June 25th, 2012
A numbers game
It’s funny how certain numbers hold significance.
When I logged in to the blog tonight, I noticed that the blog contains 1,960 entries. 1960 happens to be the year I was born, so it stuck out straight away.
The blog contains 10,910 comments, which happens to be an exact multiple of my old warrant number.
I still think of myself as my old warrant number, even though I’ve been out of the game for three years now. Just last week I had to sign for something at work. Automatically I added a scribble after which I appended my old warrant number instead of my civilian number.
Some old habits die really hard.
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Ginger Mick says:
Just a boy!
June 26th, 2012 at 05:20
Baz says:
I have served in a few different forces now and I don’t think I’ll ever forget any of my warrant numbers.
June 26th, 2012 at 09:02
Baz says:
P.S : Melvin judging by your comment it would appear you are the phyco. Get a life.
June 26th, 2012 at 09:03
200 says:
Melv, I thought I told you to fuck off already (your comments deleted, as will they all be) now fuck off
June 26th, 2012 at 14:45
h2631563 says:
And as you can see, as well as my police warrant number, my old RAF service number still haunts me !!!!
June 26th, 2012 at 16:59
Tony F says:
I am not a Number!
June 26th, 2012 at 17:45
Civ_In_The_City says:
I`m going to miss my shoulder number when I retire, it`s like an old friend. Still, a little way to go yet, unless the cuts get me.
June 26th, 2012 at 18:53
Mad Mick says:
Civ weren’t you missing a letter ‘n’ in that post?
June 26th, 2012 at 19:36
joe says:
When I joined my warrant number was my ex-wife’s ‘phone number and my shoulder number was her house number. I didn’t take it personally!
June 26th, 2012 at 20:26
matt says:
my old army number comes in handy many times over. i use it for pin numbers alarm codes etc a number that i will never forget
June 27th, 2012 at 13:51
Blueknight says:
Many three or four figure numbers remind me of the Officers who used to wear them. I say used to because the numbers now are five or six figure and are not that memorable. And yes I still use my old collar number as a PIN code
June 27th, 2012 at 20:57