Xmas Island

[rogerslimprs]

Hi there Bob,.

Great stuff. Reminds me of my old days. A little before my time by a couple of years. Ihave copied your piece on the experience there and passed it to the RAF Hospital Ely Association for their interest and in the hope that somebody from the group may have been with you. We have members going back to 1949.

I agree, get the book written, it sounds like a great read.

 

[laboratoryqueen]

found this on youtube

 

[pie sandwich]

This is what J. Robert Oppenheimer said after the Trinity test part of the Manhattan project

"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says,

'Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that one way or another."

I think that puts very well the way in which people thought having witnessed such an event.

 

[Realist78]

Mmm, the mention of "the 3 great powers", how far we have gone down the slope!:raf:

 

[Edzar]

Bob that was a fascinating story and brought back a few memories of recent detachments to various dumps in the worold like GW1 and Op Provide Comfort in Turkey right after....it's great home again and being able to crap without flies buzzing yer hoop!!!

Lab Queen thanks for that vid clip....seen it before but as you get older you sort of realise and wonder why on earth our politicians went down that road, and glad they did now or we may not have been where we are today without that deterrent.
What worries me is what lays ahead with the lack of interest in and depletion of the UK's Armed Forces today.....