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Old 30-12-15, 19:36
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Did you like the cross examination of the Bren Gun Carrier driver were he says he is driving with one track on the shoulder for better traction ?

I recall having to do this with a 5/4 ton MRT here in Manitoba from Shilo to Winnipeg. The asphalt was sheer ice, we had been in the field for 2 weeks, we were delayed from leaving, and the roadmove was over an hour ahead of us. It was "high lock" all the way with 2 wheels on the black, and 2 wheels on the gravel shoulder. I can't recall if we were doing 90 kmh or 120kmh.......it can't be the second one as that would not have been legal so it must have been the 90 kmh. I do recall that we used up both tanks of fuel for the 200 km trip.

As we got past Portage La Prairie, the 5/4 ambulance was laying abandoned on it's side in the center ditch. According to the driver, the wind hit them and blew them right off the road.

Ahhh, for the youthful days of immortality. Back then, if we were driving the M113s down the trans-Canada, and the RCMP told us the road was closed due to the poor conditions, we woudl just go the rest of the way in the ditch.

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Old 30-12-15, 20:01
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Hi Robert

Thanks for sharing this one with us, got to be one of the stranger Military Vehicle stories. Read the case summary from your link, and I will have to share it with some of the lawyers who are into Military Vehicles.

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Old 30-12-15, 23:40
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Very welcome Phil.

This hobby is not just about nuts and bolts, grease and oil.

There is also a little legal '' bullshit '' involved , just like life in general .

As long as the legal bullshit does not take too much fun out of the activity, all is well.
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Old 31-12-15, 05:27
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Read the damn decision again today and almost lost it again i had so much fun .

The world as changed so much since 1943 .

Still the lawyers are there to pest us..
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Old 31-12-15, 05:33
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Friends,


Did i ever tell you what my profession was ?
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Cheer up Robert, things could be worse.
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Old 31-12-15, 07:05
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You have one Lawyer in a small town.......he will very likely go hungry. Put a second lawyer in town and they will both do very well.



Robert: Pretty sure I know your profession. There is a TV series named after it, although American based.
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