how do you feel when equipmet you trained on is a museum piece now

[the 48th regulator]

They were to cheap to put the plexiglass around me,

Just a tired old rope from the basement... :'(

dileas

tess

 

[geo]

(frayed a bit around the edges Tess)
(JK)

 

[axeman]

a piece of kit that hasnt been posted the 106 mm recoiless,, with the old "man portable mount" man portable my A@@,,,

 

[Sig_Des]

Padre you're right I forgot Tess is on display there, or was at one point.

Wait, was that the glass case that said "Open only in case of war?"
;D

 

[geo]

a piece of kit that hasnt been posted the 106 mm recoiless,, with the old "man portable mount" man portable my A@@,,,

you're right....  forgot!
to be in a 106 det... riding along on one of the suicide seats
oh the memories - driving out in -40 temperatures without superstructure (but heater going full blast

 

[reccecrewman]

When the day rolls around that it gets retired from service, the LSVW should not be placed in a musuem. Anywhere. It should be stricken from all memory and we just pretend that sorry pile of #@!* was never cursed upon the CF.

 

[George Wallace]

The LSVW is Canada's Lada.  It will live forever as a ornament at the side of roads, on lawns, in gargage dumps, even in museums; as it won't decay to the ravages of Rust as only Fiberglass can.  ;D

 

[parkie]

That's not fair. George! I have a Lada quietly rusting in the corner.
                                                                  Parkie

 

[George Wallace]

That's not fair. George! I have a Lada quietly rusting in the corner.
                                                                  Parkie

Would you like a matching set of LSVW's?  ;D

 

[Sig_Des]

Would you like a matching set of LSVW's?   ;D

How bout and LSVW that's been on "Pimp my Ride!"

"We gonna give it some rims, a sweet ass pain job, and a 27 inch monitor in the back!"

 

[Franko]

Yeah....I went to the museum, and did I ever have a laugh.

Noticed the Leo...and pointed out that little factoid to the gent who was volunteering there that day. The hull, oddly enough was one that used to be in A Sqn 8CH in Gagetown that had a hull crack and was brought back to 202 for repair.

Obviously it never re-entered service.

Pretty sad when I looked closer and all the amoured protection shutters were all welded up...the turret was a A2 / early A3.

Oh the humanity!!!!!

Then proceeded to look around....in utter shock at all the vehicles that I still have on my 404s.

Mind you it was pretty cool to see a salvaged Valentine.....whodathunk it?

Regards

 

[Robbie]

I'm in Borden right now on my 6A's.  As I was heading in to base I saw a Ilits out on base as a museum pice.  Only been in 10yrs, but made me feel old.....lol

 

[pbi]

When the day rolls around that it gets retired from service, the LSVW should not be placed in a musuem. Anywhere. It should be stricken from all memory and we just pretend that sorry pile of #@!* was never cursed upon the CF.

I have a better idea. Let's take them all out on a range and blow the sh*t out of them, then get drunk.


OK...well....not get drunk on the range, actually....


You know what I mean.


Cheers

 

[DG-41]

What the hell, let's just skip the "range" part.

;D

DG

 

[William Webb Ellis]

I have a better idea. Let's take them all out on a range and blow the **** out of them, then get drunk.


OK...well....not get drunk on the range, actually....


You know what I mean.


Cheers

I would add that any and all persons involved in their purchase should be taped to the hood during "disposal".

 

[Timmy!]

try working on a Bren gun carrier... well itr actully was a museum piece.. it was just like working on a tractor . the on a open house we had it running and a few  ww2 / korea vets showed me what one could really do ...

We got a Bren gun at our unit.... hehehe... still running..

 

[FormerHorseGuard]

i was last in borden in the 94ish visiting the base museum, the ilitis on dispaly was one of the test platforms. then the company got a hold of it and did the required mods.

such fun places to visit

 

[TCBF]

No tour would be complete without stopping into NDHQ - - it's where they display the fossils of Cold Warriors  >

The "NDHQ museum guide" tells us the real hard-core ones can be identified by having an UNFICYP ribbon in addition to their CD (with many rosettes).   

- This particular Cold Warrior would be more than happy to discuss the merits of our respective generations at your convenience.

8)

Tom

 

[Journeyman]

This particular Cold Warrior would be more than happy to discuss the merits of our respective generations at your convenience.

a) not much of a discussion - - we're actually the same generation; it would quickly devolve into a heated agreement - - "oh ya?"  "ya!"  "ya?!"  "dam right, ya!!"

b) the Tyrannosaurus Rex was pretty kick-ass during it's time too. I'd be willing to bet we could flesh out another deployable Battle-Group or two just by thinning out the ranks of NDHQ still clutching desperately to the hope that the Russians will be rolling across northern Germany (preferably before a Thursday, given the long-weekend 'rights' of all the hotel-living 101 Colonel By denizens on Imposed Restriction). Afghanistan isn't what they know...although you can bet they all want to do a 31-day Staff Annoyance Visit - - for the ribbon. Don't get me started on the Directorate tasked with standardizing punctuation across various Commands...or the other telephone sanitizers.

It's just a minor rant though. The initial comment was meant tongue in cheek  (an "NDHQ guide" implies a structure that can be pointed to, and explained    )