[petuniasevan]

Hey Canadians! Buying thrift-shop submarines? How smart. Enjoy your leaky, malfunctioning boats.

[martin_fierro]

I hear Land Rovers are about as mechanically sound as those subs.

[ICU812]

and another faulty piece of equipment had to be unjammed with a hockey stick.

Which only the Canadians would be sure to have on a submarine :-)

[xm177e2]

Um... what good is an outdated submarine???

With everything in war, technology matters, but especially for submarines--what good is a diesel when any enemy Canada would need to use subs against would have nuclear subs? Are these just to catch drug smugglers and illegal fishermen?

[Fzob]

test bump

[fnord]

don't let the screen door bother you, either!

[Brian Allen]

Hey Canadians! Buying thrift-shop submarines? How smart. Enjoy your leaky, malfunctioning boats.

Same quality as their much-vaunted "health-care sytem." [Totalitarian for mob-rule-cotrolled standover, shakedown and theft of your means to meet my gang's needs]

Works just fine if you stay healthy; risk nothing; never put yourself in harm's way -- and/or [Even if you envy and hate it -- and demonstrate so at every UN-vote opportunity!] live next door to the Greatest Nation in the History of the Human Species whose warmth and generosity will overlook your faults, take care of you when you are [Systemically] down and out -- and keep you well and safe!

[lepton]

fixed with masking tape

They didn't use duct tape? They should be slapped.

[Harrison Bergeron]

This is a leftie propaganda piece from the peaceniks up north. I see nothing unusual in the way of glitches here for a shakedown cruise, especially as it looks like some of the glitches arose from poor or inadiquate training.

[BlessedBeGod]

When I saw this thread I thought it must be a French submarine -- keeping in line with the thread about the French aircraft carrier whose runway is too short.

What a relief to find out it's the only the Canadians.

[ancient_geezer]

one of the vessels sprang two leaks on its very first training exercise.

Haven't they heared about chewing gum over there? I served on subs over a decade, and it works everytime.

Sheesh, danged Canadians 'll bitch about every lil thang :o)

Even if the ain't got some chew, a spit ball works in a pinch, jess no injun-uity I guess.