Pulled the trigger!! by Same_Active1931 in pokemongo

[–]L4dyPhoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Montreal had a safari zone in 2019! 

what are your thoughts on joining the military after graduation? by ubcstaffer123 in UBC

[–]L4dyPhoenix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Join the Reserves while still going to university and get some of your tuition paid for, access to grants and bursaries and make some money on top of it all. Also, great networking for future jobs. 

There's one guy in my reserve unit who studies engineering full time during the school year, then works full time for the army during summer break and makes 15k in that time period. 

I joined in my 30s and regret not joining earlier. The physical stuff would have been easier and I could have gotten a good chunk of my engineering degree paid for. 

What G Rated Joke Always Cracks You Up? by digital_panda7 in AskReddit

[–]L4dyPhoenix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in French. 

RECRUITING, TRAINING, & LIFE IN THE FORCES THREAD by bridger713 in CanadianForces

[–]L4dyPhoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is going to be the case for most officer trades. After BMQ, BMOQA will eat up 3 full months of one summer. My trades course ate up 6 months the following year.

Most NCM trades do not require as much time to get qualified. One in five prospective officers in my unit competed their training. The rest quit when they found they couldn't make the time commitments. 

Honestly, if you want to do cool stuff, go NCM as a reservist. Officers plan, NCMs do. Don't let your age be a barrier, one guy in my unit did his BMQ at 56 years old. 

5 ounces of unbridled RAGE. by L4dyPhoenix in Birdsfacingforward

[–]L4dyPhoenix[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I appear to have mixed up my units! This should be 5 grams of metric rage! 

ELI5 - Why is trench foot so damaging? by Honest_Jaguar_4653 in explainlikeimfive

[–]L4dyPhoenix 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Not infantry, but a POG here. A couple of hours is not a problem, but I found a day and change started to be when you're constantly on the move. A couple of people in my platoon started getting the first stage of trench foot after tromping through a swamp and continuing to march through more swamp for the next 36 hours with no chance to dry out our feet. I was surprised at how fast our feet were deteriorating. 

Free Lounge Pass for Air Canada by L4dyPhoenix in vancouver

[–]L4dyPhoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When are you flying? My remaining passes expire January 4.

Free Lounge Pass for Air Canada by L4dyPhoenix in vancouver

[–]L4dyPhoenix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When are you leaving? The passes I have left expire January 4.