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13-07-2005, 10:41 #21Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
Your number isnt the population of China...
So you think you can tell, Heaven from Hell ?.....
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13-07-2005, 10:56 #22Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
I recently joined the TA after many, many moons as a civvie. Doing weapon training the other week, one of the younger women remarked that I was quite good at weapons handling.(no pun intended!) Suddenly realised that the last time I stripped an SA80 down the lass would have been about 7...
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13-07-2005, 11:04 #23Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
if you still hold the old id card ( i lost it chief, honest!!) which despite all attempts not to, the picture always made you look like you were on a police line up!!
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13-07-2005, 11:12 #24Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
...when you go through your box of [ahem] 'spare' kit and you can't for the life of you remember which bits are still current issue.
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13-07-2005, 11:21 #25Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
You mean showing a few holes or just topless ?
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13-07-2005, 11:23 #26Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
When you the regiment you joined is now referred to as the ‘Predecessor’ Regiments by the Red arrses!
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13-07-2005, 11:37 #27Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
Yes and I recently managed to get into a barracks using it!! Originally Posted by pegasus797
When you ask your latest batch of recruits who was born after a certain date (the date you enlisted) and they all stick their hands up.
When you look back and always have a little regret to didn't quite get in in time to train on 40/70's.
When the enemy were referred to as the "Red menace"
when the old salts of the day referred to "big packs" as part of CEMO
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13-07-2005, 11:42 #28Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
when the new QM does his handover/takeover and signs for you.
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13-07-2005, 11:42 #29Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
When ponchos were used as ponchos.
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13-07-2005, 11:43 #30Senior Member
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Re: How do you know when you are an old sweat?
It was the current crap buzz word of the time for those big feckin useless tents that we clerks had to struggle out of the cam cage and errect every time we moved. Funnily enough many of them did show a few holes. Originally Posted by Cutaway
You mean showing a few holes or just topless ? Originally Posted by Ranger_Danger
The Ex Status was measured by "You know when Endex is near if the WRAC clerks start looking gorgeous. Endex is overdue if you start wanting to marry one" and all that guff.
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