Paper Plates!
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Paper Plates!
The dishwasher's broken and apparently fairy liquid combined with a good old bowl of hot water is not an option.
Waddington O's Mess - Bringing the detachment eating experience closer to home!
N.B. Please remember to take two plastic forks for when your oppo snaps your first one whilst your back is turned.
Waddington O's Mess - Bringing the detachment eating experience closer to home!
N.B. Please remember to take two plastic forks for when your oppo snaps your first one whilst your back is turned.
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I hope the PMC is, even now, searching for the Mess Webley. 
As a former Wines Member and D/PMC there, I can only say "it's gone downhill"
As a former Wines Member and D/PMC there, I can only say "it's gone downhill"
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And here was me thinking this thread was going to be an enlightened debate about the relative merits of good old traditional paper approach plates vs those new-fangled iPad app thingys......
But no, it's about dishes.
But no, it's about dishes.
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And presumably this is in breach of (ISS?) contract, so - at the very least - Mess Members will be Paying Less As They Dine .....
No - I don't really think so either ..........
...... and why not??
No - I don't really think so either ..........
apparently fairy liquid combined with a good old bowl of hot water is not an option.
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Teeterinhead old chap ... I may be off mark ... But I suspect it has something to do with UK food hygiene regulations 
That was certainly the case when Mr & Mrs Coff stayed at The Grand Del Mar in San Diego when they suffered a "power outage" one evening 
apparently fairy liquid combined with a good old bowl of hot water is not an option ...
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Teeterinhead old chap ... I may be off mark ... But I suspect it has something to do with UK food hygiene regulations
So so very glad I no longer live in, Messes across the Services are becoming more and more like a poor impression of a Premier Inn than a home and welcoming club for Mess members. A curse on which ever idiot signed off on the idea to contractorise messes.
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The dishwasher's broken.
Seriously... I have never ever gone into a civvy restaurant and been given a paper f***ing plate and plastic knife and fork. It's funny how their dishwasher has never broken down.
The only time a mess got worse, was when one mess constantly failed to have the most basic of food. From what I remember, it was the only place in the uk where there were a bread famine despite the local Tesco 6 miles away having crates of the stuff.
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Plates..... eeeeeh 't luxury, when a'rr was a lad, theee were lucky 't get it in yer 'at and 't whippet would lick thee clean, don't yee knows..
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An awards ceremony in Wad's OM tomorrow - I wonder if the guests will get paper cups with the coffee?
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Messes across the Services are becoming more and more like a poor impression of a Premier Inn
The messes will have to go significantly upmarket to compete with cheap motels.
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Not just heating - Air Conditioning!
I'll bet a PE has more than the 2 plug sockets present in my first couple of messes - one of which was on the left of the door to the corridor, with the tv aerial socket on the right
I'll bet a PE has more than the 2 plug sockets present in my first couple of messes - one of which was on the left of the door to the corridor, with the tv aerial socket on the right
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Visited Leeming last year and the same arrangements in place - paper plates; though it was a one off, but ISTR it went on for several mths. I think the argument there was that the dishwasher was GFE and the RAF couldn't afford to repair it or some such. It was nearly as bad as Henlow!
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Anyhoo, dragging myself back on topic; whilst on a ground tour at XW a couple of years back I used to eat in the mess at lunchtime every day of the 'working' week. It seemed the dishwasher broke down every fortnight judging by the paper plate proliferation. Even so, t'was better than eating at one's desk, which seemed all too prevalent amongst my colleagues - or worse still they'd spend lunchtime at the gym!
The main problem with paper plates was that they were considerably smaller than the earthenware ones, thus resulting in a lack of space for sufficient chips with one's burger.
The main problem with paper plates was that they were considerably smaller than the earthenware ones, thus resulting in a lack of space for sufficient chips with one's burger.
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