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Carl Nisarel - 18 Jun 2006 14:26 GMT

Unlike the chickenshit divers in this newsgroup, the unnamed
diver mentioned in the story below has balls.

When is Douggy going to Iraq?

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?
id=c96f6ab9-9f8e-406e-b07e-f775105633ee&k=60183&p=1

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Navy diver helps bring Taliban bombing secrets to surface

Matthew Fisher, CanWest News Service
Published: Sunday, June 18, 2006

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Petty Officer (first class) John Smith
marvels at his good fortune.

Trained as a navy clearance diver, the Haligonian says he's
having the time of his life working 700 kilometres away from the
ocean in what he fondly calls "the sandbox."

Smith has one of the most dangerous jobs in what has become the
most volatile corner of Afghanistan.

The sailor, whose superiors would not allow his real name to be
used or for him to be photographed, is the top Canadian in a
secretive cell of combat engineers who study how and where the
Taliban place landmines and improvised explosive devices and
what they use to build these lethal weapons and trigger them.

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JOF - 18 Jun 2006 17:00 GMT

> Unlike the chickenshit divers in this newsgroup, the unnamed
> diver mentioned in the story below has balls.

Strikes me this guy might have different reasons for anonymity than the
denizens of rec.scuba, and a level of testicular fortitude many of us
here can only hope (or imagine) we possess.

JF

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Carl Nisarel - 18 Jun 2006 16:28 GMT

Is túisce deoch ná scéal, "JOF" <jofrancis@gmail.com> rista:

>> Unlike the chickenshit divers in this newsgroup, the unnamed
>> diver mentioned in the story below has balls.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> fortitude many of us here can only hope (or imagine) we
> possess.

Yep. The fact that he's Canadian drives the chickenshits nuts.

Unlike Douggy, when he wussed out on his bragging about going to
Iraq.

"But since casualties are down 50% since the elections, and it's
getting harder to deny that we're clearly winning, I might not
have to go." -Douglas W. Popeye Frederick Tues, Mar 29 2005 4:25
pm

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Popeye - 18 Jun 2006 17:57 GMT

>> Unlike the chickenshit divers in this newsgroup, the unnamed
>> diver mentioned in the story below has balls.
>
> Strikes me this guy might have different reasons for anonymity than the
> denizens of rec.scuba,

Hear, hear.

> and a level of testicular fortitude many of us
> here can only hope (or imagine) we possess.

Kudos to that guy, not a good Canadian, but a great one.

I had demolitions training with a variety of live explosives and explosive
devices when I was 17 old, when most guys are playing hockey in highschool.

Approaching non-fired events and scores of range duds sure does take a
certain level of testicular fortitude, and I could see why the uninitiated
would be of your opinion.

(Imagine) that.

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JOF - 18 Jun 2006 20:54 GMT

> >> Unlike the chickenshit divers in this newsgroup, the unnamed
> >> diver mentioned in the story below has balls.
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> (Imagine) that.

Don't have to imagine as much as you imagine I do, although I'm far
from the expert you are. Dad told me stories of the WW2 days when he
was an army instructor on the grenade range and the drill when one
didn't pop as planned. He didn't seem to remember it as being bags of
fun.

JF

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Popeye - 18 Jun 2006 23:15 GMT

>> >> Unlike the chickenshit divers in this newsgroup, the unnamed
>> >> diver mentioned in the story below has balls.
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> didn't pop as planned. He didn't seem to remember it as being bags of
> fun.

Try digging, with a shovel, live 81mm White Phosphorous mortar rounds,
after you watch films of what they do when they go off. :-)

Guess that's the difference between the (imagination) of testicular
fortitude and actual experience.

My 18th year was even more interesting.

Being a Combat Engineer demo tech, however, is far from being a
"Demolitions Expert", which is what the Canadian dude probably is.

It's a significantly different science than it was 30 years ago.

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JOF - 19 Jun 2006 01:18 GMT

> Try digging, with a shovel, live 81mm White Phosphorous mortar rounds,
> after you watch films of what they do when they go off. :-)

Thanks anyway, but I'll settle for the movies.

JF

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