Originally Posted by Steven

Which one of those was untrue though? Generous is relative of course.

That was back in 1979, I bought a house on my own responsability 6 yeras later because the writing was on the wall. The pension I receive (after 15 years) is not really enough to live on but I certainly did not miss the Army whatever the benefits may have been. It was a period in my life, my path in Civvy street is now another time in my life and that is it. Anybody who thinks that joining up and staying in the Army for the benefits they will receive afterwards is living in cuckooland.

Originally Posted by Tytus_Barnowl

That was back in 1979, I bought a house on my own responsability 6 yeras later because the writing was on the wall. The pension I receive (after 15 years) is not really enough to live on but I certainly did not miss the Army whatever the benefits may have been. It was a period in my life, my path in Civvy street is now another time in my life and that is it. Anybody who thinks that joining up and staying in the Army for the benefits they will receive afterwards is living in cuckooland.

Only 15 years? Lightweight!

Originally Posted by Steven

Only 15 years? Lightweight!

Some might say so, but a thumping great options redundancy deal helped no end. LOL

I think the apprehension about joining is not dissimilar to the apprehension I felt when leaving... if that makes sense.
I took a resettlement course in HGV, left the regiment, joined a driving agency and within two weeks wrote off a car and demolished a wall while doing a 3 point turn. Result! Career change within a fortnight!!!
My attitude was and still is, I’ll shovel shit if it pays the bills and so I banged the door down of a few builders = worked on the hod for a while, I’ve done a few thing since but I’ve never been out of work. It’s taken a long time but I’m now starting to bear the fruits of my graft with my own business.
I did think about re-joining at one point through boredom but options for change (90s) put pay to that.

Originally Posted by Alsacien

Finding a job is the easy part, getting used to not stealing and stashing toilet paper on a Monday takes years....

Ah, but years of "acquiring" spare kit and looking after "lost" items came in very handy in a couple of jobs.



Rodney2q

Originally Posted by azimghur1990

I had no difficulty in becoming a civvy after 18 years in the army. i am now a successful tattoo artist.
I am even a single father with one teenage daughter......... thats a different story though.

And you are an ex RCT/RAOC JLR!

Walked out the gate on the Friday morning started my civiy job on the Monday total piece of piss and doing OK for myself will never be rich but wont starve either.

Bottom line?............ATTITUDE

The hardest thing for me was accepting the fact that civvys are narrow minded Cunts...

Originally Posted by heard_it_all_before

The hardest thing for me was accepting the fact that civvys are narrow minded Cunts...

Narrow minded is not the phrase I have seen broader pins than the minds of those I work with.

Originally Posted by Steven

Which one of those was untrue though? Generous is relative of course.

You're lucky mate. All my relatives are tight-fisted bastards.