Beards/Unity

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On 09/01/98 at 11:25 AM, "Cary & Audrey Robison"
<robisonc@telusplanet.net> said:

>I can hardly believe I'm stepping into a ... [gulp]... beards thread,
>but this comment on the U.S. military and facial hair caught my
>attention.

Don't worry, I'm not stepping in for long.

>Here in my corner of the world (Alberta, Canada) it's quite different.
>We live in a town of 12,000 -- mostly families posted with the air
>force base here. I would *guess* a good 7 out of 10 military men here
>have mustaches. And hey, since the USAF is often here for training,
>maybe those other three clean-shaven guys are actually Americans!  :-)

Nah, I had a mustache for all but 10 weeks of my time in USN (boot
camp).  It is even possible to have a beard.

>Certainly on the foreign mission fields there would be more expectation
>and accommodation for cultural and social differences. But Canadians
>often seem to be regarded simply as Americans with Mounties, igloos and
>the Rocky Mountains.

Igloos == Alaska
Rocky Mts == Western USA

>It's been said jokingly (but perhaps not too inaccurately) that the
>Canadian identity can be defined succinctly with the words, "We're not
>Americans!" :-)

Oh but think how grand it would be for Canada to join the USA.  How many
special interest groups would that add to the political mix?  With any
luck total gridlock would result.

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