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That raises a good question as to whether the QL5 MarTech course or whatever it’s referred to now is enough of a foundation piece for the machinist specialist course. At one point, the entry requirement was, IIRC, 85% on the QL5 fitting/machine shop phase. So the guys ( not sure if a gal has...

No March Madness from my end. Sorry 😜

I‘ve heard the same. Those having released just five years ago wouldn’t recognize the trade. Out west there Is an astonishingly small number of legacy guys left. My old CERA (and by old I mean a paltry five years older than me 😀) is convinced that the rot set in when machinery was placed...

There’s argument to be had that the ‘stoker mafia’ disappeared when the last fire was pulled on a Y-100 plant and the MSE dept ceased being more than a third of the crew, and I don’t think the mafia ever made it past the water front. If a name is mentioned as to who put in the last kick to the...

There’s talk of certain aspects of amalgamation being rolled back, but the train has been rolling down the single set of rails for so long that the remaining brain trust is flummoxed as to a COA.

They are. From the horror stories I’m hearing from peers who are still serving, so is technical aptitude.

We had our ERA’s party at the Esquimalt C&POs last Friday. The number of serving members who show up in uniform keeps dropping as more and more Martechs have no relation to prior training standards, certification boards etc or ever being referred to as an artificer. Now, i’m not one for...

Thanks for the clarification.

ABS? Absolute best scenario?

Don't mention the war.......

My high school peers thought I was soft in the head, my dad was ok with it, mum thought I’d become a raging alcoholic within weeks.

IIRC this was done during Op Friction in 90/91 with PRO. Not sure about ATH or TER. The RN have been doing it for years with their forward deployed T23’s and MCM vessels in the Gulf, and more recently with River B2‘s all over the Pacific. Loads of potential maintenance options too outside of...

Wasn’t Guam supposed to be the renewed Subic Bay/Clark AFB without the volcano and political unrest threat?

That happened to me a few weeks back, until her heels got caught in the steps….. I actually know the area well, walking the dog there a few times a week. A bear was in the same area last month. This isn’t exactly the sticks, with suburban sprawl surrounding it and getting denser by the month...

It is. Bay St. Armory perimeter fence. Ah, GR66 beat me to it.

I agree. On the other hand, HP on eggs is sublime, fried or scrambled.

The latter, but as a kid I hated milk. Having to drink it at school after it had sat in a warm room for hours didn't help. We emigrated here before Thatcher the Milk Snatcher showed up. Incidentally, my dad thought the sun shone out of her arse. Considering the face-painting shit show being...

Bold wasn't around then, but a yes today. Despite her previous reservations, the wife is adding it to tonight's meatloaf as a substitute for Lea & Perrin's. I give up. :unsure:

Spending my first 10 years in Yorkshire, I made HP sandwiches with Hovis bread an early staple. I'd still crawl over broken glass for it, as would my son. The wife thinks we're nuts...... There's a scene in Tomorrow Never Dies were the badies sink an RN Type 23. As HMS Somethingshire heels...