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There were reports of a fight, and/or having fallen down some stairs in the basement. While there was blood at the bottom of the basement stairs, it never made sense to the family that he went that way. There was nothing in the basement and he would have had to have gone well out of his way to get there too. Among other things, his car wasn't parked in the right place, his car was locked (he never did that), his uniform and boots were put away in the proper places as well (something he never did either).

Hey, so it's been probably more than a decade since I posted anything of significance here, but I promise I used to be one of the more active members. I also know that this is going to be an incredible long shot, but I've taken a lot of them with this and it has paid off immensely, so here goes another one: My grandfather (Bernie) was in the army (a member of RCEME) and he with my grandmother (Annie), and their four sons were stationed at Camp Gagetown in Oromocto, New Brunswick in February of 1968. On the night of February 8th, 1968 my grandfather went out with his friends for some drinks. He turned to Annie and said she should go to bed. He'd drive them home and be home himself shortly. At around 2:00 am she woke to a sensation of being wet, warm and sticky. She turned on the light to discover Bernie was in bed with her with his head bashed in, and she was in a pool of his blood. She called for an ambulance which took him to a hospital in Fredericton. Once there, a person in charge ordered a medevac flight to Halifax, NS as they were better suited for head trauma like this. Being military, he was flown on a military aircraft, landed at Shearwater Air Force Base (which is across the harbour from Halifax's Victoria General Hospital at the time). He was loaded into an ambulance, and taken to the hospital across the harbour. Annie, my grandmother, made her way to Halifax on a civilian flight, bringing along her youngest son, leaving the eldest three behind in the care of others. When she arrived in Halifax, her sister took her to the Victoria General Hospital. Upon arrival, a nurse there explained that Bernie was going into surgery and that she was sorry about his car accident. My grandmother replied indicating Bernie hadn't been in a car accident, to which the nurse explained that Bernie's ambulance had actually been left on train tracks leaving Shearwater Air Force Base and a train had crashed through it. Bernie under went surgery but succumbed to his injuries 3 days later. At some point during that 3 day period news had broken out back in Fredericton that a nurse was reporting she witnessed a doctor punching an injured soldier in the face saying something to the effect of "If you aren't dead I'm going to finish you off". That injured soldier was my grandfather Bernie. Later that summer at Camp Gagetown, and it's been said it was supposed to be annual, there was a baseball tournament where the winning team was awarded the Bernard Langille Memorial trophy. I am named after him. In the 80s, and again in the 90s my family tried to sue the federal government, to which they replied basically admitting they did it but because they gave my grandmother what was a really terrible pension, that they were allowed to kill him and there's nothing we can do about it. About 4 years ago now I told that story on Twitter and it caught the attention of quite a few people. It's been turned into two episodes on a popular podcast (Nighttime Podcast), has been turned into a short film documentary which played literally around the world, and is now on CBC Gem, it is being turned into a feature length documentary for the Documentary Channel which comes out next year (we finish filming in the fall). All that to say this: I've got documents, medical examiner's reports, names, legal experts, medical experts, even signed confessions from the doctor who beat Bernie himself! But I have not been able to track down the trophy, which is all I've ever wanted from this. Its last known whereabouts was at CFB Gagetown, which I have now toured as a part of the documentary, but have had no luck. By some long shot miracle of God, has anyone ever seen this 52 year old trophy? If anyone has, please let me know. I'd love to be able to procure it for my family.

Oh yeah, there are some names I recognize. I hope life's been good to everyone.

Well, hindsight is definitely 20/20. I had to go on it as part of my job, and part of the "tour" was talking about how they have to react in various kinds of emergencies. It was terrifying to think about, especially considering we already had casualties on their maiden voyage here. Of all the places/postings possible in the forces, I think being a submariner would be the most terrifying.

But ours are cool and retro! Actually, in all fairness, ours have had some pretty significant upgrades. There wasn't a lot I was allowed to take pictures of, but this was one of them.

I have five, but I also have high standards and slightly obscure tastes. 1. Milana Vayntrub 2. Krysten Ritter 3. Alicia Vikander 4. Jennifer Lawrence 5. Shailene Woodley I can't possibly be the only Milana Vayntrub fan here, right?

I hope this thread isn't too old to reply to. I've been away for a while so forgive me. (Also, since when has CDC started letting you upload photos directly? I used to have to upload them to Photobucket and then link to them using BBCode, this is awesome!) My girlfriend and I recently picked up a mirrorless Canon EOS M10 and have been tinkering with it a bit, plus I have an LG G5 which probably had the best camera in a smart phone at the time of its release (and I haven't found a phone with a significantly better camera since either). I do absolutely no photo editing at all (I would have no idea what to do with it anyways), but I have started to shoot RAW and then format into JPG. I have not done full manual shooting yet, but I do try to stay away from full auto. The only real tip I've learned is the "rule of thirds" so if you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! First, the most photographed lighthouse in the world, Peggy's Cove. I'm so lucky I live just a 40 minute drive from it. I'm happy with the way the clouds kind of frame the structure. Another one. This one was shot in full auto simply because it was lined up so perfectly I needed to take the shot quickly and not mess about. My girlfriend sitting on the edge, watching the sunset This one I took in Tulum, Mexico with my phone. I tried applying the Fibonacci aspect ratio to it (centered around the little stone building), but to be honest, not quite sure how that works (and the Fibonacci sequence is my favourite mathematical sequence!) But my favourite shots use nature to frame them. I took this with my phone, but it also lost some of its quality because I had to download it from my online backup in Google Photos which compresses the images a bit. Also shot with my phone in Tulum. Last one, another sunset over Long Lake in Nova Scotia (there are a lot of lakes in Nova Scotia called "Long Lake"). I like that the trees framed it well but also kind of look like they're waving bye to the sun as it sets.

