GETTING RATA#### AT THE CAMEL CLUB AND LISTENING TO BOB TREBLE AND THE TREBLETONES.SWIMMING WITH THE SHARKS AT THE LIDO STEAMER POINT (NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY BUT THE SHARK NETS WERE ALWAYS FULL OF HOLES). DOING GUARD DUTY WITH THE OLD LEE ENFIELD AND 5 ROUNDS TO REPEL THE REBELS,IT MUST HAVE REALLY FRIGHTENED THEM. NEARLY GETTING DONE IN FOR TAKING A PHOTO OF A MUSLEM WOMAN AT LITTLE ADEN .* THE TRIPS ON JOHNNY JOHNSONS PRIVATE TAXI(ARGOSY) TO AFRICA INDIA THAILAND AND ANYWHERE ELSE HE COULD THINK OF.* GOING TO A DINNER ONBOARD A VISITING WARSHIP (A FRIEND OF MINE WAS A NAVY TYPE),WITH MY MATE AND NOT REMEMBERING ANYTHING ABOUT THE NEXT WEEK *. WATCHING ONE OF OUR KITES DITCHING IN THE OGGIN AND OUR SQDN FOREVER BEING KNOWN AS TAKE A DIVE WITH 105*. PLAYING FOOTBALL AGAINST 45 COMMANDO WE MUST HAVE BEEN MAD*. SUBSIDISING OUR MEAGRE PAY(ABOUT 7QUID AWEEK ITHINK),BY PLAYING BRAG WITH OUR ARAB BEARERS ,THEY HAD MONEY BUT NO IDEA OF BRAG THANK YOU GOD. BEING ENVIOUS OF ANYONE GOING TOUREX UNTIL MY TURN CAME,AND THEN FEELING A BIT SAD AT LEAVING THE FRIENDS I HAD MADE BEHIND. |