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@MatzeNuss Danke.

That's not jet noise to me. It's music.

My Dad worked on "the buildin's" in England from the late thirties until he was drafted into the British Army. He was a ferociously proud Irishman. This song, to me, is about him. He's been gone eight years, rest him.

Should be "The Green Hills Of Tyrone". Great whatever you call it.

@Phantom6051 Thank you for that. I first heard the word in the 1960's on the lips of a man I knew as Corporal MacDonald. He was my section commander in the Canadian Army. He had a very broad Scots accent (ie: That's varra guid, etc.) and sometimes, in his cups, he would express his desire to"slau...

@dragonsflyboy The Australians, fighting with their homes not far behind them, were the first Allied troops to defeat the Japanese on the ground. But being Australians, they don't brag much. They leave that to others. Even today, when it really counts it's Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, US s...

It's amazing how "dumbed down" the Bruce Willis remake was. This version is by far the best.

@buzzindub I checked and he was actually involved in the landings at Salerno, Italy, which took place in Sept.1943. So he must have been drafted before that, possibly even 1942. I don't even remember where I got the idea it was 1944.He was in Italy until the end and then did Occupation Duty in ...

I hate to see posts putting another nation's soldiers down. The Americans were ferociously brave, as were Commonwealth troops. The Germans regarded the Canadians in NW Europe as being the most professional. The Americans were the best equipped. Each brought something to the party.Americans tend t...

@efccfd If the Germans had been invited into Russia I'd agree with you.

So far, war is the best response yet devised to economic downturns and over population. I've got a feeling that there's a big one coming.

Duh.

He's got it backwards re the helicopter.Westland's is a license built copy of the Sikorsi.

A soldier is a soldier is a soldier.

Bill Slim,commander of 14th Army in Burma during WW2 told the following story:

After a firefight two Gurkhas were ordered to collect Japanese dead for burial.They found a wounded but still living Japanese soldier and one Gurkha raised his Kukri to finish him off.A British officer stopped him and ...

If someone really believes in God and Jesus why the insecurity and defensiveness?Why would you care what Dawkins says or who he debates?It's also impossible to avoid noticing the intolerance,some of it bordering on hatred,of so many who profess to be "Christians". How does that reconcile with you...

Bill O'Reilly is a bombastic clown.

I say it's time to embrace the future. The Queen and the Royals will someday be dispensed with.History will take care of everything.From here on it should be about political evolution.The time for hate is past.

@polygamous1 I agree.

@Birdieupon

I'm very familiar with the theological arguments and simply don't find them compelling. I once listened to William Lane Craig debate someone and he never actually provided anything resembling evidence. A lack of belief in anything due to an absence of evidence requires no defence. As...

BTW, I've flown Twin Otters and they can handle even shorter strips than this. Best civil airplane Canada ever produced.