I recently had a medical for my job on the railways, and they took two samples, the nurse said one was for general haelth problems and the other was for intoxicants, so thats booze, drugs andany medicanes you haven't declared.

IMO and experiance, if your honest, they'll give youa fair hearing, but ...

being the strangest member

Well i'd hate to be normal. People forget you quickly if your normal, my legacy will be around for along time

NO, what i meant was when they happen, as long as you ain't involved in the incident, just in the delays, then train driving can get quite entertaining. I didn't phrase it properly.

I'm a railway enthusiast (I DO NOT stand on platforms for hours on end, too many zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, so i'm not a spotter) and i also find the army fasinating. Whats wrong with that?
And don't take the mic out of me wanting to be a train driver, it's upwards of 40K for sitting on you behind, with ...

what a wind up

I know Pt is constantly hard, and i'm still working at it, but my standard of fitness is ABSOLUTLY terrible, 2.8 miles in 40mins when i started, 25:09 by the time i finished, but then i found out asthma rules me out, so I only keep my fitness levels so i can carry out my job effectivly, there's alot ...

I've got a feeling it's got something todo with me moving away on sunday for a year with the railways. Not the best subject to talk to a girl about is it,
"hi, i know you've just been dumped, will you go out with me, and i'll have to abandon you on sunday to go and play with trains"

Can't think why ...

don't jip the railways mate, if you know anything about how it works it can get quite intresting, i'm onabout the railway as a unit, rather than just one job, but you are right, i don't have much going for me, except i'm on the best apprentiship scheme in the contry. I got turned down by my dream ...

OK, good job i've got the railways as back up i suppose. I went on the army wwebsite and had a chat to someone and they said i couldn't get in any front line ops but was unclear about the Railway squadron

Are weapons technicians full army or hired in civvies?

Yep, how did you know, i'm kinda creeped out now

For those who want to know, i was called ren because i'm ugly, skinny but i was hoping to leave the whole ren thing at college, but i suppose it's stuck now

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well, to dream of being in the SAS you have to be nuts don't you

Hi, my username on most railway forums is Nutter (hence it's here). My real name is mark and I've done the first year of a Public Service course at college, it was a 2 year course, but i got on the Network Rail Apprentiship at HMS Colinwood /HMS Sultan.

When i started the college course, i wanted ...

I want to join the 79 railway squadron of the RLC (TA i believe), i have done the first year of a Public Services course (nat cert, BTEC), i have passed all the fitness requirements (did the tests in PT sessions) and got 5 C's (science and english) and 2 B's (one's maths). As part of the course we ...