Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...
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Johnspex said:
Spare tyre said:
I feel I'm missing something. Isn't that illegal?
Lights? Technically not legal if they are flashing lights, although an amber one might be ok with some officers. When I had one I had a circuit breaker under the bonnet which I wired everything through, to prevent against accidentally turning it on. It's still deemed fitted by law, but is enough to satisfy most officers, although a few people have still be prosecuted.
Bullbars: I think they are legal to fit, but not sell in the UK unless e-marked?
BossHogg said:
Tyre Smoke said:
ShampooEfficient said:
BossHogg said:
I've had mine 37 years, I can still recite it without thinking - 2471****.
Must burn a bit to say "asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk" in the gas chamber 
Working the bar in the late 90's as a teen and saw a guy chatting up a girl, on leave from the Army, off on tour soon yadda yadda
Turned out she was with a couple of mates, who genuinely were in the Army, they started of friendly chatting, it soon transpires he's struggling and then they asked his number...the pause killed it for him...they then said oh you are in such and such (whatever regiment he'd said) you must be a Y87 something, he gives it oh yeah that's it, bless him, he didn't get the girl that night
Turned out she was with a couple of mates, who genuinely were in the Army, they started of friendly chatting, it soon transpires he's struggling and then they asked his number...the pause killed it for him...they then said oh you are in such and such (whatever regiment he'd said) you must be a Y87 something, he gives it oh yeah that's it, bless him, he didn't get the girl that night
Came across this guy on YT. Seems more vigilante than Mitty, but seemed to fit the criteria for this thread. He hides behind hedges etc, waiting for motorists to make a mistake before jumping out, filming them and sending footage to the Police. Sounds fair enough...kind of...but he keeps a running tally of how many points and fines he's achieved (Listed at the end of the video) and his attitude stinks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMQkguFpPqA
And as we're playing that game, my number started with 251 and I'm knocking on the door of 40.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMQkguFpPqA
And as we're playing that game, my number started with 251 and I'm knocking on the door of 40.
The Mad Monk said:
My number was 23 etc. The 'old' soldiers used to tell us about having the mickey taken because they were 23 etc by guys who were 22 etc, who in turn had the urine taken because it was a '2' and so it went on.
Was the same in the RN. Mine is D195***E which means I joined in Devonport (D) and 195 was early 80's. The numbers were purely sequential so you could place someone's time in the service reasonably easily.When PsycoWarren posted his, it looked different but it appears that it changed to the letter identifying gender and rank, and then later changed again to a common numbering so the numbers are lower even though he joined after me.
As others have said you have to say it in the gas chambers (with your mask off), which is quite an incentive to remember it.
Jonmx said:
Came across this guy on YT. Seems more vigilante than Mitty, but seemed to fit the criteria for this thread. He hides behind hedges etc, waiting for motorists to make a mistake before jumping out, filming them and sending footage to the Police. Sounds fair enough...kind of...but he keeps a running tally of how many points and fines he's achieved (Listed at the end of the video) and his attitude stinks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMQkguFpPqA
And as we're playing that game, my number started with 251 and I'm knocking on the door of 40.
Already been done on here, he even joined up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMQkguFpPqA
And as we're playing that game, my number started with 251 and I'm knocking on the door of 40.
Late one night, young Private Hogg was stagging on the barrier at the Royal Military Police Training Centre in Chichester, when the phone rang. A male voice on the other end explains that he's missed the last bus back to Portsmouth and is it possible to bunk down in the transit accommodation till the morning. I asked for his regimental number, he gave me a strange number, I figured it's Navy they have different numbers, he then gave his rank as Seaman - again I figured Navy - strange rank, I then asked for his surname, he replied Staines. When I read it back, I realised it was a wind up from our neighbouring Provost Company - they were promptly told to go forth and multiply and I slammed the phone down.
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