Serving through the German Winter

That's the Russian winter for you. It beat Napolean, as well. All the Russians had to do was sit back and wait for winter. I used to lodge with an ex-Wehrmacht soldier's family in Osnabrück, and he told me that the Russian planes would fly over and strafe them, making them lie in the snow for a couple of hours. By the time the planes left, many of the men were suffering from severe frost-bite. Temperatures 50 below, and they only had standard German winter kit. They lost 275,000 men at Stalingrad, mostly from the cold.

Shelldrake wrote:

This thread is going to end up in a discussion about a Cross Dressing Warrant Officer in the REME - how unlikely is that?

Hmm, not to far wrong actually, he was a SSGT REME Electronics as it happened, he left Woolwich and became a Girl. That's true guys incidentally.

I was in woolwich at the REME Data centre between '87 & '91.

One of the coldest nights I can remember was under canvas in the Fallingbostel area in early 1976 and a new lad to the unit said he had found two little balls on ice in his sleeping bag when he awoke. As he held them in his hand they gradually melted and finally completely dissolved by making a double farting noise. I don't know if the story was true but it sure was cold that night!!

Noch ein bier,

Norman.

Jim,
There was another case in the more recent past of a REME CSM who underwent a sex change operation and was permitted continue to serve to avoid a discrimination action against the MOD, I believe he/she only served for a short time.
Anyone else remember this case, it made the national press. Details on Google.

Bob

jim wrote:

Shelldrake wrote:

This thread is going to end up in a discussion about a Cross Dressing Warrant Officer in the REME - how unlikely is that?

Hmm, not to far wrong actually, he was a SSGT REME Electronics as it happened, he left Woolwich and became a Girl. That's true guys incidentally.

I was in woolwich at the REME Data centre between '87 & '91.

I changed his rank to protect her identity.

BobG wrote:

Jim,
There was another case in the more recent past of a REME CSM who underwent a sex change operation and was permitted continue to serve to avoid a discrimination action against the MOD, I believe he/she only served for a short time.
Anyone else remember this case, it made the national press. Details on Google.

Bob

Glad I never joined the REME, sound like a queer mob!

did some capt in the paras do the samething became a woman?
dont crucify me guys please but there was a docu on the bbc and it made the press

jonathon wrote:

did some capt in the paras do the samething became a woman?
dont crucify me guys please but there was a docu on the bbc and it made the press

Think you are correct, hence the saying "I have a granny in the paras excused jumps".

Things you do to try and become a brigadier!

Not just the Paras or the REME. There was a case, several years ago, of a young Gunner in Colchester wending his weary, tired and emotional way back to Camp, when up drives a lovely (ish) Major in the WRAC (she was wearing her uniform), she stopped and offered the young lad a lift. Halfway through the journey she pulled into a side road and asked the guy if he would like a BJ, now you can imagine how ecstatic, not to mention pissed, the young lad was and accepted with alacrity but I can sense that you are all ahead of me here. The driver was neither a Major nor a member of the WRAC but a fat bloke who just happened to look like both!

yuk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, we have gone from German Winters to Colchester BJs. It's all a bit like Chinese whispers.

Any cases of a WRAC having a sex change? or were they like the Multi Fuel engines.

gallahad wrote:

Any cases of a WRAC having a sex change? or were they like the Multi Fuel engines.

I'm not going here, I've seen some of them fight in Rheindahlen NAAFI.

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Jim,
There was another case in the more recent past of a REME CSM who underwent a sex change operation and was permitted continue to serve to avoid a discrimination action against the MOD, I believe he/she only served for a short time.
Anyone else remember this case, it made the national press. Details on Google.

Bob


Glad I never joined the REME, sound like a queer mob!

Teabag..I believe the first one was Royal Signals.No doubt you have heard of her.

Gordon. wrote:

Quote :

Jim,
There was another case in the more recent past of a REME CSM who underwent a sex change operation and was permitted continue to serve to avoid a discrimination action against the MOD, I believe he/she only served for a short time.
Anyone else remember this case, it made the national press. Details on Google.

Bob


Glad I never joined the REME, sound like a queer mob!

Teabag..I believe the first one was Royal Signals.No doubt you have heard of her.

Yeh but that is understandable with all those nasty microwaves flying about. Could affect anyone ducky!

They had a Sgt at the RCAF museum in Winnipeg at Air Command who went for the sex change. Male to female. Easily 6 foot tall and insisted on wearing high heels, skirt and lots of make up. Bit of shocker, but I got over it ( the shock ).

Norman wrote:

One of the coldest nights I can remember was under canvas in the Fallingbostel area in early 1976 and a new lad to the unit said he had found two little balls on ice in his sleeping bag when he awoke. As he held them in his hand they gradually melted and finally completely dissolved by making a double farting noise. I don't know if the story was true but it sure was cold that night!!

Noch ein bier,

Norman.

frozen farts possibly

Hardrations wrote:

They had a Sgt at the RCAF museum in Winnipeg at Air Command who went for the sex change. Male to female. Easily 6 foot tall and insisted on wearing high heels, skirt and lots of make up. Bit of shocker, but I got over it ( the shock ).

Did it hurt you when they cut it off Rations?

Teabag wrote:

Hardrations wrote:

They had a Sgt at the RCAF museum in Winnipeg at Air Command who went for the sex change. Male to female. Easily 6 foot tall and insisted on wearing high heels, skirt and lots of make up. Bit of shocker, but I got over it ( the shock ).

Did it hurt you when they cut it off Rations?

Darn'd if I know.

Hardrations wrote:

Teabag wrote:

Hardrations wrote:

They had a Sgt at the RCAF museum in Winnipeg at Air Command who went for the sex change. Male to female. Easily 6 foot tall and insisted on wearing high heels, skirt and lots of make up. Bit of shocker, but I got over it ( the shock ).

Did it hurt you when they cut it off Rations?

Darn'd if I know.

Well you did say I got over it, hence my removal of the word hard from your title!

JPW wrote:

I am right in thinking at one time it was cheaper to use duty free gin from the NAAFI than proper anti freeze from the local garage in ones private car?

Usually in the screenwash container.

Nutstrangler wrote:

JPW wrote:

I am right in thinking at one time it was cheaper to use duty free gin from the NAAFI than proper anti freeze from the local garage in ones private car?

Usually in the screenwash container.

I think the anti freezer tasted marginally better.

i remember one winter my old man left a flagon of cider on the balcony just to chill it but forgot all about it.Next morning he remembered it but to late it was frozen solid.It even broke the glass.

No one can forget the 'whoose' of the No1 Burner being lit by the Chef on a cold winter morning. It was sort of an 'alarm clock'.

We were on foot once, in dense forest, trying to find the gun position.

On standing still and listening, it wasn't long before we picked up the roar of the Hydra burner and the distinctive voice of the "Q", yelling to make himself heard above it.

Who remembers central cooking and the chef shouting "one between two" as he slapped a can of compo in front of you ?