Originally Posted by natotattie

I knew one of the lads on the course (F***h, who was binned). His wife was boned in my quarter by a mutual aquaintance.

Small world 'aint it?

This F***h of whom you speak; would he have been RSigs, first name sounds like a dog with a hair-lip? If so I bumped into him in Lisburn as I started a desk tour in 94. Wondered why he was a tad chippy about getting chopped.

(See what I did there?)

Yes, he was indeed R Sigs.

Ta, natotattie. He went to the resident Sigs unit while I was in HQNI. Despite the fact that he'd arrived four weeks before me, I escaped the portakabin overflow Mess and got a room before he did. He went apoplectic. At the bar one evening I told him the reason why he was still living like Stig of the Dump while I had a (sort of) room was because I'd actually managed to complete the APC.

Didn't press him about his missus, though. Might have been entertaining..............

Originally Posted by cloudbuster

Ta, natotattie. He went to the resident Sigs unit while I was in HQNI. Despite the fact that he'd arrived four weeks before me, I escaped the portakabin overflow Mess and got a room before he did. He went apoplectic. At the bar one evening I told him the reason why he was still living like Stig of the Dump while I had a (sort of) room was because I'd actually managed to complete the APC.

Didn't press him about his missus, though. Might have been entertaining..............

His (ex) missus was very appealing in every way, a real looker.

She was also a very good shag (as I was told by her illicit lover) and judging by the stains on my settee a very willing participant.

Certainly wouldn't have been the first wifey to get more than her share while hubby was hard at it.

Couldn't get the link on the other page to work, but found the DVD series on TVon DVD.co.uk. A decent copy for £5.

Here's the link direct:
Flying Soldiers - 1995

Good spot, dannyboy. One for the Xmas List. It'll be interesting to watch, if only to refresh some very blurred memories.

Watching it will just help you re-inforce the well held view that "if flying was difficult the REME would do it!!!!"

Just seen the series for the first time. This was just after my vintage so brought back a lot of memories. Saw a few old faces from the past. Priceless. Best fiver I've spent in a long while.

Still waiting for the right moment to tell Madam that this is what the cat really wants to get me for Xmas. Snag is, I've also got to tell her that the painting I commissioned of a pair of Lynx over Fermanagh may be arriving about the same time.