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I just saw a story on the news that surprised me.  It was an interview with a military widow who's husband died earlier this year (the story did not say how), and he is interred at the National Military Cemetary.  She is upset because she is not being permitted to have a maple leaf engraved on...

Prospect - It's a tough decision to make, no doubt.  But for my highly overvalued 2 cents, follow your dream.  No doubt it's going to hurt if she follows through on what she has told you.  Then again maybe she will change her mind.  As one of the older Corporals in the CF, I have had the...

an Air Force wedge.  :) On Saturday I discovered I have a new #1 uniform pet peeve.  It's troops in uniform who aren't wearing gloves so they pull their hands up inside the sleeves of their coat to keep them warm.  To me troops who do this look like a bunch of pansies. ::)

At this time I think the money would be better spent on equipment for those at the pointy end of the spear, but if the government goes ahead with this initiative I would consider it an homour.  With a composite guard unit - I would think more than a platoon would be necessary - but I would...

Mom of two Soldiers - Long before I heard of Mark Graham the soldier, I admired his accomplishments as an athlete.  I'm very sorry for your loss.

Well done lads!  :cdn: :salute:

My military-friendly employer is looking for a few good people.  If you are a junior/intermediate/senior web application developer with experience in any combination of the following - .NET (asp/vb/c#), Cold Fusion, Flash, and other web technologies, please get in touch.  I'm looking to augment...

My cousin went down to sign up the day after his 16th birthday, hes a MCpl now.  I would not say the CF employs child soldiers but most recruits certainly seem like kids to me...(sigh)

Piper - very well written, thanks for sharing - you sure now how to get a guy choked up. :salute:

I find myself muttering the F-word a lot these days when I read headlines like that.  So sad. :salute:

...it also kind of reminds me of that line from the movie 'Alive'... "I'll pay for the pizza if you go pick it up!" edit:  check out Tomahawk's link - pretty interesting pictures.

Well not the way one might think anyhow... http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061012/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_canada_marijuana weird.

I was watching Canada AM this morning and The Boss was awesome.  He didn't even wait to hear the end of the question before he made it clear that he was geting it sorted out, and it would be done so in short order.   I really hope he gets into politics when he finishes his military career  :salute:

EDIT - read the links and thought the guy was the real deal.  Wrote some nice stuff.  Then read the rest of the thread.  Now feeling pretty stupid.  Too much beer tonight? Is this guy Leo for real or not? 

I had a chance encounter with Ms. Stronach in the Second Cup on Elgin street a couple of years ago.  She smells great.  How is that for starters? 

Hi Leo, I know something about running - quite a lot actually.  28:12 is pretty damn fast.  In fact, if you ran that time at this year's national 10,000 metre championships, you would have lapped everybody else in the race.  People of your calibre tend to win a lot of races, so can you post...

A great NHL career AND he got to shag Belinda Stronach.  If that isn't every Canadian boy's dream, I don't know what is... :cheers:

Wow...I would love to be around to hear him explain the welts on his head to his buddies. "What happened?" "I was viciously attacked by one of the army guys." "Really?  Wow you look messed up man, how many were there?" "There were lots around, but it was only one soldier." "Damn, man, that...

Was it because you didn't teach them to move in that kind of jerky/lurching gait that we always see people using in turn-of-the-century era newsreels?  I always thought that was just a limitation of the motion picture technology available at the time.  :)

It's my intention to be there, as long as the shite does not hit the fan at work this week and I can get the time off.  I'm tempted to sign my daughter out of school and bring her down as well.