Did you know 22 Special Air Service is attached to the RAF and the base commander....

was the man on the right for 7 years. Wish I'd joined up as he advised me to. Hey ho, maybe in another life, if that happens. How hard can it be to be a Wing Commander anyway? Truly dunno. User Posted Link

Posted By: DrDublin on January 24th 2026 at 21:07:00

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What were the wrath doing at 18? I was trying to sell piano's and organs. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 24, 20:07:19
- Being a ski bum in France after failing my A-levels (n/m) (NCFC) - Kev, Jan 25, 17:38:44
- I was working on a building site, thinking I should make better use of my A Levels (n/m) (NCFC) - Fenwood Lad, Jan 24, 23:58:48
- For the record... started working at Air Europe in Reigate then Crawley (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 24, 23:57:06
- UNI (NCFC) - footymadman, Jan 24, 23:56:02
- I was studying hard and planning my career (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Jan 24, 23:41:20
  - Should've gone to uni (NCFC) - footymadman, Jan 25, 00:02:05
- Plotting world domination (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 24, 23:29:09
- Young, invincible, off to university (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Jan 24, 23:01:28
- I'd just started studying chemistry and law concurrently (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 24, 22:54:31
- Pausing Madonna music videos (n/m) (NCFC) - Biggles, Jan 24, 22:54:13
- Underachieving in terms of A Levels. (NCFC) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jan 24, 21:29:06
- Playing tennis for Sussex and heading to Portsmouth Polytechnic (n/m) (NCFC) - revsimon, Jan 24, 21:26:13
  - I had a mate who went there same time (n/m) (NCFC) - footymadman, Jan 25, 00:03:23
    - aged 18 but could've been any year obvs! (n/m) (NCFC) - footymadman, Jan 25, 00:05:16
  - What year was that? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 24, 21:35:34
- Starting university at dirty Leeds (NCFC) - BungysPie, Jan 24, 21:23:58
  - I went to Leeds the same year! (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Jan 24, 23:21:40
- Drinking and wanking (n/m) (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Jan 24, 21:18:50
  - Some things don’t change then? (n/m) (NCFC) - Cellophane Flowers, Jan 24, 21:20:50
    - How dare you (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Jan 24, 21:33:21
- Farming trout on a Dorset chalk stream (n/m) (NCFC) - clem fandango, Jan 24, 21:15:24
- Dreaming of VAR (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 24, 21:09:44
  - and xG (n/m) (NCFC) - footymadman, Jan 25, 00:04:05
  - and not the play-offs? (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 24, 21:11:42
    - Quite possibly! (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 24, 21:24:47
  - Genuine lolf (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 24, 21:11:28
- Supposed to be at college (NCFC) - MrSpudhead45, Jan 24, 20:56:27
- Fuck me that was a long time ago (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 24, 20:55:42
  - If I had to choose (NCFC) - APB, Jan 24, 20:57:38
    - Yes:. (n/m) (NCFC) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jan 24, 21:26:33
    - I agree (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 24, 21:01:21
- Retaking A levels and going to gigs and enjoying a first “proper” relationship (NCFC) - APB, Jan 24, 20:55:21
- Deployed to the med (n/m) (NCFC) - um_gah, Jan 24, 20:55:06
- First year at UEA and watching my first matches at Carrow Road (n/m) (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Jan 24, 20:45:06
- embarked onto my first posting to herford in germany (which turned out to be a bookend) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 24, 20:41:03
  - Nice (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 24, 20:58:54
    - Did you know 22 Special Air Service is attached to the RAF and the base commander.... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 24, 21:07:00
      - is that your pa dubbs? (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 24, 21:08:43
        
        Nah, father's brother my Uncle Bob. He was the base commander of Hereford and... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 24, 21:58:23
- Drinking beer at 20p a pint at Uni.... Good Days. (n/m) (NCFC) - Saucerer, Jan 24, 20:30:15
- cookes? (n/m) (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Jan 24, 20:29:45
- Failing my A levels and working in a supermarket (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 24, 20:29:35
- 2 years into my apprenticeship .... (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Jan 24, 20:26:54
  - Did they take out any injunctions? (n/m) (NCFC) - footymadman, Jan 25, 00:06:38
- 2 years into my apprenticeship and looking forward to (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 24, 20:21:32
- I was working on a conveyor belt at Peter Bacon's scrapyard sorting crap. (NCFC) - shoddy, Jan 24, 20:16:22
- Going to uni even though I really didn’t want to. (n/m) (NCFC) - IG88, Jan 24, 20:15:53
- I was (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jan 24, 20:14:19
  - That's also the year that I killed (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jan 24, 20:15:25
    - Well someone has to ask, who did you kill? (n/m) (NCFC) - earlydoors, Jan 24, 20:32:02
      - The family doctor (n/m) (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jan 24, 21:05:15
        
        Who was the celebrity and how did you kill the doctor? (n/m) (NCFC) - earlydoors, Jan 24, 21:57:59
- I sold my kidneys too Dubbers! (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Jan 24, 20:12:17
  - I thought you were paying for organs most nights (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 24, 20:48:07
    - God forbid what Jumbers and his Garry were doing back then, illegal no doubt. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 24, 20:52:57
  - lolf, I was going to say 'not those organs' but couldn't fit it on one line!! xx (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 24, 20:17:52

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