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Does anyone know the reason for banning photochromic and mirrored sunglasses.  Is it because the former looks funny when one wears them out of sun ('funny' because the lenses are somewhat light)?  As for the latter, I've heard: 'it's because they don't allow others to see your eyes.'  So what. ...

Is the non-nylon, "real" (i.e. 10% gold, 90% something else) gold braid still worn by some officers in the navy?  I think that I had seen it on some very nice looking shoulder boards this summer, but I didn't ask and I am not sure if it was just a particularly good-looking bit of yellow nylon...

How will these booms differ from the logs they've now? (In Esquimalt, at least.)  Man-made, I suppose, but what will they look like?

Now it is the words 'victim' and 'perp' that are getting us confused.  They are perhaps a poor choice as they imply the act (which donned the roles of 'vic' & 'perp' to certain persons) was wrongful.  We would consent to the theft being wrongful but not, perhaps, to the assault of the theif...

One issue that blurs the line between self-defense & assault is the role of the victim & perpetrator.  When the perpetrator commits the crime (say break-in & theft) there is a victim created by virtue of the act of the crime.  But notice that the perpetrator and victim aren't immaleable persons...

To be fair, a spinal adjustment (or whatever it is chiropractors do) & a sniffle are probably a lot easier to cure than cancer.  I'd be rather angry to wait for my cough syrup while they were curing cancer. And cancer does bring to mind our 'health' (sic) system's dealing with cures rather than...

Relativism is self-refuting: if the relativists say 'all viewpoints are relative & therefore none is more correct than the others,' then one can see that spells disaster to their own view point, which is no more correct than any other viewpoint.

There are various CANFORGENS, MARGENS, AIR(?)GENS updating certain things.  Like no sweater with NCDs anymore.  But it would seem those are largely ignored.  Either way, I doubt any substantial changes have occurred. I'm surprised DND doesn't publish it on the internet along with a few other...

I've got orthotics and boots to fit them are on the way (being made).  I simply went to the wing surgeon, he said I had very flat feet, referred me to a podiatrist.  Podiatrist casted me for orthotics, I picked them up & they don't fit well in my boots so I got a chit to go to the QM who sent me...

I was propounding it as a logical issue rather than an actual problem (i.e. that I have a sudden urge to salute my NCM-reservist friends when they're out of uniform). But I'm still curious on the status of the drill manual (or any publication like that) and CO's orders.  Obviously if the CO...

I always based my ettiquete off the drill manual, which doesn't even mention officer cadets, but does say that besides the queen &al. commissioned officers are the only ones to be saluted.  At my sea cadet unit, we teach the cadets to salute ncdts, but I always hated it, only receiving the...

I would like to re-ask this question, with an addition: which is a better polish for the white oxfords: 'white' or 'neutral'?  As far as I can tell, Kiwi brand white (the only brand of white I know) is rather new while neutral has been around a while.

I should hope so!  That's one of the reasons I volunteer with my old sea cadet corps: in order to make my mistakes as a DO now rather than when it matters more (not that cadets aren't persons too, but the good of the CF outweighs a few individuals).

The officer who told me the lapels were peaked re-checked & found they were indeed shawl. 

This incident is almost a parody of Immanuel Kant's essay An answer to the question 'what is enlightenment?'.  In the essay, he mentions persons are often told don't argue! Kant's examples?  "Don't argue! The officer says: Don't argue, get on parade!...The clergyman: Don't argue, believe!" ...

Shawl collared being rounded (like the airforce mess jacket lapels) & peaked lapels being like the lapels of the navy's black jacket (pointed up 'filling in' the notch where the collar and lapel meet.  (This point is known as the 'gorge.') Though if the QM cannot give me a pattern, I suppose no...

Due to lack of information at the local base tailor, I've the follwoing question: What style are the lapels of the navy mess dress white waiscoat?  Shawl or peaked (or anthing else)?  I've been told peaked but it sounds wrong because the waistcoat is single-breasted (not that the combination is...

So the rule that 2B includes nametags is contrary to tradition?  Is this an example of a typo no one has complained about yet? Hopefully, I'll never have to wear 2B again, but if I do I'll be sure to remove my nametag.

And, hence, persons keep drowning.  It does not need to be liquor for a toast, just not water.  The army has permitted water toasts for a long while as drowning is not such a problem for them. 2B is the only mess rig that does allow nametags & undress ribbons.

2B is the only rig upon which nametags & undress ribbons are worn.  (I think this was a mishap in dress instructions.) The navy's & army's port should be passed to the left any way you wish.  Perhaps the most important rule is that toasts mustn't be drunk with water (unless you want someone to...