Silly Picture Thread.

facthunter · November 12

Maybe I err on the other side. I try to keep it Simple and brief.. IF i was talking to a group I'd be basic in the coverage and encourage lots of questions and add a few myself if the need was there.. Any learning process needs consolidation soon after or much will disappear, Nev

old man emu · November 12

37 minutes ago, onetrack said:

all the blokes I knew who went through Officer training, ended up in major positions.

How did they perform, generally?

24 minutes ago, red750 said:

get truly lost in some of the posts on this forum, particulaly from OME

I do waffle on, don't I?

red750 · November 12

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

I do waffle on, don't I?

With all the work on your reno, I don't know where you get the time to do the research.

old man emu · November 12

Ummm Work on the reno???? Oh, yeah. That. Can't forget that.

nomadpete · November 12

3 hours ago, old man emu said:

How did they perform, generally?

On average, poorly. Just look how few generals we have

onetrack · November 12

I must say the vast majority of the officers in the Australian Army were good, and competent. But as always, there were a few who were just a PIA, and up themselves, and incompetent with it.

There were several incidents where infantry troops became enraged at officer incompetence, and poor treatment of other ranks, and this resulted in none-too-subtle warnings such as a grenade rolled into their tent. In those cases, the officer was normally shipped out pretty rapidly, and replaced.

Australia has few Generals because our military forces are few in number. In fact, senior officer positions are very limited and anyone wanting to further their career usually leaves the military for a position in civilian life. Engineering skills are in demand in civvy street, and I know more than one Vietnam veteran RAE officer who made a successful transition to civil engineering.

John Tick is one such individual, he runs an engineering consultancy business here in Perth. He was formerly Capt John Tick in Vietnam, and CO of 2 Troop, I Field Sqdn, RAE.

He's taken a leading management position in MIVAC, Mine Victims and Clearance, a very worthy non-profit organisation that cleans up residual mines in Vietnam and Laos, and which assists mine victims and communities affected by the huge number of residual mines in the region.

https://www.aprodem.com.au/home.html

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1159948

https://www.mivac.org.au/2012/10/john-salter-and-john-tick-visited-ban-xai/

https://www.mivac.org.au/about-mivac/

facthunter · November 12

Commissioned Officers can't go into the Seargent's (non Comms) mess without invitation. Nev

nomadpete · November 12

No offense was intended, I was just playing with the words... in general

red750 · November 12

Brilliant job....

old man emu · November 12

Didn't you know that lengths of vertical pipe are so much more expensive than the horizontal pipe?

nomadpete · November 12

That'll stop the damn gate slamming in the wind.

Now what else can I fix for ya?

Edited November 12 by nomadpete
why, oh why can't I see my mistakes until after I hit the POST button?

Marty_d · November 12

1 hour ago, old man emu said:

Didn't you know that lengths of vertical pipe are so much more expensive than the horizontal pipe?

This is true, I was at a plumbing shop once and the guy said they'd had a buyer send back lengths of 100mm drain (which were going to be buried underground)... because the outside of the pipes were dirty.