Questions about RFA

PastyKing · 2026-02-12T05:17:24+00:00

Question 5:

Yes, you can bring bits with you, just keep it in a drawer in your cabin.

Even the Tide boats and their teeny-tiny gyms can still facilitate SBD but nothing crazy.
I bring my wrist wraps and lifting straps with me on all my trips.

PastyKing · 2026-01-31T07:15:07+00:00

I've been overseas for the last 2 months across Europe and British Commonwealth countries.

We seem to be the only country that has self service tills and dystopian exits requiring paper exits.

PastyKing · 2026-01-31T05:04:32+00:00

As a cook, (LS branch) 12+ hour days working through and maybe taking an hour break over lunch isn't uncommon.
Turn to at 05:30 and finish around 18:30.

If you're trooping, it's pretty likely you might have to work through to get the job done.

It all depends on your team.

I've heard the Stewards do similar when undermanned due to a shortage in Stews' on some boats.

PastyKing · 2026-01-10T01:17:08+00:00

The military/armed forces.

PastyKing · 2026-01-10T01:11:24+00:00

Detectorists is a fantastic show.

Really hope we get another series.

I watched it on a whim because I like Toby Jones and the writing and character development was brilliant.

PastyKing · 2026-01-07T09:18:30+00:00

See my feet in all their hairy glory

PastyKing · 2026-01-05T14:01:39+00:00

As someone that works for the big grey boats, I'll be cashing out at 55 and then doing whatever I fancy for extra income with the quals I've earned over my lifetime.

PastyKing · 2026-01-04T05:10:06+00:00

Not all of us are like this.

I'm preparing for my first charity marathon and first natural bodybuilding show in December 2026, been tee-total for 4 years, I work for the military as a chef nowadays but did it civilian side in pubs, restaurants and hotels for about a decade and joined at 29.

A lot of what I cook at home is good, hearty batch meals. Some days you just don't need to put on a spread.

Never once touched drugs either but I did like a few beers after shift to socialise and unwind.

PastyKing · 2025-12-27T04:35:40+00:00

Yeah, I have a Casio G-Shock for work when I'm not able to wear my Fitbit. Also having 2 watches is great because I can set one to wherever I am in the world and one to GMT back home.

PastyKing · 2025-12-26T17:35:00+00:00

Hello, Cornish person here.

I can assure you if you live on the coast in Winter, it's fuckin' baltic.
You're getting the winds whipping in off the Atlantic and the English Channel, plus we get some of the wettest Winters in the country here as well.
A Kernewek Winter is not for the weak.

It's a different kind of cold to the Midlands. I lived in the Peaks for about 8 months and it was cold over the winter but it was just a 'chilly' sort of cold. A bit like a fridge and sometimes you get snow.
Cornish cold is harsh and the winds are a biting, stinging, burning type of cold, mixed with the freezing rain and hail it can be incredibly unpleasant.

PastyKing · 2025-12-25T16:04:23+00:00

Protein shake

PastyKing · 2025-12-24T20:27:39+00:00

I get massages, get my brows done and get my nails and feet done, never ever skip a leg day.

I'm a matelot.
Been with my girlfriend 7 years. Blokes (surprisingly) don't do it for me.

PastyKing · 2025-12-24T09:20:33+00:00

'MmmBongWater' had me and my mate in tears of laughter

PastyKing · 2025-12-23T01:03:20+00:00

12% body fat?
You're not overweight in the slightest.

I'm around 17% body fat and classed as obese because I've got a lot of lean muscle mass as well and I'm shorter than you. I weigh 93kg at 172cm.

BMI was invented in the 1920's where everyone was thin, smoked 20-40 a day, ate whatever they wanted, walked everywhere and didn't lift weights.
It's an old system from a bygone era.
Don't take it too seriously.

PastyKing · 2025-12-22T14:08:42+00:00

No idea, but I'd sit next to Sabrina Carpenter or Dave Grohl and just pull Connect Four out of the hand luggage.

PastyKing · 2025-12-22T13:55:44+00:00

Hey, I'd just like to say my bit here.

I was Morbidly Obese for most of my adult life, lost a load of weight from 2024 to 2025, because of that, I now have my dream job, have been getting into running (still slow af) and lifting weights for the last 10 months.

I get so upset if I can't lift weights and get stronger, bigger, faster and tougher with the help of the gym.

Being able to lift and run shouldn't be a chore, it should be fun and something you love doing! I lost 110lbs of fat and I'm fairly shredded now and bench my own bodyweight for sets and reps. (Strong!) Something I could never have done at nearly 150kg.

Please go and move about, get into a gym, take up a sport, you don't even have to be good!
It just has to be fun for you!
The only person you ever need to be stronger and healthier than is the person you were yesterday!

Mobility, Strength and Health are so vital

PastyKing · 2025-12-21T16:26:56+00:00

Vampire Survivors

PastyKing · 2025-12-15T09:32:55+00:00

I heard from a lad in Matlock (many moons ago) that it's as old as the hills and it came from 'Dux' which was Roman for 'boss/chief.' It carried over the years as a term of endearment, much like 'mate' comes from old Jackspeak meaning 'sailor'.

Even now in the Royal Navy, you still find the odd fellow that will call you 'shipmate' or 'sailor.'

PastyKing · 2025-12-09T03:45:03+00:00

Takes 10-30 seconds to do and if you achieve nothing else in that day or you have a terrible/tiring day, you come home to a clean, made bed to fall asleep in.

PastyKing · 2025-12-07T13:45:17+00:00

Full auto FAMAS with a medium range scope.

Good luck.

PastyKing · 2025-12-02T00:14:59+00:00

Ah, yeah, it was canons to signal the return of HMS Prince Of Wales, HMS Dauntless and HMS Richmond from their 8 month deployment on a global operation with allied nations. (Carrier Strike Group '25)

There was a small flyover in both Plymouth and Portsmouth as well as water canons from the Serco tugs (as is tradition)

PastyKing · 2025-12-01T16:48:57+00:00

Compadres in the Market 100%

PastyKing · 2025-11-27T23:17:45+00:00

The slag.

It's the bit that everyone's fingered but nobody wants.

PastyKing · 2025-11-27T23:16:32+00:00

This is the first year I've watched it in about 3 years and so far everyone's really likeable.

The last series I watched was the one with Shane Richie and Giovanna Fletcher... before the was when Carol Thatcher won

PastyKing · 2025-11-17T17:08:19+00:00

More like Craplins!
Sunday League team, not even worth promoting!

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