Youthful escapades

[Snoopy]

I suffered serious acid burns to my right hand, due to the stupidity of a Chemistry Master, when I was 13.
I lost all interest in Chemistry lessons after that and had never had any interest in exploding things .... I suspect this was because I discovered girls were more use when one didn't frighten them at about the same time as my hand healed.

Joined the RAF as an Apprentice at fifteen and a half and had real guns, grenades, smoke bombs, tear gas and all sorts of other fun stuff to play with so I think I may have missed out on the adolescent desire to shoot down or set fire to Airfix, play with fireworks or anything like that. As I recall my main concerns were, I confess, getting through each day intact and getting my leg over every evening.

[Nick]

As I recall my main concerns were, I confess, getting through each day intact and getting my leg over every evening.

What more could a man want? 

[Snoopy]

I did once use a Bren Gun to totally destroy all the target supports on the range at RAF Hereford .... Got 14 days jankers for that one.

[tel]

Anyone else use a length of plastic drainpipe and 12 for a quid rockets, as an improvised RPG?

Oh yes, but they were clay pipes.

Also floating bangers etc, down the local brook so that they exploded in the tunnel under the railway line - great sound.

[Nick]

 

[Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits)]

I suffered serious acid burns to my right hand, due to the stupidity of a Chemistry Master, when I was 13.
I lost all interest in Chemistry lessons after that and had never had any interest in exploding things .... I suspect this was because I discovered girls were more use when one didn't frighten them at about the same time as my hand healed.

Joined the RAF as an Apprentice at fifteen and a half and had real guns, grenades, smoke bombs, tear gas and all sorts of other fun stuff to play with so I think I may have missed out on the adolescent desire to shoot down or set fire to Airfix, play with fireworks or anything like that. As I recall my main concerns were, I confess, getting through each day intact and getting my leg over every evening.

which branch Snoops? And which of the three stations? I signed up for a three year one at Cosford in '66

[Nick]

Oh gawd 

[Miss Demeanour]

I'll just go and make some food. We may need it 

[beerhead]

I used to enjoy blowing up seagulls

[Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits)]

I used to enjoy blowing up seagulls

           

Didthe seagulls enjoy it?

[apc2010]

There is a recked them/rectum joke there somewhere ..........

[Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits)]

I was thinking more along the lines of the penguin/blown seal joke lines . .

[Snoopy]

I suffered serious acid burns to my right hand, due to the stupidity of a Chemistry Master, when I was 13.
I lost all interest in Chemistry lessons after that and had never had any interest in exploding things .... I suspect this was because I discovered girls were more use when one didn't frighten them at about the same time as my hand healed.

Joined the RAF as an Apprentice at fifteen and a half and had real guns, grenades, smoke bombs, tear gas and all sorts of other fun stuff to play with so I think I may have missed out on the adolescent desire to shoot down or set fire to Airfix, play with fireworks or anything like that. As I recall my main concerns were, I confess, getting through each day intact and getting my leg over every evening.

which branch Snoops? And which of the three stations? I signed up for a three year one at Cosford in '66

See PM.
Too much info for a public forum.

[Pastis]

Flattening pennies on the railway line 

That's 1d to you post decimalisation whipper snappers 

[Nick]

I did that this morning