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Promotion
Re: Promotion
by Frecks » 11 Apr 2018, 19:03
Well done FB. This must be the highest rank we have ever had
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Re: Promotion
by HostileCacti » 11 Apr 2018, 19:53
Congratulations!!! Wooohoooooo!!!
There's a difference between a bad man and a good man gone wrong, answered Biggles coldly, as he turned back into the hut.
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Re: Promotion
by Foolscap » 11 Apr 2018, 21:42
Impressive:-)
"If you're going to leave the beaten track the first thing is to make sure you've got your sense of humour with you."
--Biggles on Mystery Island.
--Biggles on Mystery Island.
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Re: Promotion
by RAAF Spitfire Girl » 11 Apr 2018, 22:16
Congratulations and salutations, FB. I shall definitely have to remember to call you, "Ma'am" 
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Re: Promotion
by Fairblue » 11 Apr 2018, 23:46
Thank you very much, everybody. Lemonade all round. 
The Decision to Survive - A good pilot is both born and made. The best would look upon his work as a combination of adventure and a serious mission. – Major General Sir Frederick Sykes
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Re: Promotion
by OzBiggles1963 » 12 Apr 2018, 05:24
RAAF Spitfire Girl wrote:Congratulations and salutations, FB. I shall definitely have to remember to call you, "Ma'am"
'Strewth! I mean congratulations & a well deserved promotion. All that ''fruit salad" must be weighing you down...
Fruit Salad – "Slang for a servicemember's display of medals and ribbons on a dress uniform." [Wikipedia etc]
They've been working together for so long that each seems to know by a sort of telepathy when another is in trouble. One never seems to get them together. Get one & the others come after him. To give the devil his due they make a formidable team.
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Re: Promotion
by tiffinata » 12 Apr 2018, 06:16
A salute from this end of the world.
Not quite World's End.....
Not quite World's End.....
'....you cannot flout Nature with impunity. Treat Nature with respect, and she will tolerate you, even encourage you; but treat her with contempt, and your days are numbered.' Hits the Trail
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Re: Promotion
by Tracer » 12 Apr 2018, 10:22
And from me too 
What a splendid achievement.
Not sure about fruit salad, but we called the gold stuff 'scrambled egg'.
Anyway - party time in the Mess, chaps.
What a splendid achievement.Not sure about fruit salad, but we called the gold stuff 'scrambled egg'.
Anyway - party time in the Mess, chaps.
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Re: Promotion
by StoneRoad » 12 Apr 2018, 12:57
"Scrambled eggs" or "brass hat" are the normal terms I use to refer to very high ranks.
"fruit salad" is used in references to displays of medal ribbons, and can be any rank.
I missed out on a long service medal and a promotion by a relatively short time when the ROC was stood down, OH by a matter of weeks for the same medal. But that would have been the only one, as I've not been in the armed forces as such.
"fruit salad" is used in references to displays of medal ribbons, and can be any rank.
I missed out on a long service medal and a promotion by a relatively short time when the ROC was stood down, OH by a matter of weeks for the same medal. But that would have been the only one, as I've not been in the armed forces as such.
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Re: Promotion
by Fairblue » 12 Apr 2018, 13:16
Both Mr FB and I have medals for 'good conduct'. Basically, so many years of undetected crime.
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Re: Promotion
by Tracer » 13 Jul 2018, 16:39
Sherbets all round for Wanderer! 
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Re: Promotion
by Kismet » 13 Jul 2018, 20:01
Congratulations Wanderer! Raising a glass to you!
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Re: Promotion
by HostileCacti » 13 Jul 2018, 20:48
And from me!!!
How about StoneRoad??? Flight lieutenant?
How about StoneRoad??? Flight lieutenant?
There's a difference between a bad man and a good man gone wrong, answered Biggles coldly, as he turned back into the hut.
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Re: Promotion
by Frecks » 13 Jul 2018, 21:30
I think we congratulated Stone Road on another thread a short time ago although I might be getting confused 
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Re: Promotion
by Wanderer » 14 Jul 2018, 00:59
Kismet wrote:Congratulations Wanderer! Raising a glass to you!
Yay, and solutes to all of muy senior officers
(Raymond) "'It's the early bird that catches the worm, you know,'
'... Not always. Sometimes he catches a slug—in the back of the neck,' contradicted Biggles.
'... Not always. Sometimes he catches a slug—in the back of the neck,' contradicted Biggles.
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Re: Promotion
by HostileCacti » 15 Jul 2018, 20:51
Frecks wrote:I think we congratulated Stone Road on another thread a short time ago although I might be getting confused
Very likely. I have so not been able to keep up
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Re: Promotion
by tiffinata » 15 Jul 2018, 21:10
Congrats from me too.
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Re: Promotion
by StoneRoad » 15 Jul 2018, 21:31
Add my congrats to Wanderer on the promotion to Flt Lt.
Frecks is right - I have been keeping records on various post totals on my eponymous thread in the "Introduce Yourself" section ...
Frecks is right - I have been keeping records on various post totals on my eponymous thread in the "Introduce Yourself" section ...
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