Hello from Warrington

[Airborne01]

Me too, Anson 18.

My elder brother was a Ganges boy in about '63 - his favourite cabby was a Daring class (Dundas I think) that took him to Australia on a replacement jolly after a carrier ran over a RAN destroyer!
Steve

[spanner570]

Even if we put it in Ol'-fashioned English Ron would you completely understand it?
Steve

Listen boy, I was heduficatid in a good old sekondry skool....and prowd of it two!

[Airborne01]

Listen boy, I was heduficatid in a good old sekondry skool....and prowd of it two!

Love it when you talk dirty! :tears-of-joy:

[Waspie]

My elder brother was a Ganges boy in about '63 - his favourite cabby was a Daring class (Dundas I think) that took him to Australia on a replacement jolly after a carrier ran over a RAN destroyer!
Steve

It was 67 for me. School friend was on Dundas when it was Portland Training Squadron in the early 70's.
The Aussie carrier must have been HMAS Melbourne. She had a habit of hitting ships or ships hitting them. She also hit a soviet vessel but it was the rooskies fault as it cut under the Melbournes bows!!!! (Opened a can of worms for the Soviets. We discovered she had dummy weapon systems, When one splintered!!!

[Tim Marlow]

All this matelot talk takes me back to starting at Porton in the early eighties. There were quite a few ex navy types there, including my first shift leader, who was one of the old boys from the immediate post war Navy. Sitting in the tea room you could sometimes only follow the broad outline of a conversation, the detail just eluded you…..
Some of the slang still sticks with me….wearing “Scapa Scanties” when it was cold, going to “Cruising stations” when there wasn’t much on, and the feared “Where do you think you are, on your fathers yacht” if you were caught skiving off…..
He also had a habit of nicknaming everything…..our boss had the initials AP, so he was known as armoured piercing, and our most used chemical was sodium hydroxide, which he called Noah because it’s chemical symbol was NaOH….very interesting guy.

[The Smythe Meister]

I saw an awful lot of the Navy during my apprenticeship in Devonport Dockyard,( '81-'86).......
....... That's why I joined the R.A.F. !!

[Waspie]

I saw an awful lot of the Navy during my apprenticeship in Devonport Dockyard,( '81-'86).......
....... That's why I joined the R.A.F. !!

It won’t be held against you!!!! (Much) :smiling3: :smiling3:

[boatman]

Listen boy, I was heduficatid in a good old sekondry skool....and prowd of it two!

WELL said 570 an me too lol :rolling: :thumb2:
chrisb

[langy71]

Welcome to the forum Chris, looking forward to seeing your work,
oh!.. be sure to stop by Matron's office to get 'your shots', but if she offers you any of the funny green looking fluid..(more commonly known as russian 4BO).. run away... run away fast...

[Tworrs]

Hi Chris and welcome.

[Scratchbuilder]

Welcome Chris, and do not worry about decorum or manners, they went out the window a long time ago. Good to see you have been cured of the 'knocky ball with stick' illness and can now concentrate on the real stuff 'plasticusbuildusuppus'. Not a shipbuilder myself but I think we all drop in to take a look now and again to see what you are all up to. Questions - not a problem just ask away and you will get ten answers back and all will be helpfull. Had to bring some new parts and a donkey engine down to Athens once, started drinking on Friday night and sobered up by the following Tuesday, and the McDonalds did not know what hit them....

[Del640]

Welcome aboard Chris, you'll enjoy it here!

Del

[JR]

Well that was a welcome alright , and another from me Chris .
Do you ever fancy building a tank :nerd:

[rtfoe]

Welcome Chris, they've started haven't they, the rabble bunch. :smiling6: I do boats too, the tiny flatbottom ones...I like flatbottom girls.
Look forward to seeing the Illustrious built.

Cheers,
Richard aka Wabble

[boatman]

Well that was a welcome alright , and another from me Chris .
Do you ever fancy building a tank :nerd:

HI Chris dont let J/R conn you into all them muddy things you will only get dirty an get tracks accross your brain an then he'll want you too set fire to it to make it look battle damaged oh he's a rearin all right a
[HEADING=3]Rabble and Pyromania Consultant lol :tongue-out3: :rolling: an soon you will be in a straight jacket as thats his bed no' is 453 in the l-bin just you listen to wabble an me an keep on with them floaty things lol[/HEADING]
chrisb