In the same vein, Commanding Officers of army regiments/battalions have an 'entertainment allowance' paid for by us tax payers.
I used to refund them for their expenses.
The CO would invite all their subordinate officers around and have a meal; the army chef was free (sort of, the tax payer covered his wages); and then get p]ssed; judging by the amount of alcohol they'd bought; and we're not talking cans of Carlsberg here.
They'd do this about three or four times a year.
The only rules were was that it was for a 'team building excercise' and 'food' had to be on the menu; not just drinks.
Don't you love paying taxes?
i was working in tidworth on the kandahar site (i forget the house name, its the 1 that prince charles stays at when they play polo, it overlooks the polo ground and had a rear gate to it, so poor charlie doesnt have to walk to far
), and the top brass was having a party, he bateman was a ok bloke, but the top guy was great, he allways got his bateman to fetch and carry my tools, make me coffee and hoover up after me, if the bateman wasnt on duty, the top brass guy would make me a coffee and go and get me a biscuit ( a nice guy imho)
anways back to the boring story, i made some remake about the party as the rear store room was being prepared for the party, loads and loads of booze
i mentioned i had been to a squadies party in his house a few weeks ago and how civil is was, as i was expecting it to be a brawl, this guy was fairly low and lived in a married house, i became mates with a few, nice to call in and have a coffee on a day when i had little work on
the guy said " you fancy coming and see'ing how the other half of the army live"
he was being serious aswell, i declined and he gaveme a bottle of brandy and said " well have a drink at home"
i dont drink brandy, but i gave it to my bro in law, who said the bottle was worth about 100 quid :
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