Queen Elizabeth on the move

[Charlies Shinpad]

Remember getting a call round on the USS JFK Carrier in Naples again about 75 and they had gang warfare and armed robberies on her as it was so big!!!

 

[daveinprague]

Was that at the time of the documentary Sailing with Rod Stewart theme tune ..

No, a couple of years previous to that... ive looked for it, but dont see it anywhere..

 

[daveinprague]

Remember getting a call round on the USS JFK Carrier in Naples again about 75 and they had gang warfare and armed robberies on her as it was so big!!!

Yeah we heard of muggings on the Forrestal haha...Having said that, there were parts of the Ark that I never saw..

 

[Curious Orange]

Are you not bored of saying that? That's about the sixteenth time iirc, we def. won't have any planes if Corbyn has his way but thankfully he'll have to wait 5 years to be within any chance of that.

I think you may have me confused with someone else. The slow development of the F-35B is a bit of an issue though.

 

[lawros left foot]

Its great but something else for Corbyn to scrap if he ever got in power.

I believe BG, it was ordered by the Labour government, and Cameron tried to sell them, and postponed the aircraft for both ships until 2018- and 2020 respectively.

 

[lawros left foot]

Remember getting a call round on the USS JFK Carrier in Naples again about 75 and they had gang warfare and armed robberies on her as it was so big!!!

I got my nose broken playing football against the JFK in 76, got a call round though, it was segregated then, blacks up forrard, hispanics midships, and whites aft.

 

[matey]

A family friend spent his time in the brig on the Ark Royal for hitting an officer.. mind you looking at his place you would have thought he was still in the navy.

 

[daveinprague]

A family friend spent his time in the brig on the Ark Royal for hitting an officer.. mind you looking at his place you would have thought he was still in the navy.

My apartments since leaving the Navy have been quite cell like. I prefer to say minimilist, but truth is, its the Navy fault.

 

[Charlies Shinpad]

My apartments since leaving the Navy have been quite cell like. I prefer to say minimilist, but truth is, its the Navy fault.

Stays with you for life sadly
I've never let my missus iron any of my shirts etc and I can pack my holiday gear into a suitcase all paybook size and that pisses her right off

 

[BensGrandad]

I believe BG, it was ordered by the Labour government, and Cameron tried to sell them, and postponed the aircraft for both ships until 2018- and 2020 respectively.

That was not when Corbyn who is pro terrorist and anti defence was leader of the party. I think that you will find it was Tony Bliar in charge who really wanted to be a Tory MP but was rejected.

 

[lawros left foot]

That was not when Corbyn who is pro terrorist and anti defence was leader of the party. I think that you will find it was Tony Bliar in charge who really wanted to be a Tory MP but was rejected.

Still ordered by the Labour Party though, and Cameron didn't think our defence was important enough to keep them.

 

[lawros left foot]

That was not when Corbyn who is pro terrorist and anti defence was leader of the party. I think that you will find it was Tony Bliar in charge who really wanted to be a Tory MP but was rejected.

Not really the thread for this, but where is your source for Blair being rejected as a Tory MP. He joined Labour soon after he graduated, and has never been a member of the Conservative party

 

[BensGrandad]

Not really the thread for this, but where is your source for Blair being rejected as a Tory MP. He joined Labour soon after he graduated, and has never been a member of the Conservative party

I read when he became leader that he had previously applied for a safe Tory seat to become an MP but was rejected cant remeber where it was as it was at the time irrelevant and only became so when his name changed from Blair to BLIAR by pundits.

 

[lawros left foot]

I read when he became leader that he had previously applied for a safe Tory seat to become an MP but was rejected cant remeber where it was as it was at the time irrelevant and only became so when his name changed from Blair to BLIAR by pundits.

So, no credible source, I've looked everywhere on the net and can't find a mention of it anywhere, not even the Daily Mail have made that one up.

 

[BensGrandad]

So, no credible source, I've looked everywhere on the net and can't find a mention of it anywhere, not even the Daily Mail have made that one up.

I am sure I read it or perhaps heard it said on the radio or TV but it has stuck in my mind especially when people jokingly suggested he was the best Tory PM ever.

 

[Frutos]

Moving back to the ship and away from BensGrandad's latest misread/mishear/misremember, here's a timelapse of yesterday's events:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...elizabeth-prepares-to-leave-port-video-report

 

[vegster]

Its great but something else for Corbyn to scrap if he ever got in power.

It's only ever go out and round the Isle of Wight every 6 months or so as we can't afford to fill her up.

 

[daveinprague]

I remember being told when I was on the old Ark that it cost 7 quid a foot when sailing. Im guessing that included crews pay and fuel etc, but blimey, can only imagine how much it costs now, although, maybe technology has lowered the price.

 

[BlockDpete]

The commanding office is one Captain (Jerry) Kydd.....

Pieces of eight.....

 

[Husty]

I am sure I read it or perhaps heard it said on the radio or TV but it has stuck in my mind especially when people jokingly suggested he was the best Tory PM ever.

Have you had yourself checked out lately mate? Might be an idea.