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#1
02-01-2008, 07:24 PM
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Hello from Southern Ontario
Hello all, I'm a former Infantryman in the Canadian Army, and I just stumbled on this site today. I've yet to fully absorb what the Patriot Files does, but it looks promising. Good site.
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02-01-2008, 11:45 PM
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Wecome aboard Norfolk... there are some weird, crazy and wonderful folks on this site but dont let them get your collar hot
 Cheers mate from down under Australia
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02-02-2008, 05:35 AM
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Norfolk!
Welcome aboard!
What we do here is help each other, get together for a party once or twice a year, argue with each other some times, but generally find comfort in being bros' again. My Scottish Grandfather retired to Vancover Island and was buried there when he passed on in 1960. He had been Black Watch in WWI and then was recalled in 1938 to train men in the Black Watch. He was too old for combat in WWII. I was on Vancover Island in 1958 and it was one of the most gorgeous places I've ever been. Where are you in Souther Ontario? Deb and I are planning a Trans-Canada train trip someday. I would like to avoid Quebec' because of the way Deb and I were treated last time there....but sure we'll have to go at least through it. Pack
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02-02-2008, 06:25 AM
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Welcome Aboard !!!!
Larry
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02-02-2008, 07:33 AM
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Welcome to the PF
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506th Infantry "Stands Alone"  It is well that war is so terrible, or we should get too fond of it. General Robert E. Lee
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#7
02-02-2008, 08:19 AM
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Thank-you all for the warm welcome. It's good to be amongst soldiers
 (and it's good to get away from civvies some of the time). The Patriot Files is a good place to be. Packo, I live in Woodstock, at the junction of Highways 401 and 403 (the Trans-Canada of course avoids Southern Ontario except for Ottawa and North Bay). So if you and the wife are trying to avoid Quebec (hey, we Canadians tend to avoid it too - we just go through Upstate NY and on through New England to New Brunswick), you'd still have to make a huge detour from your general axis of advance (by several hundred miles) if you wanted to come on down here. But, if you did turn south at Ottawa and headed down to Lake Ontario, and then followed the 401 around the Golden Horseshoe, on through Toronto, and then followed the 401 to Woodstock, we've got a good British pub, decent hotels, the largest collection of Christian icons in the world, and the 403 interchange is just east of town that'll start you on your way to Niagara and Upstate NY. There's lots of very good vineyards, wineries, a distillery, and a brewery along the way to the Falls. And lots of fancy restaurants, hotels, and shops in Niagara-on-the-Lake (and a nice view of Fort Niagara on the NY side). And I'd certainly to happy to see you folks if you did happen to detour to Woodstock. Have you ever been to the RHQ of the Black Watch in Montreal?
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02-02-2008, 02:13 PM
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Norfolk!
Pay no attention to that little man behind the curtain. His favorite web site is farmlove.com.
We were in Niagra Recently....well early last summer. Actually hated the NY side but the Canadian side was beautiful. If we do the trans-can by train...we'll have to go through Quebec. Many moons ago, I always felt welcome in Quebec. When I took Deb there about 10 years ago, we were treated so bad I swore I'd never go back. We will...if the train goes through, but only then. Man...did they get weird there. Did not know about the Black Watch RHQ in Montreal. RHQ? Royal Head Quarters? I would love to see it. I am very proud of my grandfathers regiment. They had a bayonet charge in Iraq that freaked out the Iraqi army....and they killed about 40 Iraqi's. Bad ass men in skirts! I will make sure I look it up next time and if we ever get close...or you come South...way South, you are also welcome here. Pack
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"TO ANNOUNCE THAT THERE MUST BE NO CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT...IS MORALLY TREASONABLE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC." Theodore Roosvelt "DISSENT IS PATRIOTIC!" (unknown people for the past 8 years, my turn now)
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02-02-2008, 05:26 PM
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Quote:
And I thought I was amung sailors  ... when did I change ranks   once a sailor always a sailor  
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