Hobbies? Pastimes? Side-gigs?
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Plot to take over the world...
Amateur poet.
I just wrote this poem today. Did Trooping of Colours parade today and one particular scene inspired me.
Perhaps His Final Parade
You may think him as just an old man,
Frail and weak, crippled, needing a walker to merely walk.
If you pass him on a street when the sun is shining
You may think he‘s just an old man nearing end of his life.
Well, he showed up at the parade today,
Cladded in formal dress, wearing a glengarry,
Still had his steel walker on this rainy day,
But he wanted to be part of his regiment‘s parade.
He was there the entire parade,
Letting the raindrops hit his face,
Watching the young soldiers honour his regiment,
His unit he fought with something sixty years ago for freedom.
He could have stayed in his seat
When the Old Guard was called up for a March Past by the reviewing stands,
Because he was very frail and walking was hard work for him,
But he wanted to be in the parade one last time, maybe.
The drums beat, the bagpipes sang,
The old veteran slowly marched with the rest of the Old Guard.
Must have been really hard for him, but he never missed a step,
Keeping up all the way across the rainy football field, he never quit.
Maybe because he had his pride, his dignity.
Maybe because he just had to be part of the parade one last time,
Just had to be part of the parade that may be his last chance.
I think it‘s because of the old veteran‘s warrior‘s spirit.
Once a soldier, always a soldier.
He watched his friends die, suffered the horrors of war.
He sacrificed a great part of himself for freedom‘s cause.
He is a warrior.
As a young soldier watching the old veteran
March across the rainy football field in his walker,
How else can I feel,
Except to admire an old warrior‘s spirit?
Plot to take over the world...
Amateur poet.
I just wrote this poem today. Did Trooping of Colours parade today and one particular scene inspired me.
Perhaps His Final Parade
You may think him as just an old man,
Frail and weak, crippled, needing a walker to merely walk.
If you pass him on a street when the sun is shining
You may think he‘s just an old man nearing end of his life.
Well, he showed up at the parade today,
Cladded in formal dress, wearing a glengarry,
Still had his steel walker on this rainy day,
But he wanted to be part of his regiment‘s parade.
He was there the entire parade,
Letting the raindrops hit his face,
Watching the young soldiers honour his regiment,
His unit he fought with something sixty years ago for freedom.
He could have stayed in his seat
When the Old Guard was called up for a March Past by the reviewing stands,
Because he was very frail and walking was hard work for him,
But he wanted to be in the parade one last time, maybe.
The drums beat, the bagpipes sang,
The old veteran slowly marched with the rest of the Old Guard.
Must have been really hard for him, but he never missed a step,
Keeping up all the way across the rainy football field, he never quit.
Maybe because he had his pride, his dignity.
Maybe because he just had to be part of the parade one last time,
Just had to be part of the parade that may be his last chance.
I think it‘s because of the old veteran‘s warrior‘s spirit.
Once a soldier, always a soldier.
He watched his friends die, suffered the horrors of war.
He sacrificed a great part of himself for freedom‘s cause.
He is a warrior.
As a young soldier watching the old veteran
March across the rainy football field in his walker,
How else can I feel,
Except to admire an old warrior‘s spirit?
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Veteran`s son
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RoyalHighlandFusilier:
Thank you for sending your poem to the forum!
I believe that it is important to remember the service of our war veterans and that is why I am joining the Royal Canadian Legion.
Again, thank you very much for sending your fine poem as it is appreciated!
Sincerely,
Mike whose father served Canada in WW2 and the Korean War with the RCE
Thank you for sending your poem to the forum!
I believe that it is important to remember the service of our war veterans and that is why I am joining the Royal Canadian Legion.
Again, thank you very much for sending your fine poem as it is appreciated!
Sincerely,
Mike whose father served Canada in WW2 and the Korean War with the RCE
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RHF, if your plot to take over the world is as successful as your writing, I think we‘re in trouble!
I would strongly encourage you to post that in the Canadian Authors forum, it‘s *exactly* the kind (and qulaity) of original work we‘d love to see!
