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squirrel81 · 27-01-2009 01:47PM

hopefully the future DCIs amongst ya can work out my age from my user name

sony8391 · 27-01-2009 01:49PM

Very true squirrel lets hope so

PC Inwaiting · 27-01-2009 01:53PM

The shopping list is going great, was out at Tesco getting more stuff.

I am 24 soon to be 25. My youth is slipping away.

jumping jack · 27-01-2009 01:54PM

Im the oldest at the minute at the ripe old age of 32

carlty888 · 27-01-2009 02:00PM

jumping jack wrote: »

Im the oldest at the minute at the ripe old age of 32

You're two ahead of me. I'm about to hit the big 3 0.

.....

So if Squirrel81 was born in 1981.....

..... Sony8391 must be FROM THE FUTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

sony8391 · 27-01-2009 02:00PM

Ref shopping lists

A friend who has completed their training told me to get good thick walking socks as boots tend to hurt till they are broken in, Have been looking and cant find any BLACK ones... Any suggestions

PC Inwaiting · 27-01-2009 02:03PM

sony8391 wrote: »

Ref shopping lists

A friend who has completed their training told me to get good thick walking socks as boots tend to hurt till they are broken in, Have been looking and cant find any BLACK ones... Any suggestions

I got 4 pairs of walking socks from Millets in town yesterday. I think only one pair of them are black but the rest are dark blue and grey so I think they will allow it.

carlty888 · 27-01-2009 02:03PM

sony8391 wrote: »

Ref shopping lists

A friend who has completed their training told me to get good thick walking socks as boots tend to hurt till they are broken in, Have been looking and cant find any BLACK ones... Any suggestions

Millett's in Belfast sell army socks, but apparently these are kinda pricey.

Someone on the Feb 1 thread mentioned about getting them from Help the Aged.

PC Inwaiting · 27-01-2009 02:14PM

I think its worth a few quid when you are talking about your feet.

Oh all this talk is getting me excited.

sony8391 · 27-01-2009 02:37PM

Yeah i agree, last thing you want at start of training is your feet in agony. Wish it was 8th Mrach till we get stuck in

Does anybody know following are 4 week residential period, when travelling to and from the house of fun, can we wear our normal clothes or does it have to be business dress i.e suits etc

carlty888 · 27-01-2009 03:24PM

sony8391 wrote: »

Yeah i agree, last thing you want at start of training is your feet in agony. Wish it was 8th Mrach till we get stuck in

Does anybody know following are 4 week residential period, when travelling to and from the house of fun, can we wear our normal clothes or does it have to be business dress i.e suits etc

The suits are only for our first week or so while we are waiting for our uniform to arrive. We are to be in uniform during most of our training, so I would imagine travelling to Garnerville in civies and getting changed into uniform on arrival.

pb999 · 27-01-2009 05:56PM

carlty888 wrote: »

Millett's in Belfast sell army socks, but apparently these are kinda pricey.

Someone on the Feb 1 thread mentioned about getting them from Help the Aged.

that was me

http://www.helptheagedshop.co.uk/modules/shop/hta_view.asp?catid=278&Prodcode=HA3497

these are the same quality/standard as commando socks that you'll get from millets, army surplus shop etc but they are 1/3rd of the price, as i said before there is no option to choose colour so out of the 7 pair i ordered, only 5 were dark coloured, but still worked out well. bear in mind that DARK coloured socks only are allowed.

MrFug · 27-01-2009 07:26PM

squirrel81 wrote: »

hopefully the future DCIs amongst ya can work out my age from my user name

Your 81??? Wow, you should be so proud of yourself! Most OAP's just sit about sucking Werther's Original's and watching Take It Or Leave It (they love Richard Arnold).

Anyway, Buck up your ideas blues!!! The amount of posts on the green thread is creeping up! :P

P.S I'm 27. Which I just realised could make me one of the "elders". Amazing. All you young whippersnappers who wanna be policemen and women. Grow up. :P

Penis Eye · 27-01-2009 07:58PM

sony8391 wrote: »

Ref shopping lists

A friend who has completed their training told me to get good thick walking socks as boots tend to hurt till they are broken in, Have been looking and cant find any BLACK ones... Any suggestions

i have seen a few people get black socks, but when you looked closer at them you would have seen that they werent black but actually very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very dark blue.

just throwin it out there for people to be wary of that sort of thing.

Gham5931 · 27-01-2009 08:22PM

Ok so I can gather from the thread that 32 is the oldest so far?? That would make me the oldest by a couple of years........unfortunatley!! I'll be a whopping 35 this year.......just look for the grey hair, and remember to respect your elders.

