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Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:26 pm
Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #8Zitat von himoverthere im Beitrag #6 Not a sweeping generalisation, just my experience. Perhaps they didn't like out blue uniforms, but it was accepted in the RAF that the wales postings were the worst.
2020 R1250RS, 2018 Ducati 939 Supersport, 2018 Ducati Monster 821, 1967 Ducati 250 mk3.
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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #15 Bordeaux and Bergerac are local wines to me, can't beat them.
2020 R1250RS, 2018 Ducati 939 Supersport, 2018 Ducati Monster 821, 1967 Ducati 250 mk3.
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Zitat von himoverthere im Beitrag #16Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #8Zitat von himoverthere im Beitrag #6 any large government installation tends to cause division. Some locals benefit from civilian employment but many will not like the large influx of people, traffic, noise etc. When you add that to the resentment towards the London based government after the way the miners, dockers and steel workers were treated in the 1970s and 1980s then anyone representing that government might be the target of some hostility. As the RAF base near Barry closed in 2007 I am assuming you are basing your views on an experience some years ago. Perhaps the RAF as an organisation did not make many efforts to integrate with the local people? If the locals only see airmen on leave, perhaps in large groups and a little bit intoxicated then their judgement might be somewhat coloured. Relationships are a two way thing. |
Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #18Zitat von himoverthere im Beitrag #16Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #8Zitat von himoverthere im Beitrag #6 The RAF had airfields all over England and in Scotland too. No problems with any of those.
2020 R1250RS, 2018 Ducati 939 Supersport, 2018 Ducati Monster 821, 1967 Ducati 250 mk3.
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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #11 I worked at a greasy spoon in Pennsylvania when I was in Junior High and some of the customers would order their fries with gravy. Always thought that was weird :)
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #21Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #11 I did a week as a graveyard shift grill cook at a large truck stop on I-80. It was the middle of summer and the main freezer broke down. For several days, we kept stacking ice bags in the freezer. The ground beef went into the freezer with a sad brown color. It came out of the freeze as a yellowish shade of gray. It was "turning" but hadn't developed a stench. The manager told us to cook it. The truck drivers were OK with it, but one driver's dog wouldn't eat it...... I served a lot of bad food that week and it took me years to stomach the smell of fried eggs. I still wretch whenever I smell "butter-flavored Crisco". Any preparation of new beef, chipped beef or sausage gravy, escaped me. There was the same steam table containers at the edge of the grill every evening. At the beginning of shift, you broke the hardened crust and stirred it under. I found a healthier job working as a mechanic's assistant / gas jockey at the local Gulf station....
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I was in Wales on Friday with the BMW Motorrad club Southern section .
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