or most likely scenario falls victim to one of the imported 'drop bears' Ft. Knox was evaluating at the time.
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Drop bears?
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An obviously failed attempt at humor to hi-lite the unlikelihood of getting out of the duty, by mentioning highly improbable yet theoretically possible circumstances, then stating that a circumstance involving a non-existent critter is more likely. Sorry.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 2:15 pm
by much ado
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I've always loved the mythical Australian "drop bears" since I first found out about them.
Here is the famous vintage Bundaberg ad that introduced me to them.
Sorry for the thread jack!
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:38 pm
by Gregg
We used cotton balls and you always started by putting a few drops of lighter fluid in the polish and lighting it, letting the top melt a bit and put the lid on it to put out the fire. The put clean water in the lid and use about 3 cubic meters of cotton balls.
Like I said, as soon as I got where no one was doing inspections all the time I bought two pairs of Jungle Boots (the tennis shoes of combat boots, actually had canvas uppers) and wiped them off with a damp rag at least once a month. My favorite refrain, even in the 101st Airborne was 'I'm not a soldier, I'm a pilot" or something to that effect.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:00 am
In the Air Force, we used a tiny bit of perfume. The alcohol worked wonders. Perfume cleans mirrors, too. I had never worn perfume before joining and wondered why all my friends who were already serving insisted I take a bottle of the cheapest stuff I could find. (Yes, we were officially allowed a single bottle of perfume during basic training.)
Just so happens, today is the 50th anniversary of my Air Force enlistment. We were WAFs back then. I remember the shoe polishing with wet cotton balls and buffing to a nice shine with old panty hose. But we didn't know about the perfume. We also sprayed the inside of our berets with cheap hairspray so they would keep their shape.
Heathen !!!!!!
The only way to shape the mushroom lid beret is boil the beejazus out of the damn thing for 10 - 15 minutes, take out, wring dry, ice cold water for 10-15, wring and repeat a couple of times, final wring out from hot, let cool to less than scalding, place on head, shape and form, leave on head until dry, periodically stroking it like a Bond villains cat to keep the shape. When dry, roll with the flap side tucked in, store in a safe place when not in use so someone who has a beret the size and shape of a helicopter landing pad doesn't lift it.......
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:10 pm
by Gregg
Put helmet in helmet bag. Throw helmet bag in laundry annually.
Change cotton mic muff whenever the crew chief finds you a new one.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:19 pm
by Azastan
I think we need a thread devoted to 'how to make one's boots shine'.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:11 pm
by Sam the Centipede
Azastan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:19 pm
I think we need a thread devoted to 'how to make one's boots shine'.
"need" could have different meanings in this context…
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Azastan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:19 pm
I think we need a thread devoted to 'how to make one's boots shine'.
"need" could have different meanings in this context…
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I was think more along the lines of "My days of yore.... Military stories"
edit... more popped into my head.
"Glory days"
"That one time in boot camp..."
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Azastan wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 6:19 pm
I think we need a thread devoted to 'how to make one's boots shine'.
"need" could have different meanings in this context…
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I was think more along the lines of "My days of yore.... Military stories"
edit... more popped into my head.
"Glory days"
"That one time in boot camp..."
Oh, when I was young...
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:14 pm
by Azastan
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:44 pm
by Gregg
Some topics feel a little more recreational than others and right or wrong i don't feel as bad hijacking them.
So go ahead and shoot me....
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:47 pm
by keith
Gregg wrote: ↑Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:44 pm
Some topics feel a little more recreational than others and right or wrong i don't feel as bad hijacking them.
So go ahead and shoot me....
Hey, somebody's gotta stand guard duty. Otherwise whats the point of polishing all these boots?
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:28 am
by AndyinPA
I was in Canada when Elizabeth II died. I just want to say that I admired her greatly, not necessarily as a queen, but as a woman.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 1:43 pm
by June bug
AndyinPA wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 11:28 am
I was in Canada when Elizabeth II died. I just want to say that I admired her greatly, not necessarily as a queen, but as a woman.
Thank you, Andy. I agree.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:35 pm
by Tiredretiredlawyer
I admired her as a woman also.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:22 am
by RVInit
Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:35 pm
I admired her as a woman also.
Same here.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:39 am
by Foggy
Me too. I don't need no stinkin' queens, but I'm a sucker for a strong-minded, intelligent, witty woman, and she made the list. And dogs. Anybody who loves dogs gets a + in my book, even if there are many - s.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:15 am
by RTH10260
King Charles III’s official monogram design released by palace Royal Mail also announces four stamps featuring portraits of the late Queen to be released in her memory
Jamie Grierson
Tue 27 Sep 2022 00.00 BST
The King’s new monogram has been revealed ahead of the official period of royal mourning for the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, coming to an end.
Charles’s cypher will appear on government buildings, state documents and on some postboxes in the coming months and years.
The cypher features the King’s initial “C” intertwined with the letter “R” for Rex – Latin for king – with “III” denoting Charles III, with the crown above the letters.
Colour version of King’s monogram.
The design was selected by the King from a series of designs prepared by the College of Arms. Photograph: Buckingham Palace/PA
The new monarch travelled to Scotland soon after the Queen’s funeral last Monday, with the period of royal mourning lasting for seven days after the late Queen’s burial.
The monogram is Charles’s personal property and was selected by the monarch from a series of designs prepared by the College of Arms. A Scottish version features the Scottish crown, and was approved by Lord Lyon King of Arms.
It will be used by government departments and by the royal household for franking mail. The decision to replace cyphers will be at the discretion of individual organisations.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:00 am
by keith
That's all well and good, but when do they make an official portrait available for hanging on Post Offices, Returned Services League Halls, and Croquet Club walls?
I gotta group of testy croquet ladies (most of the gents couldn't give a stuff to be honest) that want to have a good Captain Cook while they are toasting him.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:28 am
by Gregg
keith wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:00 am
That's all well and good, but when do they make an official portrait available for hanging on Post Offices, Returned Services League Halls, and Croquet Club walls?
I gotta group of testy croquet ladies (most of the gents couldn't give a stuff to be honest) that want to have a good Captain Cook while they are toasting him.
Beefeater Uniforms. When are they gonna change the Beefeater uniforms? And the new coins, too. I wanna see the new shilling! Well, pound, no such animal as a shilling, but it's the thing I think when I think English coin. Charles will be the first English monarch to never have his portrait on a shilling since the pre Norman kings.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:36 am
by RTH10260
the Brexiteers have promised to bring back the ancient measurement units! Sovereignity! Now they have an additional reason
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:58 am
by keith
RTH10260 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:36 am the Brexiteers have promised to bring back the ancient measurement units! Sovereignity! Now they have an additional reason
Forget sovereigns we need Guineas for the races.
Re: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla (Scorpio/Cancer) + Queen Elizabeth II
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 12:17 pm
by Gregg
Yes, give us farthings and groats!
If the pound is gonna fall below a dollar they need things that are fractions of a penny again!
A farthing is 1/4 a penny, a groat is 4 pence, but a penny is no longer 1/100, its 1/240 because there are 20 pennies in a shilling and 12 shillings to a pound.
See what you get when you use money to buy food sold by the dozen?
anniversary of my Air Force enlistment. We were WAFs back then. I remember the shoe polishing with wet cotton balls and buffing to a nice shine with old panty hose. But we didn't know about the perfume. We also sprayed the inside of our berets with cheap hairspray so they would keep their shape.
"need" could have different meanings in this context…
the Brexiteers have promised to bring back the ancient measurement units! Sovereignity! Now they have an additional reason 