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
P.S. As for hobbies, you‘re looking at it.
I would strongly encourage you to post that in the Canadian Authors forum, it‘s *exactly* the kind (and qulaity) of original work we‘d love to see!
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
P.S. As for hobbies, you‘re looking at it.
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Dire
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My hobbies consit of this.
Paintball (I play tourney paintball (Speedball) and own a 1999 Evo Autococker with Smart Parts 4100 compressed air)
Video Games: I like Massive Multiplayer Video games like (Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online) I also play Americas Army
Warhammer: Game I played since I was a child, painting, collecting, and playing. We have a group of friends who played it but we kinda all quit since there is no time for the long games
Maintaining my LAN/Domain (I run web services and local LAN services for practise, I currently own 7 computers 5 of which are servers including AD server/Exchange email server, web server, FTP, Ect..
I played alot and I mean alot of Rugby but since I tore my ACL I dont want to play because I don‘t want too get hurt and start all over again.
I currently workout and run now since I want to join the CF.
I think that is all
Paintball (I play tourney paintball (Speedball) and own a 1999 Evo Autococker with Smart Parts 4100 compressed air)
Video Games: I like Massive Multiplayer Video games like (Star Wars Galaxies, Ultima Online) I also play Americas Army
Warhammer: Game I played since I was a child, painting, collecting, and playing. We have a group of friends who played it but we kinda all quit since there is no time for the long games
Maintaining my LAN/Domain (I run web services and local LAN services for practise, I currently own 7 computers 5 of which are servers including AD server/Exchange email server, web server, FTP, Ect..
I played alot and I mean alot of Rugby but since I tore my ACL I dont want to play because I don‘t want too get hurt and start all over again.
I currently workout and run now since I want to join the CF.
I think that is all
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Etown
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My major hobby envolves pretty much any type of bicycle. I have a road bike that I race on. I have a dual suspension mtb that I freeride on Vancouver‘s north shore and at Whistler.
Mostly though I spend time at the dirt jumps launching my BMX through the air. The only problem is that every couple of months I have a pretty hard crash and have to spend the next week in the gym putting my body back together. I think I‘m gonna hang the BMX up until after my PT test just to be safe, but then again the jumps are so nice right now...
Mostly though I spend time at the dirt jumps launching my BMX through the air. The only problem is that every couple of months I have a pretty hard crash and have to spend the next week in the gym putting my body back together. I think I‘m gonna hang the BMX up until after my PT test just to be safe, but then again the jumps are so nice right now...
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My hobbies? hhmm.. I love camping, I‘m trying to gather some of my civvie buddies into going backcountry both by foot and by canoe.. I‘m obviously into canoeing, I‘ve been into it all my life.. In the winter months, I ski as much as I can (harder and harder nowadays.. not as much time), and then I build Autonomous Sumo Robots.
And that‘s me in a nutshell.
And that‘s me in a nutshell.
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RoyalHighlandFusilier:
that poem is really good!
thanks bro
that poem is really good!
thanks bro
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I‘m an avid hunter and fisherman. I‘m Assistant Editor with the Arizona Outdoorsman magazine. I enjoy writing outdoor articles, poetry, etc. I am a Booking Agent, representing hunting/fishing Outfitters all over North America, South Africa, Chile, and Argentina. To supplement the booking business, which is slow right now, I have added some hunting accessories - hunting knives, holsters, gun cases, camo, cover scents, game calls, etc.
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I,m a avid Tiger Woods 99 player,trapshooting (getting way to expensive)& occasional golfer struggling to find the sweet spot.My days are around 13 hrs,so that does not leave me much time for volleyball & other outdoor sports due to my cranky qoution.Weekends are spent with my twin 21 year old daughters fixing problems & signing credit card receipts for my decorating mad wife.
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I opened this thread and once again, just when I get a little complacent about what I am reading, then I come across something like RHF‘s work posted above. The talent, intellect and creative thought I see demonstrated by some of our posters gives one good reason to reflect on the unused gifts we all have and what we could accomplish if we used them like some of our colleages like RoyalHighlandFusilier. Hats off.
