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Subject: Re: 'The Parting Glass'

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Keith P

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Date Posted: 15:50:17 02/13/05 Sun
In reply to: Jim Martin 's message, "'The Parting Glass'" on 12:37:50 02/12/05 Sat

>I remember that everything done in the Army was always
>done over a drink.Whether you were on exercise or back
>in barracks.'Happy Hour'was the time when if you had a
>problem then you could confront the person over a
>drink and get it sorted.Rank was left outside the
>door.You could learn more about somebody over a drink
>than proberbly someone who had known them all there
>lives! The comradeship in those days was never
>surpassed. I think the Army began to change around the
>begining of the eight'ies...The 'drinking culture'was
>starting to be outlawed by 'The Power's that Be'.Just
>like Smoking is frowned upon in today's society! I can
>remember my last tour of BAOR in Lippstadt. Going on
>exercise with the 'scallies'lined up on a parade
>square in front of the 432's with all our kit,ready to
>go.This Rupert checking through our kit,finds a four
>pack of beer in one of the lads packs and doubles the
>guy down to the 'Nick'.There was your's truely
>standing there with two water bottles on his webbing
>with neat spirits in them. Bloody-Hell, I
>thought!....This is'ent the Army that I joined!
>Fortunately the Rupert had made his point!From that
>day on I knew that my day's in the Army were numbered.
>The good old days were finished!.........What say
>you?....

I remeber we were at Fally and the regiment was on exercise. The regt rugby team had got to some semi final of the BAOR rugby cup so the regt was shipped back to support the team. It was also my birthday. First job was to get to the naafi and grab 3 bottles of brandy. They got us all back to the guns after the game and we had to move back to the gun positions froma hide. I think Bob Harris was driving at the time and Billy Hamilton was number one. The 3 bottles got supped whilst on the move with Bobby driving with one hand and supping neat brandy with the other. !! Now THATS what I call drink driving !!

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