Gaining An R.A.F Pilots Brevet In WW II
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At Sharjah, as well as the salt tablets on the dining tables ISTR the eggs tasted awful. Apparently they were injected with iodine to keep them 'fresh'!
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goudie,
In India, we all slept on "charpoys" - a roughly hewn wooden frame with (loose) mortice joints was held together with a web of coconut fibre string. You cut the string off, knocked the joints apart and dunked them in 100 octane or kerosene, then assemble and re-string. Tension will hold the joints together, but it'll wobble a bit.
That got rid of the resident livestock (which nested in the joints), but the bedbugs always came back. We just had to learn to love them. When you squash them between finger and thumb, you get a nice "almond" smell and a drop of your blood.
Don't like the iodine idea (never heard of that one, sounds labour-intensive). Perhaps if you hard-boiled and curried them ......... ?
Danny.
In India, we all slept on "charpoys" - a roughly hewn wooden frame with (loose) mortice joints was held together with a web of coconut fibre string. You cut the string off, knocked the joints apart and dunked them in 100 octane or kerosene, then assemble and re-string. Tension will hold the joints together, but it'll wobble a bit.
That got rid of the resident livestock (which nested in the joints), but the bedbugs always came back. We just had to learn to love them. When you squash them between finger and thumb, you get a nice "almond" smell and a drop of your blood.
Don't like the iodine idea (never heard of that one, sounds labour-intensive). Perhaps if you hard-boiled and curried them ......... ?
Danny.
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Just like to mention that, over on "Private Flying", "Elderly Gent" has a fund of good stories (have a look after you've checked [don't we all ?] on that Naughty Girl Tracey).
Tried to poach him onto here (#5), but he ain't coming !
Danny.
Tried to poach him onto here (#5), but he ain't coming !
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This seems an apt point to share this item of news. Canadian town sorry for pink tap water - BBC News
On Malta I remember fruit being a very strange colour when dunked in potassium permanganate so that our very young children didn't catch anything nasty ... we needn't have worried as they were happily eating prickly pears prepared for them by the rubbish collector!!!
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Reader123 and FantomZorbin,
In India, the "char" (chai)-wallahs used Potassium Permanganate to sterilise the wasng-up water ("pinky-pani").
I don't suppose they came to any harm.
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In India, the "char" (chai)-wallahs used Potassium Permanganate to sterilise the wasng-up water ("pinky-pani").
...eating prickly pears prepared for them by the rubbish collector!!!...
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...eating prickly pears prepared for them by the rubbish collector!!!...
I don't suppose they came to any harm.
Danny.
...eating prickly pears prepared for them by the rubbish collector!!!...
I don't suppose they came to any harm.
Danny.
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You're right there and, in fairness, they are definitely NOT allergic to hard work!!
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I've just read a most concerning post on the Manning thread (#2) ie.
How dare 'they' darken our crewroom doors with their twisted jobsworths ... where else can I get my Standard NATO fix?! Hrrumph!
You're right there and, in fairness, they are definitely NOT allergic to hard work!!
Danny
I've just read a most concerning post on the Manning thread (#2) ie.
tea bars aren't allowed now!
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Thank Heaven our virtual crewroom is immune from such interference!
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What happens on detachments stays on detachments?
Danny, the pic comes from a Facebook page I think. I'm not a subscriber so can only offer a link to it. If I'm right I think that Blacksheep's picture is at the extreme RHS and about half way down. Of course I could be wrong, but all the pics are good anyway! 
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/4623930...b6485efb1a08bd
Oh, my mistake, it seems that I can at least post a link to the appropriate pic after all:-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/933036...in/photostream
https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/4623930...b6485efb1a08bd
Oh, my mistake, it seems that I can at least post a link to the appropriate pic after all:-
https://www.flickr.com/photos/933036...in/photostream