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#1 2006-07-26 6:03 pm
- Ribtorus
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Another Canadian leaving
First SS, now me.
I got my regular force callup approved and I'm off to Petawawa for two months then to Edmonton with the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry (PPCLI) for a few more of weeks of training and orientation, then off to Afghanistan for 6 months, then another tour later, possibly.
Combat Engineering, just like for real.
I volunteered, so I've no cause for complaint.
This means odd-ball, nuanced and out-there interpretations of world events will have to be put on hold, unless someone else wants to take over.
I still have two weeks at my home unit in Ottawa before I go.
Chimo!
when surrounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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#2 2006-07-26 6:05 pm
- Farmerkev
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
I'm sure we all wish you the best and good luck.
Do your part to combat global warming.
Eat a cow.
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#3 2006-07-26 6:16 pm
- Hank Rearden
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Keep safe.
PS - Aren't I nuanced?
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. -John Muir-
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#4 2006-07-26 6:19 pm
- blank kludge
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Arrive alive.
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They try sending you to Beirut, I'd decline, and go Yosarian. (Catch-22) Paddle inflatable life-raft across the Med.
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Sincere best wishes, you will be missed.
BK
2.3 - What are "Blanks"?
Blanks are people who have either fallen off the information nets, or taken themselves off deliberately. Usually known and addressed by their first names with "Blank" as a title - Blank Reg, Blank Bruno, and Blank Dom(inique) are three we get to know well.
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#5 2006-07-26 6:29 pm
- [Tycho?]
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Bring back some opium poppies for us.
I could bore you with a philosophical tirade about freedom and tyranny, or try and explain to you what new horizons are suddenly open to me, but I doubt you would understand and if you did it might frighten you. That amuses me.
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#6 2006-07-26 6:36 pm
- D'Eyncourt
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
I hope that you have a fruitful (construction-wise) and otherwise boring tour(s) in Afghanistan.
And drop off the poppies with [Tycho?] before coming back, y'hear?
BOYCOTT SONY
"I think the question now is not whether you went to Vietnam or whether you didn't, whether you fought in the war or fought against the war. I think the only question is whether we can find a president smart enough never to make a mistake like that again"--Molly Ivins, way back in 1992
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#7 2006-07-26 6:56 pm
- Pariah
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Stay nuanced and in one piece!!
"and it's not surprising that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
Barack Obama
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#8 2006-07-26 7:07 pm
- bratboy
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Ribtorus wrote:
Princess Patricia's Light Infantry
Sounds like a bunch of hardasses!
Good luck, stay safe.
"One thing we've learned is there's a difference between being disappointed and having madmen in authority."
--Paul Krugman
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#9 2006-07-26 7:23 pm
- Ribtorus
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
My garden is full of poppies. They grow like weeds here. There used to be a big stand of pot plants in the training area of CFB Petawawa, too. I don't know if it's still there. Maybe Farmerkev could grow whatever you fellows need, if you asked him nice. I haven't checked the regulations recently, but I'm pretty sure exporting heroin in the CF is frowned upon.
There's almost no chance I'll be sent anywhere but Afghanistan, unless something happens in the meantime and I'm returned to my unit in Ottawa. Then I'll do my 6 months behind a desk.
But the pay's good. Regular force benefits plus travel and overseas pay.
I also put in for a civilian support job in Afghanistan, but those get filled pretty fast.
when surrounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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#10 2006-07-26 7:26 pm
- Ribtorus
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
bratboy wrote:
Ribtorus wrote:
Princess Patricia's Light Infantry
Sounds like a bunch of hardasses!
Good luck, stay safe.
You've no idea.
when surrounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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#11 2006-07-26 7:26 pm
- Jaligard
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Good luck and Godspeed.
George Bush: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
George Bush: "One of the hardest parts of my job is to try to connect Iraq to the war on terror."
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#12 2006-07-26 7:28 pm
- Ribtorus
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Hank Rearden wrote:
Keep safe.
PS - Aren't I nuanced?
Maybe. But you need to add a dash of conspiracy mindedness.
when surrounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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#13 2006-07-26 9:05 pm
- KingFred
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Best of luck, stay safe, stay warm... er cool.. er... comfy.
And yes, we do have an idea. All that marching and running and such.
You'll have eye candy for the next few months anyway.
Come back. And bring pie.
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#14 2006-07-26 9:05 pm
- Tallgeese
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Stay safe.
Stay away from American ordnance.
