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Post by elystokie on Aug 28, 2019 16:38:26 GMT
If you could sign this petition for us all to get a railcard I'm sure it would be much appreciated by many. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266193Dont have to be ex forces, anyone can sign if you'd like to help out  |
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Post by salopstick on Aug 28, 2019 16:45:39 GMT
I’m not one who thinks that forces and ex forces should be entitled by right to any discounts but they are always welcome when offered.
For that reason I can’t sign it.
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Post by franklin66 on Aug 28, 2019 16:49:40 GMT
Signed mate.
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Post by crapslinger on Aug 28, 2019 17:03:52 GMT
Done matey.
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Post by mattyd on Aug 28, 2019 19:01:50 GMT
Done
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 28, 2019 19:10:18 GMT
If you could sign this petition for us all to get a railcard I'm sure it would be much appreciated by many. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266193Dont have to be ex forces, anyone can sign if you'd like to help out Done Ely. Us Submariners have to help skimmers any way we can 😜😉 |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2019 19:17:24 GMT
Fuck me how much more discounted stuff do they want 🙄😘
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Post by elystokie on Aug 28, 2019 19:43:16 GMT
Fuck me how much more discounted stuff do they want 🙄😘 Massage parlours would be nice if you can sort it  |
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Post by marylandstoke on Aug 28, 2019 19:57:47 GMT
Fuck me how much more discounted stuff do they want 🙄😘 Massage parlours would be nice if you can sort it I am sure there’s a couple of ex submariners that would give you a rub and tug. All those hours down there surrounded by nothing but seamen.  |
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Post by elystokie on Aug 28, 2019 20:03:15 GMT
If you could sign this petition for us all to get a railcard I'm sure it would be much appreciated by many. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/266193Dont have to be ex forces, anyone can sign if you'd like to help out Done Ely. Us Submariners have to help skimmers any way we can 😜😉 Cheers mate, glad they paid you so much, you deserve it, they could have offered me double money and I'd still have left if they'd drafted me to subs, it was the one thing I was dreading, thankfully I got a gas ship |
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Post by elystokie on Aug 28, 2019 20:05:04 GMT
Massage parlours would be nice if you can sort it I am sure there’s a couple of ex submariners that would give you a rub and tug. All those hours down there surrounded by nothing but seamen. Is that a no? I see what you did there with the seaman thing, I'm surprised noone's thought of it before... |
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Post by claytonscrubs on Aug 28, 2019 20:31:51 GMT
Ely...signed it mate.
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Aug 28, 2019 21:07:04 GMT
Signed mate.
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 29, 2019 6:18:50 GMT
Done Ely. Us Submariners have to help skimmers any way we can 😜😉 Cheers mate, glad they paid you so much, you deserve it, they could have offered me double money and I'd still have left if they'd drafted me to subs, it was the one thing I was dreading, thankfully I got a gas ship There’s a great dit that did the rounds when I was working at GUZZ FMG ........one of our young stokers was drafted to submarines against his will. One morning he was called up to Drake for pre joining medical where they found his blood pressure was high. The doc asked him if he’d drank any alcohol the night before to which our intrepid Stoker said he’d had a few pints. The doc told him to come back in the afternoon to re check his bp. Needless to say our man spent the lunch hour at the NAAFI bar followed by a packet of polo mints. He ended up staying surface ships. BTW signed the petition. It’ll go nicely with my free bus pass 😀 |
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Post by felonious on Aug 29, 2019 7:30:52 GMT
Done Ely. Us Submariners have to help skimmers any way we can 😜😉 Cheers mate, glad they paid you so much, you deserve it, they could have offered me double money and I'd still have left if they'd drafted me to subs, it was the one thing I was dreading, thankfully I got a gas ship Still a touchy subject though |
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Post by elystokie on Aug 29, 2019 8:32:36 GMT
Cheers mate, glad they paid you so much, you deserve it, they could have offered me double money and I'd still have left if they'd drafted me to subs, it was the one thing I was dreading, thankfully I got a gas ship Still a touchy subject though Nah Nige, those blokes genuinely deserved it It admittedly used to kick off in Gib fairly regularly when the fuckers used to throw money on the floor in the pub to take the piss, but we didn't need too many excuses to kick off in those days  My last shift leader spent his whole navy career in the submarine branch, on nukes, after 8 years or so of listening to him moan his bag off about never seeing much of the world I'm more than happy with the choices I made |
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Post by Northy on Aug 29, 2019 10:58:24 GMT
scribed it
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Post by 4kingal on Aug 29, 2019 11:20:06 GMT
Done.
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Aug 29, 2019 13:09:30 GMT
I’m not one who thinks that forces and ex forces should be entitled by right to any discounts but they are always welcome when offered. For that reason I can’t sign it.