I handed in my notice yesterday. Going to finish work on Fri 13th of Feb, and no I aint supersticious!

Really looking forward to meeting all you guys n girls at induction night.

jumping jack · 27-01-2009 09:21PM

Gham5931 wrote: »

Ok so I can gather from the thread that 32 is the oldest so far?? That would make me the oldest by a couple of years........unfortunatley!! I'll be a whopping 35 this year.......just look for the grey hair, and remember to respect your elders.

I handed in my notice yesterday. Going to finish work on Fri 13th of Feb, and no I aint supersticious!

Really looking forward to meeting all you guys n girls at induction night.

Im not the oldest!!Thank god for that I was beginning to panic and when you get to our age thats not good!!!

kelso69 · 27-01-2009 09:25PM

Penis Eye wrote: »

i have seen a few people get black socks, but when you looked closer at them you would have seen that they werent black but actually very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very dark blue.

just throwin it out there for people to be wary of that sort of thing.

That's true. I thought my Uncle Tommy was wearing black socks, but when I looked at them closely, they were just very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very dark blue.

Ryzo · 27-01-2009 09:43PM

Think that makes me the youngest so far, just turned 23 last week.

namnit · 27-01-2009 09:44PM

ugh i think im the youngest for march's intake.....im 21
i dont wanna be the baby......I'll be seen as the lil bitch. Everyone competing not to be on baby level ugh
has anyone found a decent place to get black socks?

Ryzo · 27-01-2009 09:54PM

Well i've got faith that the blues will all look out for each other so i dont think it'll matter much if your young or not so...besides if we do need a "lil bitch" we've always got our token english for tht lol just jokes DownMTBer

aint even started on the shopping list yet, really gonna have to make an effort to start it

Ryzo · 27-01-2009 09:57PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7854843.stm

Looks like we'll be keeping Sir Hugh after all!

namnit · 27-01-2009 10:05PM

lol does anyone know can you stay on at garnerville after the four weeks or do you have to commute, its just i dont even drive yet lol

Ryzo · 27-01-2009 10:08PM

i'm pretty sure, from what i've read on the boards, that if you live a good distance away you can stay but i'm not sure what the deal is if you live close(ish)

carlty888 · 27-01-2009 10:36PM

namnit wrote: »

lol does anyone know can you stay on at garnerville after the four weeks or do you have to commute, its just i dont even drive yet lol

If you have a suitable reason (ie. you do not live locally) you will normally be allowed to stay on beyond the four weeks. It's all considered on a case by case basis. Therr will be limits to how many will be allowed to stay on as they only have so many dorms and a new intake starts every 5 weeks. If you think that you'll need to stay beyond the 4 weeks, then I reccommend that you ask early.

PC Inwaiting · 27-01-2009 10:49PM

carlty888 wrote: »

If you have a suitable reason (ie. you do not live locally) you will normally be allowed to stay on beyond the four weeks. It's all considered on a case by case basis. Therr will be limits to how many will be allowed to stay on as they only have so many dorms and a new intake starts every 5 weeks. If you think that you'll need to stay beyond the 4 weeks, then I reccommend that you ask early.

One of these days someone is going to ask you a question you can't answer Mr Carlty:)

How did the run go tonight.

carlty888 · 27-01-2009 11:01PM

PC Inwaiting wrote: »

One of these days someone is going to ask you a question you can't answer Mr Carlty:)

How did the run go tonight.

That's true. I can guarantee that it'll happen at Garnerville on more than one occassion. :eek:

The run? More like stagger! I had to rely on DownMTber and Silver_X dragging me along. At least I'm not complaining about sore legs... but that's only because I can't feel them!

PC Inwaiting · 28-01-2009 09:38AM

So I was talking to my mate last night about this awful 3mile run. We will have to do it in week 5.

They expect us to run it in under 35 mins but it is not part of any assessment. So the most you will get is a telling off if you go over the time limit.

surfrunner · 28-01-2009 10:05AM

Am I the oldest on the board....just turned 39

MORRI · 28-01-2009 10:14AM

no, I'm nearly 40:D

Penis Eye · 28-01-2009 10:39AM

Ryzo wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7854843.stm

Looks like we'll be keeping Sir Hugh after all!

funny how he didnt have to wait nearly 1 year just to find out his vetting was ongoing, and the wait a further few months waitin on the correct intake to find out he didnt get in at all. not to mention having to wait ages on the results to his medical (which im sure he had to do for this job) and the results of his smt which arrived seperatly nearly a month after they were supposed to.

oh well. wot can you do. i suppose if i was Sir penis eye i would maybe get through the recruitment process quicker!!!

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