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For Sale One Dave Clark H10-13.4 radio headset (NSN 5965-01-446-1530). Purchased new, used twice. $240. Comes with: gel ear seals extra set of foam-filled ear seals extra mic cover push-to-talk adaptor for attaching to control yoke Will except PayPal, Interac Transfer or Zoompass.  We...

The Courthouse in Midland Ontario used to be an armoury used by the "C" Sqn Grey and Simcoe Foresters (RCAC).  Even though the G&SF stopped being armoured  - and pulled out of town - well before I ever moved to Midland, I do distinctly recall a Sherman Tank behind the building in the late 70s...

Twitter followers as a measure of achievement?  Really?  I would imagine that once you start eliminating the bots, that number would drop precipitously anyway. Now, look at the rest of that list you posted - all of the specific groups mentioned serve the public.  Singing into a microphone isn't...

It would be far better to take JT and his Liberals on their current policies (or lack thereof) and record. Trying to evoke scandals of the past is just as likely to backfire badly as succeed.  Whatever Justin's faults (and they are legion), he has a charisma that Ignatieff, Dion or even Martin...

Your input is noted.  You love swooping in and dumping on people in an attempt to shut down and/or chase people from discussions and that has become tiresome.  If you don't like my posts, don't read them.  Too simple. As long as the legal owners get their firearms back when this is all over, I...

A looter comes across an abandoned street in High River.  The houses have been checked by emergency workers and police and are no longer locked tight.  He walks into the first house and finds a cable-locked rifle behind a bedroom door.  "Oh gosh" says he "I can't take that, it's properly...

In reading  this thread, I'm seeing a lot of people noting, correctly, what the standard for safe storage is and that people who store their firearms safely should not be charged.  What I'm reading from the RCMP side of things is that they are not looking to charge people but trigger locked or...

On the Air Force side, Tom Langeste's Words on the Wing: Slang, Aphorisms, Catchphrases and Jargon of Canadian Military Aviation Since 1914 published by Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies is a great source too.

Being that the supposed military etymology of the brass monkey story is universally cited as coming from the navy, my logic is sound.  If you want to get more technical, a brass ring would not shrink enough in the cold, nor would iron shot expand enough in the heat, to cause the latter to...

Looking at it logically, you can debunk it as a myth.  How long will a pyramid of cannonballs stay stacked on a pitching deck?

Good advice, you should take it.  Cui Bono?  Good question.  Who benefits more, researchers or multinational corporations? A good video of a talk by Dr Marshall Shepherd, President of the American Meteorlogical Society, Director of Atmospheric Studies at the University of Georgia and former...

As long as we're discussing when to salute with the hand, can we take a moment and discuss how to salute?  Contrary to popular thought, unless you are a wearing a peaked cap, the tip of the finger is not in line with the outside tip of the eyebrow or the arm of the glasses.  Everyone who has...

Your  ::) notwithstanding... Of COURSE there is a need for secrets!  No one can dispute that.  But how many secrets need to be kept forever?  Even now, some of the most tightly kept secrets of WW2  are being released.  I don't think every single piece of information from that conflict is going...

That's the one, thanks.

Don't have the most current dress regs in front of me but IIRC, there is a paragraph about the wearing of obsolete uniforms and that permission is required to wear them. The RCAF has taken real ownership of the former uniforms and accoutrements since just before the renaming.  There is a...

I guess this explicitly means that people who transfer from the Regular Force or PRes to COATS are now out of luck.

And yet, South Africa did quite well with their truth and reconciliation approach.  I have no issues with things that could bring us harm being kept out of the public's sight (as for nuclear weapons, for example) but this worries me.  In 50 or 75 or even a hundred years time, all the details of...

The bigger question is whether CF insignia even qualify as a "work" WRT Crown Copyright.  While that term is thrown around, it would seem to me that it would fall more accurately in the category of trade-mark which is a different animal altogether.

The problem with terms like Mainstream Media is that it has come to mean any media that doesn't agree with you.  One of the more interesting neoligisms I saw last year was in the aftermath of the Daniel Dale/Rob Ford incident in the public land adjacent to Ford's house.  As the details came out...

The outgoing CO is a relative of mine.  He's a hell of a role model for any officer to follow and I'm super proud of him.  Well done Dave!