Comments on: A mole ‘down the hole’ ? http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/ There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle. Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Big John http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-7512 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:44:02 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-7512 Thanks for the comment John. Sorry that my spam blocker delayed it. So “Malta was a crap posting” was it. I nearly got sent to Christmas Island at the time of the atom bomb tests, but instead I got posted to RAF Wartling (near Eastbourne), which was known as “Fighter Command’s holiday camp”.

]]> By: John http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-7507 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:38:39 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-7507 I would leave a reply but I also signed the Official Secrets Act but I did things as an A.D.O that scarred the what ever out of my C.O in Malta. Malta was a crap posting, During an A.O.Cs inspection the A.O.C. asked me what I thought of the pay? I said it was great, He asked me what I earned, I said £3.3.0 an hour, He was surprised and asked me how I worked that out, I told him that I only worked 2 hours a week!
I should write a book but even I find it hard to believe!

]]> By: Ginnie http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1313 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:46:38 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1313 Your “old cleaning guy” kindof reminds me of the guy who would ride his bicycle every day through the check-point during the occupation time in the war years. It was months before anyone realized that he was smuggling bicycles out of the zone !!

]]> By: Jackshian http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1310 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:24:24 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1310 ‘The Official Secrets Act’ (Don’t tell anyone about our f**k ups or your nicked sunshine!) must have saved more hopeless and useless politicians than even Blair has!

I reckon your old cleaning guy was probably George Blakes’ dad.

]]> By: Matt http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1309 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:58:37 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1309 Hi John, sorry for the late reply to your comment..
I’m glad you took what I said in good heart as I do enjoy reading your blog, it is an enjoyable read to get insight into the workings of an old guy..
Obviously I can’t relate to a lot of what you say but don’t you agree it’s interesting how us ‘younguns’ usually don’t realise how different things once were…
I hope you keep reading my blog as soon I will be posting far more regularly

Matt

]]> By: Maria http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1302 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:24:17 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1302 Ahh the days of the cold war era. . . I remember them well and also remember having to sign a form saying that I was not nor ever had been a member of the Communist party. I had to sign this before I was allowed to teach here in California.

Living near a hush-hush military base makes me smile and often worry about security issues. Our school was once given a gift of scrap paper from the base only to have NCIF show up on our door step demanding it back. Seems somehow we were handing out highly confidential papers to our third graders to draw pictures on.

]]> By: mjd http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1300 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:38:15 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1300 The Cold War days were different days, or were they? Anyways, your post reminds me of the bomb shelters of the 1960′s. In the 60′s here in the States, some homebuilders were incorporating little cement rooms either off the basement or under the basement of homes in suburbia. The idea was if your city was bombed that you and your family could survive for a month in the shelter. In theory, if you saved enough food and water, you would be safe from the radiation from the bombing. Now, we may not have bomb shelters to protect us from the Communists, but we have homeland and airport security to protect us from the terrorists. Maybe the times are not so different; if we choose, we still can live in fear.

]]> By: Terri http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1296 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:30:14 +0000 http://oldgit.wordpress.com/2007/03/30/a-mole-down-the-hole/#comment-1296 Hmm, I can tell this was all hush, hush. Right down to the little ole guy pushing that mop. And here I thought perhaps you were right up there with James Bond.
Your cruise sounds wonderful, John and here’s wishing you and your wife a GREAT trip! What exotic places to visit and of course, we all want some photos and lots of details when you return. I did my share on Paris….so you’re up next.

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