On Monday, 17 June 2013 17:20:16 UTC-4, victoria...@gmail.com  wrote:   
   > On Saturday, 25 October 2003 15:43:27 UTC-4, av8r  wrote:   
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   > > Hi Gang   
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   > > I was going through some old e-mail and came across this one from Rick    
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   > > Collins.  I'd like to share it with you.   
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   > > Cheers...Chris   
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   > > Hi Chris.   
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   > > I was pretty sure you were who your are, as it were. :-)   
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   > > Nice to meet you again through the magic of the Internet (TM Reg'd)!   
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   > > I remember all the folks you mentioned: Bill Govett, Buck Harley, the   
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   > > (infamous) Barry Dragon :-). Ghosts from the past, now.   
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   > > I went from 449 in Greenwood to Halifax, doing programming for the 280   
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   > > combat control system; then back to ZX in the then ASDU, Staff   
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   > > College, a rip as instructional staff at the Staff School. then Ottawa   
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   > > and the spook world and finally as part of the Personnel world doing   
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   > > organization. Retired two years ago and now I'm doing the org stuff in   
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   > > civies rather than a uniform.   
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   > > It's been a fun ride all the way, and I wouldn't trade any of it had I   
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   > > the chance.   
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   > > But have things ever changed! Maybe it's the cynicism of old age, or   
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   > > the laying up of the uniform, but I don't envy the young fellow today   
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   > > coming into the military. Some of the problems are related to the   
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   > > Government's utter disdain for the CF, of course, but a lot of it is   
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   > > what I see not so much as a failure in leadership in the classic sense   
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   > > but rather as an inability to comprehend and do the most basic of   
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   > > tasks at the senior level - what I call the "failure to administer". I   
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   > > shouldn't have to explain a QR&O to a General to show him why he can't   
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   > > do what he wants to do - but that's a daily reality, it seems. If   
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   > > seniors don't understand the most fundamental elements of structure   
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   > > and the legal underpinnings that give them the 'power of command' -   
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   > > well, what have they been doing in their relentless march to the top?   
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   > > Enough of that!   
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   > > May I wish you a (belated) Merry Christmas, and (at the last possible   
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   > > moment :-) the best wishes for a Happy New Year to you and yours?   
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   > > Meanwhile, I shall prepare for the upcoming battles in CCM where, once   
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   > > again, I will attempt to poke, prod, and generally infuriate the   
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   > > assorted posters hoping that both sides of the discussion will learn a   
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   > > little bit along the way. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it.   
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   > > Take care   
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   > > Rick   
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   > Hi!  It does not look like this group is very active anymore but on the   
   offchance someone sees this...   
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   > I'm Rick's daughter and I stumbled on this group quite accidentally. Its a   
   bit of a shock to see this with it being ten years since he has passed!  We   
   are sorry that so many people who knew my Dad weren't informed of his death   
   but he had a lot of    
   contacts.  I can see that he was his usual self with this group :)  I do note   
   that he mentions a job that he held with the "spooks" - I assume this is CSIS   
   - you know, we were never sure whether he was pulling our leg or not!    
   Blessings to anyone who    
   reads this that knew him - or at least the side he showed on the boards!    
   Victoria   
      
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