Can Wigston survive the onslaught?
Originally Posted by WillNorris81
Anyone else here know him directly?
He was utterly grey in his personality, he would smile at me but didn't seem to know how to interact with other humans. As he was in civvies all the time [as I was] I didn't even know who he was until months later.
When you had people like Rocky Rochelle visiting, a major whirlwind of personality and character, Mike Wigston by contrast became a nobody.
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Originally Posted by Nil_Drift
Yes I did, when he was ACAS and I worked on the same floor plate in MOD MB.
He was utterly grey in his personality, he would smile at me but didn't seem to know how to interact with other humans. As he was in civvies all the time [as I was] I didn't even know who he was until months later.
When you had people like Rocky Rochelle visiting, a major whirlwind of personality and character, Mike Wigston by contrast became a nobody.
He was utterly grey in his personality, he would smile at me but didn't seem to know how to interact with other humans. As he was in civvies all the time [as I was] I didn't even know who he was until months later.
When you had people like Rocky Rochelle visiting, a major whirlwind of personality and character, Mike Wigston by contrast became a nobody.
Jack
Originally Posted by idle bystander
Pretty much par for the course for that woman and that paper.
Utter trash
I have re-read the article having rescued it from recycling. Without being a Tory [every party other than Green and Monster Raving Loony has either received my vote, or received serious consideration] I have been a D Tel reader fror over 60 years. It could just be because my wife "does the crossword" every day ........ the cryptic, and others. She finishes them most days.
I opine that the standard of content has gone sharply down the plughole in a short time. Not only typos but mammoth length sentences with random punctuation, but also no sub-editing or proofing. The journalism has now joined the race to the bottom, and the article referred to above was just silly. The author had a valid point ruined by a fatuous approach and shrill opinion.
As long as the British public are allowed to express judgement on a free press being silly, we remain a democracy.
E & OE
I opine that the standard of content has gone sharply down the plughole in a short time. Not only typos but mammoth length sentences with random punctuation, but also no sub-editing or proofing. The journalism has now joined the race to the bottom, and the article referred to above was just silly. The author had a valid point ruined by a fatuous approach and shrill opinion.
As long as the British public are allowed to express judgement on a free press being silly, we remain a democracy.
E & OE
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Yes - I worked with (not for) him at the same time as you did Will Norris. He seemed a nice enough guy - but certainly not as good (IMHO) as you seem to remember. It took an officer who was not even in his EAW to "suggest" that we had a GR 4 overfly the aircraft as the Sgt's coffin was carried onto the repatriation aircraft. "Good idea but I don't think we can arrange that"! Luckily I worked for "POD" (those that know - know) who was back at Al Udeid and so I put the issue to him personally at one of the weekly briefings I had to give him and it was sorted immediately. I think that Wiggy's nose was put out of joint and that may explain why, as the senior RAF officer at Basra COB, he left me hanging out to dry when an army 1* came after me because I had given a truthful answer to his 2* boss'. So, all in all, nice bloke but far too political to make a decision that may be considered "controversial"! Would I have followed him? Not even out of curiosity!
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I was in the Tower when this was being planned. I know first hand what went on behind the scenes to make the flypast happen without certain people knowing. There was a meeting every Friday with the various Warrant Officers and the Wg Cdr (C0S) and we had a lot to do with the event happening. Brought a smile and a tear when the GR came down the runway at exactly on time.
