineering when you look closely at them).
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
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Oh, can we just swing by the hobbies center?
Oh, can you give me a hand?
Then followed a succession of crew lugging sandbag weight boxes of Slyp for the Kinloss ceramics club. Must have been a ton of the stuff.
At the subsequent board of inquiry the BOI members noted that all the crew members were plastered.
Sorry couldn't rsist that one.
I still have a ceramics Nimrod and a ceramics Langcote House Fete egg cup. Joy.
Oh, can we just swing by the hobbies center?
Oh, can you give me a hand?
Then followed a succession of crew lugging sandbag weight boxes of Slyp for the Kinloss ceramics club. Must have been a ton of the stuff.
At the subsequent board of inquiry the BOI members noted that all the crew members were plastered.
Sorry couldn't rsist that one. I still have a ceramics Nimrod and a ceramics Langcote House Fete egg cup. Joy.
Originally Posted by Pontius Navigator
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I still have a ceramics Nimrod and a ceramics Langcote House Fete egg cup. Joy.
I still have a ceramics Nimrod and a ceramics Langcote House Fete egg cup. Joy.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
diginagain, well if we are going for something liberated, how about a ROCK from Iceland.
This ROCK was the pride and joy of the USMC Det and it was properly painted with its name and everything. They got mighty miffed when we flew it to ISK in the Mighty machine.
Or the 1 Group Crest - 3 feet x 3 feet - in carnations lifted after the 1 Gp Dinner.
Not guilty m'lud, it was in my seat on the bus.
This ROCK was the pride and joy of the USMC Det and it was properly painted with its name and everything. They got mighty miffed when we flew it to ISK in the Mighty machine.
Or the 1 Group Crest - 3 feet x 3 feet - in carnations lifted after the 1 Gp Dinner.
Not guilty m'lud, it was in my seat on the bus.
Mmm, on reflection, the leylandii may not have been such a good steal. I was living in a flat at the time.
But, hey, they were sort of lonely, and the back of the Lynx looked really tactical on the way home.
But, hey, they were sort of lonely, and the back of the Lynx looked really tactical on the way home.
Took a Shacklebomber to McCord (and that's a long story in itself). Thought we'd celebrate with 20 "World Tour" t-shirts. First 'gig' on the back was July 4th at Keflajik. I had to produce my draft to convince the crew it wasn't my spellinge.
Civvie Strasse one: Crew out wine tasting in Napa. Captain, bit of a wine snob, buys 1/2 doz bottles of some vineyard's finest red at great expense. Agrees to bring one to the room party that night only to find same wine had been bought by the crew at Cala Foods for 1/2 the price.
Civvie Strasse one: Crew out wine tasting in Napa. Captain, bit of a wine snob, buys 1/2 doz bottles of some vineyard's finest red at great expense. Agrees to bring one to the room party that night only to find same wine had been bought by the crew at Cala Foods for 1/2 the price.
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In Dakar (not sure of the spelling
) bought an African wooden tat thing Wife likes it but I'm still not sure what it is Answers on a postit note on the fridge please
spelling mistakes due to poor typing skills caused by an abundance of thumbs
) bought an African wooden tat thing Wife likes it but I'm still not sure what it is Answers on a postit note on the fridge please spelling mistakes due to poor typing skills caused by an abundance of thumbs
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were you aware that if you crunch lifesavers up in your mouth, they emit green sparks
How on earth did they ever manage to sell Wintergreen flavoured candy????
Germoline = ointment for you young 'uns
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Wintergreen tastes like Germoline
And in the light of subsequent comments maybe I should have said that it tastes like what I imagine Anusol would taste like
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I went a little wild on 110v appliances when serving overseas - microwave, kitchenaid blenders, food processors, grillers etc etc (supping on the products of a corrupt capitalist system). On return to Blighty to our own house, I installed a 110v ring in the kitchen with a F&CK-OFF big transformer in the adjacent garage. Problem is with the frequency - I don't bother to set the timer on the microwave!
Oh, the Gerber sharpener is an excellent piece of kit!
CC
Oh, the Gerber sharpener is an excellent piece of kit!
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