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#26 2006-07-27 10:02 am
- KingFred
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Har! Those guys are SOOO out of step! Look at Palin! 
They're neither army or gay. Or gay army.
Well, except for Chapman, of course.
I hope you & your crew can do better, Ribs.
We'll be expecting pics, of course.
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#27 2006-07-27 11:25 am
- bedstuy
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
heee! VOGUE!
Have fun and be safe. Enjoy the delicious food and heroin! AND THE BURQAS! (buy one for Halloween!)
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#28 2006-07-27 11:33 am
- SonicSamurai
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Good luck, Ribby. Stay safe and make it back!
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#29 2006-07-27 11:52 am
- Arc
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
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 Princess Patricia's Light Infantry would be the most decorated. Like a princess would have a dreary army.
Rib, never trouble trouble til trouble troubles you.
Admins! I've been waiting for you!
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#30 2006-07-27 12:09 pm
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Please take care, Ribby - I'm hoping all goes well.
"Hell, I'm sure Og had some cool way of banging two rocks together, until he took himself too seriously."
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#31 2006-07-27 9:00 pm
- Warin
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Have a safe deployment Ribby.
And can you confirm or deny that a large part of the Canadian contingent that made up "The Devil's Brigade" (the 1st Specal Services Force) were PPCLI? A former coworker, who was a member, made the claim while we watched the movie once.
From what I can tell, either way, you're screwed. Bad people are punished by society's laws, and good people are punished by Murphy's Law.
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#32 2006-07-27 9:57 pm
Re: Another Canadian leaving
Warin wrote:
Have a safe deployment Ribby.
And can you confirm or deny that a large part of the Canadian contingent that made up "The Devil's Brigade" (the 1st Specal Services Force) were PPCLI? A former coworker, who was a member, made the claim while we watched the movie once.
Was that Devil's Brigade or Hells Brigade? (I'm pretty sure the latter existed, though it might have just been a movie - I've not heard of the former)
In her right hand Jenny held the Bible of her mother
Jenny had a pistol in the other
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#33 2006-07-27 11:20 pm
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Good luck and stay safe.
It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.
- Oscar Wilde
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#34 2006-07-27 11:55 pm
- jkahless
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Princes Pats has some good history. 
Best of luck, and come home safe.
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#35 2006-07-28 12:45 am
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
resedit wrote:
Warin wrote:
Have a safe deployment Ribby.
And can you confirm or deny that a large part of the Canadian contingent that made up "The Devil's Brigade" (the 1st Specal Services Force) were PPCLI? A former coworker, who was a member, made the claim while we watched the movie once.Was that Devil's Brigade or Hells Brigade? (I'm pretty sure the latter existed, though it might have just been a movie - I've not heard of the former)
Devil's Brigade was the awful William Holden movie about the Special Service Force whose nickname was the 'Black Devils', because they painted their faces black for night operations. That nickname may have been given to them by their German opponents in Italy, "Die schwarzen Teufel", but that may be a bit of propaganda. The members were recruited from existing units and some may have come from the PPCLI, but not exclusively. The members could have come from any unit. They did use 'death cards' though. They had stickers made to place on the enemy dead.
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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#36 2006-07-28 12:42 pm
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
KingFred wrote:
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Har! Those guys are SOOO out of step! Look at Palin!
They're neither army or gay. Or gay army.
Well, except for Chapman, of course.
I hope you & your crew can do better, Ribs.
We'll be expecting pics, of course.
Here's Palin in better form.
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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#37 2006-07-28 1:14 pm
- jerwin
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
Do you have to go, Ribtorus? Couldn't you just say:
I've got a book I'd quite like to read.
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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#38 2006-07-28 5:25 pm
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
jerwin wrote:
Do you have to go, Ribtorus? Couldn't you just say:
I've got a book I'd quite like to read.
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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#39 2006-07-28 5:36 pm
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That's the fact, jack!
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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#40 2006-07-28 7:17 pm
- macnuke
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Re: Another Canadian leaving
stay safe and may fortune smile on you.
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