Bloody Crabs!

[McMuckles]

does anyone else know where the name "crabfat" comes from?:-0)

According to interweb -
The reason the RAF are called crab fats by the Royal Navy goes back a few years and lies in the fact that naval personnel used to use the grease that the gun shells were caked in to get rid of crabs which they had picked up after visiting some brothel overseas.
The term crab fat derived from the grease they used, it happened to be the same colour as the RAF uniform.


Although think it has probably more to do with homosexual relations between the senior and junior service of the Armed Forces

 

[Centaur]

According to interweb -
The reason the RAF are called crab fats by the Royal Navy goes back a few years and lies in the fact that naval personnel used to use the grease that the gun shells were caked in to get rid of crabs which they had picked up after visiting some brothel overseas.
The term crab fat derived from the grease they used, it happened to be the same colour as the RAF uniform.


Although think it has probably more to do with homosexual relations between the senior and junior service of the Armed Forces

Don't agree with that bit McM. Rum,bum and baccy boys!:-0)

 

[madlandrover]

Maybe Crab bullshit is more bitchy and underhand than what we know from our individual experiences

It is :-0) sadly this is all too typical an example of someone making a point that there are plenty more applying. The RN were far more sensible, although they did expect us to work full days rather than 0830-1630...

 

[derek kelly]

It is :-0)did expect us to work full days rather than 0830-1630...

Remember the Dog watch? 1st dog & 2nd dog

 

[madlandrover]

Allowed for careful planning for food times to get the freshest bits :lick:

 

[derek kelly]

Allowed for careful planning for food times to get the freshest bits :lick:

Except when in the middle of the Oggin & every meal contains faggots cos someone over ordered :eek, HMS Hermes, excercise Ocean Safari 1977

 

[madlandrover]

Could be worse. Never nice cleaning out after sweetcorn for the whole crew 3 nights in a row. Only a little carrier though...

 

[derek kelly]

One of the funniest things I ever saw was when we had some pongo's onboard & we were heading for Honduras.
There was a queue for dinner & I noticed that every so often the Pongo's would run from the queue with hands over their mouths.
As I got close to the servery I noticed what was making them run, someone had stuck a Turkish delight (the chocolate covered one not one of the proper Turkish ones) to the bulkhead & in the +100f heat it was melting & sliding down the bulkhead.

 

[radicalrabit]

Great shifts in Air Traffic ,,, work mid day till 5 then go off come on next day at 7 work till mid day, go off midday till 5 come back at 5 and work through the night till 7 the next morning. then get a day off to sleep repeat the shift pattern then three days off , Guard duty comes on your days off!....

Trade training used to be at Shawbury and then three years doing all the different positions. Local... Approach ....Director .

SATCO is invariable a complete arse grounded pilot.

No decent postings these days but he might get to be working in places like Afghanistan, and Iraq if he is unlucky he might get a posting to a bloody radar station ,,,, Good back ground for going to work in civilian air traffic and getting free flying lessons chucked in.

If he can learn to be a complete arse and talk down to people he will get on fine just remind him the guys and girls who fetch the coffee keep the weather and charts up to date are quite likely to gob in it if he treats them like shit! And when he is trying to handle three planes from late down wind base leg to finals and he misses one joining straight in because approach forgot to tell him or he missed the call, its the other sets of eyes and ears at the desk that will get him out of the shit, specially in his first few years. Not to mention the twats who get fed up of waiting at the lights and decide to cross the active at night , because they cant see round the corner of the hangar or the three ship formation that just lit the burners and you hear "rolling rolling go ..." ....ahhhh happy Days but shame he missed the best aircraft the RAF had Harriers and the Lightnings from Binbrook the Victors and Vulcans from Waddington and Scampton, the F4's from Lakenheath The Nimrods from Lossie , Ah and the seasonal fogs up the vale of york so Planes going into Dishforth and Topcliffe are all sat at Leeming blocking the place up ......


Trainee Pilots from foreign countries who don't know what the dead side is really make life interesting. Having to tell a fast jet to go round round again because the numpty infront who you ASKED TO LAND LONG AND TAKE THE FIRST OFF landed short and was intent upon taxiing the full length of the bloody runway .....

Wish him well in the RAF .....@tu* 8rfl@8rfl@8rfl@8rfl@

 

[Boggymarsh]

Sorry but WTF?c7u8

Does any of that make any sense or has the red wine left me seeing jibber?

 

[Centaur]

Yup Boggy.

It all makes sense to me. Except the best aircraft the RAF ever had were Shackletons! :bow: A million rivets flying in close formation. Four turning and two burning for take off and then the wings flexing to give a comfortable ride just above the oggin. Catching a Russian sub on the surface and tracking it for a couple of hours with sonobuoys. Unofficial joint exercises! Then the bastid surfaces again and sends a boat to collect our sonobuoys before they sink to the bottom!
Happy days.:-0)

 

[Boggymarsh]

You obviously speak the same language! 8rfl@

 

[Murt]

It's OK Jono, I have sent them a complaint on your behalf!

I was feeling a little brave, so fired off this email earlier.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>> To : Oberstleutnant, RAF, Stoke on Trent, UK
>> From : Concerned member of the public.

Dear Sir.

On Tuesday 16th April, my mate, (Well, he's not a mate really, just someone I stalk on the internet) took his young lad to the RAF Job Centre in Stoke on Trent for him to do a presentation (It was called a good grilling in the old days, but I suppose you lot are now too soft to use those tactics).

He left his very important ( to you, But what's a 'A' level these days eh) paperwork on the kitchen table, and your jumped up desk jockey refused to allow him to carry on with your mind games because he didn't have it with him. Even though YOU (Yes, I mean you personally as you are in charge!) didn't tell him he needed said papers on the day.

The whole game was then cancelled, and your little Hitler security guard in flying kit re arranged another date in Newcastle under Lyme.

That's really going to upset the do gooders isn't it! Causing a Carbon footprint the size of a cricket pitch when he travels to the next venue. A whole day away from the X box, and no Facebook whilst he's hanging about aimlessly for your 'lot' to think up more excuses to get overtime.

Now, Don't be an arse ( I'm sorry to use such language when we haven't been introduced, but it's true, isn't it), send one of your 'chaps' ( Preferably the one who speaks proper English) round to his address to sort it all out and the whole nasty episode will be forgotten.

I expect a response forthwith.


Yours XXXXXXXXXX

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Lazy git's haven't even responded yet!

No need to thank me mate, it was a pleasure!

;-0))

Murt

 

[Pow-Lo]

Sorry but WTF?c7u8

Does any of that make any sense or has the red wine left me seeing jibber?

You haven't had enough wine.

Pharmaceutical assistance is a preferable when trying to understand that muppet :bang:

 

[derek kelly]

the best chairs the RAF ever had were Shackletons!

Fixed it for ya Bill @tu*

 

[Jono]

He is also considering aircrew now, some RAF chap called at the house, he spoke proper English, told him to forget about his A levels, took his pulse and asked him his age, he has now been accepted for pilot training.
Happy Days all round. @tu*