Kirki
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Post by Kirki on Apr 20, 2009 21:45:17 GMT 2
If it was a proper army, you'd be given swords and encouraged to have long hair. Synty Tapporauta!
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Post by Mighty Croc on Apr 21, 2009 9:16:41 GMT 2
Yes, and then I'll be kicked out of the sexiest men' club Dreams... would be much better, if the politics played, for example, Heroes of Might and Magic together instead of wars
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2009 9:46:00 GMT 2
Oh, but we'll keep the lovely remembrance, dear! ;D And encourage you to let them grow bakk even longer afterwards. anyway, blast military service that takes away from us our young men,.without them wishing that.
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Post by Heer E. Tik on Apr 24, 2009 21:38:58 GMT 2
Here in the US the military service is optional but with great many benefits that will encourage many people to sign up just for the benefits (like paying off all student loans from college/free education/money/medical coverage/etc). Vietnam era was the last time there was a US draft (compulsory), and then during the recent W. Bush administration there were people planting false rumors and fears that the draft will be reinstated... but they were just anti-Bush.
I've actually thought of giving a year or two to the army, but I don't wanna get ensnared in something long term. A friend of mine is in the army training to be a paratrooper, and she tells me of all the incompetent bureaucracy that goes on behind closed doors, too many personnel walking around looking busy and no one has a clue what's going on... But I'm not speaking badly about the Army, just the office bureaucrats who manage things in it. The US Marine corps is a more tight and respectable and close knit branch... but they don't belive in short term obligations either.
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Post by rubygloom on Apr 27, 2009 22:25:44 GMT 2
In Canada it's optional. I have quite a few friends and family members that either are in or have been in the army.
I tried to join when i was 18 but i was disqualified as i have bad eye sight and a bad back and knees( i did irish dancing for 14 years).
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Post by Heer E. Tik on Apr 27, 2009 23:12:19 GMT 2
Irish dancing made your knees bad? I was at Irish Festival once and saw some of the dances, and they looked hella intense and awesome, and hard on the legs too.
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Post by rubygloom on Apr 28, 2009 1:57:50 GMT 2
Knees, back and I've broken the bones my feet more time then i can count. Pulled tendons and muscles. Every one of my toes has been broken at least twice and i've actually fractured the ball of my foot and both my heals. Show dancing is different than competition. I was at the championship level. I ate slept and breathed dancing... Irish dancing at the competition level is very intense. I used to dance 2 to 4 hours a day plus 2 to 3 times a week we had lessons( 3 hours long at minimum). I had to quit competition dancing at 19 on advice from my surgeon, but i still dance around my house and such. However because i danced i now have arthritis right through my body. Good part is there ever was conscription in Canada.. i'd be off scott free
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Kirki
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Post by Kirki on May 6, 2009 19:41:58 GMT 2
I am short-sighted. I wonder if that spares me
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 15, 2009 22:50:18 GMT 2
I am short-sighted. I wonder if that spares me To the best of my knowledge, it does. A very good friend of mine wanted to join the marines, but they didn't take him due to his visual impairment (wears glasses). That was back in the 80's though... Maybe these days they're not so picky. If the service of compulsory, I'm sure they'd find plenty of back-of-the-line jobs for people with disabilities just so they could use the extra manpower. p.s. I've heard that in some countries, a person being taken into army service is considered psychologically disabled and is not trusted with classified missions if he/she is a tolkienist
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Post by Mighty Croc on May 16, 2009 7:54:08 GMT 2
About the short-sighting - no, it's not everywhere. Here they try to grab nearly everyone in the army (I'm short-sighted too, but I have an "A" category, that means I can be put nearly everywhere, except the landing troops - I don't have enough weight for that). Don't know about tolkienists, but if you feign a psychic disablement, it'll be very hard for you to get a job, or a permission to have a car etc.
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Post by Heer E. Tik on May 17, 2009 7:24:04 GMT 2
@ Croc - do you know yet what your army post will be, or is it just general boot camp-style training that everyone goes through?
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Post by Mighty Croc on May 17, 2009 19:51:14 GMT 2
I have no idea. Maybe it's written somewhere in the documents...
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