tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post2537691749960008706..comments2024-03-14T14:46:53.095+00:00Comments on Nigel Fisher's Brigg Blog: ENJOYING A PINT WITH DAD IN A BRIGG PUBNIGEL FISHERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00105982962344084267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-5683880961641135332016-07-15T22:10:28.497+01:002016-07-15T22:10:28.497+01:00Beer at 16, eh, Cliff!
...owing to rationing beer ...Beer at 16, eh, Cliff!<br />...owing to rationing beer strength was reduced, so a pint shouldn't have caused those sea legs to wobble..<br />(Irish beers and stouts weren't affected, so Guinness, for example, increased in popularity, if one could get it...)<br /><br />Cheers!Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3301757140313310161.post-31318957391331266762016-07-14T13:29:29.887+01:002016-07-14T13:29:29.887+01:00One thing that's puzzled me, Chris - the RN is...One thing that's puzzled me, Chris - the RN is the only service that allows beards...<br />How on earth did a Jolly Jack Tar with a bushy beard get the beard inside a gas mask without causing leaks, or blinding himself with his own hair..<br />In the other two services, it is said that personnel had to be clean shaven to avoid seal failure around the face when wearing a gas mask.<br />As a RAF brat I had, as part of my ground defence training, go into a gas chamber of tear gas...take off my gas mask and call out my last 3 and name....sometimes, the instructor claimed to deaf and one had to repeat the exercise...Ken Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719906304442070128noreply@blogger.com