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"What are you guys doing?" "Putting on the foil coach!" The movie is Slapshot; first speaker is Reggie Dunlop (as played by Paul Newman), second is one of the Hanson Brothers (I can't remember if it's Jeff, Steve or Jack). A great film.  The second best line, IMHO, is "Hey Hanrahan!  Your...

3 RCR Recce July 90 to December 92 - which company were you in?

Try the Canadian Forces College Information Resource Centre.  I did a search using the general keyword "cavalry" and got 191 hits.  Some of those may be useful to you. The url is http://wps.cfc.forces.gc.ca/en/index.php.

Very well said, Reccecrewman.  I had the good fortune to command CSS soldiers for a year, and count it as one of the most rewarding experiences I've had in my career.  Professional to a fault, and given my intent, they would work wonders in keeping the battalion on its feet.  I have no lack of...

It depends on the tone used.  I've found that "A reply within X days would be appreciated", or some such request, works more often than not.

It may be argued that the likelihood of an incident occurring is not great.  Sikhs have been in Canada for well over one hundred years and a kirpan, to my knowledge, has never been used as a weapon in a school setting.  It is a symbol of faith, and its use as a weapon runs counter to that faith.

In honour of three of my favourite awful movies: CHUB (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Brokeback) I Spit on Your Brokeback Brokeblackula

I'm on my second Corolla.  Despite my abysmal record at taking them in for scheduled maintenance, they are extremely reliable, economical to operate and a pleasure to drive.  I'll second the general comment that "you can't go wrong with a Corolla".

Montgomery was (to use today's terminology) the land component commander.

WO:  Did you press those pants this morning, Mr. XXXXX? OCdt:  Yes, Warrant Officer WO:  Next time, put a few more rocks in your mess tins

I recall tooling around in my carrier, soon after my arrival in Germany, and discovering (much to my troops' amusement) that "Ausfahrt" and "Umleitung" were not towns.