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
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#15 2006-07-26 10:43 pm
- Ra
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Ribtorus wrote:
First SS, now me.
I got my regular force callup approved and I'm off to Petawawa for two months then to Edmonton with the Princess Patricia's Light Infantry (PPCLI) for a few more of weeks of training and orientation, then off to Afghanistan for 6 months, then another tour later, possibly.
Combat Engineering, just like for real.
I volunteered, so I've no cause for complaint.
This means odd-ball, nuanced and out-there interpretations of world events will have to be put on hold, unless someone else wants to take over.
I still have two weeks at my home unit in Ottawa before I go.
Chimo!
Well, congratulations Ribtorus! Even though I am not a "Canuk," please accept my most sincere thanks for serving your country 
"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
- Albert Einstein
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#16 2006-07-26 11:41 pm
- Chickenhawk
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Good luck. I'd make a canadian military joke, but you're doing more than I likely will ever do. Come back safe.
The recent medical controversy over whether vaccinations cause autism reveals a habit of human cognition—thinking anecdotally comes naturally, whereas thinking scientifically does not. -- Michael Shermer
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#17 2006-07-27 12:25 am
Re: Another Canadian leaving
Tallgeese wrote:
Stay safe.
Stay away from American ordnance.
Yeah. Those smurf might get you killed.
Spirit was crushed; now is fading, But I want to help make things right.
Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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#18 2006-07-27 12:30 am
- mahakali
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
[Tycho?] wrote:
Bring back some opium poppies for us.
or a pipe!
:jealous:
and come back safe!
Last edited by mahakali (2006-07-27 12:31 am)
1. Instill fear.
2. ???????? (use your imagination)
3. Profit!
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#19 2006-07-27 1:52 am
- jerwin
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Ribtorus wrote:
bratboy wrote:
Ribtorus wrote:
Princess Patricia's Light Infantry
Sounds like a bunch of hardasses!
Good luck, stay safe.You've no idea.
Wikipedia says
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) is an infantry regiment in the Canadian Forces (CF), belonging to 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (1 CMBG). It is one of the most decorated regiments in the CF. It currently consists of four battalions, three in the Regular Force and one in the Reserve Force (militia). The PPCLI is ranked second in the order of precedence for the regular infantry, and 38th in the infantry militia.
Of course, that's Wikipedia.
You'll be missed.
Last edited by jerwin (2006-07-27 12:49 pm)
Some subjects actually enjoy pain, and withhold information they might otherwise have divulged in order to be punished.
Central Intelligence Agency. (1983). Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual
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#20 2006-07-27 7:02 am
- punkgeek
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Good luck and godspeed, Rib!
"I also use lowercase christian when referring to her and people like her. To be Christian, they'd have to follow the example of Christ. These people are so un-Christlike, it's not even funny."
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#21 2006-07-27 7:23 am
- Ribtorus
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Because of my age this will probably be my last opportunity for an overseas post as a reservist.
The last time I served overseas, the helmets were steel, not kevlar.
when surrounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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#22 2006-07-27 8:35 am
- sturner
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Keep your head down. Same goes for your behind.
I'm not dead yet.
There are 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
"There are few things graven in stone, excepting your date of death."
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#23 2006-07-27 9:51 am
- SpacemanSpiff
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
And your bottom lip ... a sniper could take that thing off!
Take Care
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#24 2006-07-27 9:53 am
- user
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Damn, it's going to get boring here. Nox has been starting most of the new threads.
Hey, Ribs, while you're there, why don't you see if you can confirm what Pearle has been saying about the ME.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#25 2006-07-27 9:55 am
- Ribtorus
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
bratboy wrote:
Ribtorus wrote:
Princess Patricia's Light Infantry
Sounds like a bunch of hardasses!
Good luck, stay safe.
They're a bunch of pansies.
Interviewer: And next the men of the Second Armoured Division regale us with their famous close order swanning about.
Cut to sergeant with eight soldiers.
Sergeant: Squad! Camp it ... up!
Soldiers (mincing in unison): Oooh get her! Whoops! I've got your number ducky. You couldn't afford me, dear. Two three. I'd scratch your eyes out. Don't come the brigadier bit with us, dear, we all know where you've been, you military fairy. Whoops, don't look now girls the major's just minced in with that dolly colour sergeant, two, three, ooh-ho!
In these troubled times, Python is a constant.
when surrounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
and the women come out to cut up what remains,
just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains,
and go to your god like a soldier...
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