Bu**ar off...and leave your watch!
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Originally Posted by Slow Biker
I once bumped into a recently retired 2* who had been my sqn cdr and later my staish. I was still serving and naturally addressed him as 'sir'. He replied he was now retired and his friends called him David. I was then a chief tech, hardly mates with 2* officers, but that was the man he was. He was a leader, the type one confidently would follow 'over the top'.
I once bumped into a recently retired 2* who had been my sqn cdr and later my staish. I was still serving and naturally addressed him as 'sir'. He replied he was now retired and his friends called him David. I was then a chief tech, hardly mates with 2* officers, but that was the man he was. He was a leader, the type one confidently would follow 'over the top'.
Hmmm - I left after 22 some 8 years ago. Last month I went back uniform with the Air Training Corps and had to go to my nearest ( large flying base ) to draw kit.
Couple of quick questions in the MGR and a quick look at my temporary paper ID card and I had unrestricted access.
Having drawn kit I wandered over to the hangars to look up some old mates, even asking directions of uniformed personnel as I wandered round in civvies, and not once was I challenged.
Not complaining - just didn't realise things had changed. This was just like it was in the good old days.
Couple of quick questions in the MGR and a quick look at my temporary paper ID card and I had unrestricted access.
Having drawn kit I wandered over to the hangars to look up some old mates, even asking directions of uniformed personnel as I wandered round in civvies, and not once was I challenged.
Not complaining - just didn't realise things had changed. This was just like it was in the good old days.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I thought Bu**ar was the upper crust way of saying bu**er, like garAge and garIge.
PN
Mr (rtrd)
PN
Mr (rtrd)
I was FAR FAR too senior to embarrass anyone by revealing how very senior and important I was [and still am, I would remind you].
One of my good friends, annoyed by a colleague styling himself Lt Cdr RN Rtd decided that JT RAF Rtd was at least as relevant, and so styled himself when signing official documents. He said it knocked his King's Scout and BSc into a cocked hat.
One of my good friends, annoyed by a colleague styling himself Lt Cdr RN Rtd decided that JT RAF Rtd was at least as relevant, and so styled himself when signing official documents. He said it knocked his King's Scout and BSc into a cocked hat.
While embedded with the US Army I was told I had the honorary rank of Major (or it could have been Captain, I don't fully remember). Can't say I ever had the occasion (or balls/cheek) to use it mind.
Even so, it more than trumps my previously held highest rank of 'Cadet'!
Even so, it more than trumps my previously held highest rank of 'Cadet'!
I once bumped into a recently retired 2* who had been my sqn cdr and later my staish. I was still serving and naturally addressed him as 'sir'. He replied he was now retired and his friends called him David. I was then a chief tech, hardly mates with 2* officers, but that was the man he was. He was a leader, the type one confidently would follow 'over the top'.
I avoided him for the rest of the day.
Round South Lincs there is an apparent code: wear a tie [and the rest] and get called nothing or occasionally "sir"; wear no tie, Compo wellies and scruffs and it's inevitably "mate".
The ultimate challenge is to extract a "sir" when dressed as "mate".
The ultimate challenge is to extract a "sir" when dressed as "mate".
You've never watched Monty Python, have you? - Exuw
Sorry, Exuw, no I haven't - too occupied guarding the ramparts of the free West, and moving up the Navy List.....
Jack
Sorry, Exuw, no I haven't - too occupied guarding the ramparts of the free West, and moving up the Navy List.....
Jack
The sketch you'll want to watch on Youtube is "The Spanish Inquisition." It will probably elicit a laugh.
"Mildly" Eccentric Stardriver
Funnily enough, following my rant about Dr and Rev on pull-down menus, I've just been on a site that gives, as well as those, Sir, Capt, Prof, Maj.
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I served in Crab Air and the Hairy Arm Korps, never the Navy but acne spotted youths working at shop tills almost invariably manage to call me 'mate'. They are rewarded by an icy stare for their cheek!
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British Airways [ba.com] has an interesting listing for their 'Frequent Flyer' membership details ... Senior ranks can poke off, but Captain Blackadder is allowed 
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PN and CM ... given the context, I suspect it's "Airline Captain" 
"First Officer" is just plain "Mr"
"First Officer" is just plain "Mr"
so, what is a Mstr?
[surely not masturbator?]
[surely not masturbator?]