I mostly agree. Ninja Pro on most things, Steady Aim pro on sniping is usually my way, but on certain levels I'll put SitRep on (if I die from even ONE claymore, I switch to a nubetoobing, RPG-ing, Danger closing, SitRepping class). The best kill I ever had was a double kill by seeing and shooting a claymore through a wall and killing two people.

When I hear people whine about the way I play (Cold blood, Ninja, Silenced UMP) I ask them how they would like to be killed, and if there is some way I can kill them that would make them happy. Most shut up, but if they suggest something I go with it and usually kill them like that too. I bitch a lot, but only when I legitimately don't understand what's going on. I've had some weird stuff happen to me lately: - Wasn't allowed to walk up any set of stairs - Pressed reload (after getting 6 kills and only 1 away from a Harrier) and ALL of my weapons disappeared. They stayed gone until the next round. - Been stabbed across the map (In Afghan, he was on the ridge, I was in the opium field) - Been stabbed through a building or through thick walls. Once, on the train wreck level, I was inside the middle building on the top floor cleaning out the campers, when someone outside on the ground stabbed and it somehow killed me. - I stabbed a guy 17 times and it didn't kill him - this may have been lag, but it didn't show any where it shows the connection quality. - I've had my perks disabled (Cold blood, ninja, sit-rep, scavenger). In the kill cams I'll show up on their heart beat sensors, or on their drone cameras, or harriers/helicopters will shoot me (without team mates around), or claymores won't be visible if I put sit-rep on and I can't pick up extra ammo from people I kill. - I've been killed by people with three or more attachments on their gun. I've even killed them, and took their gun to confirm three or more attachments - Holograph & Heartbeat + Silencer or Noobtube is the usual combination (I've never seen it with any other scope - always Holograph). Finally, I've even had the game lobby closed and in the window where it usually says "lost connection" it said "Host tampering detected. Game lobby closed for protection."

I just prestiged for my fourth time. My first game after prestiging, Underpass (may favourite level), I started as the running class (I like the UMP). The very first kill I got, the guy dropped my favourite gun (Silenced UMP). I finished the match 39-1, I went up to level 6 in one match. I'd have to say it was 70% personal skill, 10% team work (they actually talked/listened and we organized!) and 20% luck. I never did use marathon/lightweight before, but it seems to work well with a silenced gun. I'm already back up to level 26 and I just prestiged this morning. My overall K/D is 1.14, but it's probably been closer to 5:1 or 6:1 so far this prestige.

He definitely said he had one, and that he had earned it, but couldn't use it because I EMP'd before he was done using his chopper gunner. He certainly sounded legitimately pissed. I would be too.

Do Pavelows not count towards kill streaks? I had my kill streaks set up as: 9- Pavelow 11-Chopper Gunner 25 - Nuke I got my Pavelow, and my Chopper gunner, and had a 25 kill streak (including some kills from my Pavelow) and I didn't get my nuke. Are there others that don't count towards kill streaks? I still have not used or earned a nuke. Though I did use an EMP to prevent someone else's nuke. That might have just been more fun than getting a nuke. (I used the EMP after I noticed someone was 25-0 before they were able to use their nuke, our team went on to win before the EMP expired. The guy was probably the angriest I've ever heard of).

I like having Ninja Pro (silent footsteps) and cold blood on to sneak up on campers. The only time I "camp" is if I've come across a group of enemies I'm near I'll kill what I can before getting noticed, then I'll drop and hide (camp) in a corner temporarily until I've killed everyone coming after me. Then I'll move because I don't want people finding me. Generally it's only for a max of six kills. FMJ is another good way to get rid of campers (and get exp points).

Best guns for the iron sights are: Assault Rifle - ACR Sub Machine - UMP - it's actually more accurate than the red dot. Light Machine - AUG But then again, you can't make up for personal preference. I can snipe with the UMP and a silencer.

Hahaha, just had two kids trying to "nuke boost" in the game. One kid on the other team would come running to where we were and his friend would kill him (his friend on my team). I wanted nothing of it, so I killed his friend everytime he came over. My teammate was pissed (I had no nuke equipped, but I did enjoy a harrier and chopper gunner), his friend even more pissed because he was trying to kill me and couldn't. Hahaha.

I've prestiged twice now without having a nuke yet. I need a good set up to get a nuke. I usually use: UMP 45 with silencer Stinger (shoot down air support to help out the rest of my team) Scavenger (Pro) Cold-blooded (Pro) Ninja (Pro) Two stun grenades Throwing knife (I have "most throwing knife kills" more than 300 times in my accolades - it's faster than stabbing sometimes) My kill streaks are UAV Harrier Chopper Gunner I've gone 25-0 several times, but I find as soon as I take off UAV for the nuke, I can't play well. Am I doomed to never get a nuke? I just played a match at the Sub Base and went 28-1.

Your hockey face? EDIT: I can't be the only one to have seen the resemblance, am I?

What? Thanks!

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That might defeat the purpose. At one job (delivering pizzas) I can't wear it, just in case it falls out in someone's food, so I keep it up in my visor. Both of my grandfathers fought and survived the war. I am one of the lucky ones.