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Posted by "Gow" <jgow@home.com> on Sun, 18 Feb 2001 02:56:15 -0500
One has only to refer to George McDonald Fraser‘s series on McAuslan..the
so-caled dirtiest soldier in the world...the difference between mature men
living in hard times in various parts of the world, versus Officers, where
PMC is hardship, not a delight...to understand that we Sr NCO‘s want and
need our creature comforts...if not delights ...so the Officers Mess can
seem pretty tame, or at best, underdeveloped...
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth MacFarlane"
To:
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Getting personal and non-humorous...or is it just my elbow?
> John
>
> I found the food in the messes in CFB Gagetown pretty darn good. In
fact, most
> meals in the field were pretty good, too. I guess if you are hungry,
most
> things are edible. One time, the officers mess was closed for
renovations and
> my course had to mess with the OR‘s. It was far better food than we had
been
> getting in the officers mess. I had no complaints as to the quality of
the
> food. I am no great fan of the boxed lunches or MRE‘s, though.... but
there is
> no Utopia - especially in the CF!
>
> Beth MacFarlane
>
> Gow wrote:
>
> > Okay people,,,we are now about finished on beating up on an individual
who
> > happens to be a junior officer and is in a non-familiar posting, not
> > necessarily of his own wishes sigh who asked an open, decent question,
for
> > what he thought would be an open free forum of thought...
> >
> > Didn‘t quite turn out that way. Nobody said that peaches were the best
> > dessert, pears second, even if, in my own opinion, that‘s the case.
> >
> > No matter what a Lieutenant sourced its name from, you won‘t meet any
> > Generals who‘ve not been one...okay, okay Ian, there will be few that
went
> > NCO to Captain...but you get the point.
> >
> > Could perhaps Joan, who‘s flying under the radar of this maelstrom
lead
> > off with a story about good food in the Service? Or what we liked,
versus
> > what we did not? A country as vast as ours will lead to different
> > tastes...imagine having Philidelphia "Scrapple" fed to you as an
indiginous
> > ration...cods tongue in a can... but lets be a little more open and
> > honest...
> >
> > Okay, the forum‘s open to give it another go..I think Right Mike?
> >
> > And don‘t let us get you down, Burgess...you‘re doing a good job of a
hard
> > one...
> >
> > John
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "burgess marskell"
> > To:
> > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 11:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: humourous stories
> >
> > > i was stationed in the united kingdom and in germany. I commanded a
> > platoon
> > > in germany and in the UK i was in a staff position. I commanded an
Iltis
> > > the little jeep for those who dont know and its driver, a corporal.
> > >
> > > LT. Burgess Marskell
> > >
> > > PS:do any of you have any rations or gear you‘d be willing to trade?
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Beth MacFarlane
> > > >Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> > > >To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> > > >Subject: Re: humourous stories
> > > >Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 18:09:50 -0400
> > > >
> > > >All this talk is making me hungry.....:=
> > > >
> > > >Our "1st Lt" seems to be getting a little defensive......
> > > >
> > > >Tried the site, Marsh, but the server isn‘t responding. will try
again
> > > >later. It appears to be a 3 Fd site - perhaps put up by someone in
> > > >Woodstock?
> > > >
> > > >Bob Beth
> > > >
> > > >DHall058@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 1st KFC? What kind of chickens**t outfit is that?
> > > > > Sorry...this must be "bad pun Saturday".
> > > > > Dave Hall
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One has only to refer to George McDonald Fraser‘s series on McAuslan..the
so-caled dirtiest soldier in the world...the difference between mature men
living in hard times in various parts of the world, versus Officers, where
PMC is hardship, not a delight...to understand that we Sr NCO‘s want and
need our creature comforts...if not delights ...so the Officers Mess can
seem pretty tame, or at best, underdeveloped...
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth MacFarlane"
To:
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Getting personal and non-humorous...or is it just my elbow?
> John
>
> I found the food in the messes in CFB Gagetown pretty darn good. In
fact, most
> meals in the field were pretty good, too. I guess if you are hungry,
most
> things are edible. One time, the officers mess was closed for
renovations and
> my course had to mess with the OR‘s. It was far better food than we had
been
> getting in the officers mess. I had no complaints as to the quality of
the
> food. I am no great fan of the boxed lunches or MRE‘s, though.... but
there is
> no Utopia - especially in the CF!
>
> Beth MacFarlane
>
> Gow wrote:
>
> > Okay people,,,we are now about finished on beating up on an individual
who
> > happens to be a junior officer and is in a non-familiar posting, not
> > necessarily of his own wishes sigh who asked an open, decent question,
for
> > what he thought would be an open free forum of thought...
> >
> > Didn‘t quite turn out that way. Nobody said that peaches were the best
> > dessert, pears second, even if, in my own opinion, that‘s the case.
> >
> > No matter what a Lieutenant sourced its name from, you won‘t meet any
> > Generals who‘ve not been one...okay, okay Ian, there will be few that
went
> > NCO to Captain...but you get the point.
> >
> > Could perhaps Joan, who‘s flying under the radar of this maelstrom
lead
> > off with a story about good food in the Service? Or what we liked,
versus
> > what we did not? A country as vast as ours will lead to different
> > tastes...imagine having Philidelphia "Scrapple" fed to you as an
indiginous
> > ration...cods tongue in a can... but lets be a little more open and
> > honest...
> >
> > Okay, the forum‘s open to give it another go..I think Right Mike?
> >
> > And don‘t let us get you down, Burgess...you‘re doing a good job of a
hard
> > one...
> >
> > John
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "burgess marskell"
> > To:
> > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 11:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: humourous stories
> >
> > > i was stationed in the united kingdom and in germany. I commanded a
> > platoon
> > > in germany and in the UK i was in a staff position. I commanded an
Iltis
> > > the little jeep for those who dont know and its driver, a corporal.
> > >
> > > LT. Burgess Marskell
> > >
> > > PS:do any of you have any rations or gear you‘d be willing to trade?
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Beth MacFarlane
> > > >Reply-To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> > > >To: army-list@CdnArmy.ca
> > > >Subject: Re: humourous stories
> > > >Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 18:09:50 -0400
> > > >
> > > >All this talk is making me hungry.....:=
> > > >
> > > >Our "1st Lt" seems to be getting a little defensive......
> > > >
> > > >Tried the site, Marsh, but the server isn‘t responding. will try
again
> > > >later. It appears to be a 3 Fd site - perhaps put up by someone in
> > > >Woodstock?
> > > >
> > > >Bob Beth
> > > >
> > > >DHall058@aol.com wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 1st KFC? What kind of chickens**t outfit is that?
> > > > > Sorry...this must be "bad pun Saturday".
> > > > > Dave Hall
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