Welcome To The TimeWarp
It was shortly after my Op Cygnet that I was due the three letters that bring an instant smile to your average squaddie:
R n R
Two weeks at home. Well ten days at home by the time you've had a couple of days travelling either end.
But still good.
Very good.
I wonder what Stephen Hawking would make of the R n R phenomenon.
In the weeks immediately preceding R n R time slows to an almost imperceptible grind. Think being a child waiting for Christmas and multiple that by a factor of about 10.
The time-space continuum* continues to be affected when you reach the airport although this may have more to do with our lovely friends the RAF than any alteration to the basic physics of the universe.
And then home.
By the time you've had a decent bath, slept in a decent bed and had more than two pints of your favourite beer then 10 days are over and it's time to head back.
* No - I'm not a Trekkie.
R n R
Two weeks at home. Well ten days at home by the time you've had a couple of days travelling either end.
But still good.
Very good.
I wonder what Stephen Hawking would make of the R n R phenomenon.
In the weeks immediately preceding R n R time slows to an almost imperceptible grind. Think being a child waiting for Christmas and multiple that by a factor of about 10.
The time-space continuum* continues to be affected when you reach the airport although this may have more to do with our lovely friends the RAF than any alteration to the basic physics of the universe.
And then home.
By the time you've had a decent bath, slept in a decent bed and had more than two pints of your favourite beer then 10 days are over and it's time to head back.
* No - I'm not a Trekkie.
fired down the range by DC at 8:37 pm
4 Comments:
Rocky Horror's much more fun...."Let's do the time warp agaaaaaain"
My mate was a Marine n he called R n R Rumping n Rogering. Sounds good t' me.
I reckon you really need three weeks off... then you get a middle week which is 7 days away from the pain you've endured and another 7 from the renewed onslaught.
It's what being on the dole must be like.
Its the work inbetween that makes those 10 days so sweet.
How was the camping?
Four Dinners - You'd have to ask Mrs Soldier about that!
Backroads - definitely, as soon as you are chilling out you are beginning to think about going back.
The Boy - Camping was great.
EggBanjo - I like to try and get as close to the middle as possible.
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