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  1. X-mo-1979

    What's the dumbest thing you heard said today?

    Had a lady give me a dirty look when her beagles were barking at me while I was out running.I said "hey someone wants to go hunting".By the look she game me she didn't get it.I guess people in upper Canada don't use the beasts to hunt. I wouldn't doubt that if she was a member here she would...
  2. X-mo-1979

    BMQ for reservists, is 13 weeks an option?

    If it meets the same requirements.Which I believe it does.Heck if a Armd Mcpl can get equal for a course they did in a Gwagon for the regular force equivalent in a coyote...I couldnt see why they wouldnt get BMQ wrote off. My father in law was a Sgt with the GGFG in the 80's as he was still...
  3. X-mo-1979

    A Canadian soldier's story from Afghanistan - link to CBC News

    Sorry to bump a old topic.however I was talking to my mother today who actually brought this up again.She was very happy to see it,as I was deployed when this actually came out.I use to try and explain to her every time we talked that "no mom we cant go to Tim Hortons" and "no mom the fables...
  4. X-mo-1979

    22-inch Nepalese Man ready for title of World's Shortest Man

    My 1st son was born at 19 inches! Second at 18.
  5. X-mo-1979

    French troops were killed after Italy hushed up ‘bribes’ to Taleban

    While I believe there is merit in buying off tribal militias to aid us,it should be done at NATO level.As doing it at the country level I believe you risk paying off wrong people who in turn are against a tribe another NATO country is funding.Suddenly the USA ,Canada U.K, Italy are essentially...
  6. X-mo-1979

    For the size of Canada, how large should our armed force be?

    I'm Guessing your talking about slat armour?Vehicle techs don't work on slat armour and we don't have metal workers.Our Mat techs can aid in removing snapped off bolts etc associated with slat armour. What weak point are you talking about?How many tanks have you ever seen/worked with in real...
  7. X-mo-1979

    What are you listening to/fav type of music

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B9RRVuMnSg&feature=related And wishing I could be back in Germany right now.
  8. X-mo-1979

    Sound off: What are you doing right now? Aside from the obvious being on here..

    Recovering from a very long week (so far) of getting back into running and dropping some weight from my being laid up from injury.Have two of my kayaks put away for winter...but debating on heading out tomorrow in my old one I got left out to shoot some video.
  9. X-mo-1979

    "Canadian general vents anger over bombings to Afghan village elders"

    She asked where she could post this on here.So I just copied and pasted it. I'm working on a new show with Mark Kelley (starts oct 26 on Newsworld) and this is for a 4 minute segment on his show. Every couple of weeks we'll take someone out to a mall or a park...some public place.  We put up a...
  10. X-mo-1979

    For the size of Canada, how large should our armed force be?

    Here you are spouting off to members of this site about getting their fact right.Let's get this fact right. The reason we had a shortage of Leopard C2 mechs was due to our army deciding to get rid of tanks.We mothballed our fleet and started making monuments.Therefore the Mech's were not getting...
  11. X-mo-1979

    "Canadian general vents anger over bombings to Afghan village elders"

    They should start a special organization for  "containment of x-mo-1979 (warmonger) gets a terminal disease at a old age".Nothing but evening news cast of me punching people at gala's etc. ;D
  12. X-mo-1979

    Canadian Rangers Get Distinctive Tombstones

    In Newfoundland the forestry men who were sent to Scotland to cut lumber for the war effort was recognized by a similar headstone to the combat troops.The difference being the cross was denoted at the bottom with forestry being the unit.Where as soldiers had the cross at the top and their trade...
  13. X-mo-1979

    A&W Papa Burgers: The choice of Griffon pilots everywhere

    And this my fellow soldiers is why physical fitness is important.If this FE had been a overweight turdmonkey waddling to the restaurant the media would have been all over it.thank you airman for representing the country well!
  14. X-mo-1979

    Hey look, another one...

    Well something you should also be considering is that you will not be able to get a pension till your a 51 year old woman as well.Not to mention Armd offers no civilian equivalent.As well it is a very busy job with little to no schedule.You never can plan for anything from one week to the...
  15. X-mo-1979

    Proof that the AR-15 is a Mattel toy

    Did you guys check out the video by the same guy called the "blobak pistol" ..yes those are elastic bands. This guy builds rickety weapons and uses the word "dang" instead of cussin.... it got "he was such a quiet guy...I didnt expect that" all over channel 9 news.
  16. X-mo-1979

    Afghanistan: Why we should be there (or not), how to conduct the mission (or not) & when to leave

    How should we conduct the mission? Ok I'll bite.real simple.Destroy all marajuana and hash and opium we find.Growing or processed.Use aircraft to napalm the fields at night.There is a very clear report out saying the Taliban are growing and have tons of money due to the drug trade.I'm not a...
  17. X-mo-1979

    09/10 Budget Impact on PRes - Unit stand-downs, Class B Freeze, and so on!

    After reading this thread a good 10 times I still don't have a concrete idea of what is going on!Little above my head I guess. Will there be a review of position's that can be filled by regular force members apres 2011?I have always seen certain position in our corp that didnt make sense to...
  18. X-mo-1979

    Protesting while serving

    Well if you don't like intimidation tactics why would you bother joining Armd?you do realize to complete missions we have to use up to deadly force on people right?You realize that means looking into a site and saying firing now and turning people (yes real live people)into a pile of body...
  19. X-mo-1979

    Protesting while serving

    "anti-war, anti-globalization, feminist, and such groups, helping organize, marshal, and participate protests and marches. Overtime, I tone it down and limited to events I care about, as well to focus on other things in life. Even with the other interests and groups which I am still involved in...
  20. X-mo-1979

    Protesting while serving

    http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/80540/post-788460.html#msg788460 "There was also the whole thing of being involved in anti-war, anti-globalization, feminist, and such groups, helping organize, marshal, and participate protests and marches. Overtime, I tone it down and limited to events I...
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