Army surplus stores

[Clothes Peg]

I used to do that too!

The stores at RAF Lyneham were the best place ever - we went to summer camp there and ended come coming back with loads of free stuff.

Wahey, another exceptionally cool air-cadet! Half our flourescent vests had "ATC UCKFIELD" accross the back. God knows how we managed to sneak-steal those. Stolen traffic cones also instrumental in many exercises and drill comps.

 

[HampshireSeagulls]

Let me disabuse you of the notion now. There is NO SUCH THING as a "cool air cadet". I had a scrote Air Cadet Officer try and give me a direct order once. He sounded really, really stupid begging me to let go of his throat whilst I explained that those of us in the "real Forces" did not listen to pre-pubescent boys and girls who liked to play at dressing up at the weekends. He cried, then tried to get his "Officer" to tell me off.

He cried as well.

If you want to get some half decent fishing kit, then find someone in the TA who can nick it for you. Then again, considering most people in the Forces actually buy their kit from non-Service shops, perhaps a trip to Millets would be better advised. Or a car boot sale - Army Surplus shops cost a fortune.

Fcuking Air Cadets. I bet Junior has a really high opinion of them as well....

 

[Clothes Peg]

Let me disabuse you of the notion now. There is NO SUCH THING as a "cool air cadet".

Whatever mate, I was an Air Cadet, and I was cool. Admittedly, I kinda only went cos I liked the uniform. Woolen skirts and stockings. Great.

I would have joined the real armed forces, but I wasn't allowed to.

 

[Les Biehn]

Whatever mate, I was an Air Cadet, and I was cool. Admittedly, I kinda only went cos I liked the uniform. Woolen skirts and stockings. Great.

I would have joined the real armed forces, but I wasn't allowed to.

GEEK!

 

[Clothes Peg]

GEEK!

Shut it. I'm sure you would have loved the stockings and suspenders and the shiny black parade shoes.

 

[Les Biehn]

Shut it. I'm sure you would have loved the stockings and suspenders and the shiny black parade shoes.

Probably, but lets not go there. While others can get away with flirting with you I am not allowed. The cliques have spoken!

 

[Clothes Peg]

Probably, but lets not go there. While others can get away with flirting with you I am not allowed. The cliques have spoken!

Actually, I meant that you'd enjoy dressing up in such garments. Sorry, no more conversing.

 

[Les Biehn]

Actually, I meant that you'd enjoy dressing up in such garments. Sorry, no more conversing.

I knew that. I flirt with women by telling them how much I want to put their clothes on.

 

[smudge]

My Mum used to get my school uniform from surplus stores.

I attended secondary school for the first 2 years dressed as a Japanese Admiral!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

My Mum used to get my school uniform from surplus stores.

I attended secondary school for the first 2 years dressed as a Japanese Admiral!

How so?

 

[Bry Nylon]

I don't think I've ever been in an army surplus store. Can bargains be had? Maybe I've just seen too many films where people are taken off to a back room and shown lots of Nazi memorabilia - but I'm sure they're not all like that.

Army surplus gear is great! Wear it for work all the time (although I guess suitability as work wear depends on your job quite alot...!). Very cheap, comfortable, washes and dries dead easy and withstands just about as much abuse as you can thrown at it. Thank God for whoever it is at the MoD who must always end up buying way to much stuff

 

[Gully]

BDR in Worthing was excellent when I was at school, the number of people who pretty much lived in former Italian and German military kit was amazing, it was like growing up in NATO.

 

[Vlad the Impala]

Seems to me that if there are so many army surplus stores, someone in the army needs courtmartialling for spending too much of the hard-pressed taxpayers' money. So there.

 

[Les Biehn]

Anyone ever been to colonel mikes in the lanes? f***ing scary.

 

[Munkfish]

i have i recently brought some £6 plimsoles in there which they charge £25 for on the high street

 

[maffew]

Seems to me that if there are so many army surplus stores, someone in the army needs courtmartialling for spending too much of the hard-pressed taxpayers' money. So there.

yeah if theres so much surplus stuff and a deficit on other essential kit then someone wants a talking to

 

[Questions]

Do we have a surplus of tanks because I could do with one of them.

 

[Earlybird]

Heres a pic of me in my brilliant camouflage suit.







































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[Ozymandias]

Let me disabuse you of the notion now. There is NO SUCH THING as a "cool air cadet". I had a scrote Air Cadet Officer try and give me a direct order once. He sounded really, really stupid begging me to let go of his throat whilst I explained that those of us in the "real Forces" did not listen to pre-pubescent boys and girls who liked to play at dressing up at the weekends. He cried, then tried to get his "Officer" to tell me off.

He cried as well.

If you want to get some half decent fishing kit, then find someone in the TA who can nick it for you. Then again, considering most people in the Forces actually buy their kit from non-Service shops, perhaps a trip to Millets would be better advised. Or a car boot sale - Army Surplus shops cost a fortune.

Fcuking Air Cadets. I bet Junior has a really high opinion of them as well....

I work with a guy who's a warrant officer in the air cadets who walks like he's got his paystick shoved up his arse, and he gets very miffed when I refer to him as the plastic crab

As for kit, I brought thermals gloves etc from millets (mid 80's) for my artic training. I was advised by Royal to get a sleeping bag as well but couldn't afford it, biggest mistake of my life, Pussers sleeping bags are well and truly shite.
Problem with gear from surplus stores (in the 80's) is that it's second hand and in poor nick, fine if you want to look like an urban warrior but shite if your planning to trapse across Dartmoor in january ....

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

How so?

Ah so!