ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by Alan Partridge

These bad boys:

I've heard about them, thought they were just another rumour like NAAFI breaks and sports afternoons though...

Originally Posted by wm1965

I see no upside in wearing it.

Unless you are in the US and those voluptuous, beautiful,early 20 year old girls come up to you in packs of three...to....er.... sustain your workout sweat?

Needs pictures.
Its ok, i've figured out a solution. I can wear the kit for a run on civvie streets, but hide it by wearing a para smock and chest rig.

Originally Posted by Shandy123

Its ok, i've figured out a solution. I can wear the kit for a run on civvie streets, but hide it by wearing a para smock and chest rig.

Don't forget the red hat.

Originally Posted by Shandy123

Needs pictures.
Its ok, i've figured out a solution. I can wear the kit for a run on civvie streets, but hide it by wearing a para smock and chest rig.

No duff I was in the gym day before Xmas eve last year. Was dead but in the corner on a running machine was a lad wearing cheapy Arktis chest rig full of god knows what. He wore it all the time I was in there, on the pull up bar and even more strange he wore it on the rowing machine.

Originally Posted by jonnypalmer82

No duff I was in the gym day before Xmas eve last year. Was dead but in the corner on a running machine was a lad wearing cheapy Arktis chest rig full of god knows what. He wore it all the time I was in there, on the pull up bar and even more strange he wore it on the rowing machine.

SBS or Boat Troop. Giveaway was the rowing machine.

Originally Posted by jonnypalmer82

No duff I was in the gym day before Xmas eve last year. Was dead but in the corner on a running machine was a lad wearing cheapy Arktis chest rig full of god knows what. He wore it all the time I was in there, on the pull up bar and even more strange he wore it on the rowing machine.

Walting at its very finest.

Originally Posted by jonnypalmer82

No duff I was in the gym day before Xmas eve last year. Was dead but in the corner on a running machine was a lad wearing cheapy Arktis chest rig full of god knows what. He wore it all the time I was in there, on the pull up bar and even more strange he wore it on the rowing machine.

FFS - I went for a little bit of a TAB (call it a Tabette?) last night - not full speed, just boots on and a bit of weight in a Daysack - getting boots and feet ready for TSC B, and the only bit of issued kit I had were the boots - I wore my Rab walking trousers (non-bloused over boots) and a civvie Daysack. (OK I wore the brown issue base layer too, but no one will really know that's issue kit). I drove out of town, to a fairly low traffic bike track.
There's just no need to play "look at me, I'm a soldier" - its the kind of thing which gives us TA a bad name (the other being a general lack of fitness, of course). Why couldn't the rower guy put on a weight belt, or a small civvie Daysack!?

Originally Posted by Shandy123

FFS - I went for a little bit of a TAB (call it a Tabette?) last night - not full speed, just boots on and a bit of weight in a Daysack - getting boots and feet ready for TSC B, and the only bit of issued kit I had were the boots - I wore my Rab walking trousers (non-bloused over boots) and a civvie Daysack. (OK I wore the brown issue base layer too, but no one will really know that's issue kit). I drove out of town, to a fairly low traffic bike track.
There's just no need to play "look at me, I'm a soldier" - its the kind of thing which gives us TA a bad name (the other being a general lack of fitness, of course). Why couldn't the rower guy put on a weight belt, or a small civvie Daysack!?

Some hills in South Wales have fellers in clearly "military civvies" scuttling up and down them with determined looks.

Best of luck to them.

Shandy123 makes a good point, whether it is general fitness and pride in yourself or a particular aim. There's a way to do it and a way perhaps not to do it?

The lads on the hills are clearly practicing, but you can just nod and everything is understood. They don't need a full rig on, nor do the quiet, serious ones I have seen tend to wear it.

Makes it tricky to go into the pubs around the areas too.

(And there are so very good ones, particularly in Bwlch. Keep the economy and morale going gents!)