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Capt Blackadder · 12-08-2010 10:55PM

I never do it normally, but I nearly died of shock when I did. I bought a Yorkie bar in the local shop. Cost me one whole Euro. No wonder kids these days are so screwed up. Paying a Euro for a normal chocolate bar. Mad. Whatever goes into a crisp sambo, it has to be salt and vinegar.

Skyhawk1990 · 12-08-2010 11:01PM

Nah the one Euro hit me when I bought my staple chocolate bar the Dairy Milk now that was a shock! And i'm still not over it to this day! Thank God for multipacks. The main weight in my vest out on the ground is chocolate bars!

Pocc one fat day a week? no where near enough! EVERY day's a fat day!

BigDuffman · 13-08-2010 09:58AM

Yeah cheat days are a must to stay sane! The choc covered mint cake is still the canines wobbly bits but its amazing how hi-tec the sugar delivery systems are getting these days. Load of the lads are on this type of stuff these days http://www.maxifuel.com/viperactivebars

Fits into the pouch a lot easier than a cisp sambo wrapped in tinfoil!

BigDuffman · 13-08-2010 10:04AM

Yeah cheat days are a must to stay sane! The choc covered mint cake is still the canines wobbly bits but its amazing how hi-tec the sugar delivery systems are getting these days. Load of the lads are on this type of stuff these days http://www.maxifuel.com/viperactivebars

Fits into the pouch a lot easier than a cisp sambo wrapped in tinfoil!

iceage · 13-08-2010 12:51PM

Capt Blackadder wrote: »

I never do it normally, but I nearly died of shock when I did. I bought a Yorkie bar in the local shop.

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Capt Blackadder · 13-08-2010 02:45PM

Since I joined the RDF, I've only eaten 2 Yorkies. Probably way more before that. Still looking for the one they made years ago with nuts. The Nutter was what they called it. Now that was a bar.

Capt Blackadder · 13-08-2010 02:55PM

Nestl&#233 wrote:

I’ve been looking in the shops for these Confectionery lines and can’t seem to find them anymore, where are they sold? Are they still available?
Bunny Tots, Candy Tots, Tiger Tots, Cabana, Caramel Wafer, Coffee Matchmakers, Golden Cup, Good News, Maverick, Mint Cracknell, Novo, Nutty, Pretzel Flipz, Prize, Reward, Secret, Splicer, Texan, Vice Versas, Coffee Walnut Whip, Yes cake bars, Yorkie Almond, Nutter, Honeycomb, Peanut.

We are sorry to inform you that the products listed above have been withdrawn from our range due to the high cost of production and the relatively low level of sales. We would like to assure you that the decision to withdraw any product is reached only with great reluctance and we regret any disappointment this product's absence has caused you.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...

Poccington · 14-08-2010 06:58PM

Bacon Cheddar burger, chips and a strawberry shake in Eddie Rockets is usually my fat day bit of grub.

Nom nom nom

iceage · 14-08-2010 07:04PM

LADS!!!!! FFS. I running a HM tomorrow, I've been training for weeks, sweating blood and tears overcoming injury and suffering the aches and pains of oldbastiditis I've been watchimng what i've been eating and I'm bloody ravenous as it is, don't get me started on the fact I haven't had a guinness for days.......

Yorkie bars with nuts and Eddie Rockets you say......Hmmmmm. :P I'm going to be in some mess tomorrow night guys!!!:D

Local-womanizer · 14-08-2010 10:06PM

iceage wrote: »

LADS!!!!! FFS. I running a HM tomorrow, I've been training for weeks, sweating blood and tears overcoming injury and suffering the aches and pains of oldbastiditis I've been watchimng what i've been eating and I'm bloody ravenous as it is, don't get me started on the fact I haven't had a guinness for days.......

Yorkie bars with nuts and Eddie Rockets you say......Hmmmmm. :P I'm going to be in some mess tomorrow night guys!!!:D

Ah jesus Iceagae,why did ya not tell us that earlier?! We could have done all the eating for ya!!!!

Best of luck tomorrow too!

