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InAllThingsHonour said:yeah i'm in 33 also and I'm 90% sure we're doing it in Kingston
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Just find it bizarre how people in (mostly, but not limited strictly to) the Reserves try to abbreviate everything, as though it makes it cooler that way: "the Meaf", "the 'Ghan". The worst was this one young fellow who was trying to impress me and some buddies with tales about his time in "the 'Wa" with "the 'Borne".R031 Pte Joe said:Yeah, the Meaf... You don't like it? It's what our Sgt calls Meaford. What did you want me to use, "CFB Meaford".... :
Does it really matter either way? It seems everyone knew what I was talking about pretty much...
Just find it bizarre how people in (mostly, but not limited strictly to) the Reserves try to abbreviate everything, as though it makes it cooler that way: "the Meaf", "the 'Ghan". The worst was this one young fellow who was trying to impress me and some buddies with tales about his time in "the 'Wa" with "the 'Borne".
It's silly. But, if it makes folks feel better, then by all means carry on. (I will still giggle about it, however.)
Sorry about hi-jacking your thread, troop.
no, not really. Some start, but they usually get laughed at enough that they stop fairly quickly. There are enough 'official' acronyms and abbreviations that inventing more is just confusing, anyway. Besides, don't you think it sounds silly? I have a hard time imagining my Grandpa calling Normandy "the Norm", or my Sergeants saying "the 'Malia", you know? I've spent more time in Meaford than I like to recall, and we just called it "Meaford" (or "f-ing Meaford" more often than not).So the Reg force doesn't do that so much?
I've always found it amusing, in a "roll-my-eyes, heave-big-sigh" kinda way. Kinda like when you see guys wearing their ID disks outside their t-shirts in bars.
Have fun in Meaford, stay out of trouble in Owen Sound.
paracowboy said:Have fun in Meaford, stay out of trouble in Owen Sound.
Mike_R23A said:The funny thing is a lot of the recruits are 16/17/18 and can't go to the bars with their coursemates! Belt-fed machine guns? Sure! Grenade launchers? Certainly! A pint with the lads? Heavens no!!!
Madness!
because I've been warned that whatever they say, not to take to heart.
R031 Pte Joe said:I was told I'll prolly be in the tents the whole time. That could be a bitch, again, we'll see...
R031 Pte Joe said:I've almost done my "Pre-SQ" course and have a fairly good idea of what the rest of SQ will be like since they told us for the most part what to expect, but I'm clueless/lost when it comes to BIQ other than more weapons...
If you think a tent for a month and half in Meaford is going to be rough, try doing it for six or seven months when you go on tour. Meaford will be a cakewalk.
Fire and movement, Infantry in the Defence, fire and movement, Recce Patrols, fire and movement, Platoon Attacks...did I say fire and movement? - ever wonder what it is like to stay awake for a week straight?
R031 Pte Joe said:BTW Infanteer, thanks for the heads up. I do appreciate it. I wasn't sure if I should have believed my Sgt that he stayed awake for about 70hrs before. Thought that was impossible. He said sometimes you start hallucinating/hearing things eventually, suppose he wasn't joking about that either...