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I remember that poster, I used to have it up in my civvie office at one time. Will have to see if I can dig it out now. Once when we were shooting the old Strathcona calendar the model needed a cf tunic to wear for a picture so she wore mine! Unfortunately that pic didn't make the calendar...

When I was a new officer in 723 Comm in Halifax I heard that a new pte who had come over from the cadet corps would get promoted cpl after six months. That didn't seem right to me, what could being a kid in cadets do to justify that? I found out later that she had been a gold star with wreath...

Well, since none of the young guys have spoken up yet... When I was in (out in 88), armour soldiers used the C8 carbine, folding stock with a shorter barrel. Nice little weapon in a vehicle but not as accurate as the C7. Pistols are more convenient and are ok for a backup but I certainly...

C'mon, you saw the happy face, take it easy on him. However, as a Canadian who has lived in the US for over six years now, I have seen and heard so many instances of Americans being 'unintentionally ignorant' that it can't be overlooked. I believe part of the problem is the education system...

Just to emphasize how very true the above statement is, when I first came to the US it was under a one year TN visa - NAFTA. What I needed to do was show a letter from my prospective employer, my diploma(s), and answer some questions from the NAFTA guy at the border to get the visa. It cost me a...

An extremist right wing religious nut as minister of education  ??? :o What would he do? Close all public schools and send everyone to the religious school of their choice? On a more positive note, any chance to get Elisha Cuthbert in a position where she can be seen more often would be a...

Watch Ann Coulter argue vehemently with a CBC interviewer that Canada participated in the Vietnam War  ;D http://www.collegehumor.com/?movie_id=120992 Rick Mercer is the choice of the group listed. Cherry is a raving  nut whose philosphy has helped destroy hockey. Besides being hysterically...

I went back to school (SAIT) to study computer programming for two years and then got a job in that field. I joined the reserves a few months after getting out of the regs and stayed in during school and while I worked until I left Canada. I joined the reserves for both the money and the...

What a shocking way to start my Sunday morning!!  I see you live in Phoenix so you experience what I'm talking about. The 'Sheriff' of Broward County is a politician who has never been in law enforcement in his life. The county property tax appraiser is elected - talk about fair and balanced and...

I agree wholeheartedly. From my experience of living in the US (just an observation Bruce, no bashing intended!!!), you do end up with judge/politicians who are concerned about election/reelection and who take campaign contributions with all those implications. How can the average citizen know...

I saw two references to "quote from sigpig" in your post and no mention of referencing chaos75. If you want to respond to two people's posts in one post please identify them clearly or better yet, make two individual posts. I found it hard to read, and I'm on of the authors referenced. Of...

What is it about the DS here that think they can comment about where my family and I choose to live? First Bruce and now you. If I lived in Canada and criticized the Martin government for it's defence and foreign policies that would be ok because you don't agree with them? But since I live in...

Who are you talking to? You've used a quote of mine for your first statement then two quotes from chaos75. Are you addressing us at the same time? It seems you are criticizing me, "backpedal now", while using someone else's quote. Interesting.

It's actually kind of chilly today, only 67F right now and I had to wear the liner in my motorcycle jacket this morning  :o I don't like Syria's occupation of Lebanon any more than the next person. And yes I know the world community is in general agreement on this. I just tire of Bush's...

Chaos, welcome to the 'Bruce Monkhouse thinks you shouldn't live in a democracy because you are critical of some of it's policies club' - from the founding member  ;D Isn't it that little democracy thing that gives people the right and privilege to be critical of the government?

I don't see where he was commenting on Syria's occupation of Lebanon as much as he was commenting on Bush's 'command' to a foreign country to do what he wants. He seems to be tired of W deciding what is good and right for the rest of the world, as are others.

From the Maple Leaf on my front license plate to the flags decorating my desk everyone at work and home knows we are Canadian and we certainly haven't noticed any 'anti-Canadianism' in our daily lives. As noted elsewhere, things are blown out of proportion and played up by the media to get...

I'll have to agree with Allan that the moderators can be too quick on the draw at times. Twice I've started typing replies and found after I clicked 'post' that the thread had been locked. Do you know how frustrating that is?  >:(  And, as also mentioned, there are times when by the time you've...

Here I was thinking I was being facetious with my thought police comment.... I *&$ out half the letters in the inappropriate words. You can't even do that? I can't believe the reaction and that this was deleted. I really can't. So much for my attempts at humour. PM on the way....

Ok, I'm guessing this is what you mean. And I'll try to get this past the thought police... :D (Toast deleted by Moderator) I believe some of the female pers modified a couple of the lines but you'd have to ask one of them for the exact changes. Mod Edit - as noted by the original poster...