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Im an avid paintball fan...but since my car accident in december i haven‘t been able to ball for a while i use to be a big tourney player and manage at area 51 ...but haven‘t been back in quite a while
the other thing i love is car racing and modifying cars...I find it so soothing and fun I used to race on the track with my civic until I took it out and someone hit me in oncomming...soon enough another car will come my way
the other thing i love is car racing and modifying cars...I find it so soothing and fun I used to race on the track with my civic until I took it out and someone hit me in oncomming...soon enough another car will come my way
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Fader
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I don‘t know how people can play alot of people can play speedball. It has the potential to be fun, but it becomes more about who has the most tricked up gun more than it becomes who has the most skill. That‘s why I bought my 2k1 Autococker. Bushball is a whole lot more fun than Speedball, which makes up one of my hobbies.
I watch alot of movies; I like anything envolving Aliens and Zombies, and I especially like War movies that are very anti-war in nature, they‘re usually the best;
I try writing, since my mind is a chaotic swirling mass of random ideas. I like writing short stories about things like Zombies taking over the city of Calgary and only a band of die (or perhaps try) hard reservists being the only thing between them and victory.
I play WCIII and NS for Half-Life, keeping in line with the whole Undead/Aliens/Military theme
The most important thing in my life is obviously school; I‘m enlisted in the Software Engineering program at UofC. It is my dream to specialise in analog and digital communications interfaced with computer hardware and software. I would really like to work for the company that designed TCCCS for the army, I think it‘s CDS or CDC or something like that (I‘ll look into it when it‘s internship time)
Oh yeah, I also do a lot of online forum surfing; this is one of about 6 other forums I post on.
I watch alot of movies; I like anything envolving Aliens and Zombies, and I especially like War movies that are very anti-war in nature, they‘re usually the best;
I try writing, since my mind is a chaotic swirling mass of random ideas. I like writing short stories about things like Zombies taking over the city of Calgary and only a band of die (or perhaps try) hard reservists being the only thing between them and victory.
I play WCIII and NS for Half-Life, keeping in line with the whole Undead/Aliens/Military theme
The most important thing in my life is obviously school; I‘m enlisted in the Software Engineering program at UofC. It is my dream to specialise in analog and digital communications interfaced with computer hardware and software. I would really like to work for the company that designed TCCCS for the army, I think it‘s CDS or CDC or something like that (I‘ll look into it when it‘s internship time)
Oh yeah, I also do a lot of online forum surfing; this is one of about 6 other forums I post on.
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Dire
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Acually, Speedball takes alot more skill then bushball ever did.
Speedball takes phyiscal and mental skill while in an avid game of bushball you can just walk around or "sniper" people. I used to work at Tswassen Paintball (www.bcpaintball.com) for a year or two and after reffin bushball games so long I realized how boring it is. Don‘t get me wrong, it‘s fun sometimes but since im litterly better then most bushballers at gunfighting it‘s quite easy.
Speedball on the other hand is one of those games you look at and go wow. Specially when you got the Airball bunkers setup like our field does. Any bush ball player that plays speedball for the first time doesnt like it, but the bushballers that move onto speedball learn to realize that speedball is another game on its on. (I;ve seen so many bushballers turn speedballers over the years)
Speedball is gonna be a professional sport soon (going to tourneys in the states are insane)
X-ball is another version of speedball but it costs alot of money for paint and the games go on for awhile.
Speedball takes phyiscal and mental skill while in an avid game of bushball you can just walk around or "sniper" people. I used to work at Tswassen Paintball (www.bcpaintball.com) for a year or two and after reffin bushball games so long I realized how boring it is. Don‘t get me wrong, it‘s fun sometimes but since im litterly better then most bushballers at gunfighting it‘s quite easy.
Speedball on the other hand is one of those games you look at and go wow. Specially when you got the Airball bunkers setup like our field does. Any bush ball player that plays speedball for the first time doesnt like it, but the bushballers that move onto speedball learn to realize that speedball is another game on its on. (I;ve seen so many bushballers turn speedballers over the years)
Speedball is gonna be a professional sport soon (going to tourneys in the states are insane)
X-ball is another version of speedball but it costs alot of money for paint and the games go on for awhile.
