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Michael, or maybe the storeman was flogging it and diluting what was left. I remember at Pet we had to fill up our vehicles every night. I was riding a motorcycle at the time and got pegged for a gallon every night. The POL people were laughing all the way to the nearest pub.

Bin-Rat, your 1st mistake was dealing with the Bureau of Pension Advocates. Get someone from the outside, the Legion or a lawyer. Although I had no problem with the pension part I did have to fight for some subsequent entitlement. The problem with the members of the Pension Board is that they...

Michael, when my shoulders get better or when I can get this dictation program to work I'll get back to you. Right now I am not able to type for a sustained period.

I am probably in the wrong forum to tell this story but in order to inject a little humour I'll tell it anyway. Take note this happened 50 years ago. When I returned from Korea I had been seriously wounded   but the C.O. of my Reserve Unit wanted me to come back and serve in the Recruiting...

Michael I agree with most of what you say BUT I would not fit the mold. I remain an individual capable of my own thought and if a superior is wrong he is wrong. Hopefully I will write my lasr chapter soon and I am not going to pull any punches. Can you imagine standing at the bottom of a hill...

When 2Bn The RCR were created in 1950 the third Rifle company was known as "C" Coy. When the 1st Bn arrived in Korea the name was changed to "Charles Coy". If you go back to the Boer War I am sure you will find a reference to "C" Coy. I'm sure Mike O'Leary can fill us in on the details

"ALL HAIL THE CHIEF",  Kerry would have been a disaster for the US. His wife's big mouth would have made our MP Parish look like a Saint. I think that the Clintons and others in the Democratic Party had more to do with Kerry's defeat than anyone.

When this program came on the other night I immediately switched to another channell I had seen SPR before and was not favourbly impressed by it. I watched the program "A War Of Their Own" on PBS" Apparently this program was so popular that night that it overwelmed the stations telephone system...

Regarding the tunes played at Dargai. Lloyd Tucker a former staff member of the 48th Highlanders Museum wrote to the Gordons Museum about this subject and received a reply that they do not know what which tunes were played during the charge. P/M Findlater was wounded and and still continued to...

Hey "Jimmy" you got that right.

Being a DINASOUR I don't ever recall wearing a POPPY on my uniform, headdress or whatever. While serving in the army I don't ever recall wearing a POPPY. I was more concerned wether we were going to wear Greatcoats and gloves or just Battledress for the Remembrance Parade, it can be darn cold in...

Don't any of you guys drink Drambuie?

It always annoys me when the media refer to a Guard of Honour as an Honor Guard (an American term).

4) RCR doesn't wear kilts. Pity, some of 2nd Bn do. You will find that a number of The RCR who have served in 48th first. There was a time when the Sergeants Mess's of the 1st Bn The RCR and the 48th exchanged visits, we have a 1st Bn pennant in a case in our mess. As to size ask Tess about one...

A serious note then a bit of levity. Over the last year or two our network has been receiving e-mails from Afghanistan and Iraq. The ones from Iraq were particularly  of interest because our former PM Cretin said that we didn't have any troops there. The foremost thread in all these messages...

John give Anthony my best wishes, I hope you are not going to wear sandals to the Wedding, maybe Blues would be appropriate Aye Dileas

It may well be that a Canadian MP could perform his duties on an American Base where Canadian Troops are training. Normally there is an arrangement where US Peace Officers are coming to Canada to investigate or if Canadian Peace Officers are going to the US to investigate there is a protocol...

A former co-worker of mine passed away on the 16th of this month he was with the 3rd Anti Tank Regiment and had mentioned that they came ashore with the North Nova Scotia Regiment. PICKLES, George Allen _ With Sadie at last. Beloved husband of the late Sadie Pickles. Born on August 8th, 1921...

A friend sent me the following tid bit; T. Bechtol, part-time City Councilman from Pensacola, Florida, was asked on a local live radio talk show the other day just what he thought of the allegations of   torture of the Iraqi prisoners. His reply prompted his ejection from the studio, but to...

:cdn: Quebec's windfall National Post Wednesday, September 15, 2004 Adscam is still fresh in the minds of many Canadians: The judicial inquiry into the $100-million in dubious commissions funnelled to politically connected ad agencies in Quebec got underway just last week, and has continued...