"Mike" wrote in message
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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

Oh dear me...I now feel totally devastated and crushed...I was a lower deck
rating all of my nine years....lower deck had some distinct advantages
tho....as a photographer the Rules & Regs. allowed for the running of a
private business...even a price list was included in the "Bible" governing
all of our actions....rabbits as we called them....officially not allowed to
use pussa materials but allowed to cameras and other hard
equipment.....never did buy a sheet of paper as we thought that was against
common sense....made a bundle courtesy the RN....or should I say the Fleet
Air Arm.....a TAG in WW2 and photographer in the Korean epsisode.....must
admit never met his Lordship but did meet his boss....Winnie C that is, when
in Washington......H

p.s. Would rather see a flybye using Stringbags than Spits.....being lower
deck am allowed to use such language....