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Postmaster General
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Tankie,
I was just pulling your leg. Have you read the stuff about McAuslan?
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Sir,
We all have "tankies" in our units. There was a case when 1CER ordered 100 pairs of snow boots to Saudi Arabia (a corporal there made a trade with the Dutch contingent). You must have came across a few "tankies" in the Indian Army. Quote:
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Chimo Last edited by Officer of Engineers : 02-01-2007 at 17:45 PM. Reason: To show proper posting authors. |
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WAB Bartender
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My favorite author, George MacDonald Fraser, writes a series of semi-autobiographical short stories about Private MacAuslan, John, aka The Dirtiest Soldier in the World. Get these books. Hilarious.
Almost as good as his Flashman Papers.
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tankie
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Postmaster General
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Real humorous! ![]() |
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One interesting incident that happened to me when I was a cadet at good old RMC. I was at the mess and I was forced by my upperclassman (a cadet who really really didn't like me) to eat square drill and chant the school motto after every bite. My roommate after seeing this and who had already decided to drop out, decided to give me a break by pantsing this upperclassmen during the meal and yelling "go for it!" to me. In the ensuring chaos, I managed to eat a whole delicious plate of food while upperclassmen swarmed around him. The upperclassman in particular who had been pantsed was bleeding (it was a brutal pantsing; belt on) and he never messed with me again. My roommate left RMC and we are still friends to say the least.
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OoE, how were your experiences at RMC?
I've heard its changed a lot since I last attended but I can unequivocally state I had a pretty rotten time (maybe because I was an english major?). I learned a lot about myself during those years but at my tender age then, I really wanted to go to McGill. My parents were poor danish immigrants so I really didn't have a choice in that matter at the time. |
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Same boat you were in. Trying to goto University and pay for it. All I can say is that in my 3rd year, had someone told me that I could have transferred out, I would have done so but we were so brainwashed that failure was not an option that it never occurred to us to quit.
Alot has changed. For one thing, more females are there now (and the resulting reduction in physical requirements). The days the upperclassmen can do things with impunity are over. If they order you to do pushups, they have to do them beside you. Harsh language is also gone. |
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How PC things have become. Military training these days must resemble life in a holiday camp (but with the necessity to wear uniform on occasion)! Chee-Zuss-H-Kee-Rist, everythings changed. Well, what we went through was tough but considered to be character building. It didn't do us any harm.
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tankie
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but i dont think you read my post properly OoE , i said i bought it at a knock down price , now how was i to know it was swiped ?Last edited by tankie : 02-01-2007 at 17:36 PM. |
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McAuslan in the Rough by George MacDonald Fraser Hahahahahahaha, fabulous likeness "Tankie", just swap the clubs for your fishing gear. hahahahahaha |
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