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Pick up your chain - it's scratching the hardwood - now you'll have to strip and wax again!  ;D

Always get the disposable batteries option. Others may differ, but I find it easier to carry a bunch of double As in my gear than a generator and extension cords.  ;D On some exes I've been on, we have been without power for more than a week in a patrol base etc. And yes, being a flawless...

Kirkhill, While I am willing to concede that the Europeans have developed some fine equipment, and continue to do so, I think we shoot ourselves in the foot sometimes in reference to acquisitions. Lest we forget the ERYX? The prevailing attitude seems to be "buy Euro first, if nothing...

Because the military is a lifestyle - not a hobby or fleeting affiliation. I think the military is right leaning because the right usually espouses a "realist" worldview in which events and people are viewed in a simple context of whether they help or harm your objectives, in their current...

Nope. (she lurks here) Unexpected eh? Maybe I'll get her that new Casio Pathfinder watch I she wanted. What a surprise! ;D Why? I deploy in Feb, and I need a good TV to replace the one I'm issued, I fixed her up with a supplier's name, price, pattern etc. Oh, and slobbering over women is...

Strange, because the Bushmaster mounted on LAVIIIs and Coyotes is mostly maintained by the crew of that vehicle. Mounted Infantry units in Afghanistan right now do'nt have a weapons tech anywhere close by most of the time. We have a RCHMG mounted on the Nyala right now - and it was originally...

::) So when a woman slobbers on the counter at Birks over something wildly impractical, humungously expensive and doomed to be worn only 3 times a year, this is acceptable and normal, but when I ask for tools, kit and booze, I'm dull and predictable? My new arktis webbing will do far more good...

Now if I ran the CF, I would take a weapon we already use in a few vehicles, and recognise an even greater cost savings in ammo, training and technicians by using it on a ship, especially given the precedent set by our similarly armed allies. Or we could buy yet another piece of overpriced...

nice use of the plural :)

Which were the first ones?

Well, I'll give you the easy solution. Learn french, only because it's free and it will get you ahead. Have your child in Quebec, and collect the large "baby bonus" equivalent that they have there. Don't pay your tax bill. Wait until you are posted out of the bell province  ;) and then it...

Unless I'm grievously mistaken, provincial taxes pay for things that are the provinces bag, like language police and 5$/day daycare. Why don't you have a bunch of kids - you can send them to daycare for 5 bucks - thats worth 600-850$ A MONTH here in alberta, and then learn french, on the...

pish posh. I would expect that in the 21 century, educated, intelligent (she married me!) woman should be able to hear the truth about their little bums, without blowing a gasket, bursting into tears or attempting to withold sex (seriously, no woman can resist me!). You can't have it both...

I have - they said they were worn enough that they'd just be tossed anyways - they are now my "mowing the lawn" boots. Some of this seems like a moot point anyway - what self respecting infanteer wears the issued TV or boots? I would personally be more worried about the guy who shows up with...

Sounds like a good idea to me - and just the kinds of citizens both the US and Canada require. Funny that these "officials" deride the use of foreigners, but only one in six hundred of them are willing to do the job themselves.

If you want something for Christmas, do what Mrs. GO!!! does; Grab 9er (that's me) FMP, flip to the last page (the first unused one), and write "X-MAS GIFTS FOR ----" On the second line (and the third and the fourth) write the name of the item, the cost, and where, both store name and lat/long...

I agree - happy holidays, but the next time someone asks you for some change, dig deep for a card from your local recruiter, and ask him "how about a change of lifestyle?" AFAIC, it's just the modern version of "you can give a man a fish..."

We exist to defend the weak and ignorant's right to speak their minds. That does not mean that I agree with him, only that I acknowledge his right to be wrong.

That's because she's too busy touring Africa and the Caribbean, proclaiming her "one-ness" with people there, and selling herself as some sort of self - made diplomat/national representative.  I have a sneaking feeling she'd make a speech about how wrong the GWOT is anyway - that'd be great...