Thanks, 2Close. For sure, we've got a Walt at work. The guys were talking at lunchtime today about Canada's military mission in Afghanistan. And boy, oh boy, did the new guy ever "Walt" into that one. Not that anyone even gave a hoot about what he did almost 40 years ago, but he starts talking about how when he was based in Quebec back in 1970, he had to patrol the perimeter of the base, all by himself (of course - tough enough to be sent out by himself I guess
) armed with a machine gun that could cut a guy in half. Why'd you have to do that, asks one of the young guys? Oh man, it was because French terrorists were trying to overthrow the government.
Then somebody else said, I never heard of that. I heard there were a couple of kidnappings and a murder back then but then the police cracked down on it pretty quickly. Then, and here's the kicker, one of the other retired military guys said, quietly and in a tone that suggested he knew what he was talking about, "I find it kind of odd that an airplane mechanic would be put on guard duty around a Canadian base. That's a job that the Military Police would've typically been assigned and if there was any real threat to the base, the army would've be called in to patrol the perimeter."
You should've seen the look on old Stan's face. He blushed and got this "I'm lost" look on his face, and smiled weakly and kind of chuckled. Then this young guy, without missing a beat, said, hey, "we've got Rambo here"! And everybody cracked up. I suspect we won't be hearing many more "Walt" stories any more.
