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03-26-2009, 05:21 PM
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#1 | | The RS Anchorman
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| Rule No. 1: Never give the passport office lip
Civil servant rejects Second World War veteran's passport application because his 'lower lip was not firmly closed' in the photo
Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun
Published: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Bruce Stirling is 91. He is a veteran of the Second World War, a retired major of the Royal Canadian Air Force and one of Canada's "atomic veterans."
In 1957, he was given the honour of sitting in a trench in the Nevada desert while a 17-kiloton atomic bomb was detonated three miles away. That is to say, our armed forces used him as a human guinea pig. In the ledger where they measure the debt one has paid to one's country, it would show the country owes a much greater debt to Stirling.
Long Read: http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/...33&k=48394&p=1 | 
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03-26-2009, 05:36 PM
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#2 | | I subscribe to the Fight Club ONLY
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1 = mouth open = violation of the biometric requirement of all digital passports = shut your mouth or provide a doctors note explaining why you are physically unable to shut your mouth
2 = as per article : "Completely frustrated, I sent everything to your office ( prime minister) [including his expired passport], with a covering letter. Another mistake. Everything vanished into the void.
Don't get me wrong, you deserve respect for all you went thru, but mailing unsolicited mail to the prime minister's office simply wasted $0.53 and probably ended up in the shred it bin.
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03-26-2009, 06:50 PM
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#3 | | ESKETIT
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wow... just wow
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03-26-2009, 08:11 PM
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#4 | | The RS Freebie guru
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So Stirling went and got another passport photo taken of himself. It cost him $40.
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Eventually, Stirling had to cancel his trip. "Thank gawd I got my money back," he said.
| Now why the hell would the newspaper write "gawd" instead of "God" when it was from a spoken quote?
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03-26-2009, 08:19 PM
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#5 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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damn, 5 decades and still no cheque from the government for being an atomic veteran? must suck.
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03-27-2009, 07:13 AM
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#6 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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WOW SHITTY
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03-27-2009, 10:05 AM
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#7 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul  Wow, he got ripped off. | no kidding, that's what I was thinking... it's $6 at costco
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03-27-2009, 06:32 PM
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#8 | | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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Originally Posted by Volvo-brickster 1 = mouth open = violation of the biometric requirement of all digital passports = shut your mouth or provide a doctors note explaining why you are physically unable to shut your mouth | what happens to that girl that can't shut her mouth? 
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03-27-2009, 07:59 PM
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#9 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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wtf, I read the article and I feel like going to the Richmond passport office w/ the old guy to help him out personally. any more trouble/rejection, and I'll be there to help him to rip into the damn clerks. I swear, sometimes these unionized workers have it too easy and can get away with murder.
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03-27-2009, 09:38 PM
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#10 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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LOL i read this in the paper yesterday, so funny.
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