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    The Army and Rugby

    Most were not born when i played :) One timein 72 i was in Cyprus and one of thelads in teh RCR had a few friends in Montreal on exercise, they got a team up and "dropped "in for a game. They asked thelads to clear the field and jumped out of buffalos :)
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    The Army and Rugby

    Hey great stuff, I was in the dental corps. i was 26 when i graduated and was posted to halifax. I was a single lad and starting tog et back into shape. I saw some guys running about on the infield of the track. i wandered over and asked what it was....That saturday i saw my first game, and I...
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    National War Memorial & Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

      NEIL  A FENCE IS NOT WHAT i AM SUGGESTING, i THINK A  1 1/2 FOOT HIGH ( .5 METRES FOR PURISTS :) ) CORDON, ABOUT 1 FOOT OR LESS FROM THE tOMB... tHIS WOULD ALLOW POEPL TO TOUGH THE TOMB, PLACE FLOWERS, POPPIES ETC...BUT IT WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT IS NOT A BENCH. i TIRED TO GET PEOPLE TO GO BUY...
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    National War Memorial & Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

        It has been officially announced that students have been hired as interpreters for the summer. I visited the Cenotaph yesterday and theyw ere doing a great job. They have a program for younger kids , a kind of I spy, and for adults a full explanation of the Cenotaph, hiistory etc. They are...
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    National War Memorial & Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

    Hmmm, some class time might be in order for sure P)
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    National War Memorial & Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

     I don't want people to get the idea that all I do is take pictures at the Cenotaph...The one's two years ago sparked an international embarrassment. i received e-mail from a fellow dentist in the Netherlands. he asked if I had taken the picture as it was shown in the Dutch papers and on TV. He...
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    Cenotaph/Memorial Vandalism/Solutions-Laws (merged)

    am a bit late getting in here with a comment. But I was filled with pride the day before Canada Day when the GGFG mounted teh Guard of Honour at the Cenotaph. It is an embarassment that it took almost 70 years but....I was the fellow who  tried to get some action a year ago before Canada Day...
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    Cenotaph/Memorial Vandalism/Solutions-Laws (merged)

    I am a bit late getting in here with a comment. But I was filled with pride the day before Canada Day when the GGFG mounted teh Guard of Honour at the Cenotaph. It is an embarassment that it took almost 70 years but....I was the fellow who  tried to get some action a year ago before Canada Day...
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    Cenotaph/Memorial Vandalism/Solutions-Laws (merged)

    Dr Mike again, latest on the Canada Day proposals. A fellow from CBC international short wave has sent a petition signed by 70 people to the PM and says if I can get an education arrea going he will narrate it. Another fellow in the Niagara region suggested some sort of essay contest for kids to...
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    Cenotaph/Memorial Vandalism/Solutions-Laws (merged)

      Dr Mike again, I would ask anyone really interested, to contact their MP, The Heritage minister and tell them that  you like my plan...mind you if you don't like it tell them as well. My web site will haev a page on Canada Day as soon as Ottawa's Bluesfest is over :) Mod note: Please contact...
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    Cenotaph/Memorial Vandalism/Solutions-Laws (merged)

      Hi all, I am Dr Michael Pilon ( Maj ret) who took the photos of the lads peeing on Canada Day. For the record I am not as offended by the three lads as I am by the fact that I wrote to four representatives for whom I had voted, at the municipal, Provincial and Federal levels. As well I wrote...
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