Mike...who on earth are the Barrowcloth's......bet they never had a
"Discharge by Purchase" personally authorized by Lord L. Mountbatten,
then
the First Sea Lord.......H


OK, that puts you on a level footing. Name dropping is A1 on this newsgroup.
The next thing you have to do, is to have a very long involved conversation,
on the newsgroup don't you know, name dropping at every opportunity, with
one of the owners, which could very well be done by email, but not quite so
'one upmanship' so to speak.

Did I tell you of the time I was a VIP in Bruges and met and dined with the
Belgian Admiral of the Fleet?
By the way, I will be away for a few days later this month, because I have
to meet the Air Commodore Simms at RAF Cosford. He is the Commanding Officer
don't you know. We are having a fly past of a Spit from the, sorry Spitfire,
Battle of Britain Historic Flight don't you know.
Most interested to see that your 'Discharge by Purchase' was personally
authorised by Lord L Mountbatten. Lovely man, I met him in the 1960's when
he inspected a parade I was at. I was Lower Deck then you know, got my
Commish later, sorry Commission.

Sorry, must fly, Sun over the Yard Arm and all that. Sorry, 'Up Spirits',
'Hands of the Mess to Nosh'

NOW watch the flack from the owners :-)))))))))))))))

Mike
ex RN don't you know