So what happened?
I’m still trying to work out exactly what this Walter Mitty was wearing.
Imagine a person in MTP.
Naval rank
ccf side patch with little red square badge.
School badge on it also (I think it was that anyway, couldnt make that out).
But their naval rank was like a normal sub lieutenants but with a single VERTICAL short bar through the middle.
Age 28 to 33.
This was in Aldi and he was convincing the till girl that he was just back from deployment on operation with the… and I quote ‘new aircraft carrier force’.
He had desert tan boots on, the suede type specifically for hot environments.
And a white stable belt.
So that’s what I was going to ask What The Fudge over.
But just couldnt be bothered.
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It was the Naval rank slide with the vertical element I was curious over.
The rest was just super gash mittyism.
Shame you didn’t get the school badge…
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Tbh I was just too shocked
Sounds to me that this wouldn’t (I hope) be a CFAV. More likely an ex cadet who kept his kit and bought a weird rank slide off ebay or someone that bought the kit from a surplus store with the badges still on.
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This is my thought.
But I didn’t have the knowledge of CCF rank slide identifiers to be sure.
They certainly wernt a part of the forces or cadet force’s.
Only thing I can think of is the Midshipman insignia, I think they use it for Cadet Under Officers. Doesn’t fit with the Sub Lieutenant part of your description though.
Yes, we did that when we had an RN cadet as ‘head of corps’ i.e. senior cadet for a contingent of nearly 200. Then the RN introduced CCFRN cadet ranks of Cdt CPO/Cdt WO so no need any more. (Previously they topped out at Cdt PO which is rather a low rank to be in charge of FS/WO2 in other sections!)
No wasnt that.
But interesting.
It was clearly a Walter Mitty thing.
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Was the vertical element embroidered on, or pinned on (like the VRT pin badge)?
It looked embroidered on.
If I’m honest it looked like a straighter version of the old british rail logo
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No.
Ok I will draw it some.point and upload
Are you suggesting that paracetamol is banksy?
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I wish.
Blokes not only got talent, but the bank balance ti show it.
I just came very close to posting a picture of a different children’s painter, but it might breach the AUP.
Can you tell who it is yet?
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Now you leave Tony Hart out of this…
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