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How are you posting in the first 4 weeks of bootcamp??
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Mar 20, 2023 13:18
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If you havent already, its not a bad idea to go to your chain of command and let them know that you dont feel fulfilled qith what you do, or asking for guidance on your career path
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Mar 20, 2023 13:18
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SRQ posted:Well this sucks. I feel there’s no opportunities to play to my strengths. Pass/fail fitness test soon. If I get put in fat camp as a five foot five 114 pound tiny boy I’m releasing. Are you at CFLRS? TRP is a great opportunity and you shouldn’t look at it as “fat camp”. Do your best on the test, and if it isn’t enough yet you’ll get help to hit it again in a few weeks after getting fed well and doing a whole bunch of PT. Once you’re finished of BMQ the short time you’d spend training there will amount to a resoundingly small percentage of your career, and you’ll be healthier for it.
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Mar 20, 2023 15:40
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I was sick for one of my first PT tests, PSP/training cadre are dicks, and I didn't know my rights. I failed the test, did remedial, passed the next one, and all throughout that process nobody cared. Some people made noise like they did, but they really didn't. Il
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Mar 20, 2023 17:18
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Passed the test 
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Mar 21, 2023 00:23
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how are you posting???
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Mar 21, 2023 00:31
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My Spirit Otter posted:how are you posting??? Some courses are more chill now with the phone stuff. I think we had ours available after week 1. That being said we were also confined to base for about 3 months.
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Mar 21, 2023 12:40
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They didn't bother taking away anyone's phones when I did it in 2007, but then again the smartest device anyone had was a Blackberry. Wonder what year that changed.
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Mar 21, 2023 15:31
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Gainsboro posted:They didn't bother taking away anyone's phones when I did it in 2007, but then again the smartest device anyone had was a Blackberry. Wonder what year that changed. They took ours in 08, which is why i was wondering. I guess our course staff was either strict or invested in phone cards
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Mar 21, 2023 18:49
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My Spirit Otter posted:They took ours in 08, which is why i was wondering. I guess our course staff was either strict or invested in phone cards Mine in 08 too.
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Mar 22, 2023 06:04
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Obviously when they announce changes to the housing allowance, "We're saving the government $30 million a year!" is what the troops wanted to hear. I am no longer accusing our GOFOs of being oblivious, this has to be malicious. t. posted to Ottawa and still not getting poo poo.
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Mar 22, 2023 12:27
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Capitalism! Yaaaaaaay! CAF poo poo like that always makes me scratch my head, like the IDERD presentation that has shite participation numbers and an empty crowd because reasons.
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Mar 22, 2023 13:48
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Guess im moving out of the q's. Rent goes up when you get a payraise, but does the quality ever go up?
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Mar 22, 2023 16:29
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It almost seems like a ploy to make people vacate the RHUs/PMQs.Gainsboro posted:Obviously when they announce changes to the housing allowance, "We're saving the government $30 million a year!" is what the troops wanted to hear. Maybe the headline "housing allowance" will help drive recruitmenpfffttthaahahahaha
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Mar 22, 2023 17:21
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mom and dad fight a lot posted:It almost seems like a ploy to make people vacate the RHUs/PMQs. "If people leave the PMQs we can re-evaluate how much land we need and cut our expenses in land taxes even further!"
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Mar 22, 2023 18:42
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Jobbo_Fett posted:"If people leave the PMQs we can re-evaluate how much land we need and cut our expenses in land taxes even further!" *by selling said land to developers at a fraction of its listed value so we can tout the jobs opportunities for local construction workers (temporary, foreign) and subsequent utilization by various and sundry commercial entities (also temporary, foreign) enticed there by massive tax cuts.
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Mar 22, 2023 18:51
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Fearless posted:*by selling said land to developers at a fraction of its listed value so we can tout the jobs opportunities for local construction workers (temporary, foreign) and subsequent utilization by various and sundry commercial entities (also temporary, foreign) enticed there by massive tax cuts. Just make sure to greenlight an enemy foreign nation's construction permit and give them a really good view of the airport...
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Mar 22, 2023 19:01
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Just make sure to greenlight an enemy foreign nation's construction permit and give them a really good view of the airport... This is why I'm entirely unsuited for politics. I lack the attention to the little things.
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Mar 27, 2023 18:25
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Hey, I recently picked up a Canadian milsurp rifle. Can you guys tell me more about it?        
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Mar 27, 2023 21:28
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why are you posting pics of our service rifle?
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Mar 27, 2023 21:43
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My Spirit Otter posted:why are you posting pics of our service rifle? yeah someone is gonna need that soon probably.
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Mar 27, 2023 23:05
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Still better equipped than Russia.
