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    Any favourite BMQ memories?

    BMQ will come back to haunt you! I was in the Navy in the deep, dark past; when they called us women WRENS, when we didn't double, wore skirts, and white gloves with our summer uniforms. Really, such a time existed, and to set the record straight - I couldn't have survived the current BMQ, even...
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    Women who served on The Tattoo in 1967

    We have just held our second annual reunion, this year in Ottawa! It was absolutely wonderful!!! 22 women attended from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. We all had a wonderful time, even talking to Capt Ferguson (85 years old and living in...
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    Women who served on The Tattoo in 1967

    We have found almost all of the Servicewomen who were on the Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo in 1967! There are 6 left to find: 1 who was Air ForceĀ  (Linda M), 3 were Army Reserves (Kit A, Lise R, Louise T) , and 2 were in the Navy (Joanne B, Winnie B-H). We are holding a reunion of just the women...
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    What's the dumbest thing you heard said today?

    Now as well as going to the pet supply for "Poopy Sacs" so you can clean up after your dog, you'll have to go to a baby supply to get, perhaps, pink or blue ones for when you take your toddler out. Life's just getting way too crazy - its no wonder I'll never be a grandmother!
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    What's the dumbest thing you heard said today?

    My best friend and I blew up an experiment to prepare pure oxygen in the chemistry lab in grade 11. It went off with a huge bang, and the rubber stopper hit the ceiling. Everyone, including our teacher, thought it was funny - even though we got big fat F's on the experiment! Nowadays we'd have...
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    Your daily 'thing to be afraid of'

    I'm still more afraid of snakes than asteroids! At least I can avoid snakes.
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    Cenotaph/Memorial Vandalism/Solutions-Laws (merged)

    On the other hand, I noticed several Muslim women at the ceremony in Halifax, wearing hijab, and poppies. Hawk
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    How did you Honour Rememberance Day?

    I went to the ceremony at the Grand Parade here in Halifax, with my son and daughter-in-law.. The Stad Band marched up Barrington St playing Heart of Oak. Brings a tear to my eye every time I hear it. After the ceremony we walked to my son's and daughter-in-law's apartment for coffee, talk of...
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    The Pine Street/ Valour Road VC Thread

    I used to pass the mural on Ellice Ave and Valour Rd every day on my way to work. Its beautiful! Hawk
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    The Spam and Scam Superthread- Merged

    Anyone received this one yet? I'm going to forward it to my brother and ask him what he's doing in Nigeria, and that telling people I'm crazy never did work - even when we were little kids!!!! British High Commission No. 19, Torrens Close, Maitama, PMB 4808 (Garki), Abuja ATTENTION: Your...
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    This is why I am too good for grammar (a split thread)

    I finally knew I belonged, when a new friend told me I wasn't "from away" anymore, after I'd been here a year! It amuses me when we have a workshop coming up at a group I belong to, and they announce that we'll have lots of people here from away, usually meaning from other parts of Atlantic...
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    This is why I am too good for grammar (a split thread)

    Point taken, Occam! Overheard on the bus today. "His new girlfriend's some pretty". I count that sort of thing as dialect. I've been away from the South Shore for more years than I care to tell you, and it sounds great, even if it is strangling the Queen's English! Hint - I was one of the first...
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    This is why I am too good for grammar (a split thread)

    I've been a grammar nazi for years! Telling my son, "Don't say um", "Don't say like". He used to drive me crazy. Worst was an older teen asking me, "Do you gots a pen you can borrow me?". Answer: "No, but I HAVE a pen I can LEND you". Its good to be back in Atlantic Canada where they spell...
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    Glenfiddich helps woundedwarriors.ca

    Polluting single malt with Dr Pepper or anything else??? Sacrilege! The only thing you mix with Scotch, is more Scotch! Hawk
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    Sky Hooks and Shore Line

    Port List
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    Sept 19th "International Talk Like a Pirate Day"

    Fair winds an' a following sea to ye!
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    Sept 19th "International Talk Like a Pirate Day"

    I be Gorgeous Anne Slasher, I be, and friend to the ship's cat, Shoutin' Alena Dawkins. Beware of Cat - she be under the Cap'n's protection, and hates to be disturbed at her afternoon nap!
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    What's the dumbest thing you heard said today?

    I've been a fan of Adler for a long time! I just read through most of this document, at least the terms not to use. What a stupid document! What really got to me was the use of an Aboriginal tribe name, and Aboriginal Nation. I have a good friend who's really proud of being an Ojibwa and refers...
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    What's the Dumbest Thing You've SEEN Today?

    You're right George Wallace! I guess I wasn't thinking. He's a DESCENDANT OF Bertie. My brain's really in neutral this morning. At any rate, he's going to be in trouble with a lot of people!!! Hawk
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    What's the Dumbest Thing You've SEEN Today?

    I don't think the family will be amused!!!! On the other hand, he's 28 years old. If he's going to do stupid things, now's the time! And remember, he's an ancestor of Edward VII - Bertie!! Hawk
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