What to do with a Walt?
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I tend to follow the old Gaelic proverb Na sir 's na seachainn an cath- Neither seek nor shun the fight. If a Walt wishes to appear in my sights, I'll gladly take aim. However, I'll leave actively seeking them out to others.
I tend to follow the old Gaelic proverb Na sir 's na seachainn an cath- Neither seek nor shun the fight. If a Walt wishes to appear in my sights, I'll gladly take aim. However, I'll leave actively seeking them out to others.
special purpose tool
Sorry this is a little late for the man in question. But there is a tool designed for just this task. Go to your nearest store, buy a 10mm drill bit, insert into the big yellow machine, turn on the power, and apply to the Walt's, say, hands and feet. hey presto he is De Walted !
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I don't know, BEags: I'll have to bow to your greater Trekkie knowledge.
Perhaps you could ask at your next convention about the relationship between Klingon and Gaelic? If there is a relationship, you could always find out for me if Klingon is a P or a Q celtic language. Go on, see if that'll stump Spock!
Perhaps you could ask at your next convention about the relationship between Klingon and Gaelic? If there is a relationship, you could always find out for me if Klingon is a P or a Q celtic language. Go on, see if that'll stump Spock!
Oooh you bitch!
I was once at the bookshop at the Smithsonian and noticed a 'Klingon-English Dictionary'. Intrigued, I had a look. The entry which amused me was something along the lines of:
'Sorry' - (there is no direct translation as the concept of apology is unknown to Klingons)
I was once at the bookshop at the Smithsonian and noticed a 'Klingon-English Dictionary'. Intrigued, I had a look. The entry which amused me was something along the lines of:
'Sorry' - (there is no direct translation as the concept of apology is unknown to Klingons)
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I was once at the bookshop at the Smithsonian and noticed a 'Klingon-English Dictionary'
Is that BEags second from the right? I think we should be told!
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Congrats on a tactul & highly efficient de-walting, I must admit I like some others was a little concerned the result might be tragic.
Then I saw your final report details !
BTW I am not walting - I, unlike my Dad ( R.N, W.W.2 ), was never in the Forces, but was on civvy BAe test team.
Klingon, like Gaelic, has no word for ' fluffy' either, and one can see visible similarities ( Dad is from Strathdon ).
Don't underestimate the trekkies, you may get deluged with translations - Kapla !
Then I saw your final report details !
BTW I am not walting - I, unlike my Dad ( R.N, W.W.2 ), was never in the Forces, but was on civvy BAe test team.
Klingon, like Gaelic, has no word for ' fluffy' either, and one can see visible similarities ( Dad is from Strathdon ).
Don't underestimate the trekkies, you may get deluged with translations - Kapla !
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It's a colony we don't like to speak of much now - the other family warlords set forth relying on Disruptor fire and considering the Genesis Device a pretty big thing - but the Strathdonian's, the most feared, pitiless and brutal warriors of all, developed - THE BAGPIPE !
Is this the record for thread creep yet ?!
Is this the record for thread creep yet ?!
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He'd be welcome. The Legion of Frontiersmen thread is gathering pace and we'd love some backup from the PPrune community to spread the word - not least because some punter out there is raising a Squadron of RAuxAF (Frontiersmen) near St Athan!
By the way, on the subject of Walts, if anyone is getting the military lantern swung at them by the spitting image of Idi Amin in flying coveralls then take care - and PM me for the details!
By the way, on the subject of Walts, if anyone is getting the military lantern swung at them by the spitting image of Idi Amin in flying coveralls then take care - and PM me for the details!
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Frontiersmen at St Athan
A worrying lot of poseurs. (Postings passim). If they are the uniformed lot, they shine in reflected glory of Service personnel of yor, and if they were lucky, they may have served in the Cadets.
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Soup Dragon,
Would that be N.H.A.F-M, by any chance?
I've just sent you a Private Message.
Max
Would that be N.H.A.F-M, by any chance?
I've just sent you a Private Message.
Max
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I'm a civilian with a Walt story
Hi guys. I started another thread because I've got what turns out to be an ex-air force "Walt" at work. He's a skilled Walt though, because he seems to have enough fact, or "faction" 
in his "war stories" that they could be true. Also, he seems to thrive in a non-military setting where civvies don't know the scoop so can't call him on his B.S. Anyway, I've noticed that the stories tend to come out best when he's been drinking, which judging by his permanently flushed face, is a lot. He's a strange little guy, fidgety and nervous, all 5' 6" inches of him. (I suspect 'short man's complex' but I'm no doctor
)
He was an airplane mechanic, working on training jets for the Canadian air force. Why I suspected him of B.S. is because of the following tales:
1. he claims to have knocked out a British sergeant-major in a bar with one punch after the sergeant supposedly insulted his beer of choice (the pattern of "one punch knock-outs of superior ranks" will become apparent;
2. he claims to have "throttled" a captain in a hockey game and, again, knocked the guy out unconscious;
3. he claims to have been at a party where he was only one of two enlisted men there and everybody else was a pilot or a navigator, and one pilot was drunk and loud, saying he had to go "f***ing flying in the morning so he couldn't drink any more" at which point, one-punch Walt claims he said "you're going f***ing flying now and threw the guy out the door." (Gee, I didn't know officers and non-coms drank together - maybe the Canadian military is different, huh?
