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Title: old skills
Post by: steve howes on October 15, 2006, 08:20:25

has anybody learn't a skill that you have not used for years then suddenly you realize that you can still do them. my next door neighbor collects deactivated guns and bought a  S.L.R and handed it to me .i haven't field stripped one for over twenty years but found i still remembered how to do it.

Title: old skills
Post by: Tailendcharley on October 15, 2006, 09:08:50

:D  :D That brings back many memories...having to strip and assemble an SLR in total darkness in the middle of Winter out on exercises...other such delights were stripping an SMG or an LMG...great

 :lol:  :lol: Terry Smith :wink:  :wink:

Title: old skills
Post by: winchman on October 15, 2006, 09:22:16

I can still go for a wee in the dark with out turning the light on.
My little boy is amased at this skill

Title: old skills
Post by: steve howes on October 15, 2006, 09:57:14

what regiment tail end charlie ? :lol:

Title: old skills
Post by: beast5680 on October 15, 2006, 10:38:28

Quote from: "winchman"

I can still go for a wee in the dark with out turning the light on.
My little boy is amased at this skill

does the missus find this skill amazing when she cleans up in the morning  :lol:  :lol:

Title: old skills
Post by: winchman on October 15, 2006, 13:26:38

She only has a problem when I wee in the shower, she was quite understanding when I was bladdered one night and I had a little wee on the TV and video in the bed room.
One night I took the large mirror off the bath room wall and stood it up in the bath, now  have no recolection of this at all, but I was blamed

Title: old skills
Post by: Skibum346 on October 15, 2006, 20:55:58

Visited the War and Peace show in Kent last year... wandering around I came upone a whole table full of SLR's... Before I knew it I had picked it up, carried out an unload (yes I know mag on... **Shakes head**)... re cocked it and was attempting to remove the gas plug... which apparently you can't do to decommisioned SLR's... was terribly disappointed!

Still think I can do it with my eyes shut.

Was a thing of beauty to fire...   **Reminisces**

Ex Signals here before anyone else asks... Who else was what else...?

Skibum

Title: old skills
Post by: Sheddy on October 15, 2006, 21:01:16

R.M.

Title: old skills
Post by: steve howes on October 16, 2006, 07:26:25

B company 2 para .

Title: old skills
Post by: Skibum346 on October 16, 2006, 08:49:27

Oh no...   :oops:

Don't tell me I'm the only crap hat willing to admit it?!!!!    :lol:

Title: old skill's
Post by: steve howes on October 16, 2006, 12:15:55

nothing wrong with crap hat's        "" better than being a rupert " :roll:

Title: Re: old skill's
Post by: Skibum346 on October 16, 2006, 17:45:59

Quote from: "steve howes"

nothing wrong with crap hat's        "" better than being a rupert " :roll:

Yeah.... that's true...

We had a newbie female Woopert posted in while on exercise (on top of a German ridge ofr six weeks providing umpire comms.....again!).

We told her we had dug a seperate thunder box hole ofr her... with her own hessian screening...still... she went DAYS without using it...

Finally the day came when she could wait no longer... The word went out and just as she was dropping her kecks and sitting...  We shouted down the mic to the speaker we'd screwed to the inside of the thunder box... "Not yet Ma'am! Ahm still diggin'!!!!!"

Talk about startled rabbit!

As the OC Squadron was watching and piddling himself... she couldn't really take offence!   :lol:  :lol:

Title: old skills
Post by: disco maniac on October 16, 2006, 18:56:07

as a plumber in in raf (oh happy days) many years ago, i would relish the chance to strip an slr,  8)

Title: old skills
Post by: Tailendcharley on October 17, 2006, 08:39:59

:D  :D Sorry for the delay Steve...been busy erecting fencing...Parachute Regiment,Royal Engineers,1967-1970...great time,loads of fun...

 :lol:  :lol: Terry Smith :D  :D

Title: old skills
Post by: steve howes on October 17, 2006, 13:43:12

nice to hear from another ex airborne member. i was in 2 para 72 -84 .