Trev501 wrote: I had a great time in Bermuda right up until the First Lieutenant landed on me breaking a couple of ribs :-) HMS Montrose, 1998-2000!
tigertony wrote:Trev501 wrote: I had a great time in Bermuda right up until the First Lieutenant landed on me breaking a couple of ribsHMS Montrose, 1998-2000!
Wasn't that the irrepressible drunken loud eccentric BUT fantastic Charles Howeson. He was just something elseMy boss in Gib - had his mini-moke brought out on an RFA
tigertony wrote:Trev501 wrote: I had a great time in Bermuda right up until the First Lieutenant landed on me breaking a couple of ribsHMS Montrose, 1998-2000!
Wasn't that the irrepressible drunken loud eccentric BUT fantastic Charles Howeson. He was just something elseMy boss in Gib - had his mini-moke brought out on an RFA
I think a closer inspection will show that it says "aboard" and not "abroad"! (Or do they have a Mexico Mess Deck in Argyll?)Wilfredo wrote: Yep in Mekico, will post the famous green army shirt later
So why has he spent so much time working for non-achieving QUANGOs then?tigertony wrote: Actually - he / family have some serious dosh - get him into Argyle
memory man wrote:So why has he spent so much time working for non-achieving QUANGOs then?tigertony wrote: Actually - he / family have some serious dosh - get him into Argyle :greensmile:
Cannot argue with that. Would like to have seen a Cheif Whip who impose anything on him! He was there (Gib) towards the end of my time and certainly made the social arena and ONH a better place to be. Without ever being near the ship I had heard he was a legend during his time in Cleo.tigertony wrote:memory man wrote:So why has he spent so much time working for non-achieving QUANGOs then?tigertony wrote: Actually - he / family have some serious dosh - get him into Argyle
no idea. He is/was Chairman of FGW. His last house had a huge outdoor model railway
http://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/201 ... 66x668.jpg
He left the RN to try and become an MP but didn't quite make it. Its one of about 2 reasons the RN are obliged to let you back in again. He would have been huge in the Commons - and kept the bar afloat.![]()
I took my relief to see him at 9am and his first words were ''wobbly coffee?''
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