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And right from the start, they were masters at self aggrandizement and over the top self promotion (like a certain current president): They make such hullabaloo of said Plymouth rock. Have you ever seen it! It's just another dinky little flat stone amongst tons of similar ones everywhere on that...

We have a graving dock on the West coast - probably needs an extension to handle the RCD, but will do fine for subs and CDC as is (I think that the AOPV's are too wide for it). On the East coast, we have a syncrolift that has been extended to take the HAL's and IRO's (it was originally only for...

The second, third and last sentence of that call are four words too long.

I always loved short documentaries by the NFB. Where the CBC sucks, they tend to do wonderful things on a small budget all the time. I particularly love the passageway scene with the officer's cabins curtains hanging out and people looking like they are walking sideways. It brings nostalgic...

Diving! Ask Bermuda Bob. I can say no more.

Church bells do not mark the time by the hour. Town clock towers do that. They mark the seven christian devotions, eight if you count the Compline in the middle of the night - which is not, however, marked by a ringing of the bells. They start with the Morning Offering, then moving to the...

While I find this debate about Israel interesting, I didn't want to chime in. This quote above made me stop, however. It seems to me that when , as a young country with a history of about 80 years, you have been attacked on three occasions by your (then more powerful) neighbours, with a view...

Can't help, unfortunately, but what you should really be looking to get your hands on is the book of Roman cartoon collection of RV-81. :)

I've never put much faith in what comes out of Esprit de Corps. He mixes up a few stories in there to make it come out supporting his personal opinion. However it is a view (the conclusion) that is shared by some, even in the Navy. He does make a big mistake on flags: Federal Services did not...

First, let's all get the lingo right, it's Shelburne (no o). And partial yes: Cormorant was remediated there, I don't think Fraser was, in fact, I don't think the facilities could take a ship the size of Fraser.

A submarine rescue vessel is fundamentally a deep diving support vessel.

I loved that book. Re-read it once every 10 years roughly and still amazed at their exploits. many years ago, in Montreal, we had a mess diner where the guest of honour was the Greek Consul. His whole speech was about how the Canadians delivered them from the Nazis on the outlying islands. It...

That's the 2012 Radio Head concert collapse, and it's been fully investigated. What makes you think it's appropriate to drag it in this thread at this time? Your post makes it look like it happened today - wrong, it happened 14 years ago - that is deceitful posting, man!

This conflict may actually cause the Americans (in general, of all parties) to realize finally that ever since they started backing Israel (remember, the US was against Israel's actions and not generally supportive at the time of the Suez crisis - it came after that time as a result of Israel's...

I don't think so. Not with what the mayor has said on paying for all this. And since neither the Argos, nor the Toronto FC can garner that king of a crowd, I don't think either would want to (1) pay for it (it's rental) or (2) have the outlook of empty stands on TV. These things are readily...

That's an interesting question. While Topshee brands the CDC as "Halifax like" capability, they are definitely not set up to be in the same league where ASW is concerned. So it really all comes down to how is the RCN planning to incorporate such vessels into the ASW picture? To me, a HMS...

Glad to have helped you reminisce. :) When I was still in the Navy, we used to have a classic question for boatswain to test their trade knowledge. We would tell a Leading Seamen (that's what they were called then): "You have a work party of ten seaman, now you have to go and pick up a five...

It is ... for those who can still afford it.

Bingo!

Well, wouldn't you know: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/torontos-towering-temporary-fifa-bleachers-perfectly-safe-builder-says-especially-on-game-day?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-ca