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Fry (or anyone else) knowledgeable about this topic maybe you could help me out with one point. I assume the more seal fur/meat one harvests the more one makes? So why go after the younger seals when there must be at least as many if not more adult seals tooling around? I assume the adult seals...

I know I was inflating the numbers somewhat ( I doubt everyone in China and Japan is a fan of hers), but if you are the most popular person in China you definitely have a head start on everyone else. Except maybe the most popular person in India (Amitabh Bachchan). All the best, Bart

It's Japanese singer Noriko Sakai. She is regarded as the most popular person in China both in name and reality by the Chinese music magazine "Music world". So adding up her fans in China (1.3 Billion) with her fans in Japan (127 Million) makes her the most popular person in the world (1.45...

Maybe we should lower capacity by about 20%, say convert some cells into storage or offices, then it will be operating at 100% capacity again. And if more people start getting sent there then convert the cells back. All the best, Bart

Paramedtech, I said "Once a month or fewer". Does that sound about right? ;D All the best, Bart

That was the funniest comment in the whole piece. Yeah, Pvt. Holmquest, basic is super easy now, not like when you did yours in the "old army", 18 months ago. I thought it was only CF policy to talk about how hard your basic was compared to the slackness of today. Because let me tell you how...

How do I put this delicately? A Firefighter typically has more "free time" then a Police officer. As such they are able to train medically, and use their medical skills on both fire and non fire calls. Don't get me wrong, I would love Police officers to have First responder training, since, as...

What I haven't read about on this thread or the Offr, Snr NCO etc, thread is the idea of a completely combined mess. That is all ranks in one mess. I have been a member of just a Junior ranks mess and a combined one and I really didn't feel one was superior to the other. If anything I like that...

You could try getting a British military one on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.ca/BRITISH-ARMY-MEDICAL-CORPS-BADGE-on-BRASSARD_W0QQitemZ6606773517QQcategoryZ36078QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem It's not OD and may take a while to get here, and like it's been mentioned, maybe you shouldn't use it but I thought I...

I agree wikipedia is not the ideal source for parliamentary rules and etiquette but I was lazy and knew I would find something there. The fact he is a cabinet minister has less sting since Kirkhill pointed out that he would be able to possibly influence cabinet from the inside.( So still be able...

I have no doubt Emerson will be an effective leader, the question is wether he will be re-elected. I say he, nor any member of the Conservative party have a hope in H-E-C-K of getting elected in Vancouver-Kingsway in the future. If people disagree I am willing to put money on the line. Granted...

That's true. That is an upside I hadn't considered. I may be all turned around on the whole being in cabinet thing, as I viewed it as a one way street, from the PM on down, but I guess some of my hierarchical thinking got in the way. That's quite a salient point. All the best Bart

Zipperhead_cop, I don't know if I'd call myself a party zealot, having never belonged to a political party in my life, I would call myself more of a "Champagne Socialist". That is, I enjoy espousing socially progressive views at cocktail parties and on web forums but when the rubber meets the...

Kirkhill, I draw your attention to an excerpt from the "Cabinet of Canada" article on Wikipedia (reproduced under the fair use provisions of the copyright act): Italics added for emphasis So you're right, when Stephen Harper authorizes his cabinet to have a free vote they can vote their...

I would second that nomination, if that was the wish of the constituents. The issue for me isn't the political acumen of the constituents of Vancouver-Kingsway, which may very well be lacking, my issue is if they want a figure 11 from a certain party, that represents certain policies, then that...

Recceuy, Just a few points on my interpretation: Fair enough, that's one interpretation, most of the spin I've read says it's to further Vancouver and BC business interests representation in the government. Now I'm somewhat politically naive but I couldn't find the riding of "Vancouver and BC...

Now David Emerson is avoiding the national media by hiding in Vancouver: http://www.cknw.com/news/news_local.cfm?cat=7428218912&rem=31408&red=80121823aPBIny&wids=410&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm At least it's only cost 22K so far to bring bureaucrats to see him. On a side note, I haven't had anyone...

£475? I'm not paying that! Things sure are expensive in the UK. How much of that is VAT? Bart

I didn't think this thread could get any funnier after I read the title, but I was wrong. thanks for that Mike. All the best Bart

Here in BC the only Tactical Paramedic team I know of is in Sechelt, and it's not so much as a team as just me, and I'm not so much as a Tactical Paramedic as just a regular one so I guess BC really doesn't. OK that didn't further discussion at all. Can't say I didn't try. Bart