Tab wrote:I wonder how we learnt life skills, and it was not in class.

I soon learnt after getting a clip round the ear.

Signed.

"Rivers of blood...." and all that

I remember our CSM telling them he wouldn't accept any poofs in our company until it was ok for him to share a shower with the lumpy jumpers.

We used to get thet drivel every year they called it Comunity awairness, and it was an ITD. What a wase of time...... We had a couple of girls come over and tell us we hadn't been properly trained all those years. Then they left and we carried on.

anglo-saxon wrote:"Bog standard" ?

That would be yer Irish regiments, then, would it?

Steady!

Your not driving that 'Pig' round West Belfast full of tourists?

At the end of the this is a desicion you will have to make on your own, it will be you in the Guards, things will have changed from when your father and his mate were in it. Have a look at www.shinycapstar.com. You will be the one signing on for 3 years so make sure you get it right!

Nice big payrise there! 2.6% and an extra 1% on the Xfactor and we dont even get to see Simon Cowell! SHame that food and Accom is going to to counter any increase...good call Gordon! The MLA's in N. Ireland are looking at a 16% pay rise, it was leaked today to the BBC. Nice work if you can get it ...

No not pregnant, and neither is the wife. Trying to get her to go and get the snip, we got the cat done the other year she never looked behind her!

I wish, 10 minutes bust. I think I would have a BFT to do as well and this would factor in age.

There was a bootie up there once he told me not to worry........ But hes gone now. We used to get what they called a tick in the box in the Royal Irish, I think they were pleased if we turned up.

Dont laugh Harry, there is a RMR det started in Belfast this year, I'm planning on joining only not as young/fast as I used to be. Jack in the recruiting office told me the 1.5 mile run was to be done in 10 minutes the offical site says 10 minutes 45 seconds. Those extra seconds mean a lot to an oul...

How disgraseful for our Government to stand by and do nothing, they should lead by example and donate a days pay to this charity.

what time is allowed for the pfft?

We were in one of those new ITD lectures comunity relations or something like that. The subject about homosexuals was brought up by the young lady taking the lecture. The CSM got up and said there were none in his company and he would only let them into the company when it was acceptable for him to ...