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By The Cut Of Their Cloth

caldrail

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During my last years at school I was a little less than well behaved. Nothing malicious, just totally unable to act in a mature or acceptable manner. It was of course a teenage rebellion. The teachers were not impressed and I remember stern lectures and demands to know what I intended to do when I left school and went out into the big wide world.

 

I chose to join the Royal Air Force. So I popped down the recruiting office and the man in uniform there said "Sorry, Son, no vacancies". Huh? Well that sounded a little odd. So I travelled to a nearby town and applied there. They told me I couldn't hear properly.

 

Now that I'm a lot older, I've come to notice certain trends in people who once served in the armed forces. One of those trends for instance is the delight ex-squaddies take in telling people who ask about their service that it was in a special unit. Usually they weren't, but your average civilian doesn't know that. Ex-RAF men always seem disgruntled. My local locksmith mutters darkly about his lack of promotion. He spent long hours poking a machine gun out of the back of a helicopter and considered that a waste of his talent. At least he had some.

 

A gentleman I used to work with once served in the RAF too. He is prone to fits of anger, and with a complete inability in handicraft (he originally applied as an RAF mechanic), his idea of assembling flat pack furniture is to demolish it with a hammer because screw A does not fit in hole B. As he was so incapable of doing anything else than punching sergeants on the jaw, once released from punishment they had him working on nuclear weapons. Seriously. Unless he's pulling my leg too, but then he's a disgruntled ex-RAF type.

 

So.... Why is it ex-Royal Navy personnel never ever discuss it at all? Or even tell anyone they were sailors?

 

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Maladict
his idea of assembling flat pack furniture is to demolish it with a hammer because screw A does not fit in hole B

 

I approve of this. A practical solution to almost any problem.

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docoflove1974
So.... Why is it ex-Royal Navy personnel never ever discuss it at all? Or even tell anyone they were sailors?

 

What goes on while on the ship STAYS on the ship...*nudge nudge wink wink*

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caldrail
his idea of assembling flat pack furniture is to demolish it with a hammer because screw A does not fit in hole B

 

I approve of this. A practical solution to almost any problem.

 

I know just what to hit it with.... Oh no.... I'm a disgruntled RAF wannabe.....

 

As regards to what goes on aboard ship, I would like to point out that both sexes go to sea these days with strict intsructions about no hanky panky. Which leaves me wondering if the decks of the modern warships resemble the set of a Carry-On film...

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docoflove1974
As regards to what goes on aboard ship, I would like to point out that both sexes go to sea these days with strict intsructions about no hanky panky.

 

Yeah, the US Navy has the same rules. But the naval personnel that I know tell many a 'conquest at sea' that went against said rules. Let's face it, a group of people stuck on a ship for 6-12 months...ports of call being few and far between...

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