98th Entry Halton Apprentices

Some of you have been talking recently about the Millenium Bug which turned out to be total rubbish. Here are a few ‘Red Herring’s which occurred in 2009.
Gordy pronounced the world had only 50 days left for him to save the planet from global warming. He then put his best foot forward and went on to [...]

I had a lovely Christmas spent in the company of family and friends and I hope you did also. Let me share with you one little gift I received from my Grandson, Dominic. He gave me a book that I have to complete as a journal of my life. He wrote in the cover of the book [...]

With the new decade fast upon us, and no doubt 2011 with us before you can blink, here’s a thought to thunk on before it gets here:
Why isn’t 11 pronounced onety one?
And while we’re on the numbers game:
Do Roman paramedics refer to IV’s as “4’s”?
Why are wrong numbers never busy when you ring?
Want a few [...]

In my early service days I often heard the term “Hairy Old Chief” referring of course to the experienced Chief Tech who had been around a while and gained some credible experience. He had to be OLD, the hair was optional. I do not think that I ever wanted to be such a beast.
When I [...]

I hope you and yours had a lovely Christmas and I wish you all the very best for the New Year. Looking back, 2009 was a very good year for the 98th Entry. We significantly increased the number of entry members traced and many of you attended our first reunion at Halton in April. During [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
It’s a Mercedes Benz owned by an Abu Dhabi oil billionaire (naturally). Featuring the newly developed V10 quad turbo with 1,600 horsepower and 2800nm of torque
0-100km/h in less than 2secs, 1/4 mile in 6.89 secs running on biofuel.
It is NOT made of stainless steel, it is WHITE GOLD!

Reading about the channel tunnel train problems in the run up to Christmas this story made me smile. Passengers were rescued by a steam locomotive after modern rail services were brought to a halt by the snowy conditions in south-east England.Trains between Ashford and Dover were suspended on Monday when cold weather disabled the electric [...]

The RAF found they had too many officers and decided to offer an early retirement bonus. They promised any officer who volunteered for retirement a bonus of £1,000 for every inch measured in a straight line between any two points in his body. The officer got to choose what those two points would be.
The first officer [...]

I’m going to be quiet for a while (yes really) as I participate in the Christmas festivities over the coming days with family and friends. The shop will be open but you will just have to help yourself. Enjoy the Christmas break and be good!

Oh the weather in Denmark’s frightful,
But the irony’s so delightful,
That everywhere Al Gore goes,
It just snows and it snows and it snows.
When will Al ever see the light?
Will he ever go out in the storm?
Or does his tin hat still fit too tight?
And he still thinks the world’s gettin’ warm.
The conference is slowly dying,
And the [...]