German behaviour

cartav wrote:

Seems to be quite an interest in the goings on in NI, but can see that a deviation from what began as a strictly BFG thread cpuld be confusing (& maybe, irritating !!) to any who might want to get back to Krautland matters.

What I have read shows there's much about the NI experience that is worth sharing with all, apart from those who were involved. Seems logical & beneficial to everybody for a new topic to be opened which is devoted to NI matters.

What ? No volunteers ? I don't believe it !

Bound to be interest old chap, it was units from BAOR that went to NI, taking them away from deterring the Soviets.

"Deviation" ? "Confusing" ? On this website ?

Balderdash !

brum wrote:

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Bound to be interest old chap, it was units from BAOR that went to NI, taking them away from deterring the Soviets.

"Deviation" ? "Confusing" ? On this website ? Balderdash ![/quote]


Eh up, Brum ! Nice to see you in accord ! Agreed BAOR units were involved in NI. Well worth a separate topic , and quite relevant to a BFG website.

But not relevant to "German Behaviour" after sneaking into that topic, and all such deviations, for that's what they are, can be worthy of their own spot where additions & expansions on their own theme can be given proper prominence . NI is one such and keeping all accounts of related experiences together adds to their value.

New Topic please ! Go to it !

[quote="brum"][quote="cartav"] but can see that a deviation from what began as a strictly BFG thread cpuld be confusing.



"Deviation" ? I'll give some deviation pal !

What could possibly be the origin of a word like "balderdash" ?

(. . . and how do you pronounce "cpuld" ?).

brum wrote:

"Deviation" ? I'll give some deviation pal !
What could possibly be the origin of a word like "balderdash" ( A) ?

(. . . and how do you pronounce "cpuld" ?).

( B )

A. Balderdash ? dunno, mate.... One of yours, not mine !!!!!

B. Cpuld ....... Caused by inexcusable finger trouble or possibly an abbreviation
for the similarly sounding "Coupled", which indicates DEVIOUS
activity between a consenting pair .

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DEVIOUS
activity between a consenting pair .

What is it with you old blokes that you manage to introduce SEX to every thread?

Brum our chat regarding Lurgan/Portadown has clearly not gone down very well with some troops...looking forward to my retirement then will have more free time to join in...at the moment check in the morning and the evening and feel if a post is worth reply to do it...something to do with gas bottles was the point I think...all the best young Steve

Gordon. wrote:

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DEVIOUS
activity between a consenting pair .

What is it with you old blokes that you manage to introduce SEX to every thread?

Just like the old BAOR days Brum those who talk about it are not getting it...

[quote="steve"]Brum our chat regarding Lurgan/Portadown has clearly not gone down very well with some troops../quote]



Don't take too seriously Steve ! (at least most of it !) It's just Brum and me having a tongue in cheek dig at each other....... I think ! Keeps the wits sharp when there's nowt but football on the tele.

I saw advertising for a Katja Ebstein at a concert to be held in Bad Salzuflen later this year, now there's a name from the late 60s.

Hi Lee Hi Lo , Es war ein mal ein jaeger.........

this meandering sex fingy , wos it brass or staybrite. ginger

steve wrote:

Gordon. wrote:

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DEVIOUS
activity between a consenting pair .

What is it with you old blokes that you manage to introduce SEX to every thread?

Just like the old BAOR days Brum those who talk about it are not getting it...

I Feel like my avatar, Old Bill, All this stuff, having nothing to do with me, flying over my head !
(Adherents to this trivia will note, I have NEVER mentioned sex !).

Over to you, Over !

gingerjim wrote:

this meandering sex fingy , wos it brass or staybrite. ginger

Tell me Jim, have you any connection with Spike Milligan ?

(There is a certain amount of lateral thinking going on here !).

brum wrote:

steve wrote:

Gordon. wrote:

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DEVIOUS
activity between a consenting pair .

What is it with you old blokes that you manage to introduce SEX to every thread?

Just like the old BAOR days Brum those who talk about it are not getting it...

(Adherents to this trivia will note, I have _NEVER MENTIONED SEX !).

Over to you, Over !

