Greetings

[Digby]

No prizes for guessing where I spent a lot of my time in the mob: 1984 - 2000

 

[vim_fuego]

Welcome Digby. What trade?

 

[Digby]

SpecTel -> ROT -> CSA
399su then 591su. 591 were the happiest years of my working life, I bloody loved it there. Ended up in 'Compusec' what we now call Cyber Security. Served me well!
Being on det with some of the characters there, I'll never forget it. One disaster to another

 

[sid the squid]

there were plenty of interesting characters at diggers, who probably would all be kicked out in todays modern RAF

 

[Digby]

there were plenty of interesting characters at diggers, who probably would all be kicked out in todays modern RAF

Glad I served when I did, from reading these boards it seems the RAF was a much more interesting experience back then.

 

[Witty_Banter]

Diggers has most certainly changed since your time. Personally I've been posted there twice, and I'd rather PVR than accept another posting there....I don't know what's more soul-destroying: the work environment, the station itself, or it's location!

 

[Digzster]

Diggers has most certainly changed since your time. Personally I've been posted there twice, and I'd rather PVR than accept another posting there....I don't know what's more soul-destroying: the work environment, the station itself, or it's location!

The four letter influence? ......ARMY

 

[Digby]

When I was there I eventually bought my own place in Lincoln, a lot of us in the ROT trade did just that. Lincoln was a nice place, we (my then GF who became my wife) loved it there, great pubs and restaurants. Some of the Lincoln locals had a reputation for being a bit anti-RAF, i never experienced any problems myself.

 

[Witty_Banter]

The four letter influence? ......ARMY

That's certainly a large part of it, yes (though the same can be said for every Joint posting our trade has just now. Int Corps aren't so bad to work for, but I'd rather dip my nadgers in molten lead than work for RSigs Regt.

When I was there I eventually bought my own place in Lincoln, a lot of us in the ROT trade did just that. Lincoln was a nice place, we (my then GF who became my wife) loved it there, great pubs and restaurants. Some of the Lincoln locals had a reputation for being a bit anti-RAF, i never experienced any problems myself.

Yeah quite a lot of the 'RAF Lincolnshire' tribe still tend to buy locally. There are still great pubs and restaurants, and I've not nothing against Lincoln itself, generally it's got everything you could need. But Digby itself is pretty soulless; there's an air of depression than seems to surround the camp. It's not so much a problem with the locals, more the 1st world problems that come with living in that area (crappy roads that never seem to get de-iced in winter, micro-bugs that flood your house in summer, the stink from the surrounding fields, the fact that you can't walk to a local pub without risking your life on the unlit, pavementless roads, etc).

 

[Digby]

Oh god yes, I remember walking to the Royal Oak in Scopwick many times on that fast road in the middle of winter, just for a decent pint of bitter and some cheese and pickle sandwiches
No wonder so many of us moved off base.

 

[Witty_Banter]

Oh god yes, I remember walking to the Royal Oak in Scopwick many times on that fast road in the middle of winter, just for a decent pint of bitter and some cheese and pickle sandwiches
No wonder so many of us moved off base.

Royal Oak - very nice looking pub, never had the guts to walk that far (in the dark, no pavement, risk of beer goggles on the way home...)