Lost trades

[rest have risen above me]

Obviously you'd pass out as "Smally Liney". After time promotion to "Liney" (only applicable if suitable Sprogs were posted in from training), there would be trickle flow promotion upto "Daddy Liney" on the Sqn finally it would be dead man's shoes to "King Liney" on station. Obviously there would be the professional engineering Spine of liney who would eschew any chance of King Liney but for an extra pint in the NAAFI pigs bar would become "Enforcer Liney" with specialist duties at beercalls.

 

[stereolab]

Ye Gods I hated that sh!te, half the tiime it was verging on going sour after being left sitting on the floor in the hallway and the rest of the time you had to stick it on a bloody radiator to thaw it out after it froze. I do remember taking a few bottles home though so that my mam could use them in cooking. I still don't drink milk to this day except on cereal or on the rare occasions I drink tea. I sometimes wonder who the first person was who said to himself "Hmm I'm gonna grab the dangly bits on that animal, squeeze 'em and drink whatever squirts out of it." I also wonder if he ever got confused and tried it with a bull.:sour::sour::biggrin: Or looked at a chicken and said to himself "I'm gonna grab whatever falls out of it's arse and eat it."

I am with you here, it was nearly 40 years after leaving school before I could touch milk , and then only if I was the first person to open the bottle/carton. I have been on black tea since age 9.

 

[Deius Ex Machina]

Lost Trade Group

Lost Trade Group

1962 - 1971, LTech AR.

After Retraining........

1972 - 1986 LTech ST.

'Time Flies', when you are enjoying yourself............??

 

[dctyke]

Obviously you'd pass out as "Smally Liney". After time promotion to "Liney" (only applicable if suitable Sprogs were posted in from training), there would be trickle flow promotion upto "Daddy Liney" on the Sqn finally it would be dead man's shoes to "King Liney" on station. Obviously there would be the professional engineering Spine of liney who would eschew any chance of King Liney but for an extra pint in the NAAFI pigs bar would become "Enforcer Liney" with specialist duties at beercalls.

And from the HQ don't forget AOC Liney, his retinue of four Gp Capt's and a couple of dozen other officers. The Liney Role Office, the Liney standards unit, and the specialist Liney trng unit.

 

[Lux_deluxe]

My sister joined the RAF in 1980 as a Kennel Maid. She had 2 postings - RAF Newton and RAF Rheindahlen.


I went to RAF Newton in 1981 before I joined in 1982 to go to one of the dog shows. That wss some experience. RAF Copper dog handlers were animals - the bar was a warzone lol


My wife was TG10 (discip stuff - hehehe). A lot of people thought TG10 was GD (was TAG). But TG10 was different. A GD could not get promoted past SAC, so had to re-muster to advance in rank. Many went in to the TG10 role, because of the Guardroom connection I suppose.