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ORIGINAL: Dixie

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ORIGINAL: Dixie

I'm still in the RAF, only another 13 months left on my contract though so not for long! Still fixing them, I moved bases though so now I fix Spitfires, Hurricanes and a Lancaster bomber [8D]

Martin, firmly decided to leave RAF when this contract expires?

Hi Leo, I'm 99% certain I'm leaving (although you can never be entirely sure until it happens, hence the 1%) for various reasons. I wanted to get to BBMF when I joined the RAF and I've achieved that, there's not really anywhere that's available for me to go that makes me think "I want to do that". Now that we've got children I'm not willing to move my family around any more. My wife is settled at her work and has recently been promoted and she's close to her family which is important to her. Things are changing in the RAF (and the MoD as a whole), and not for the better IMO. I'm not willing to journey off to various far-flung corners of the world at the drop of a hat like I used to be.


In truth, I think I've just become jaded with the RAF (as the faceless entity that employs me rather than my actual work place). The military want (need?) me to be someone who I am not willing to be anymore. Things might change, but I don't expect it.

ORIGINAL: Dixie
Now that we've got children I'm not willing to move my family around any more. My wife is settled at her work and has recently been promoted and she's close to her family which is important to her. Things are changing in the RAF (and the MoD as a whole), and not for the better IMO. I'm not willing to journey off to various far-flung corners of the world at the drop of a hat like I used to be.


In truth, I think I've just become jaded with the RAF (as the faceless entity that employs me rather than my actual work place). The military want (need?) me to be someone who I am not willing to be anymore. Things might change, but I don't expect it.

ORIGINAL: USS America

Andre, I believe you are making the right decision!

Martin, you almost exactly summed up my thoughts when I left the USN after 10 good years.

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,



Thanks for info Martin - fingers crossed!

BTW, are there any big civilian airports near where you live (so that you can work maintenance of civilian aircraft if you choose so)?


Leo "Apollo11"

ORIGINAL: nashvillen

Good Afternoon, morning spent playing wack-a-mole with server issues...

ORIGINAL: Symon

If ya'll care. Always liked Greek and loved gyros. Cook with yogurt all the time and have made some righteous tatziki, but could never get the gyro recipe quite right. Got some fresh ground lamb from Moseleys Meats and just had to “get her done” !!

Sort of a fan of Alton Brown’s recipe, but I like the kick of cumin and cardomom. Otherwise, nice. Then I go with J.Kenji Lopez’s take http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/06/gree ... d-lab.html and …do exactly what he says, except I use more spices, but hey (cool and tight, is in the light). His website is utterly fantastic. Same old ingredients, but a whole new way of combining them; Grecian delight, indeed.

Simple. Interesting. Outside the usual box. Good food.

ORIGINAL: Dixie

ORIGINAL: nashvillen

Good Afternoon, morning spent playing wack-a-mole with server issues...

Sounds fun! My morning was spent taking parts out of a Spitfire that we put in yesterday after they failed the first test. [:@] My afternoon was spent away from work, everyone else went go-karting so I dropped in on a veteran who I found lives in the village near me. Loads better than working!

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ORIGINAL: gladiatt

ORIGINAL: USS America

It's good to see you, Eric! Best wishes for your family's health! [:)]

Thank you Mike [:)]

Eric, I am Mike, also (some say there are too many Mikes here, but most of us Mikes disagree). Welcome back, I am relatively new to the thread, but someone has to keep CB and NoDak in line.

Best wishes for your wife and you. I am a cancer survivor myself and my mother is just finishing up a year of chemo for her breast cancer, also. It is just as hard on the family as the patient at times.

Mike

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Best wishes!

Also very glad to see you here again...


Leo "Apollo11"

ORIGINAL: USS America

Tomorrow is the Big Day!

What day is that, you ask?

It's the Army - Navy Game!!! [8D]

GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!