Havent eaten in Eddie Rockets in years,lovely spot though! We dont have Eddies up this part of the country,we have 4 lanterns,Big 4 with extra big 4 sauce,no beating it!

Zambia · 15-08-2010 03:10AM

Poccington wrote: »

Eddie Rockets
Nom nom nom

F**king hell now I miss eddies too ....:(

Your a bad man :mad:

iceage · 15-08-2010 10:46PM

Done! am I bollixed or what. Been eating and drinking all around me this evening, Bacon Cheddar whatsit is on my hit list tomorrow.:D

Manic Moran · 16-08-2010 02:21PM

When I found them, I loaded up on Yorkies, Jaffa Cakes and Bounty bars in Afghanistan.

My First Sergeant didn't seem to see the appeal.

NTM

Local-womanizer · 16-08-2010 02:41PM

The pocket on the right arm of our smock is absolute perfect size for a Yorkie bar and a Nutri-grain bar....

iceage · 18-08-2010 11:19AM

My Son passed his Leaving Cert with flying colours.....the relief!!

He obviously got the brains from his Mothers side of the family.

Local-womanizer · 19-08-2010 01:03AM

Fair play to him!

What next for him,college or the army?!

iceage · 19-08-2010 01:15AM

The College route is what he's interested in I reckon, but then "I ain't the boss of him now" cue weird TV lyrics, or so I'm told! Bit of down time for him, he deserves it.

Congratulations to all you other leaving Cert loonies out there.....Even you misguided ones!

.22 Lover · 25-08-2010 07:29PM

Wheres the nearest RDF recruting office in swords?

Local-womanizer · 27-08-2010 10:44PM

.22 Lover wrote: »

Wheres the nearest RDF recruting office in swords?

There ya go,should tell you there!

On another note,took a mad notion to go running all week,3-4 miles a day and sprinting alot,at this rate I'll catch up with Ice-age,but I am along way off poc and his training twice a day!

Yitzhak Rabin · 30-08-2010 01:38PM

I didn't want to a start a new thread about this, so I guess here would be best.

Did anyone else here the rumors that the DF will be going back to Lebanon in April 2011?

I heard it'll be a 4 W Bde led mission. 5 companies I heard from one person, and another told me almost 700 troops! Heard we'll be based in Tyre.

If its true its great news for all in the DF.

thefishone · 30-08-2010 02:00PM

yekahs wrote: »

I didn't want to a start a new thread about this, so I guess here would be best.

Did anyone else here the rumors that the DF will be going back to Lebanon in April 2011?

I heard it'll be a 4 W Bde led mission. 5 companies I heard from one person, and another told me almost 700 troops! Heard we'll be based in Tyre.

If its true its great news for all in the DF.

Yes heard that rumour,also heard the Golan Heights mentioned for early
2011,something about the Finns withdrawing and us taking over,all rumours of course!

SIRREX · 30-08-2010 08:58PM

yekahs wrote: »

I didn't want to a start a new thread about this, so I guess here would be best.

Did anyone else here the rumors that the DF will be going back to Lebanon in April 2011?

I heard it'll be a 4 W Bde led mission. 5 companies I heard from one person, and another told me almost 700 troops! Heard we'll be based in Tyre.

If its true its great news for all in the DF.

This is what has everybody talking in work. People are very eager to get back to our full overseas deployment of 850 at a time. Everyone has heard different numbers but the one constant seems to be rumours of taking over Tyre Bks, apparently the Fijians are pulling out?

Along with the Recruitment beginning, an announcement of an overseas mission would go a long way to lifting heads

iceage · 01-09-2010 12:50AM

West Bank is getting busy these days....

iceage · 02-09-2010 02:57PM

Infantry: A good rifle

Armoured: A big tank

Artillery: A loud boom

UPON HEARING FIREWORKS

Infantry: Cool, just like a live fire excercise

Armoured: Not loud enough

Artillery: Fireworks? What fireworks?

OTHER TRADES

Infantry: Waste of rations

Armoured: Waste of rations

Artillery: Waste of rations

IDEA OF FUN

Infantry: Not having to “pepper-pot” an entire grid square before the objective

Armoured: Racing across a grid square on “full stab”

Artillery: Levelling a grid square

FAVOURITE SONG

Infantry: “Ballad of the Green Beret”

Armoured: “Purple Haze”

Artillery: Anything, just play it LOUD!

