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When were you happiest?
When I was 15 or 16, living in Germany, having mostly left my childhood behind, possibilities stretching ahead, and not having taken on any responsibilities.
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@FourT4 Were you also a military brat by any chance?
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@mattb yes, dad was Army (RCT/RLC). Germany was our one overseas posting. So I had 4 years in Mönchengladbach and then JHQ Rheindahlen, albeit in a British bubble as far as school and friends went. How.about you?
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@FourT4 RAOC/RLC. 4 years at Wulfen, then 2 in Fallingbostel.
I know what you mean about the British bubble. It was less marked in Wulfen, though, as we didn't live on base. The downside of that was having to search the car before touching it EVERY TIME it left your sight. I was 10 when I was taught to use the under car mirror and what to look for ☹️
Loved Germany, though. Been back many times since. Still do.
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@mattb we had a house off base too, in MG. Then we moved into the JHQ bubble in 1989. I think I heard the bang when the bomb went off in Rheindahlen, although I was in bed several miles away. And we were deeply involved with the sailing and windsurfing club in Roermond, where the IRA ASU was arrested.
I remember cycling to Bruggen & Wildenrath to watch the Tornados and Phantoms take off from outside the base fence. Made a change from seeing them over the school.
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