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Interesting to hear the ideas about what we should be teaching this new, twenty-five hat wearing, happy family of super-communicators... I am sure some will be offended by what is below, but oh well... We are being fished for opinons and input as I speak, to try and make some sense of this...

Regardless of what one thinks of Ann Coulter, she has the right to speak without fear of her and her audience being intimidated. Last time I checked, this was Canada, not North Korea. This pattern of left-wing university students shutting down debate through thug tactics is becoming a common...

I was chatting with the CFSCE RSM in the smoke pit yesterday, and heard an interesting tidbit... Apparently there are plans in the works to OT approximately 1200 combat arms into the Sigs branch, as there is a glut of combat arms in the recruiting system. I guess it might count as "rumor mill"...

I saw KAF three times in my deployment; arrival, LTA, and departure. Did I find some of the things there (salsa classes???) surreal? Yes. Do I feel they should be taken away? No. We in the FOBs (Wilson in my case) joked a lot about "KAFrs", but did realize that a lot of troops there put in a lot...

  According to my chief, and the CWO of IM Group, it's happening... We had a briefing ref this and they made no bones about it. I figure this is pretty solid since IM Gp will be the most affected by all this (the majority of the non-field postings on the block for replacement by civilians belong...

I want one of these, how can you not love a car that gets a review like this? [When driving the Mercedes SLR McLaren through a tunnel] “When they debate as to what the sound of the SLR engine was akin to, the British engineers from McLaren said it sounded like a Spitfire. But the German...

Uniballer, Sorry, got really tied up at work today (the old 10 people wanting 10 different things all at once). First thing tomorrow morning you will get your info...

CDN Aviator, I realize that, I was merely being sarcastic. But I do think it's a ridiculous rule (and typical of the Treasury Board mentality). If runs, has valid registration and plates, and is safe, ship it like any other vehicle and stop splitting hairs... One of my vehicles is an '89; it's...

Hopefully we can keep the Greens around a bit, they make for good comic relief... Personally I would like to see them at about 10% support. Anything that splits the left-wing vote is a good thing IMHO ;D As for the ex-Green MP, I guess his constituents were NOT impressed. Serves him right.

RMSCLK, Is this a new rule? I have never heard of this one. What the heck difference does it make what age the car is? If it is the sole vehicle being shipped, it should come from core, no? I was lucky; my vehicle arrived undamaged from Germany, but the 300 bucks spent cleaning it was wasted...

Too bad they both take premium... ouch!!! I might sell em both... A Challenger is sounding good; 450 horspower of V8 goodness! ;D

Forgive me for not joining in the love-fest ::)... I find so many things disturbing about this individual that I lose count. 1.  Obama has been less than forthcoming about what he REALLY has in mind for America. All we have heard are vague generalities about "change" which have been swallowed...

Uniballer, I will fire off the contact info I have tomorrow over the DWAN. I know one of the individuals who is deployed on JDCC from my time at the Regt, and I will forward on the info she has already sent me. I also emailed one of the pers working at the site I am slated to go to, so...

Mich, I just sent you my DWAN addy... Funny, it seems everyone involved with this tasking that I have talked to is Air Force, and this sounds like a very "armyish" job... Is there any specific reason why? Is this a tasking that nobody in the Army wants or something? ;D

Uniballer, Check your PM...

Hope it's worth it when you end up as IC of a 1-man det... ;D All kidding aside, I think what concerns me most is this whole amalgamation plan was bulldozed through so fast, and with so little input from the people it affects. For the new kids, it will be business as usual, and the "new...

While I understand how tough it is to be away from a spouse and children, and that is what the media will automatically zero in on, try coming home to NO ONE (family too far away etc)... Standing around at the post-tour obligatory photo ops and family reunions when you are single isn't much...

Incredible... Funny thing is that my mother just went through this crap with the company that owns the apartment building she lives in. She was told to take down her flag "because it could be construed as a signal that drugs are sold from the apartment"! ::) If you want to be a jackass, you...

I'm sure the scumbags have already found a way around all this... They will simply move their call centre operations offshore! IIRC, if they are located outside of Canada, the DNCL has no jurisdiction, and they can do as they please (much like attempts to block spam email). Besides, I notice a...

I have a funny feeling this is going to come back and bite the C&E branch in the a**... Guess who is going to apply for all these shiny new DND public service jobs? It will be the uniformed incumbents, who are already fully trained and security cleared. And they will get them, as they are the...