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Teacher keeps a 40mm anti-aircraft shell on his desk at school, and slams it down on a bug to kill it.  The shell explodes, blowing his hand off. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/04/paperweight.explosion.ap/index.html

No I guess I wasn't very clear on my point - my bad.  Of course these are icons of Canadian culture, but they kind of overused. I'm a bit pressed for time, but here's a quick list, in no particular order. 1. Medicare (the concept, not it's current function) 2. Quebec nationalism 3. Official...

I don't like the tone of the message at all.   "IMMIGRANTS, NOT Canadians MUST ADAPT" - this creates an us-versus-them  mentality.  And most landed immigrants eventually become Canadian citizens. "We speak ENGLISH/FRENCH, not S panish, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any...

There was an interesting article in today's New York Times, on the fact that the US MIlitary has put copies of many of the Iraqi government documents captured by American troops on the web, ostensibly so that the anyone can play armchair intelligence analyst...

I guess exercises there really sucked or something?  No blue rockets?

Thank you so much for sharing these memories.  I showed them to my ten-year-old daughter, and she just read the entire thread with great interest.  She said to say thank you also. I think that to most Canadians the kind of commitment and sacrifice your generation made for us is just...

Well put GO.  During the election I heard Mike Duffy say on tv that he thought it would be better to appoint someone else as the MND.  It wasn't a comment on Mr. O'Connor, but he was pointing out that generally speaking it's not a good idea to appoint a former portfolio critic to being the...

I heard him on CFRA Monday morning and posted a question about it here: http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/41208/post-354037.html I don't remember his exact words, that each magazine holds 20 rounds, and 10 magazines means the soldier is carrying 200 rounds.  He also said that he couldn't...

It was just a quick piece on the radio news, I haven't read anything on it yet.  I am however going to write to to him (He is my local MP) and express my concern over his comments. C1 mag - was that the one for the FN rifle?

I just heard on the news that Defence Minister Gord O'Connor dismisses criticisms of personal equipment made by troops.  The report said that he felt the complaint of one soldier that the TAC vest only holds 4 mags when they need 10 is off base.  According to O'Connor, the TAC vest holds 80...

Whenever I've had to exchange something I just take it into clothing stores at NHDQ and they've always just made a one-for-one swap without even referencing my docs.

Dear Pike, I think you will find that you are quite welcome here as long as you (a) follow the site's code of conduct, (b) ensure that your postings have at least SOME basis in fact, and (c) desist with the 'post-and-run' tactics - stick around and defend your statements. Personally I would...

The best way to deal with someone like that is to dissect their arguments in discussion.  I think everyone here should join breakthesilence.ca and inundate her site with posts.  You know, all the stuff we get flamed for here.  Cross-post, repetitive topics, lots of msn speak, stuff like that.  ;D

She's baaaaaaaack!!!! edit - Darn it George you beat me.  Pike please stay around in this discussion.  I would love to read your response to what you've just invited upon yourslf.   Then again I like lots of stupid stuff.    Yes you are right, and he's doing a fine job.

Ahhh...the tank...the memories just keep coming. I got tossed in the tank during Mardi Gras 92.  I still have my souvenir polaroid too, the one they staple to the bag with your laces and wallet.  And it was a long cold walk across the commons the next morning.  I must have looked a state because...

Hey, I wasn't so picky back in those days.  More than once I found myself wondering the next morning how the hell I ended up in Dartmouth. 

You beat me to it Bern.  I think it's a very good piece for sure.  I always had the impression that the Star was a lefty paper but lately I've been impressed with the way they are reporting on things in Afghanistan.  Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like a change for them. Edit - There's a...

I always found his resemblance to Ned Flanders kinda funny.  I really don't like the new commercials.  The whole men-are-unsophisticated-dolts theme is old, and sexist.  It's not the commercials themselves that bother me, but the double-standard with regards to stereotypes. We would never see...

Stop please!  The nostalgia is making me all teary-eyed.  The Palace...one of my favourite hangouts when I was going to school at Dal!

Excellent post, Ghost.  It's incredible how many seem to think that they can join with health issues and expect the military to accommodate them.  What kind of kid would think he's grown-up enough to join the military, but still needs his mommy to come to his rescue?   That's funny about the...