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Nope, bottle blonde!
Seldomfitforpurpose - I raise my head above the parapet once in a blue moon, I can't be bothered with the howling PC brigade any more than you can, and if you met me you'd never know I was a lesbian unless you met my gorgeous, tall, blonde missus. Not all gays/lesbians/don't knows will play the PC card at the drop of a bar of soap/pair of frilly knickers anymore than all scout masters and Catholic priests are paedophiles. All of our friends are heterosexual, I certainly don't find their relationships abnormal. We just get on with our lives, but every so often, just as you hate being labelled a bigot, I get fed up being labelled abnormal in a world that already has far too many labels in it.
Barnstormer1968 - trust me, they wouldn't just throw me out of their pathetic conference for calling myself a dyke, they'd have thrown me out for the haranguing I'd have given them for wasting bloody money. However that's all theory because I wouldn't have attended it in the first place, can't be bothered with all that crap.
Biggus - just this once I'll bite, the pilots of the BA146 got the Air Force Cross, I got a crumpled photocopy of the letter they sent to the Manager ATS which said "thank you for helping to save our lives, we were fast running out of engines and ideas." It was the worst emergency I ever experienced, several times I thought they'd had it, and I was never more relieved to hear that an aircraft was on the ground. Went home and got wasted.
Pontious - were you at Leuchars at some point.?
Seldomfitforpurpose - I raise my head above the parapet once in a blue moon, I can't be bothered with the howling PC brigade any more than you can, and if you met me you'd never know I was a lesbian unless you met my gorgeous, tall, blonde missus. Not all gays/lesbians/don't knows will play the PC card at the drop of a bar of soap/pair of frilly knickers anymore than all scout masters and Catholic priests are paedophiles. All of our friends are heterosexual, I certainly don't find their relationships abnormal. We just get on with our lives, but every so often, just as you hate being labelled a bigot, I get fed up being labelled abnormal in a world that already has far too many labels in it.
Barnstormer1968 - trust me, they wouldn't just throw me out of their pathetic conference for calling myself a dyke, they'd have thrown me out for the haranguing I'd have given them for wasting bloody money. However that's all theory because I wouldn't have attended it in the first place, can't be bothered with all that crap.
Biggus - just this once I'll bite, the pilots of the BA146 got the Air Force Cross, I got a crumpled photocopy of the letter they sent to the Manager ATS which said "thank you for helping to save our lives, we were fast running out of engines and ideas." It was the worst emergency I ever experienced, several times I thought they'd had it, and I was never more relieved to hear that an aircraft was on the ground. Went home and got wasted.
Pontious - were you at Leuchars at some point.?
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Aye, an unforgettable dark and stormy (ok no storm) night when we hijacked an RAF Police paddy waggon, complete with a number of SLR, during a Taceval. Only snag was we could not switch off the blue light so every barrier we came to was raised. When we got as far as the village and called it a day.
We then had an enjoyable night in the Scores Hotel - £7.50 b&b. My room was so large I couldn't see the bed and thought it was a TV room.
Sadly it was before the B-word became CO.
That once was enough.
We then had an enjoyable night in the Scores Hotel - £7.50 b&b. My room was so large I couldn't see the bed and thought it was a TV room.
Sadly it was before the B-word became CO.
That once was enough.
That said, maybe wholi is tired and emotional after meeting the very attractive and often naked girl who lived above the pub.
Nope, bottle blonde!
Pontious, surely it was £7/10/- back then?
It was 15 Feb 1971, in fact! I recall it well as British Rail went decimal on Sunday 14th, but everyone else had to wait until Monday 15th. I had to travel to White Waltham on Sunday, so, after sifting out the new coins, I ended up with one pocket full of coins which I couldn't use in the Officers' Mess and another which, fortunately, I could....
Still Wee Jock, my commiserations at the hand you were dealt in life. I mean, did you really serve under the B-word....
Still Wee Jock, my commiserations at the hand you were dealt in life. I mean, did you really serve under the B-word....
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Nope, had the pleasure of not being anywhere near the B word, but knew enough people there to recall his popularity. Was at Coningby when we had our own version of the B word.
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SWJ, I was going to send you a long and pointless missive - but you posted before I could finish. We have similar views on some things and Mahooisvely opposed on others. Still it takes all sorts, I mean you work with some sort of air tragic, don't you get discriminated (and rightly so) against far more than how you entertain your private life. it does take all sorts to make the world go round and besides, at least you ain't welsh!
Now go and make em land de plane.
CS
Now go and make em land de plane.
CS
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Beagle/Wholigan/Pontious, I was at Coningsby in 1981, and you've got the right staish. I worked in Ops during one (of the trillions) of exercises which were pulled on Sunday nights, and we had to bail out to standby Ops. You haven't lived till you've seen a furious CO being helped over a sandbag wall by OC Ops, holding his hand like a big girl, clinging on to his smart leather brown hide briefcase, senior execs for the use of, for dear life. At least he didn't ladder his tights. We laughed ourselves sick.
Was also there during the bumper cars episode.
Cornish-stormrider, I'm happily retired, the only thing I land these days is my empty glass on the bar (of one of the three pubs within walking distance of my house) for a refill. Off for a wander up town now, and some refreshments.
Was also there during the bumper cars episode.
Cornish-stormrider, I'm happily retired, the only thing I land these days is my empty glass on the bar (of one of the three pubs within walking distance of my house) for a refill. Off for a wander up town now, and some refreshments.
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I remember the wretched man calling one of those exercises and many of the OCU aircrew coming in rather the worse for having had liquid Sunday lunches....
He also called one when one of his spies discovered that a Taceval was coming the following day.
Another of his great ideas was the Friday afternoon brief, after which everyone was supposed to troop down to Happy Hour. Wucking fonderful when you're an OCU student itching to get away for the weekend....
After the 'pink rabbit' (steady, girls....) incident, he tried to ban any news of the incident leaking out. Which, of course, guaranteed that we all got to hear about it throughout 11 Gp!
Not long now until he's hauled up to answer for himself at the inevitable judicial enquiry into the Mull of Kintyre Chinook accident....
Pontious, are you related to the late Stanley Unwin?
"All deep joy and thorkus for great laugh'n tittery. O yes!"
He also called one when one of his spies discovered that a Taceval was coming the following day.
Another of his great ideas was the Friday afternoon brief, after which everyone was supposed to troop down to Happy Hour. Wucking fonderful when you're an OCU student itching to get away for the weekend....
After the 'pink rabbit' (steady, girls....
) incident, he tried to ban any news of the incident leaking out. Which, of course, guaranteed that we all got to hear about it throughout 11 Gp!Not long now until he's hauled up to answer for himself at the inevitable judicial enquiry into the Mull of Kintyre Chinook accident....
as your blather control in negligible
"All deep joy and thorkus for great laugh'n tittery. O yes!"
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That's a good job then otherwise you might have thought I was calling you a w^nker, but I didn't mean that, honest!
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I think I'm a lesbian, I always had the urge to join in.......