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RE: Reply #47 I was told this by a certain RegF WO (admittedly with a twinkle in his eye) in '81 while taking my TQ2 Gunner's Course. tango22a

ALWAYS REMEMBER:  DO NOT traverse the Coyote turret MORE than SIX (6) revolutions to the LEFT or it will unscrew and fall off!! CONVERSELY DO NOT traverse the Coyote turret MORE than SIX (6) revolutions to the RIGHT or the turret will LOCK in place and become unusable!! Cheers, tango22a P.S...

He may not turn everybodies' crank, but you have to admit he tells it like it is and lets the chips fall where they may! tango22a

Perhaps we should emulate the Russians and just recruit people under 5ft 8in for the RCAC.....J/K of course!! tango22a

Tess and mariomike: PM Inbound! tango22a

As a rule Honda builds safe, reliable, well engineered vehicles. For the gas tank to be punctured indicates to me that the SUV had to be travelling at a high rate of knots to cause the damage done to the Honda. I guess it proves the old adage...."when the wine is in the wit is out!" I'm...

Tess: I'm not a lawyer (Thank You Lord) but I did see a nine year old girl die on the curb after the Pinto station wagon she was in was rear-ended. The impact threw the contents of the gas tank into the interior of the vehicle. The victim was able to get out of the vehicle on fire, as were some...

Gentlemen: From reading the article in MM's post it appears that did not only the SUV driver ruin the young girl's future but also her own. If by chance she is a service member her career is totally shot. I'm NOT trying to pre-convict her, but by reading the article quoted in MM's post, it...

Actually cars today are MUCH safer than those of even ten years ago. I can remember seeing a video of a midsize Volvo (S50 I think) that had been hit head-on by a semi... all that remained was a pile of wreckage after FD personnel had cut the driver out. He suffered a broken leg and cuts and...

Thanks for the back-up MM! tango22a

OldSoldier: For years a certain family-owned car company built thousands of a vehicles KNOWN to catch fire if rear-ended! I have been told that it was a KNOWN engineering defect that would cost less than $5.00 per car to fix. The company decided to ignore the problem to save a few dollars per...

Back in '85 we were going to borrow a Cougar and "go downtown" and engage the clock tower in beautiful downtown Wainwright as a "surprise" HESH target. tango22a

Possibly....if nearby accommodation can be found. All subject to change as I will be in Windsor on 9Nov09 to see if cataract(s) are ready yet. Cheers, tango22a P.S. Yellow Griffin looks good....tanks MM!

Several years ago I was casting for salmon on the Penetangore River in Kincardine ON and managed to get a small bat all wrapped up in my fishing line. Maybe since he/she got a little wet he/she tried to bite me as I attempted to disentangle he/she but was unable to pierce the skin on my thumb...

Sorry Roy and Mods!....Should have read to end of thread. tango22a

IIRC the shots (plural) came in a series of three (3) spread over two (2) weeks. Then you had to wait six months before having another series of shots....cortisone is a steroid and they don't want to overdose you. Sorry, but it has been over fifteen years since I have needed cortisone shots...

Had one in shoulder for torn rotator cuff and one in each knee....all seemed to help quite a bit. And after Recceguy gets done with screwing with my senile old mind I'll probably need one in the temporal lobe also! tango22a

Loachman: Sorry, but it was  a very long time ago. I think it must have then been a Voyageur as it was being flown by an RCASC pilot. At the time I was an O/Cdt at the Royal Canadian School of Infantry...I wanted Armour but at that time all Armour Officers came from RMC. Cheers, tango22a

Me.....I'm just a pure laine CANADIAN....NOT a hyphenated one!!....and proud of it. tango22a

Egy sarvedo: The programme went into the history of tandem-rotor helos and only really covered the Chinook for about one-third of the time...a bit of of a downer. It was under "the Greatest Planes" series. Sorry. but that was the best I could do on short notice since I didn't see the ad for...