Originally Posted by Rather Worried

Hello everybody,

I am thinking of applying for a commission.

I would just like to know if you get your own bathroom in the officer's mess or are facilities shared?

Thanks for your advice in advance.

I had to poo in zip lock plastic bags for day's on end ! ..... Not fun after being on Rat pack's ..... Then we had the indignity of carrying it with us Until it could be later disposed of in the proper manor !!!! .... You've not thought this through have you ?..... Perhaps you need to re think your options !

Oh ! and lastly that huge log I left on the range in Brunei ...... 18 inch long to the snipped end ..... I lost the photo a few years ago so I can't post it as proof :0(

Originally Posted by H3

I had to poo in zip lock plastic bags for day's on end

And that was before you joined the forces!!!!

Originally Posted by H3

Oh ! and lastly that huge log I left on the range in Brunei ...... 18 inch long to the snipped end ..... I lost the photo a few years ago so I can't post it as proof :0(

I'm sure I saw it in 1975 in the butts on Altcar ranges, so I believe you.

Originally Posted by chocolate_frog

I remember pooing (by accident) in a brand new type z block shower... took forever to scudge all the bits of lime pickle through the 4mm diameter holes in the plug... took it off in the end.

To the OP. If this sort of t hing is an issue, may I consider you choose another vocation. Because I can tell you for sure you wont get en suite on tour.

A few years ago one of the lads in the block left his room open. When he returned he was greeted with the sight of me perched over his sink, crimping one off. On sighting him I snapped it off in short order and dived headfirst out of the adjacent ground floor window, strides round my ankles and claggy arse on show. I then swiftly dragged my duds up and did a runner, as he stood aghast trying to come to terms with the scene in front of him.

You can't teach reactions like that.

Originally Posted by H3

I had to poo in zip lock plastic bags for day's on end !

Actually, that reminds me - you're behind with this week's shipment! I have a number of angry Japanese businessmen here wondering when the good stuff is coming in.

Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad

I'm sure I saw it in 1975 in the butts on Altcar ranges, so I believe you.

I was only 9 then ..... And the only time I've been close to Liverpool is when travelling up North and lobbing said zip lock bag out of the window in that general direction ...... Old habits die hard :0)

Originally Posted by H3

I had to poo in zip lock plastic bags for day's on end ! ..... Not fun after being on Rat pack's ..... Then we had the indignity of carrying it with us Until it could be later disposed of in the proper manor !!!! .... (

Would that be Minley Manor, by any chance?

Anyway, you have my sympathies. Managing a colostomy bag must be quite hard in the field.

Originally Posted by Excognito

Would that be Minley Manor, by any chance?

Anyway, you have my sympathies. Managing a colostomy bag must be quite hard in the field.

Um ... fortunately not ! Brunei actually during several weeks of flicking every little bug off me that had a heart beat and fancied digging it's nashers into my skin ....

I often poo in a zip lock... not for any real reason. But you can inspect your movements in a big zip lock. And press it out flat, or in to many shapes really.

Microwaving it for 15 seconds gives you the feeling it has just come out, and can be used as a handwarmer.

Colostomy bags are easy to manage. Even in the field. Just try not to sweat too much or the stick on shield/housing unsticks, causing bag to go awol and contents to go all over your front.

nice.