Memory lane

That in itself cold be very annoying, plus sound going up and down, the best fun for me however was as a tech I used to visit lots of our shops, we carried lots of spare remote controls on the car, one of my favourite tricks was to point it at the shop from some distance and turn up the sound, the consequences could be dramatic especially if there were several sets of the same make in the window, used to drive the shopgirls mad, they never did work out what was causing it

Les

Moving away from tellys and on to pranks, we had a Trimphone round about the same time as we had the TV with remote. I was very good at imitating the 'phones ring - again much to the kids annoyance. Now that I come to think about, it I was a right annoying git!!

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I was a right annoying git!!

WAS?????????

Yes well I'm afraid that becomes the favourite pastime for some of us, annoying the kids, then follows on to the Grand Kids

Les

"john boy" wrote:

Well guys a smile on your face or a tear in your eye! why oh why did they ever have to close down the N.A.A.F.I.?
i never realised they had closed until one day when i saw a SPAR shop where there once was a N.A.A.F.I well I almost crashed the car gob smacked or what.
HAPPY DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and fond memories
BRING BACK DOUBLE DIAMOND!!!!!!!!!!! cheap and cheerful

Not sure about Double Diamond John boy, this is memory lane for me...

And me, DD was like gnats ****!

Amstel was usual with us, don't think it was because of the taste so much as the reminders of when some visited the Brewery in Amsterdam

Les

Only place I ever drunk Amstel was over one weekend at 21 Engr regt (Neinburg) my recolection is a tad hazy, we were all drinking it but thats hardly a recomendation...

We drank it every time we decided on a session, usually meant a very bad head in the morning,

Les

d d like gnats , your lucky the only british beer served in our naafi was blinking watneys brown ale , nearly as bad as cookhouse tea, ginger

Well just been talking to one of my brothers, he still remembers his number ok and he was in from about 49-52 (RAOC) 2209----

Les

Enjoy a pint of Amstel on a regular basis..When the wife and i go shopping ,she dumps me in the pub and off she goes.leaving me to sample a pint or three.

Gordon

Is it peculiar to soldiers or is it most men? that is just the sort of shopping I like lol

Les

Never been for a pint in my life! One's too many and a hundred's not enough!!

Hi there,
I think we all belonged to the biggest drinking clubs in the world.......British Army,Canadian Army and the others........however I recall the Yanks wern't big drinkers having socialised in Berlin with F Coy 40th Armor 1985-88.
When I joined my Regt. in Hohne in 1980 every bar and Mess was open and serving from 12 till 14.30. Deutche Canteen was open all day ! (thank god)
Them were the days........hic
atb
pinky
HUSSAR

Yes!! thank goodness for the Deutche Canteens, had one in Roy Barracks, Ratingen. I was well looked after by the MSO guys, they used to bring me a couple of the fine liversausage rolls, heavenly, and the same guys used to often come by when I was on duty at the Airport, they would visit the local canteen and bring me pork cutlet, peppered. Those were the days

Les

hi there,
Sadly the Deutche Canteen would attract all the Regimental Alckies from all over Hohne Station,including the Dutch.
Had some good times.....non the less.(good beer,food and korn).
atb
pinky
HUSSAR

By the way.......
I bought a bottle of Asbach the other day........doesn't taste half as good as it used to. Sadly.
atb
pinky
HUSSAR

Well I have to disagree, I have a few each year and as soon as I take a drink I could be straight back in Germany

Les

Hoping I get that feeling next time !!!
Could be the diet pop I used,I shall try full leaded coke next time.
Cheers
Atb
Pinky
HUSSAR

gingerjim wrote:

1950s beer 15 pfennigs, a glass , 12 marks to the pound. ciggies a shilling for twenty, a slap up meal. with drinks two to three marks, life was good in baor in the 50s, does anybody remember the bowl of oxtail soup we used to get in the pubs . 25 pfennigs and it was wonderful on a cold night in germany, happy days, ginger

12 marks to the pound! showing your age there gingerjim lol. I think it was about 4 marks to the pound when I first went to Germany in 1980, beer (On camp) was 1DM a can or bottle or pint and all spirits were 50pfg a shot. I think the most pointless rule I ever saw in Germany was the rule which stated that spirits could only be served in single measures, a rule that was universally ignored in every bar and mess throughout Germany.

Quite a lot of difference to 1967 when I first went there, 14.50 to the pound and still 50pf for a single spirit

I think it was around DM 12:00 to the £ when I arrived in Apr 64. Permanent Passes for "Livers In" then, we had to book out of Camp before 2200hrs and book in by 0200hrs. Pay Parade was on a Wednesday, I think the reasoning behind that was by the weekend we would be skint. Happy Days.

hi there,
i recall the single tot rule was only enforced with 'pernod' !! lol. (Hohne early 80's)
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HUSSAR

Les Pattenden wrote:

Quite a lot of difference to 1967 when I first went there, 14.50 to the pound and still 50pf for a single spirit

My memory say's it was DM11.70 when I arrived in Jan 1967, you must have had a very friendly paymaster. Those were the days!. Edited to add it was DM5.25 when I left, that tells you something about who knew how to run a country's finances.