Recent content by Grimey

Ah yes, the Viraat mid Pacific trade-off. That tale refuses to die.

I don’t think that bean counter exits. As to who commands the RCN, I think it’s still the CRCN…but the position is influenced by a segment of senior RCN staff in Ottawa plus various civilian hanger-ons who filter the cold hard reality of the RCN’s daily struggle to stay relevant in order for...

Wombish you say...

Camera off function first I hope!

Ah, the good ole' days of baseline refits when your Y-100 powered destroyer came out of the yard with the same sleek Greyhound of Death attributes it had when it was new from the builders. We're some decades away from that, sir :)

There was another Sheffield between the T42 from Falklands fame and the T26 in build. A Type 22 sold to Chile. So, right next door to Argentina for that extra level of friskiness.

Went thru Cornwallis with a townie and a half-dozen or so Bay Boys or whatever they call themselves when they're from Leading Tickles. We could converse with the townie. With the rest, we just looked at them and made fog horn noises.

My wife and I have a friend who’s a CPA and who has had senior positions in the BC public service. Shortly after JT was elected, we were out to dinner with her and she brings up that photo of JT and Sophie looking dreamily into each other’s eyes. She then spent the next ten minutes gushing...

BC is the place that, despite having a provincial NDP government at the time, sent Reform to Ottawa overwhelmingly from ‘93 to ‘00. Yeah, it’s weird here.

Me and the missus bought one as an alternate to baseboard heat in our first place in Sooke in the early 90s. Pellets were cheap then, something like $4 for a 40lb bag. Problem was it needed power to run the exhaust fan. Running it during a power failure smoked out the house. Later versions...

Don’t forget the RV.

Hoth was just an frozen ice-ball, right, with some dodgy indigenous species. Knowing that and the location of the rebel base, why not just do a Ripley and nuke it from orbit?

Is there an AI feature that lets you shoot it from the left shoulder without losing your teeth?

Bet you’re on CHA and had a close-up.