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or you can invest in an industry, do some breeding work, grow appropriate crops - The University of Saskatchewan had for decades an apple/ sour cherry/ strawberry breeding program and in the 90's got it out to the farmers - nothing but profit for them - people want apples that taste like apples...

Don't you just love bureaucratic in-fighting - From my experience with Canadian embassies they are staffed by the most unhelpful people you can find - I remember an e-mail reply I obtained vis-a-vis information on taxes - paraphrased it went like this: "We are an embassy, we are not here to help...

Since i live in Poland, and see items that you are perhaps unaware, a rather interesting perspective on monuments and war cemeteries is that while Soviet era 'grandiose' monuments were removed, the cemetery memorials have not been touched and are well looked after. Indeed it is more surprising...

ahh yes, a 'poll' - before I believe the results I'd like to see the specs of this poll -  the exact question, a breakdown of the responders as to age, income, education, location... Polls... Meaningless junk

Sober_ruski buddy, I'm a Cannuck living in Poland, as to the Russian mafia, come here, watch the news..... and did I say anything about Russia? Russia and the Russian mafia are two different organizations aren't they? Cutting juice refers to electicity too... By the way, I have visited and...

In that case surely Russia should spend their oil/mineral wealth on building and maintaining decent roads? There is the odd website around that shows pictures of a few of these  'roads' - ah yes, found it - this site: http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/2006/11/most-dangerous-roads-in-world.html...

Cold War? Not really, there are too many trade connections now - The  Russian organizations that count also have too much to lose - I mean the Russian mafia (a war would surely decrease their annual profits from money laundering, racketeering, prostitution, and smuggling). Has Eastern expansion...

Good to hear about old Chuck - i asked him once for a job and a dukedom but alas, he told me to check the local job board - no mention was made of the Dukedom.. Seriously though, I thought Lord Strathcona was the hcc of the strats? How 'bout trying for Wayne Gretzky or Mark Messier- you know the...

Yes you are right mr. Wallace... there should have been a slash there - honourary colonels/colonels-in-chief. I do have a question though - aside from Prince Philip - who was renowned for his attention towards the RCRs - do any of the royals care about their regiments? Princess Anne perhaps -...

So why stop there? Why not add some more honourary colonels-in-chief from Canada - how about Guy Lafleur for 12 RBC? he visited the troops in Afghanistan. Why not more of the people who went out of their way to support Cdn troops? Adrienne Clarkson is a superb choice, Rick Mercer for that...

Ohh and please don't forget how useful a Leo2 would be in giving little kiddies lifts to school on snowy days, or that you can hook a plough to them and fix up 40 ha in no time at all - not to mention the fact that these magnificent contraptions are so useful in making roads - oh I forgot, they...

gawd, plse don't let the idiots know!

I know, Mortar Guy, I had to get a mention of the CF-105 (Arrow) in there - I mean it's been months since it was mentioned. But in regards to the CF-100, you must admit it was good for its role in NORAD. Now instead of unguided rockets - something more up-to-date? Realistically, and I believe...

Seems to me you are speaking about the beloved CF 100 Canuck,  CF 105, CF-5  (CF 116) combination... what goes round. comes round.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CF-100_Canuck, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CF-105, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cf-5

just found out in an article, that the brains behind Henry Ford was a Cannuck, he became mayor of Detroit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Couzens....  Then there's the avroplane; http://www.unrealaircraft.com/wings/avroplane.php, or the undoing of Roe aircraft...

Well, there's always Churchill.... On the other hand, by the time any new icebreakers - be it Coast Guard or Navy - are purchased, or for that matter ice-strengthened ships. global warming will have changed the parameters some-what...

Hi! thanks for the information in regard to the "boxtop" runs in Alert - which is exactly what i was interested in - as I'd been there in 1976 building the second barrack block and also worked on airfield repair for one or two weeks. I assume the best approach for "boxtop" would be C177 to...

By the way, can the C-17 - (i wonder what the Cdn identity will be?) be used for the box-top runs for Alert? it surely would eliminate alot of flights....

Thanks, I'm also thinking here of as well as  ground breaking technology (if that is an appropriate word use for say, aircraft, or naval craft), modifications to equipment that has been adopted internationally - surely there had to be a great many... (in order to keep the near obselete - au...

yes, being in Poland, I get to post early... :) Thought I'd run it by you all first...