BIGGEST LUXURY IN THE FIELD

Infantry: Engineers blowing trenches for them with C4

Armoured: Grunts to dig their trenches for them

Artillery: Cable

A LONG ROUTE MARCH WITH FULL KIT

Infantry: 20 clicks

Armoured: From the hangars to the tank

Artillery: What’s a route march?

OFFICERS

Infantry: Are morons and should stay away from the trenchlines

Armoured: Are morons and should stay out of the vehicles

Artillery: Are morons and should stay away from the gun lines

FAVOURITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

Infantry: Anything but walking

Armoured: Tanks. Tanks. Tanks. TankstankstankstanksTANKS!

Artillery: Don’t you have to move around to require transport?

BIGGEST BITCH IN THE FIELD

Infantry: The weather

Armoured: Coffee maker in tank not working

Artillery: Only having basic cable

BREAKFAST IN THE FIELD

Infantry: I don’t care what it is, just so long as I can sit down to eat it

Armoured: Hot coffee and rum with a beer chaser

Artillery: Eggs over easy, crispy bacon, sausages, toast and Tim Horton’s coffee

WHAT THEY CALL THEMSELVES

Infantry: Death Techs

Armoured: Cavalry

Artillery: 10 Mile Snipers

WHAT OTHERS CALL THEM

Infantry: Grunts

Armoured: Zipperheads

Artillery: Drop shorts

Needed a giggle, enjoy.

iceage · 05-09-2010 08:45PM

UP TIPP!! Seems a certain Kitty got proper Fcuked today.

A pint or two to celebrate me thinks.

Carry on..

Manic Moran · 07-09-2010 06:20PM

FAVOURITE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

Armoured: Tanks. Tanks. Tanks. TankstankstankstanksTANKS!

LMAO. Yep, that one's accurate.

Road march one also highly accurate.

NTM

OS119 · 13-09-2010 10:30AM

iceage wrote: »

Artillery: Eggs over easy, crispy bacon, sausages, toast and Tim Horton’s coffee

obviously i'd disagree with the coffee - only fit as it is for women, Americans and those with a lavender persuasion - and replace the toast with fried bread, but upon reading that list, one wonders why anyone would what to join anything but God's own (Royal) regiment...

iceage · 13-09-2010 02:51PM

+1 there brother on the fried slice and splosh. Couldn't find a proper English version of above ditty.

I remember getting into a punch up as a kid Cadet in 78th RA in East Dulwich with a knob from the Chav Cav, when the yellow in my stable belt was called into question by the all hallowed Taxi Regiment. Oh how we laughed.

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Manic Moran · 14-09-2010 08:16AM

Household 6 and I have dramatically diverging viewpoints on vehicles. She made me sell the XFR I had bought. She believes in spending the least amount of money possible on cars, they devalue quickly, and the cheap ones work for as long as the expensive ones. Driving is something which needs to be done, not something to be enjoyed for the sake of it.

As a result, her vehicle is a 1994 Toyota 4-Runner. Perfectly sensible for the time. Which looks like it's had a few years. Filled with 'quirks', I did not believe it was going to last the coming year, regardless of her faith in the car.

This weekend, before the year even started, she killed it. Engine stopped working on the drive home. AAA man comes out, looks at it, checks the oil and 'there's your problem'.

Yep, even though I had remarked to her two weeks ago that I couldn't recall the car ever going in for servicing, she let the thing run out of oil.

The timing could have been better. Fortunately, she's paying for the replacement. Unfortunately, it's probably going to be a fairly large SUV, despite her desire for me to pick something 'sensible.' I hate trucks.

NTM

iceage · 14-09-2010 03:32PM

Manic Moran wrote: »

She made me sell the XFR I had bought.

Thats a Jag!! She made you do it....Mate do we need to talk?

Manic Moran wrote: »

As a result, her vehicle is a 1994 Toyota 4-Runner. NTM

Shes got some neck! then she Killed a Toyota, Im impressed.:)

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