Recent content by Grimey

We did on the first post-CF work dress iteration of NCDs. Pic is ‘89-90 vintage. Trade badges lasted a few years only and then came off, never to reappear. I don’t recall the reason why.

Pre 9/11, wasn’t there a measure of perverse pride in having senior pers with a CD and bar only compared to our American cousins? “Look at us, we don’t get a medal for completing basic/unit effectiveness/rolling out of bed in the morning”.

Lots of things to avoid 😀.

Wasn’t there a Heritage Moment on CBC a few years back around rememberance day about “honouring our fallen” where the troops in the footage were German?

Like capital gains tax on sale of primary residence. It’s a-comin’!

When les grenouille get up to these kind of shenanigans, this always comes to mind:

That's akin to the Ranger's adoption of the sandy beret when the US Army as a whole moved to black.

That’s a massive drop in standards if true. The RCAF provided the Buckingham Palace guard for a spell only a few years ago. I had an ex-stoker colleague who’d re-enlisted as an AVN tech and who was part of it. He gave me a rundown on being beasted by the nasty Guards’ Colour Sergeants. 😀

Being twelve years removed from uniform and peripherally aware that the dress and deportment manual had been binned, I just side eyed him scornfully.

Can’t say the same. I saw LS (oops, S1) Bag-o-shite Bloggins in the Colwood Thrifty’s a few weeks back. Submariner coveralls with the ‘morale’ patches (wtf is that about, we made do with a ships crest and name tag) scraggly hair to his mid shoulders and pooor imitation ZZ Top beard. It was...

Who’s the old codger in Denison smock and general officer tabs you’re having a chat with?

Electoral College tries to enter the chat.......

Cutting steel…maybe. But there’s the 4 Dreadnougnt class SSBN’s first. I know the big assembly hall in Barrow has been enlarged recently, but I can’t see Dreadnought and AUKUS SSN’s being built simultaneously.

That 32k includes RM also, around 7k.