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Mar 28, 2023 00:21
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no, just a slightly lower level of graft
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Mar 28, 2023 00:42
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McNally posted:Hey, I recently picked up a Canadian milsurp rifle. Can you guys tell me more about it? Nice, a Snider-Enfield! I worked with these at a local historic site and my reserve regiment has at least three in the vault for the museum. I'm sadly more acquainted with their operation than the marking stamps. From what I can recall the two stars next to the breach indicate a Mk II designation. The DC on the stock indicates Dominion of Canada, which you probably already knew. After doing some light research, it seems like the 'E,' crown, and '29' on the butt-plate are likely the company and battalion number for the Canadian militia unit they belonged to. e: Looks like pretty much all the unit markings are mixed, but going by the one on the tang of the butt-plate: "29th “Waterloo Battalion of Infantry” authorized. Headquarters at Berlin (now Kitchener) and companies at New Hamburg, Galt, Waterloo, Crosshill, Berlin and Ayr, September 14th, 1866" The big 82 on the butt-plate is probably just a simple stand-number, which is how we used those at Fort Henry. Not sure about the rest, but at least some are just the Enfield armoury markings. Serial numbers are usually on the inside of the breechblock. Beautiful rifle! ee: Found a wonderful little forum of Canadian Snider-Enfield enthusiasts: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/britishmilitariaforums/database-of-canadian-issue-snider-enfields-t15584.html Generation Internet fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Mar 28, 2023 |
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Mar 28, 2023 01:59
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Generation Internet posted:Nice, a Snider-Enfield! I worked with these at a local historic site and my reserve regiment has at least three in the vault for the museum. E (crown) 29 is actually an Enfield inspection stamp (which is why a lot of the parts have slightly different stamps - when it was converted in Birmingham they just used whatever parts when they put it back together). I think the big 82 is the unit number. A fine Canadian over in TFR thinks this was carried by "the 82nd Abegweit Light Infantry Regiment, a militia unit in Prince Edward Island and a precursor to the modern Prince Edward Island Regiment of the Canadian army reserve. If this is indeed the case, there is probably a 75% chance that this rifle was carried at some point by someone with the last name MacDonald or Gallant." This is a Snider-Enfield Mk. II**, Mark II being the last of the converted Pattern 1853s to become Snider-Enfields (Mk. III rifles were built from the ground up and are just Snider rifles) and the two stars showing it got some revision or other. They were rapidly developing the cartridges for these weapons as they went and each star was a marking to show which revision a particular arm had received. They did the same thing with the Lee-Enfields.
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Mar 28, 2023 03:52
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Vadoc posted:Still better equipped than Russia. Ehhhh, no lol. At least the Russians have air defence systems, a full-featured air force, MLRS, SPG's , cruise missile systems, etc.
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Mar 28, 2023 06:20
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Generation Internet posted:
E crown 29 is an inspection mark, not a unit mark. What you've identified as a stand number is probably a regimental number. It is common practice for folks who get all freaky at the thought of paperwork like Germans to stamp serial numbers all over every single part of a firearm, but this is the British gun trade of the 1860s we are talking about here. We're lucky if they made the screws to the same standard. E: Seriously. Standardization of parts for small arms did not reach Britain until something like the third model of P1853 Enfield. Fearless fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Mar 28, 2023 |
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Mar 28, 2023 07:07
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Fearless posted:E: Seriously. Standardization of parts for small arms did not reach Britain until something like the third model of P1853 Enfield. lol fourth, they didn't start doing this until like 1860
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Mar 28, 2023 14:38
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McNally posted:lol fourth, they didn't start doing this until like 1860 Skennerton says '58, which coincides with the beginning of production of the third model. Prior to this, I get the sense that there is interchangeability of parts made by a specific manufacturer, but not between manufacturers. E: It's still what, 20 years after the Americans introduced the concept into their own arsenals? E2: And it's debatable as to whether or not Lee Enfields are truly parts interchangeable given the variable dimension bolt heads and the magazines hand fitted to individual rifles. (Though as I understand it the bolt head issue was due to a desire to provide as much tolerance as possible for ammo variations as .303 headspaces off the rim and indicates issues with standardization in a whole different section of British war industry) Fearless fucked around with this message at 17:31 on Mar 28, 2023 |
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Mar 28, 2023 17:20
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Fearless posted:Skennerton says '58, which coincides with the beginning of production of the third model. Prior to this, I get the sense that there is interchangeability of parts made by a specific manufacturer, but not between manufacturers. Springfield started trying to achieve parts interchangeability starting in 1816 though they didn't get there until 1842 (possibly 1840)
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Mar 28, 2023 18:44
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What a bunch of fuckin nerds ey boys Please continue
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The Snider Enfield was also finally withdrawn from active service in the Militia in 1905,* demonstrating that if ever there was a real tradition for Canada's military, it is fighting tomorrow's battles with yesterday's kit. *Fun fact: divesting the various militia units of Sniders took years-- there were still 1853 Enfields on the books in quantity for some of them into the 20th century-- and as a result you will see Snider Enfields used as drill rifles during the Great War.
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Mar 29, 2023 18:21
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My Spirit Otter posted:Guess im moving out of the q's. Rent goes up when you get a payraise, but does the quality ever go up? Where does Q rent go up if you get a raise? There are typically small annual increases, and you aren't allowed to rent if it's more than 25% of your household income, but it's not on a sliding scale. Anyway, I finally did the actual calc of losing PLD vs. the salary adjustment, and I'm getting a $30/mo pay cut until next April. That's a small practical inconvenience but a giant emotional bummer. If I am losing (pretty high on the pilot scale so 8% salary bump is a fair amount), basically everyone on this coast who was in receipt of PLD and is a skilled worker to middle-management type is losing a lot more. Unreal. I guess it's pensionable now and I'm pretty certain I'll exercise that option next year.
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Apr 5, 2023 00:02
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compressioncut posted:Where does Q rent go up if you get a raise? There are typically small annual increases, and you aren't allowed to rent if it's more than 25% of your household income, but it's not on a sliding scale. Your rent is based off of your salary, so you and i are not paying the same rent, even if we were next door neighbours. 25% of your gross, not your net, so despite the fact that my rent reduced my take home pay by 1/3rd, i do not qualify for the 25% max
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i have to go to borden for 3 months next week and im really hoping i get stabbed before i have to go. i live in winnipeg, so the odds are in my favour...
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Apr 9, 2023 00:44
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The dog or pony show has been cancelled due to a worker's strike.
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Apr 12, 2023 16:54
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I heard Trenton had people blocking gates off, allegedly
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Civs? Hasnt been any order to go in strike yet
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