On principal i agree with that....however, the fact is that you've all done a job that there's no way i (or most people) could ever manage to do, so i think you deserve maybe a little bit of thanks for everything you've all done for us all
For that reason, bollocks to you Al...i've signed it  |
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 29, 2019 18:44:05 GMT
A pleasure to sign it for you and all other ex-Forces members, Eels.  |
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Post by murphthesurf on Aug 29, 2019 20:20:33 GMT
Fuck me how much more discounted stuff do they want 🙄😘 Probably 25% off any sort of home improvement work they have done. xxx Missing you already. xxx |
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Post by Dresden_scfc on Aug 29, 2019 20:39:42 GMT
Signed mate 👍
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 29, 2019 22:29:04 GMT
Fuck me how much more discounted stuff do they want 🙄😘 Probably 25% off any sort of home improvement work they have done. xxx Missing you already. xxx We did a 6 week deployment "up north" on Sheffield in 91 which was all Sea time. A colleague managed to make 1 Bic disposable razor last the whole deployment. On return to U.K. he wrote to Bic saying how wonderful their razors are in the hope they would sent him some free stuff. They sent him one new disposable razor with a very nice letter and a footnote saying please accept a complimentary supply of razors for your next 6 weeks worth of shaving. |
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Aug 30, 2019 7:25:29 GMT
Bit vague this one. What's the qualifying criteria? What if you were in the forces for a year, were a complete tool and got court marshalled (I'm guessing here) - should they get reduced travel? And for how long? For the rest of their lives? Sounds a bit of an administrive nightmare to me.
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 30, 2019 7:47:36 GMT
I took me mother & stepfather to a production of 1000 Arabian Nights that my daughter was in.
Whilst ordering drinks for the interval, stepfather said,”Do I get discount for exforces”
“What were you in?” Said the man behind the bar(volunteering for a not for profit organisation)
“RAF” Said stepfather
“Oh, I was in the RAF, but the majority of my service was in the Navy.
What did you do in the RAF?” Asked the barman.
“Drive lorries for logistics!”
He’d only tried to give it the big’un & been upstaged by an officer.
My mother was furious & he didn’t get any discount.
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Post by elystokie on Aug 30, 2019 8:16:21 GMT
Bit vague this one. What's the qualifying criteria? What if you were in the forces for a year, were a complete tool and got court marshalled (I'm guessing here) - should they get reduced travel? And for how long? For the rest of their lives? Sounds a bit of an administrive nightmare to me. Not a clue how this one will work (if it's granted obviously) but the Defence discount card is, I think, granted to anyone who can prove they served, no matter the length of their service. |
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Post by Dutchpeter on Aug 30, 2019 10:20:12 GMT
Bit vague this one. What's the qualifying criteria? What if you were in the forces for a year, were a complete tool and got court marshalled (I'm guessing here) - should they get reduced travel? And for how long? For the rest of their lives? Sounds a bit of an administrive nightmare to me. Not a clue how this one will work (if it's granted obviously) but the Defence discount card is, I think, granted to anyone who can prove they served, no matter the length of their service. I’ve got a Defence discount card now I’m outside. Loads of good offers/discounts etc for those who served. However, I was a bit surprised when the imperial war museum Duxford gives students entrance discount but not veterans. Go figure as the yanks say. |
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 30, 2019 10:36:57 GMT
Not a clue how this one will work (if it's granted obviously) but the Defence discount card is, I think, granted to anyone who can prove they served, no matter the length of their service. I’ve got a Defence discount card now I’m outside. Loads of good offers/discounts etc for those who served. However, I was a bit surprised when the imperial war museum Duxford gives students entrance discount but not veterans. Go figure as the yanks say. Duxford was originally known as Duxworth and listed as Dukeswrthe in the 10th century, and Dochesuuorde in the Domesday Book the village's name comes from "Worth (enclosure) of a man called Duc" |
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Post by elystokie on Aug 30, 2019 10:38:23 GMT
Not a clue how this one will work (if it's granted obviously) but the Defence discount card is, I think, granted to anyone who can prove they served, no matter the length of their service. I’ve got a Defence discount card now I’m outside. Loads of good offers/discounts etc for those who served. However, I was a bit surprised when the imperial war museum Duxford gives students entrance discount but not veterans. Go figure as the yanks say. Yeh, the discount card really is excellent at times, I'm not surprised by the war museum thing if I'm honest, haven't checked but I wouldn't be surprised if we got charged full price for the RN Museum in Pompey as well. Talking of yanks, I gather their veterans (and serving personnel) get treated extremely well as far as discounts etc. goes and have done for many years, they seem to have something of a different view of their veterans to us. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2019 10:43:28 GMT
Fuck me how much more discounted stuff do they want 🙄😘 Probably 25% off any sort of home improvement work they have done. xxx Missing you already. xxx I havent been anywhere 🤔😁 |
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