Younger folks just don't understand

[Quiney]

I was talking with my son and his friend recently and they collapsed into laughing heaps when I mentioned that when I was younger I often was grateful for the existance of 'solderless nipples'

 

[derek kelly]

Think I too would have sniggered at that

 

[Jaws]

I think you can still get them.
like a lot of nipples they tend to be small and fiddly

 

[andyBeaker]

I think you can still get them.
like a lot of nipples they tend to be small and fiddly

You can still get nippleless solder as well.

 

[Jaws]

You can still get nippleless solder as well.

True... In fact I have some ..........

 

[Squag1]

And you can get into trouble fiddling with them

 

[Centaur]

Lovely when they stand out in the cold!

 

[Quiney]

Lovely when they stand out in the cold!

As the engineers used to say 'Like 3/8th Whitworth studs'

 

[derek kelly]

As the engineers used to say 'Like 3/8th Whitworth studs'

Don't think I've ever heard an engineer say that.

 

[Centaur]

Don't think I've ever heard an engineer say that.

You have now.

 

[Quiney]

Don't think I've ever heard an engineer say that.

Thats because you only played at going to sea, not like us Merchant lads !

 

[derek kelly]

You have now.

Nope, still not "heard" an engineer say it.

 

[derek kelly]

Thats because you only played at going to sea, not like us Merchant lads !

RFA Olna needed a repair job in the Atlantic, too big a job for the Merch so they borrowed a couple of engineers from HMS Hermes.
RN, senior service & best at everything.

 

[andyBeaker]

RFA Olna needed a repair job in the Atlantic, too big a job for the Merch so they borrowed a couple of engineers from HMS Hermes.
RN, senior service & best at everything.

Agreed.

 

[Me!]

RFA Olna needed a repair job in the Atlantic, too big a job for the Merch so they borrowed a couple of engineers from HMS Hermes.
RN, senior service & best at everything.

I wonder who that was ...

 

[derek kelly]

I wonder who that was ...

Dunno, I was a radio operator.

 

[Quiney]

RFA Olna needed a repair job in the Atlantic, too big a job for the Merch so they borrowed a couple of engineers from HMS Hermes.
RN, senior service & best at everything.

RFA - Grey Funnel Line. What do you expect, weekend sailors.

 

[slim63]

Dunno, I was a radio operator.

You would think a radio operator would know everything going on

 

[Centaur]

RFA Olna needed a repair job in the Atlantic, too big a job for the Merch so they borrowed a couple of engineers from HMS Hermes.
RN, senior service & best at everything.

Rum, bum and baccy boys!

 

[derek kelly]

You would think a radio operator would know everything going on

We do but we signed the official secrets act.