How do you know you're an Ascoteer?
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I remember about 12 or 13 years ago, still SH at that time, filling in all those CRM forms and taking part in some of those very amusing debates etc and wondering what it was really all about...............it's all becoming so very clear now and thankfully times have changed 
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Is this a training ground?
I was an Ascoteer when the RAF's Hercules were 'Made in Britain.'
It sounds as if you Áscoteers'are using the RAF's time as training to become 'Freight dogs' in real life. Then you will learn to tell of places you have visited by their 3 or 4 letter codes. Place names are so ordinaire.
AIDU
re your post#76
I had a colleague who used the pub visit as the means to overcome his jet lag upon return from Germany.
Stay safe guys, even the jealous wish I could drag SLF and boxes around the sky.
It sounds as if you Áscoteers'are using the RAF's time as training to become 'Freight dogs' in real life. Then you will learn to tell of places you have visited by their 3 or 4 letter codes. Place names are so ordinaire.
AIDU
re your post#76
I had a colleague who used the pub visit as the means to overcome his jet lag upon return from Germany.
Stay safe guys, even the jealous wish I could drag SLF and boxes around the sky.
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On the subject of American breakfasts, I could never work out the egg cooking regime, so ordered scrambled every time. And how can they be home fries when they are not cooked at home??
You are definately an ascoteer once you have wrecked at least one hire car. (Mike Jenvey qualifies)
You are definately an ascoteer once you have wrecked at least one hire car. (Mike Jenvey qualifies)
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When you have made the walk back from Limassol to BB100 - 102 and you have been allocated every room in said blocks.
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BTW, not me as I got the bus full of cyp workers just past the main gate. Lost the chance on the bragging rights, but was really happy for the ride !
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BTW, not me as I got the bus full of cyp workers just past the main gate. Lost the chance on the bragging rights, but was really happy for the ride !
BTW, not me as I got the bus full of cyp workers just past the main gate. Lost the chance on the bragging rights, but was really happy for the ride !
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What will we do with all those chopped from FJ/Rotary? I suppose Ops Support will always need people to sharpen pencils.
MGD
You really need to have a good look at yourself mate!!! If you need your pencil sharpening come and visit our section and let me enlighten you.
A**E
MGD
You really need to have a good look at yourself mate!!! If you need your pencil sharpening come and visit our section and let me enlighten you.
A**E
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You know you are an Ascoteer when you:
Have been gobsmacked at the numbers of returning soldiers on your TriStar seriously hurt during an exercise, thereby totally validating your decision to wear light blue.
Have quaranteened an aircraft for 2 days because of the Pterodactyl-sized bugs flying around inside after the pallets were left outside in Nairobi overnight (subsequently photocopying the blighters onto the jobcard as proof!!!).
Got bored of too many breakfasts in rotating restaurants.
Knew all the remote control combinations to make the pay-per-view channels in your swish hotel room free.
Have been gobsmacked at the numbers of returning soldiers on your TriStar seriously hurt during an exercise, thereby totally validating your decision to wear light blue.
Have quaranteened an aircraft for 2 days because of the Pterodactyl-sized bugs flying around inside after the pallets were left outside in Nairobi overnight (subsequently photocopying the blighters onto the jobcard as proof!!!).
Got bored of too many breakfasts in rotating restaurants.
Knew all the remote control combinations to make the pay-per-view channels in your swish hotel room free.
Gentleman Aviator
removing the chocolate & when he finally looks up & spies you watching him simply says,"for my nipper".
...... puts me in mind of an SH crewroom long long ago, when a famous SH crewman (G***** B******) was "doing the rations". He went around the marrieds on the Sqn (one was a singly at the time) saying:
"To make things easier for you Sirs, just tell me what choccie bars your brats prefer, so that I can order them for you to nick!!"
And he was only a Sgt then (I said it was a long long time ago.....)
Teeters
Wasn't GBH born an ugly grizzled bar steward, aged 50?
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a pal once told me that, when a new (possibly on Brits) loadie himself, his gnarled mentor said, "Watch what I do...". At the TOD, he went and grabbed all the best goodies; but was sure to force something onto everone else's bag, "Go on Sir, for the nipper".
Then he says to the newbie, "Now we're all going down- they might do me, but they ain't gonna do a Sqn Ldr for a bottle of squash "
Priceless!
CG
And he was only a Sgt then (I said it was a long long time ago.....)
and...
removing the chocolate & when he finally looks up & spies you watching him simply says,"for my nipper
Then he says to the newbie, "Now we're all going down- they might do me, but they ain't gonna do a Sqn Ldr for a bottle of squash "
Priceless!
CG
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On reflection, you all knew you were an Ascoteer, when, over the years, you were "allowed" to flout the rules strictly imposed on the rest of the Services, which caused dissention, bad feeling and generally pissed off a lot of people - adding in part, to the inevitable and gradual erosion of the ethos of the RAF
Shame on all you shirt sleeve 'captains' whose only loyalty was to yourselves, where you abused and milked the system for hotels and allowances - you are a disgrace to your commissions
JPA might be a shambles now, but it may eventually right this wrong
Love Many, Trust a Few, Always paddle your own canoe!
Shame on all you shirt sleeve 'captains' whose only loyalty was to yourselves, where you abused and milked the system for hotels and allowances - you are a disgrace to your commissions
JPA might be a shambles now, but it may eventually right this wrong
Love Many, Trust a Few, Always paddle your own canoe!
On reflection I was a shirt sleeved Ascoteer because I wasn't issued with a flying suit. Cape leather gloves, yes. A big ticker and a pair of shades (for visits to Bermuda and Honolulu) together with a lightweight headset completed the ensemble when ASC was formed in 1967. Seven years later the transition to white shirts with four gold rings came naturally. 