I'm in need of home for a while. Visit family, pig out on donairs, lobster, mussels, speckled trout that I'll be catching, take some photos while I'm fishing (could be of moose, deer, bears, otters, even wolves or cougar if I'm really lucky, not to forget eagles, osprey, great horned owls, gray owls, great blue herons...and so on) NO cell service where I fish. Peace and quiet. Just the thing to recharge the batteries.
Just thought I'd let folks know what's going on with me (and maybe make a few jealous)
Anyone from southern NB here in the forums?
Anyway, play nice while I'm away. Remember, no biting, kicking, hair-pulling, spitting or cussing each other out. Mud and/or jello wrestling is PERFECTLY acceptable however. ( I want to see PHOTOS though )
For the Canucks here, have a FANTASTIC Victoria Day weekend!!
I can't speak as a citizen of the UK but as a Canadian citizen, I wouldn't mind seeing Gurkha retirees from the British Army settle here. We have some former Paras (among others)not only living here but serving in our Armed Forces. IMO, anyway.
Combat training is no help. They (most)are just too vicious and fight with methods outlawed by the Geneva convention. Arguing with a woman??? Useless...even if you WIN, you lose.
<--- Thinks it's difficult enough to figure out ONE woman at a time let alone two or more. One would be quite sufficient as long as she can paddle properly from the bow of a canoe and carry her share of the gear.
I can understand that. The funny thing is that our deployments( in my trade ) happen maybe once in 4 years and as mentioned earlier only 6 months in duration. Some of the married guys take their 2 weeks off in the middle of the deployment to not just come home for a couple of weeks but fly their wives over and go on vacation in Greece, Australia, etc. Are we spoiled? Yes, but I'm not going to complain...
Same thing happens here. It might seem odd, but we really are expected to live up to a higher standard of behavior. Sometimes the younger soldiers "get" it, sometimes not.
I joined at age 45. My wife had not only gone along with this but had encouraged it. When reality set in and she wasn't having fun anymore, we split up. There was more too it (her being an alcoholic and all) but bottom line was that she couldn't even handle my training.
Kudos to you Ron. you were indeed in an elite group.
I think you might be right 10th. As a tech doing what I do however, our deployments are usually referred to as "the shopping trip in the sandbox". We aren't often sent into combat zones but I suppose most wouldn't know that.
The strange thing is that although I'm aware that deployments for the American military are more often longer than 1 year and often for 2 years, ours are usually for 6 months with 2 weeks off in the middle for a trip home or a vacation wherever we want. Overseas POSTINGS involve moving the family as well almost 100% of the time.
I'm curious as to why it is that although many women say that they love a man in uniform, when it comes to getting to know them or getting into a relationship they aren't interested.
This has happened to me several times and I've been told things like " I tried it before and it didn't work out " or that " Military guys all have the same attitude towards women ". There are more, but that gives the general idea.
Is this another case of all guys in the military being painted with the same brush or is there something else going on? I don't quite get it since I spent 45 years as a civilian and only 7 years as a military member so I don't feel that I have the same outlook on things perhaps as someone who's been in the military since they were 18 or 20 years old.
After some of the replies I've received to e-mails, I'd be contemplating hiding my profession if I wasn't so proud of serving my country.
Are there any other guys in the military on here who've had similar experiences?
Can some of the ladies perhaps give some insight on this?
I was a computer tech before I joined the military and for those who can, the best computer is the one you pick the components for and build yourself. IMO, anyway.
You must have been staying at the hotel there and gone out on the Bay from Black's Harbour, Back Bay or Letete. BTW, I used to live at New River Beach. Still have a cottage there close enough to Arthur Irving's place to hit it with a rock. lol
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Someone who knows the word "guttersnipe"!!!
RE: 18 to 25 women looking for 45 to 65 men are normal?
Amen to that!!