Results 1 to 10 of 31
Discuss Do it again? in The Quarterdeck on Navy Net; Having a chat with me old mucker Ballistic today and the 'would you do the same again' thing came into the conversation - between 'I'd do the barmaid' and 'No it's not - it's your ...
6Likes
LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks- 27-03-12, 22:29 #1Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2008
- Location
- PL11
- Posts
- 4,683
Do it again?
Having a chat with me old mucker Ballistic today and the 'would you do the same again' thing came into the conversation - between 'I'd do the barmaid' and 'No it's not - it's your fucking round'.
He would because he likes things that go bang as they make his eyes glaze over. Little puddles form under his legs at the very mention of NGS. Oddly, the same doesn't happen to me when it comes to memories of saying 'sorry, we're closed' or 'nothing to do with me, you'll have to phone the tax man'. Girl's job which they dragged me into because I could read and write - I believed I could still tie knots, swashbuckle and bayonet baddies and things, but it wasn't to be. Yo-ho-ho.
Anyhoo - obviously I wouldn't join again in my former branch, my attempt at joining 'shh-you know who' failed in the early 80s, so I stuck with it for 25 years. In the highly unlikely event that I did join it would certainly be as an MA - my current employment seems to suggest that I have more of a leaning to such work than sat on my fat one making excuses. Though too late I now dream of being a paramedic.
Anyway - I assume I'm pretty much alone in this as most seem to love their former trades.
Tell us.Wit lent from heaven but vices sent from hell
27-03-12, 23:48 #2Banned
- Join Date
- Nov 2009
- Location
- If tha eva duz owt fer nowt.....alus do it fer thisen
- Posts
- 3,860
- Images
- 1
Once a Stoker, always a Stoker.
type42stoker likes this.
28-03-12, 01:15 #3Senior Member 
- Join Date
- Feb 2009
- Location
- somewhere nice....
- Posts
- 513
Too true stokes! Ease off on the steam drain oppo...you'll blow a hole in my ovies!
Originally Posted by Stirling 
And yes, I would (do it again)....and knowing what I know now, would probably sign on for 22....
Last edited by superpom; 28-03-12 at 01:18.
Not me Chief, I'm off watch....
28-03-12, 04:00 #4Senior Member 
- Join Date
- Aug 2007
- Location
- 6m on O2 stop
- Posts
- 2,393
Without a shadow of doubt diving & EOD! Great job just time to move on.
Dum Spiro Spero
I didn't attend his funeral but wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it.
In a fraction of a second they are projected into eternity and will never possess a final resting home.
They have graves without bodies, they are an exceptional breed of people....
It is an utmost proudness of myself to have met these men, those lords that I salute, praise and admire.
Winston Churchill on Clearance Divers September 1944
28-03-12, 06:07 #5Ditto !! .. I, rather foolishly & because of 1st Mrs WM, left after 17 years. Departed for the Mid East, spent more time away from the family that with them as it turned out. The Old Man, retired RPO (sorry !!) always said that he'd do the same thing again, but wouldn't get married (same here), and he still reminisced, and told lots of dits, up to his ctb in '08.
'Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive' - Bugs Bunny
28-03-12, 07:57 #6Senior Member 
- Join Date
- Oct 2011
- Posts
- 1,418
I would as long as I didnt have to go anywhere near Faslane again, dont know about this Navy though, when you start calling a chimney sweep a Flualogical specialist someone's bored
28-03-12, 08:18 #7Senior Member 
- Join Date
- Jul 2008
- Posts
- 1,197
I would do it all over again but with one proviso....I'd have to be 'T', (I know sacrilege), then I might remember, and enjoy, all those glorious places that I visited throughout my career. Not looking through the bottom of a beer glass. Hmmm...might be worth a bob or two as well !
28-03-12, 09:11 #8Senior Member 
- Join Date
- Mar 2010
- Location
- Bratwurst country
- Posts
- 601
Would do it all again, and not change a thing
Stents: keeping things open 24/7
28-03-12, 09:22 #9Senior Member
- Join Date
- Oct 2011
- Posts
- 1,418
I would change the time I jumped out of the bedroom window of the daughter of the landlord of the cricketers pub in Malta and landed on my head Originally Posted by Andy_Cap Would do it all again, and not change a thing
28-03-12, 10:48 #10.. You might have a need to explain 'T' to some of the younguns on here, Originally Posted by (granny) 
Andy_Cap likes this.'Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive' - Bugs Bunny
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
Bookmarks