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Should be in the manly thread. He ignored the possibility of ridicule to let his dance show his love for his daughter. Did you see how reluctant the groom, at the beginning of the clip, was to leave the floor to his bride and her father? Somebody was worried there.

With all respect, I think you're considering joining the wrong army. I seriously think you should be considering joining the Salvation Army. They do an incredible amount of good, are there early at disasters. There is a lot more to the SallyAnn than the Christmas kettles and their band. They...

What about resurrecting the Canadian CL-84 Dynavert. It never was adopted by anyone in spite of all the test pilots liking and supporting it. It would need a lot of changes but it would be a Canadian piece of kit and may have potential for roles other than SAR...

RE new boots estimated cost of 38.4 million dollars for 120000 pairs. IE $320 a pair! Are they made of snakeskin or alligator hide? This does seem a little expensive to me, I know its not as expensive as the F35 but what quality do these boots have that make them worth 320 a pair?

I beg to differ with you, AT&T and Cingular and Bell Canada used to, 5 years ot so ago,  transfer in Megabits. Unfortunately for them most people thought they were transfering megabytes, which just made more sense. But the agents when contacted were trained to refer to Mb as megabits. Its...

Please remember that there is an eight time difference between mB and mb. MB refers to mega bytes while mb refers to mega bits. A byte is 8 bits, so a byte is 8 times larger than a bit. Be careful when you read the claims they can be misleading

Must be April Fools Day or at least August Fools Day. It seems to me that if the CF are fighting a technological equivalent enemy in the Arctic, that all a hybrid electrical snowmobile would do is provide more easy targets for the enemy. I think reducing the noise of the engine would do little...

I love the people and geography of this most blest country. I love being able to go from province to province without worrying about visas etc, it's as simple as going from a room in my house to another room in my house. I love the welcome Canada gave to my parents after WWII, I love the spirit...

RTFM is very good advice for almost any endeavour, even drill. Of course, being able to understand it, is another issue.

Thanks for the reply Delany. First I consider the Maritimes as being 4 provinces, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Historically, back in the days of wooden ships and iron men, this area was an industrial and agricultural power house, of course the industrial...

Thank you for the info. I would love to pay homage to the courage of the resistance, but this is not the thread to do that.  We should try to find one already existing or start a thread. Sorry about the highjacking, it just seemed to morph

Somehow we can't ignore the effects of human stupidity. I have been trying to think of an example where the resistance forced the Germans out of a country without Germany being defeated by the Allies. I think the most important job the resistances had was to be the upholders of the nation's...

Thank you for raising that point. I did use them as examples because I thought it would be easier for people to be reminded of how people even national countries will unite in the pursuit of a common objective. But in WWII in almost every occupied country, there were two resistances, one a...

About as likely as the Nazis and Communists uniting, oh wait they did that when they invaded Poland. You are relying upon common sense instead of looking back into history and seeing some of the unbelievable alliances that have existed. If you think Nazis and Communists are too far fetched then...

Actually my fear is the various separatist parties unite, like Quebec, Alberta, BC, the Maritimes. There are people in each province who really do believe that their individual province could go it alone and successfully.

Bloc Quebecois sound familiar to you? I agree with you, at first glance, it does seem like a nonsensical statement, but just looking back at recent history it does make a certain sense. History is the best tool we have to use to extrapolate possible futures, but don't underestimate sheer human...

When you worry about the possible return of the Army Forage Cap

Normal squirrels are bad enough, could you imagine what those evil alien squirrels that our dogs and cats keep protecting us from. I figure the moose could follow the same route that Bendict Arnold followed when he attacked Quebec City during the American Rebellion. After all who's going to...

But what would our SOF (Sea Lions, Orcas and Ferrets) do. I think if we were to send a battalion of Moose down through New England to overrun Boston, we could then RV with our Orcas to launch a seaborne invasion of Washington DC, while we could also send beavers through the Adirondacks ie...

You (I, Citizen) said To summarize, the conclusion you arrived at was that the States would invade us to get to Russia. Or Hans Island as a staging ground for their eventual invasion of Greenland(which is also administered by those pesky Danes!) Perhaps their interests are more focused on St...