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I used to live in Headingley, just west of Wpg.  I was in the third house up from the riverbank (the Assiniboine), and in '97 I was surprised that the river stayed in its banks. There was a massive earthen dike south of the city, maybe that kept some of the water out of the Assiniboine and into...

G. Wallace: No, but in my reply to him I said that I'd be looking for more information in this (apparently) dispicable practice.  First stop...log on here.  So now that that story is more filled in, I sent a second email with some of what I'd learned. Ah.  Unbiased reporting.  I love it.

Hello all.  I've just rec'd a private email from a winger in Pet, apparently there is a storage outfit there that's levied an additional fee to a member deployed for breaking a storage contract. The catch is that the member was recently KIA - and the charge was levied the persons trying to...

Me, I went home to meet my new daughter.   But if you're looking for a cool vacation, a couple guys I was with took their significant others to South Africa.  They did the Boer War battlefield tour, done in a safari type of setting...tents, butlers, cooks.  Pretty pricey though. And there is...

The reference I was forwarded at work makes specific mention of the Canadian flag pin in the centre of the poppy.  It is not authorized for wear while in uniform. Personally I do not believe it detracts from the poppy if one was to wear it while in civilian attire. 

Actually, Mar Eng are coursed / trained through the Canadian Forces Fleet School Engineering Division, either in Halifax or Esquimalt.  The training you refer to in Newfoundland is part of the Marine Engineering Technician Training Program (METTP). Mar Eng are certified after completing...

I suppose that's allowed as EVERYONE makes fun of the Airforce. But you guys get the best hotels, that's for sure.

I hope he gets back to this point because he's gone and made me feel all sad.

Well, I've been wrong before (once ;)), but I haven't seen them when I've gone through the DY gate in the past 3-4 months, or at the Canteen Rd gate as recently as yesterday.  I will allow that I've not been in that area much in the past while but I will be watching when I head back to work in a...

Hang onto your tin foil hats. http://www.cfax1070.com/newsstory.php?newsId=6052 Should be interesting to see what comes of it in the next couple days. Also, I believe the practice of placing the armed Port Security personnel at the gates has ceased - don't know when that happened.  When I got...

No names in the press yet, I'd say that it will take some time depending on where the NOK are located. The gate has re-opened according to CFAX radio reporting.  I haven't seen this story in any other outlet save the local news radio.

Reproduced under the Fair Dealings provisions of the Copyright Act. ONE PERSON DEAD AFTER CAR CRASHES INTO WATER OFF ESQUIMALT NAVAL BASE Aug 14, 2008 THERE'S BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT OVERNIGHT ON THE ESQUIMALT NAVAL BASE. POLICE SAY A CAR LEFT THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO THE WATER OFF NADEN...

Seems for about six months after I get back after deployment I have sleep issues.  I should be sorting myself out now, but we've got a new addition to the family - that does nothing for sleep patterns, except disrupt them.

Here's one verbatim from the Orlan Ukrainian Folk Ensemble cookbook.  Source:  #63 Chris Walby, Winnipeg Blue Bombers.  IT'S OVER THE TOP Game Day Chili 2 x 10oz cans red kidney beans 2 x 10oz cans regular pork and beans 2 x 20 or 30oz cans crushed tomatoes 1 large white onion, diced Garlic...

Regular exercise. A real hot shower (cooling down afterwards has a sedative effect). Once in a while I will use melatonin, available at most pharmacies.  I am a reformed Nyquil junkie - man, that stuff just knocks me out. They say that you need to practice "sleep hygiene", meaning that if...

Have you ever heard a stoker making pipes?  We're the definition of "bewildered bosnmate".

From the initial reporting it seems that there was little to be done given the size of the knife and the way the victim was being attacked.  Rather than say "scared little people", I'd say that someone, probably several someones, did a remarkably good job in getting the rest of the passengers...

The Places in Between - Rory Stewart

So it is.  Apparently my attention to detail needs a little work.

I gave up on posting on comment pages for the most part.  Feel free to take what you want and post away...many aspects of what has come to be my view on this matter have originated or been shaped by posts on this site anyway.