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Fader
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Ironic, I started out playing speedball, but that it was so expensive turned me off. I mean, to be a serious player you need a timmy, angel, oracle or some other gun that you need to constantly upgrade, the cost of which eventually running up to $2000. Then to play, you have to fork out another $80-100 for a case of paint that you can shoot through literally in 40 seconds.
You watch a game, it envolves an opening run, then 2-3 minutes of nothing but calling out where the other team is, and having you‘re team dump hundreds of shots until they‘re lucky enough to eliminate one guy. Then it gets interesting with people bunking, doing deadmans walks, etc. etc. All of which happens in the span of 5-10 minutes.
I admit, there is some skill envolved in playing tourny style speedball; but there‘s no denying that if you had a team with nothing but stock phantoms vs a team with fully tricked out 2k2 autocockers, you‘re very likely in a world of hurt.
I like Bushball because it‘s not so predictable, and it‘s certainly less hardware dependant. Two games ago I tagged out some guy using a timmy with my PTXtreme. Last game I sniped a cadet using a tippman in the *** with my ACI hornet. (Both of which I‘m trying to get rid of btw)
Another thing I find is alot of younger kids play speedball seriously (although that‘s not saying it‘s a kids sport). It‘s just easier for them to get into it, since normally they don‘t pay for it and it suits them better (being 5‘2 really helps hide behind bunkers, especially nipples). Serious bushball seems to attract a more mature audience. The team I‘ve been playing with, for example has a few 16-17 year olds on it, and quite a few 20-40 year olds.
You watch a game, it envolves an opening run, then 2-3 minutes of nothing but calling out where the other team is, and having you‘re team dump hundreds of shots until they‘re lucky enough to eliminate one guy. Then it gets interesting with people bunking, doing deadmans walks, etc. etc. All of which happens in the span of 5-10 minutes.
I admit, there is some skill envolved in playing tourny style speedball; but there‘s no denying that if you had a team with nothing but stock phantoms vs a team with fully tricked out 2k2 autocockers, you‘re very likely in a world of hurt.
I like Bushball because it‘s not so predictable, and it‘s certainly less hardware dependant. Two games ago I tagged out some guy using a timmy with my PTXtreme. Last game I sniped a cadet using a tippman in the *** with my ACI hornet. (Both of which I‘m trying to get rid of btw)
Another thing I find is alot of younger kids play speedball seriously (although that‘s not saying it‘s a kids sport). It‘s just easier for them to get into it, since normally they don‘t pay for it and it suits them better (being 5‘2 really helps hide behind bunkers, especially nipples). Serious bushball seems to attract a more mature audience. The team I‘ve been playing with, for example has a few 16-17 year olds on it, and quite a few 20-40 year olds.
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i heary ou lui...i played the tourney circuit in the states and in canada...and racked up quite a bill....
in the end i could play recball anymroe because i was set on a speedball type of a game...
both speedball and bushball have very different backgrounds and both require a completly different set of skills... the argument which needs more skill will never be settled for each has their similarities and differences
in the end i could play recball anymroe because i was set on a speedball type of a game...
both speedball and bushball have very different backgrounds and both require a completly different set of skills... the argument which needs more skill will never be settled for each has their similarities and differences
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That‘s true, I mean, I suck at speedball quite a bit, but I‘m pretty decent in the bush.
One way I like to look at it, is Speedball to me represents the Americanization of paintball. Big expensive pieces of hardware capable of some very impressive things.
I like outdoor rec ball because its nice being out in the woods with the sun beating down on you, with enemies anywhere. Again, to each his own though.
One way I like to look at it, is Speedball to me represents the Americanization of paintball. Big expensive pieces of hardware capable of some very impressive things.
I like outdoor rec ball because its nice being out in the woods with the sun beating down on you, with enemies anywhere. Again, to each his own though.
