Probably best to volunteer rather than wait for conscription.

[Sir C]

At least if you volunteer you get to choose which branch you serve in.

Hopefully I'm too old for front line action - I'm not sure my knees would cope so well with being a grunt. I'd do OK in the Pay Corps, maybe.

[PSRB]

At least if you volunteer you get to choose which branch you serve in.

Hopefully I'm too old for front line action - I'm not sure my knees would cope so well with being a grunt. I'd do OK in the Pay Corps, maybe.

RAF ground crew, watching the jets coming in and out, tighten a few bolts here and there.

[Sir C]

RAF ground crew, watching the jets coming in and out, tighten a few bolts here and there.

A danger of engine oil under the fingernails. Eww.

[PSRB]

A danger of engine oil under the fingernails. Eww.

So some form of gloves would be in order?

[Sir C]

So some form of gloves would be in order?

Nothing gets past you p. That's why you earn the big bucks. :nod:

[PSRB]

Nothing gets past you p. That's why you earn the big bucks. :nod:

It's all rather silly posturing, French fisherman and farmers have been slightly mental for decades