Roger that ! Hate to call attention to it, but you just have !
And it has been my experience that young whippersnappers who repeat such comment as you quote, are those who have just discovered it and think they invented it........

brum it is said i am as nutty as spike milligan , but i cant quite share his genius ginger.

Probably just as well mate, he did go a bit barmy in the end !

Not to be picky, but if we can get Lt Col right, how come it's Let Gen

We got that one wrong, just like "Le Maj

Earlier on in this thread, several of you mentioned the heaters -- or lack thereof -- in your barracks.

I distinctly remember oil space heaters lit by those taper things one lit then dropped into the top of them -- into the pool of oil if memory serves (might be wrong on that point. Does seem an opportunity for one helluva flash fire to me!). Damn things reeked.

On my Dad's 2nd tour, housing was at a premium and after staying with German friends for 3 months we moved into a dinky 2-room place in a tiny village just over the hills from the Sorpe sea called Mellen, not far from a town out along the Hoennetal called Balve. It consisted of a large kitchen and a bedroom off the side. Mom and Dad had the bedroom and I slept on a horse-hair divan in the kitchen (lit by a round flourescent light in the middle of the ceiling one could hear blinking into life when Mom got up and turned it on in the mornings....I hated that sound!).

At the foot of the divan was an ancient old space heater. Dad had to truck down to the back shed every other day or so, pump out oil from the large tank down there into some sort of jerry can or whatever and haul that up to the room to fill the damn thing. Even now, some 40+ years later (aaaaaghh!!!) I can still recall the aroma of damp that permeated the rooms and this thing's oil. Stifling.

We also boiled our water, as an aside. And Mom used what she referred to as her German kettle to make coffee or tea. A coil one plugged in and stuck into the water...as the coil heated up it of course boiled the water. Imagine sticking a coil into a cup or container of water! But that was what was used.

She also had her "German washing machine". a long-handled thing with a large perforated brass bell on the end. This thing would be plunged up and down in a tub of water full of clothes, the idea being it agitated soapy water through the clothes. One step up, I suppose, from taking them down to the river and pounding them on the rocks!

Primitive....but interesting.

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Imagine sticking a coil into a cup or container of water! But that was what was used.

A curly poker Stephen..Used them often..and still lived to tell the tale

Gordon. wrote:

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Imagine sticking a coil into a cup or container of water! But that was what was used.

A curly poker Stephen..Used them often..and still lived to tell the tale

If you owned one of those in the Barrack Room, you were everybodys mate!

Used them a lot on exercises...

Stephen Lock wrote:

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She also had her "German washing machine". a long-handled thing with a large perforated brass bell on the end.

Clever lot these Germans ! Long handled thing with bells on ! Sounds a bit like our more basic "posher".......... long handled thing with three smaller bits on one end that was shoved up & down in the dolly tub , or built in copper if the house was older. But bells ! That sounds exotic,....... !''

[quote="Shelldrake"][quote="Gordon."]

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Imagine sticking a coil into a cup or container of water! But that was what was used.

Had one once that worked off the fag lighter socket in the motor,,,,,,,,,, but sticking a compo tin half full of water on the exhaust manifold could be quicker, but dodgy if it got anywhere near the spark plugs. Come to think of it, kids dined on tins of baby food on a journey which were heated the same way.

Gordon. wrote:

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Imagine sticking a coil into a cup or container of water! But that was what was used.

A curly poker Stephen..Used them often..and still lived to tell the tale

Bless you sir !
What we have, here pictured, is the much -discussed-earlier, "brew stick".
A barrackroom would club together to buy one.
Having cadged a large can from the cookhouse and with a stock of tea and sugar, left over from the guard's supper, you had the hub of a warm, enclosing little community to which you belonged. Totally alien to the civilian world but very important to the young soldier. The tea was usually shite but that was irrelevelent.
(Shit I've spelt that wrong, EPC (A) shot to bits). If anyone reading this never experienced such comradeship, then your life is that much the poorer for it.
Sah !

That reminds me.The one we used in camp had the two pin German plug while the exercise one was adapted to three pin UK plug.