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Forum: Canadian Politics Topic: Do smart/educated people vote for certain parties? |
| hormel26c |
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:13 am
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Replies: 18
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| Do smarter people vote for certain parties more often? Do smarter people vote for the Liberal and the Green Party? You seem to be equating "smart" with a university education. Having worked with degree bearing individuals who had all the intelligence of a mushroom brush, I would suggest that educat... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:05 am
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Replies: 2019
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Yup... knew it was Russian from the little bit of the control surfaces that can be seen.
I'm going with the MiG 31 Foxhound |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:03 am
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Replies: 2019
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
| hormel26c |
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:52 am
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Replies: 2019
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Easy... jet exhaust, static, winter  |
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Forum: Canada/US Relations Topic: the difference between Canadian English and American Engsish |
| hormel26c |
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:52 pm
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Replies: 54
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$1: when I was in the 9th grade
Here's a turn of phrase that differentiates Americans and Canadians: A Canadian would say "when I was in grade nine". |
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Forum: Canadaka.net Topic: Emoticons? |
| hormel26c |
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:46 pm
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Replies: 51
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| Hmmm... that smilie is saluting with its left hand. Must be a stoker or a pioneer. |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
| hormel26c |
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:41 pm
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Replies: 2019
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That is the Admiral Gorshkov.
It was originally the Baku
The Soviets and subseqently the Russians had a habit of changing the hull number when the name was changed on the ship. Gorshkov is often considered a different class from the others. |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:56 pm
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SprCForr SprCForr: It's the Aquila. Pretty good looking. The Italians always did build nice looking ships.
Bingo! I was trying to find a better picture, but that was as good as I could dig up |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 3:20 pm
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| Looks like a Yorktown class carrier. Nope. It isn't American. American carrier hulls have open hangar bulwarks Looks like a WWI Carrier... No... it's post WW1 and was operational in WW2 Sorry about the repeated plane pics, I'll try to find something else. Hey, I was only joking. Keep 'em coming. Th... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:58 pm
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| Too many airplanes. While your figuring out Nate's... here's a ship for all the SU gunners... |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:15 pm
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Aha.. so it's another "never was". I don't believe EADS has even produced a prototype yet.
The tank was a SABRA.... Israeli Defence Force. |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:28 pm
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Replies: 2019
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| Semi-auto under most circumstances. Full auto during a CQB overrun. 3 round burst is a waste of two rounds. |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: What is wrong with us???? |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:29 pm
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Replies: 41
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| "Careerism" is not new, nor is it restricted to the Canadian military. It is a regretable consequence of a peacetime armed forces that, once the blooded veterans of a prior war leave the service, those whose ambition lies in self-advancement become the best known and most notorious. Prior to WWII th... |
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Forum: General Jibber Jabber Topic: Spammer Gets 9 Year Sentence |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:02 pm
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| Not long enough. The prosecution was asking for 15 years. |
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Forum: Military & War Topic: Recognition Quiz |
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:48 pm
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| Still trying to figure out that airplane. It's got me baffled at the moment. I'm assuming it's a one-off. |
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