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11B4V

#26100
April 30, 2013, 01:16:56 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 30, 2013, 11:22:59 AM
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2013, 11:14:22 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 30, 2013, 11:11:01 AM
No kidding.  The public myths about cops are second only to the myths surrounding the government's ability of black helicopters to spy on you.

So they're all just lazy, lovable teddy bears, then?

That was:

1) overtime,
2) a chance to play with their tactical toys for once,
3) the potential to actually shoot somebody, even if it's a fellow officer by accident.

Hat Trick. You got'em all in.  :D
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"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

garbon

#26101
April 30, 2013, 01:19:38 PM
Quote from: Syt on April 30, 2013, 01:16:08 PM
Looks scrapbooked.

They do look very odd.
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MadImmortalMan

#26102
April 30, 2013, 01:20:24 PM
Very 3rd world.
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garbon

#26103
April 30, 2013, 01:21:34 PM
Oh the real copies look better - like the 20, 50s and 100s that already exist.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

derspiess

#26104
April 30, 2013, 01:33:26 PM
I had way too much coffee today.
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Capetan Mihali

#26105
April 30, 2013, 01:39:23 PM
Quote from: DGuller on April 29, 2013, 04:28:36 PM
Quote from: The Brain on April 29, 2013, 04:09:46 PM
Yeah, the Hudson doesn't exist. :rolleyes:
:hmm:  Got me there.

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Admiral Yi

#26106
April 30, 2013, 01:40:04 PM
How common is it to ride the train in Canuckistan?

Barrister

#26107
April 30, 2013, 01:54:39 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 30, 2013, 01:40:04 PM
How common is it to ride the train in Canuckistan?

The Windsor-Toronto-Montreal corridor train use is reasonably common.

Out here though nobody does.
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11B4V

#26108
April 30, 2013, 01:55:02 PM
Time to start planting. A lot of work to do.

"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Jacob

#26109
April 30, 2013, 01:59:31 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 30, 2013, 01:40:04 PM
How common is it to ride the train in Canuckistan?

I'm pretty sure that train is from the trans-Canada railway, which is a somewhat significant national symbol.

Barrister

#26110
April 30, 2013, 02:02:32 PM
Quote from: Jacob on April 30, 2013, 01:59:31 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 30, 2013, 01:40:04 PM
How common is it to ride the train in Canuckistan?

I'm pretty sure that train is from the trans-Canada railway, which is a somewhat significant national symbol.

Except from the label you realize that the train pictures is VIA's The Canadian.

http://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/trains/rockies-and-pacific/toronto-vancouver-canadian
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CountDeMoney

#26111
April 30, 2013, 02:03:46 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2013, 01:33:26 PM
I had way too much coffee today.

I can tell. You've been particularly frisky today.

Jacob

#26112
April 30, 2013, 02:06:57 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 30, 2013, 02:03:46 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2013, 01:33:26 PM
I had way too much coffee today.

I can tell. You've been particularly frisky today.

Yeah no kidding.

Admiral Yi

#26113
April 30, 2013, 02:12:55 PM
Quote from: Jacob on April 30, 2013, 01:59:31 PM
I'm pretty sure that train is from the trans-Canada railway, which is a somewhat significant national symbol.

I get that.  My question was about the applicability of the national symbol to the lives of citizens.

Malthus

#26114
April 30, 2013, 02:15:17 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 30, 2013, 02:12:55 PM
Quote from: Jacob on April 30, 2013, 01:59:31 PM
I'm pretty sure that train is from the trans-Canada railway, which is a somewhat significant national symbol.

I get that.  My question was about the applicability of the national symbol to the lives of citizens.

These days, no-one I know does the Toronto-Vancouver run except as a tourism-type thing. I haven't done it myself, but the views are said to be spectacular.
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