[Public-List] Factory installed wheel steering

David Gilbert bigkanu at rogers.com
Thu Oct 3 13:48:14 PDT 2013


Very early on in my life, I spent some time playing saxophone in an  
Air Force Concert Band and I recall some of the WW2 guys telling about  
the troops being gathered to hear King George VI. He opened his  
remarks with, "men of the Navy, Army and gentlemen of the Air Force."  
I think that gave the junior service the edge on arrogance.
David - Big Kanu ABYC
On 3-Oct-13, at 4:41 PM, Dominic Amann wrote:

> My Dad was RAF and it seems they had a lock-in on the arrogance  
> thing in
> the UK. There was song that had the line "looking at monkeys in the  
> zoo, if
> I had a face like you I'd join the British Army".
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hrmmm.. sounds like army arrogance must be a UK thing then, though I
>> suppose that with their navy known for rum, sodomy and the lash, it's
>> easier for the army types to get uppity.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure that down in the States, its the air force that  
>> wins at
>> arrogance, but I may be somewhat biased..
>>
>> -K
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 04:08:41PM -0400, Gordon Laco wrote:
>>> Yes, but really, we like the Pongos.
>>>
>>> They're friendly, helpful creatures who like to burrow in the  
>>> earth and
>> we
>>> like helping them; we've gotten them out of many a sticky  
>>> situation over
>> the
>>> years.
>>>
>>> True, sometimes one does have to speak slowly and clearly to them,
>>> occasionally one does have repeat a joke to earn a laugh, but  
>>> really, we
>>> like them.....
>>>
>>> How's that for arrogant?
>>>
>>> Gord ;)
>>>
>>> aka Lt(N) Laco, RCN
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/10/13 4:03 PM, "Kris Coward" <kris at melon.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I thought arrogance was an Army thing, at least I read once that  
>>>> over
>> in
>>>> the UK, ARAB stands for "Arrogant Regular Army Bastard".
>>>>
>>>> -K
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 09:53:28AM -0400, Gordon Laco wrote:
>>>>> Oh I don't mind a bit of ragging!  Besides, it gave me a chance to
>> get up on
>>>>> my soap box....
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, the pongo's got their pips back... Symbols mean a lot in the
>> service.
>>>>>
>>>>> 'The Pongo's' is what we call the Army... My wife said to me 'what
>> does the
>>>>> Army call you'?  'Gee, I dunno', I replied.  She said 'Arrogant, I
>> assume'.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gord #426 Surprise
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/10/13 9:46 AM, "isobar at verizon.net" <isobar at verizon.net>  
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>   John...Yes, I knew about the Navy restoration and was happy to
>> see the
>>>>>>   return to heritage. Since it was a sensitive subject, I  
>>>>>> wouldn't
>> have
>>>>>>   brought it up otherwise; but all's well in the end and I  
>>>>>> couldn't
>>>>>>   resist ragging on Gord.
>>>>>>   Also, pip pip and all that, I see the Army are getting their  
>>>>>> pips
>>>>>>   back... Bob
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   On 10/03/13, John Birch<[1]Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   The CF today has been returned to the RCAF, RCN and Army
>> designations.
>>>>>>   Personally, I prefer the return to these designations.
>>>>>>   Pip pip and all that ; )
>>>>>>
>>>>>> References
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   1. mailto:Sunstone at cogeco.ca
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