Where were you in '73

The Jazz · Post by **The Jazz** » 2 Mar 2008, 5:09pm

And if I get drunk enough one day, I might - just might - post a photo of me in Bombay in uniform. Shorts, long socks, looking utterly rediculous.

Oh, those were the days - outback '88.....

Post by **Mick F** » 2 Mar 2008, 6:00pm

The Jazz wrote: those were the days - outback '88.....

I was on the Good Ship Sirius for Outback 88.
Gib
Suez Canal
Colombo
Lamut (Malaysia)
Singapore
Patiya (Thailand)
Jakarta
Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)
Sydney
Hobart
Bunbury
Colombo
Suez Canal
Gib

6 months away from home.

Took my bike!!

The Jazz · Post by **The Jazz** » 2 Mar 2008, 6:05pm

I was on the Ark - Now let me think:

Gib
Malta (St Pauls bay, to be precise as we weren't allowed into Valletta)
Suez
Phillipines
Singas
Hong Kong
Brisbane
Sydney
Melbourne (courtesy of 2 weeks on an Aussie ship, the ark wasn't allowed to go in there either)
Freemantle
Bombay
Suez
Gib
Home

The Jazz · Post by **The Jazz** » 2 Mar 2008, 6:13pm

Oh yes, on another trip on HMS Invincible back in '86 around Florida, Barbados, Antigua etc, I didn't take my bike but we were were allowed to take motorbikes. I had an 850cc at the time which (I was told) was too big so I took a little 125cc MZ.

Riding through Fort Lauderdale i got pulled over by the Police. Oh dear, what have I done?
Nothing at all. The copper pulled me over to have a look at the bike as he'd never seen one before!

And riding around Antigua was something else.

See, all you tax-payers this is were your hard earned cash went in the 80's!

Post by **Mick F** » 2 Mar 2008, 6:28pm

.......and it's still paying my pension......

Asdace · Post by **Asdace** » 2 Mar 2008, 6:33pm

The Jazz wrote:Oh yes, on another trip on HMS Invincible back in '86 around Florida, Barbados, Antigua etc, I didn't take my bike but we were were allowed to take motorbikes. I had an 850cc at the time which (I was told) was too big so I took a little 125cc MZ.

Riding through Fort Lauderdale i got pulled over by the Police. Oh dear, what have I done?
Nothing at all. The copper pulled me over to have a look at the bike as he'd never seen one before!

And riding around Antigua was something else.

See, all you tax-payers this is were your hard earned cash went in the 80's!

I guess you missed out on Gulf War I and guess where most of the Tax Payer's money went then.

Asdace · Post by **Asdace** » 3 Mar 2008, 5:31pm

Another one from 1974 and you will be pleased to know, that no fleshy leg is showing.

Asdace · Post by **Asdace** » 3 Mar 2008, 5:39pm

This is the colour version of sitting on the ketchup, the other one was Black & White.
Better in colour, Red stands out.

Lawrie9 · Post by **Lawrie9** » 3 Mar 2008, 6:02pm

Piston broke...er no I think that was 1983. 1973 - was going through my Airfix model phase in my bedroom. Can remember painting the undersides of Hurricanes, Spitfires and Lancaster bomers duck egg blue and struggling to glue the pilot in properly. TV at the time was great with The High Chaperal, Starskey and Hutch. The Rockford files etc. It was a nightmare trying to cycle with those flared trousers which inevitably got chewed up. Happy days

The Jazz · Post by **The Jazz** » 4 Mar 2008, 4:39pm

Asdace wrote:

I guess you missed out on Gulf War I and guess where most of the Tax Payer's money went then.

Yup - you're right. Joined up begining of 83, so missed the falklands and handed in 18 months notice start of 88. Left (you guessed it) mid 89 so missed the Gulf as well.

Post by **Mick F** » 4 Mar 2008, 9:02pm

Dog Watch!

Joined up in Sept '69, and left April '96.

I'm a pensioner.

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 4 Mar 2008, 9:29pm

Mick F wrote:Dog Watch!

Post by **Mick F** » 4 Mar 2008, 10:07pm

Sorry TC, and others ....

It's an Naval expression. The Dog Watches are part of the Watch System.

The day is divided into watches:
First: 2000 to 2359 (no such thing as 2400 as it could be confused with 0000)
Middle: 0001 to 0400
Morning: 0400 to 0800
Forenoon: 0800 to 1200
Afternoon: 1200 to 1600
First Dog: 1600 to 1800
Last Dog: 1800 to 2000

Note that the Dog Watches are short ......

thirdcrank · Post by **thirdcrank** » 4 Mar 2008, 10:41pm

If ever I decide to attack, I shall do so within a minute either side of midnight.

(Actually, I had an idea what a dog watch was but I didn't realise it meant a short period.)

It's all relative. I did 30 years for my pension. My late grandfather did 52 years in heavy engineering for a gold watch.

Post by **Mick F** » 5 Mar 2008, 7:58am

thirdcrank wrote:If ever I decide to attack, I shall do so within a minute either side of midnight.

Also come straight down from exactly vertically above the ship. They don't have weapons or radars that look straight up! The hard part, is getting into position - straight in from outer-space?