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Harrumph!  <ruffles paper in a vigorous fashion>  Hear, hear old chap!  Quite so! For a while, at least, in the civilian world, all formal events were dinners, hence the belief that all formal wear was evening wear.  Simply not so, old chap.  <ruffles paper once more, and goes back to reading...>

There is no organization that regulates such things.  Sorry.  The closest you'll find is the Scottish Tartan Authority. http://www.tartansauthority.com/ They REGISTER tartans that people create, but they do not REGULATE them - it's free market capitalism.  With only a handful of exceptions...

Exactly.  I would go further and say that normalized wages would hinge on the deduction of associated costs, and ineligibility for social safety net benefits upon release.  Ohh, wouldn't that be a shame that someone gets out of prison, only to be ineligible for welfare and EI, and have CRA...

A story from our brethren in the Royal Navy.  Unconfirmed, of course... ---------------------------------------------------- Pull up a sack of spuds (no sandbags aboard ship), tune the direction finder into Radio Luxembourg, crack open one of those cans of beer you've been hoarding and let me...

If it's legit, I like the idea that the Orthodox (Christian) types are recognized as being more than just Greeks.  It was always interesting having "GO" on my dog tags and not being Greek, or even married to a Greek.

What I can assure you of is that there is no CF wide consistent policy on this.  It all depends on Branch/Trade/Regimental policy and traditions. If your associate is claiming that this is the way it is with all trades, all across the Forces, he is dead wrong, I can assure you of that. He may...

Fried

Beans

Slow news day, methinks.  Tempest in a C cup, perhaps?

Sadly, the assumption that Islamic radicals were behind this one seems to fall short.  Possibly more due to tensions between Georgia (the country, not the US state!) and Russia. Not all terrorists are muslim.

It geth tho hawd to thpeak when oou make me vite my thongue wike dith.  :warstory:

Something like that may have happened at the 2RCR pay office once.  Allegedly.

And don't walk into your unit's pay office after being AWOL for six months, and ask why your pay has been stopped....  Unless you really want to get reacquainted with the RP's.  >:D

But, the "get to the choppah" line was delivered with such emotional clarity and conviction, it creates an emotional resonance within me that never fails to bring a tear to my eye. ... Oh, wait...  My bad.  That wasn't emotion.  That was gas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs_OacEq2Sk

bdave, thank you very much for responding and giving me stuff to think about.  I appreciate it. However, I'm not sure you grasped the big picture of what I was trying to say, and I assume that it may have been due to my inability to express it well.  My apologies.  We agree that wars change...

If this is in the wrong forum, I apologise, and request it be moved to the right one.  I just wrote up this little rant expressing some random thoughts in my head.  Then I thought, "You know, Army.ca has a bunch of real smart bu66ers who could probably tell me whether I'm talking out of my arse...

Do you think that if she ever discovers what you're really like, that'll end?  ;D

In a "Tim the Tool Man" Taylor kinda way?  :nod:

There are ways around this rule.  All it takes is the people in the right positions willing to make the right decisions. Of course, if we have the wrong people in these positions, who aren't willing to make the right decisions, then we have the Government working as usual... Or am I just being...

Actually, I kinda hope they get caught by some serving or ex-military personnel first.  >:D :rage: But I'm with Danjanou on this: