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  1. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Nice to talk to someone who shares my sensible taste in woollies.
  2. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    I am similar to you in that I have several Navy and Army WPs, along with two Black ones, RAF Blue-Grey, Dark Grey Mix, Peat Brown, Dark Red, Purple Mix, Derby Tweed, Moss Green. … In theory I alternate them, but it’s been mainly Navy recently for some reason and occasionally Black. You really...
  3. Ticklishchap

    Fishermen's sweaters site

    When the mild spell ends I shall order a new Sou'West Chunkie. I love them! Very interesting news about Peter.
  4. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    Very good taste. Which of your commando sweaters are you favouring this season?
  5. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    It does, I agree, look interesting and it might be very worth considering.
  7. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    Broccoli is, I think, the best (or worst) fart inductor of all, although it has many competitors.
  8. Ticklishchap

    Military 'woolly pully' sweaters

    This thread has gone somewhat quiet of late. It's been unseasonably warm because of El Nino etc. in the southern UK as well as the East Coast of the US. However that hasn't precluded wearing Woolly Pullies entirely, including in lieu of a jacket. I have had a strong bias towards Navy this...
  9. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    This thread is seriously making me think of taking up a sport again in the New Year.
  10. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    That's very interesting. I suppose you had to be quite deft with your feet but I would have thought it was a more arm-based sport.
  11. Ticklishchap

    Sweater sizes - baggy versus tight-fitting

    It's nice to see this thread come alive again. Today I am wearing one of my loose fitting sweaters - ribbed navy blue wool. Like you, I have pushed the sleeves up my forearms as I often do with this type of sweater. When I wear a military sweater I turn the cuffs back several inches. I look...
  13. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    I like that. I'm assuming US Navy, although your profile gives no clue as Cair Paravel is in Narnia! I couldn't help thinking that we've already had Trump and now we have Putin. ...
  14. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    The main reason why this interests me is the change in my attitude towards this over the years. At the time - school and early college - there was a strong element of 'gritted teeth' in my approach to team sport. There was quite a lot of pressure to be interested in it and to an extent I felt...
  15. Ticklishchap

    Experience of service in the Armed Forces

    There is one point that does need answering and then I'll shift back to the topic. While the printed (and online) press especially perhaps in the UK exaggerates in a sensationalist, biased and unhelpful manner, the portrayal of political conformity at universities/ex-polytechnics is not...
  16. Ticklishchap

    Experience of service in the Armed Forces

    Hi Smithy Glad you're settled in Norway with a young family now. I would like to see NZ sometime - I have never been there but I spent a few years in Melbourne when I was very young and really liked it - I still have clear memories of school, the trams, the beaches and parks. It was beginning...
  17. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    The head of the Naval section of the Officers' Training Corps at university was constantly farting and referred to farts as 'smellies'. I haven't heard that anywhere else and used to laugh at it at the time.
  19. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    "Who made that stink?" asked my ex-Army History master at school, frequently and without ever getting an answer.
  20. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    There is also 'answering the call of the wild burrito' ... Viva Mexico! Abajo con Trump!
  21. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    ... And a protective fence would not withstand the results of chili and tabasco. ...
  22. Ticklishchap

    WWII/old-fashioned military slang for passing gas.

    Crepitation, I have also heard, which sounds nicely archaic. Silent But Deadly is the worst but removes much of the satisfaction.
  23. Ticklishchap

    School and college sports

    Umpire sounds very reminiscent of Cricket.

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