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    Youth Training Scheme - YTS

    17 driving a sherpa with no lights on took the liney out, in those no such thing as high viz in those days not that it would have made any difference, the liney was a good lad with his whole life in front of him,and yes some YTS did go on to do good things and 22 years,my point is it should...
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    Youth Training Scheme - YTS

    a 17 year old unsupervised driving on a airfield with no lights on hit and killed a 228 lineyat conz in the 80s, last thing you need is yts again
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    Contracted out State pension.

    if i carry on to end of tax year 23-24 i will get full whack as it is now its a difference of £480 a year when and if i get ro 67. This despite only having 21 days out of work from my 18th birthday, 9 service,31+Civil service
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    Is Ukraine about to get messy?

    my feeling was that he was always playing the long game, those of us who spend our youth in nbc kit and has's are saying told you so
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    When did last person to see ww2 leave the RAF?

    when i got to conz 82, there was a officer in ops with AG bevert iirc
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    Best Way to Move 'Insulate Britain' Dick Heads?

    those of us in advancing years may recall the deep joy of watching the exercise peace protesters getting washed away by the fire section mk 9 crash truck monlter at 14 bar iircs ame thing for real in cyprus years ago
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    RAF Branches and Trades; to be reduced from 68 to 11

    GDs really had the shitty stick at stanley, but we would have ended up on working partys without them
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    RAF Branches and Trades; to be reduced from 68 to 11

    more like contracter and those that fly
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    Uniform Questionnaire

    bit off subject but crapita have just signed off a new fire kit contract as service fftrs will be wearing it i take it it has to go past DCTA? first.?
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    Marham E-Scooters

    emergencey one from scotland are selling electric fire appliances
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    Falklands - Was it a Good Det?

    Fireman, 1st trip with me in 84 boat down and back, 24 on 24 off so we in effect had a single room on the coastel, busy days at work,busy nights in the shed,2 weeks 'rest' at kellys garden,and trips to check fire kit at every out station and hilltop. The other shift had a bimbo planned, however...
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    Falklands - Was it a Good Det?

    a friend did 7 full tours
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    More reductions

    yeah thats fine as long as we never go to war with anyone not armed with more than an AK. there is no slack to fall back on if TSHTF
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    More reductions

    I'm a old fart, but if as a young spoon i'd told an 'old' style catering WO i wanted PAYD (which i did not) he would have righty smacked me round the head, some sowed the seeds that screwed things up for todays troops
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    swinderby early 80's

    started on the 31/12/81, as it was new year they let us go for a couple,the DI Cpi was 2 hours late the next day, iirc we marched ourselves to med cte for jabs!
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    lndh fftr jobs at menwith hill harrogate yorkshire

    if your just leaving or left the raf trade of firefighter and live "up north",the yanks are taking on fftrs under lndh terms(not dfrmo) at menwith hill,goggle lndh jobs and it will take you to the mildenhall jobspage.as it states in advert you have to be able to get dv clearance.
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    defence fire and rescue lossiemouth.

    5 fftr posts advertised on the civil service jobs website.
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    The engine of death.

    Could someone please be as kind,to in very basic terms,give me some idea how to get rid of Babylon and also text enhancer,both where downloaded by default and now seem be impossible to delete,and pop up again not matter what we try,the computers on IE8. thanks.
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    Raf fire service open to officer's.

    Is there any truth in the rumours that officers are being recruited direct into the RAF as officers in the fire trade?
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    help for thickie.

    How do you restore goggle back to classic home page,the new one has the favourites tool in the corner and a third of the size,not good for someone fighting off the need for glasses.
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