Qmel 
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Let me test just hwo fragile you are Jaz...ready...aim....
Reply #461. Jun 05 11, 6:53 PM
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MarchHare007
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*pops frozen peas into Mel's uzi*
Reply #462. Jun 05 11, 10:38 PM
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REDVIKING57
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When I was a boy,I had a pea-shooter. I'll never forget that Royal Marine on Guard Duty outside H.M.S.Ganges...........:))
Boy,did that get me into trouble!
Reply #463. Jun 06 11, 6:20 AM
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MarchHare007
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Peed off was he Red?
Reply #464. Jun 06 11, 6:54 AM
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REDVIKING57
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He was a tad annoyed. But not as much as my Dad - he was 'Officer of the Watch'!
I think my backside's still sore from that one! :((
Reply #465. Jun 06 11, 7:08 AM
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| C30
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When was that Red? I was there as a "Baby Sailor" in 1957.
Reply #466. Jun 06 11, 7:27 AM
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REDVIKING57
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That would be around 1963,Ray. "Baby Sailors" were called "Troggs" then. :))
Had my Blue Pass taken off me for a month!
Reply #467. Jun 06 11, 7:34 AM
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Jazmee27
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Only a month? :))
Reply #468. Jun 06 11, 9:25 AM
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_Morpheus_
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According to the special theory of eccentricity, time is relative.
Reply #469. Jun 06 11, 1:30 PM
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bloodandsand
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Not according to my uncle!
Reply #470. Jun 06 11, 1:45 PM
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| lesley153
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I'm still wondering what a blue pass is.
Reply #471. Jun 06 11, 3:06 PM
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| C30
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Didn't like to show my ignorance Lesley..........I did my training at GANGES but never heard of a "Blue Pass".......I suspect something issued to service families that enables them access to the establishment........but could be way out.
Come on Red...........tell!
Btw Red........."Trogs" were known as "Nozzers" in my GANGES days!
Reply #472. Jun 06 11, 3:13 PM
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Qmel
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Here in the United States, "baby sailors" or "trogs" are called millitary brats.
Reply #473. Jun 06 11, 5:32 PM
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REDVIKING57
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Well done,Ray - that's absolutely bang on! A perfect description of a 'Blue Pass'. So called because it was...... Blue........:))
Hope that's not too disappointingly mundane,Lesley? :))
Reply #474. Jun 07 11, 4:46 AM
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| C30
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QMel...........here "Military Brats" are the children of members of the armed forces............."Nozzers, Trogs, Sprogs"..........all names for new inhabitants of what you would call "Boot Camp".
It used to be permitted for teenagers between ages of 15-17 to join the Royal Navy proper........these were trained at the naval shore establishments of HMS ST. VINCENT (Portsmouth) or HMS GANGES (Near Ipswich). I did 12 months training at GANGES.
"Adult service" was deemed to start at the age of 18, so in reality, when I arrived back in Portsmouth after serving 18 months in Far East,in December 1959, I had actually clocked up 2 days of my 9 year enlistment!
Reply #475. Jun 07 11, 7:56 AM
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Qmel
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Well, I guess I don't know taht much about British millitary tradition.
Reply #476. Jun 07 11, 5:50 PM
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Jazmee27
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Neither do I, which is why I've taken a backseat during this discussion
Reply #477. Jun 07 11, 8:35 PM
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Jazmee27
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Don't hurt me, I'm sensitive :-)
Reply #478. Jun 07 11, 8:35 PM
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Jazmee27
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Ah, quit whining
Reply #479. Jun 07 11, 8:36 PM
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Jazmee27
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I'm not a baby, I'm just special!
Reply #480. Jun 07 11, 8:36 PM
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