Is my father in law James Bond?
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StanleyT said:
My Uncles father was brought "out of retirement" to help finish building Dungeness Nuclear Reactor.
He'd retired from the design team before the construction started in 1969, and was there still in 1985 aged 86 in, you guessed it "quality control".
Used to get picked up by a chauffeur car from South London to take him to Dungeness and brought back every night.
I worked in the nuclear industry in the late 1980s and Dungeness was well known as a strange place, first new reactor to be built of that design, last to generate electricity. I asked my Uncles father one family funeral what really went on and jokingly said "were you building a nuclear torpedo in there for the Falkland wars".
He replied "Four pieces of advice for you laddie, 1) never throw bodies in lakes, always a fast moving river, takes them away from the crime scene, 2) if you need to bury a body, dig a vertical hole, not a horizontal grave, leaves a smaller footprint on the ground, 3) I'm colourblind, so don't ask about the boathouse doors, 4) If we want to use a nuclear reactor to do anything other than just electricity we can do that easily. I'm just not going to tell you how".
Sounds like he's never dug a hole before. He'd retired from the design team before the construction started in 1969, and was there still in 1985 aged 86 in, you guessed it "quality control".
Used to get picked up by a chauffeur car from South London to take him to Dungeness and brought back every night.
I worked in the nuclear industry in the late 1980s and Dungeness was well known as a strange place, first new reactor to be built of that design, last to generate electricity. I asked my Uncles father one family funeral what really went on and jokingly said "were you building a nuclear torpedo in there for the Falkland wars".
He replied "Four pieces of advice for you laddie, 1) never throw bodies in lakes, always a fast moving river, takes them away from the crime scene, 2) if you need to bury a body, dig a vertical hole, not a horizontal grave, leaves a smaller footprint on the ground, 3) I'm colourblind, so don't ask about the boathouse doors, 4) If we want to use a nuclear reactor to do anything other than just electricity we can do that easily. I'm just not going to tell you how".
SeeFive said:
So said:
Oh and my wife has just told me that when she was growing up her dad was endlessly being pulled by security in airports around the world, when they were trying to go on holiday.
Firstly, I am not directly employed by the intelligence services, but I did get the same issue a while back due to my work at the time. Some countries are quicker than others to deal with as there is a sort of protocol to follow. Basically, I was not allowed to volunteer certain information, or answer certain common questions, but I could respond to questions truthfully or refuse to answer in a specific way any common questions that would probably lead to a raised eyebrow if I answered truthfully. A bit confusing but thankfully something that can be recognised in certain countries. However, I t takes a lot longer if the guy that is interviewing you is not aware of those things. On entry to the US (who are supposed to understand) once I got a pull at immigration for an unrelated issue (quite a few recent, repetitive work related passport stamps the US don’t typically like). The bloke was clueless. After an hour and a half of frustration on both sides (more on his as I was not really in a hurry), he went and got someone else as I had been asking him to do for a while. After 3 quick questions and 3 even quicker satisfactory answers I was on my way.
Sheepshanks said:
SeeFive said:
So said:
Oh and my wife has just told me that when she was growing up her dad was endlessly being pulled by security in airports around the world, when they were trying to go on holiday.
Firstly, I am not directly employed by the intelligence services, but I did get the same issue a while back due to my work at the time. Some countries are quicker than others to deal with as there is a sort of protocol to follow. Basically, I was not allowed to volunteer certain information, or answer certain common questions, but I could respond to questions truthfully or refuse to answer in a specific way any common questions that would probably lead to a raised eyebrow if I answered truthfully. A bit confusing but thankfully something that can be recognised in certain countries. However, I t takes a lot longer if the guy that is interviewing you is not aware of those things. On entry to the US (who are supposed to understand) once I got a pull at immigration for an unrelated issue (quite a few recent, repetitive work related passport stamps the US don’t typically like). The bloke was clueless. After an hour and a half of frustration on both sides (more on his as I was not really in a hurry), he went and got someone else as I had been asking him to do for a while. After 3 quick questions and 3 even quicker satisfactory answers I was on my way.
So said:
Smokehead said:
What car does or did he drive?
Audi A3.As far as I can tell it hasn't got an ejector seat, bullet-proof pop-up screen or blades that extend from axles to slash the tyres of adjacent vehicles.
red_slr said:
Strange, there is a system in place that almost everyone goes onto if you are working outside of the UK for this very reason. Its been in place for years.
The issue was that no-one knew where to start, compounded with it happening on a Friday evening. Probably the only person who would have known was his dad.Sheepshanks said:
red_slr said:
Strange, there is a system in place that almost everyone goes onto if you are working outside of the UK for this very reason. Its been in place for years.
The issue was that no-one knew where to start, compounded with it happening on a Friday evening. Probably the only person who would have known was his dad.
k off to the pub. 
Military intelligence is not like James Bond, and simple answers to questions about jobs are pretty routine, or were when I was in the forces. As an example I was a Weapons Engineer, but IIRC occupation on travel documents said "Government Service" or something equally nondescript.
People with intelligence jobs have formal titles that sound quite ordinary. The RN advertise intelligence roles on their website, but you wouldn't know it from the job title.
People with intelligence jobs have formal titles that sound quite ordinary. The RN advertise intelligence roles on their website, but you wouldn't know it from the job title.
Dr Jekyll said:
Does he know much about Caribbean ornithology?
You have hit the nail on the head. We had an intern who commented shehad seen the book in the university library. I pointed out to her the greater significance of the author.On a side note what is the preferred Floris number?
AndrewEH1 said:
RC1807 said:
International security doesn't stop at 5pm London time on a Friday because they fk off to the pub.
You'd be surprised! (At least in terms of RAF working weekends!)k off to the pub. So if you are gonna attack UK, make sure it is when the England game is on telly
TBF, CWID is just an exercise, but is taken fairly seriously by the rest of NATO when the UK arm goes AWOL
AndrewEH1 said:
RC1807 said:
International security doesn't stop at 5pm London time on a Friday because they fk off to the pub.
You'd be surprised! (At least in terms of RAF working weekends!)k off to the pub. 
Fair one!
I knew there was a reason I originally wanted to join the RAF .... had I not f
ked up my O levels I would have been on a scholarship 
AndrewEH1 said:
RC1807 said:
International security doesn't stop at 5pm London time on a Friday because they fk off to the pub.
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