) Amazing thing, in my Walt's world, is how such a little guy can get so physical, especially with officers, and not suffer repercussions. LOL
Anyway, I thought I was alone in smelling a distinct odour of ..... well, something other than truth, LOL. However the guys were talking at lunchtime today about Canada's military mission in Afghanistan. And boy, oh boy, did the guy ever "Walt" into that one. Not that anyone even gave a hoot about what he did almost 40 years ago, but he starts talking about how when he was based in Quebec back in 1970, he had to patrol the perimeter of the base, all by himself (of course - tough enough to be sent out by himself I guess ) armed with a machine gun that could cut a guy in half. Why'd you have to do that, asks one of the young guys? Oh man, it was because French terrorists were trying to overthrow the government.
Then somebody else said, I never heard of that. I heard there were a couple of kidnappings and a murder back then but then the police cracked down on it pretty quickly. Then, and here's the kicker, one of the other retired military guys said, quietly and in a tone that suggested he knew what he was talking about, "I find it kind of odd that an airplane mechanic would be put on guard duty around a Canadian base. That's a job that the Military Police would've typically been assigned and if there was any real threat to the base, the army would've be called in to patrol the perimeter."
You should've seen the look on old Stan's face. He blushed and got this "I'm lost" look on his face, and smiled weakly and kind of chuckled. Then this young guy, without missing a beat, said, hey, "we've got Rambo here"! And everybody cracked up. I suspect we won't be hearing many more "Walt" stories any more.
So, it seems that laughing at these goofs may be a good way of dealing with Waltness.
in his "war stories" that they could be true. Also, he seems to thrive in a non-military setting where civvies don't know the scoop so can't call him on his B.S. Anyway, I've noticed that the stories tend to come out best when he's been drinking, which judging by his permanently flushed face, is a lot. He's a strange little guy, fidgety and nervous, all 5' 6" inches of him. (I suspect 'short man's complex' but I'm no doctor )He was an airplane mechanic, working on training jets for the Canadian air force. Why I suspected him of B.S. is because of the following tales:
1. he claims to have knocked out a British sergeant-major in a bar with one punch after the sergeant supposedly insulted his beer of choice (the pattern of "one punch knock-outs of superior ranks" will become apparent;
2. he claims to have "throttled" a captain in a hockey game and, again, knocked the guy out unconscious;
3. he claims to have been at a party where he was only one of two enlisted men there and everybody else was a pilot or a navigator, and one pilot was drunk and loud, saying he had to go "f***ing flying in the morning so he couldn't drink any more" at which point, one-punch Walt claims he said "you're going f***ing flying now and threw the guy out the door." (Gee, I didn't know officers and non-coms drank together - maybe the Canadian military is different, huh?
) Amazing thing, in my Walt's world, is how such a little guy can get so physical, especially with officers, and not suffer repercussions. LOLAnyway, I thought I was alone in smelling a distinct odour of ..... well, something other than truth, LOL. However the guys were talking at lunchtime today about Canada's military mission in Afghanistan. And boy, oh boy, did the guy ever "Walt" into that one. Not that anyone even gave a hoot about what he did almost 40 years ago, but he starts talking about how when he was based in Quebec back in 1970, he had to patrol the perimeter of the base, all by himself (of course - tough enough to be sent out by himself I guess
) armed with a machine gun that could cut a guy in half. Why'd you have to do that, asks one of the young guys? Oh man, it was because French terrorists were trying to overthrow the government. Then somebody else said, I never heard of that. I heard there were a couple of kidnappings and a murder back then but then the police cracked down on it pretty quickly. Then, and here's the kicker, one of the other retired military guys said, quietly and in a tone that suggested he knew what he was talking about, "I find it kind of odd that an airplane mechanic would be put on guard duty around a Canadian base. That's a job that the Military Police would've typically been assigned and if there was any real threat to the base, the army would've be called in to patrol the perimeter."
You should've seen the look on old Stan's face. He blushed and got this "I'm lost" look on his face, and smiled weakly and kind of chuckled. Then this young guy, without missing a beat, said, hey, "we've got Rambo here"! And everybody cracked up. I suspect we won't be hearing many more "Walt" stories any more.
So, it seems that laughing at these goofs may be a good way of dealing with Waltness.
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"I find it kind of odd that an airplane mechanic would be put on guard duty around a Canadian base. That's a job that the Military Police would've typically been assigned and if there was any real threat to the base, the army would've be called in to patrol the perimeter."
a. Spetsnaz
b. The IRA
Military Police my ARRSE
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It's a fact that both the Spetsnaz and the IRA never attacked an offensive WAAF.
They were terrified of the thought of those upside down legs....
They were terrified of the thought of those upside down legs....