From: loose_electrons@gmail.com.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:11:49 -0400, Jack    
   wrote:   
      
   >Andrew Chaplin wrote:   
   >> dipsy  wrote in   
   >> news:5nmkj5hk0r2c46idh9s1doc399ucljv4es@4ax.com:   
   >>   
   >>> You're a Canadian Forces dude.   
   >>   
   >> That's a very dubious assertion.   
   >>   
   >>> What was the name of that regiment   
   >>> that had a 125 year history out of Manitoba, that the Canadian   
   >>> government shut down because they killed that kid in Somalia?   
   >>   
   >> The only regiment "shut down" was the Canadian Airborne Regiment, and it   
   >> only dated from 1968. Its 2 Commando was largely made up of soldiers with   
   >> PPCLI as a regimental affiliation. They have not yet marked a centennial.   
   >> The PPCLI's origins are Ottawa (it was formed there by a Montrealer,   
   >> Hamilton Gault, in Lansdowne Park) and Calgary, where it had its home   
   >> station--when such things mattered.   
   >   
   >Andrew..you must the only one left here...too bad that's it's now a "one   
   >flew over the coo-coos nest"..   
   >   
   >Cheers   
   >   
   >Jack   
      
   Nope, there are a few left on listening watch in the hopes that the   
   wingnuts will depart....   
      
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