ChanceSchmerr Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 On a personal note - today, after 18 months of hard study and training on board my Canadian Navy Ship HMCS Regina, I successfully passed my Engineering Qualification Board Exam - According to the Canadian Forces, I have received my Certificate of Competency! No longer Incompetent , haha! Now, as a trained and qualifed Naval Engineering Officer, I can give all that crap a rest and focus on something much more enjoyable - Cigars! What better reason to make my first Czar Purchase (at last!) Whoohoo!!!!
maalouly Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Congratulations mate, well done. Get a PSD 4!
anacostiakat Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Congratulations! See, hard work does pay off.
Tampa1257 Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Congrats! Now the big decision is what to purchase? I suggest a box of Cohiba Corona Especiales.
thechenman Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Congrats on being competent! May I suggest some H. Upmann Sir Winstons. A great celebratory smoke, and more inexpensive than the traditional Cohiba Siglo VI option.
MontrealRon Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Wonderful news! And there is nothing like a good cigar after a job well done!!!
tugboat Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Hell of an accomplishment Chance. That exam has got to be one of the more difficult and challenging ones out there. You truly have to be a "Jack of all trades AND a master of them all"
PigFish Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Well I am glad someone is certifiably something around this joint! Congratulations. On a further note; God be with you on your travels. I salute you, and all the brave men and women that take on the risks and burdens of defending freedom so that the rest of us may bask in its light. Cheers Mate.
Trevor2118 Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Now, as a trained and qualifed Naval Engineering Officer, Whoohoo!!!! So....that sort of like....Scotty on the Starship Enterprise...is it? Congrats then. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Sulu: Captain, the helm does not respond. The controls are dead. Mr. Spock: We're slowing down, Captain. We're stopping. Captain Kirk: Bridge to engine room, acknowledge. Voice of Mr. Scott: [ through control panel ] Scotty here, Captain. Captain Kirk: What in blazes is going on, Scotty? Voice of Mr. Scott: I dinna know, Captain. We're losing power, and I don't know why! Captain Kirk: Well, do something, man! Go to manual override. Cut in auxilery systems. Voice of Mr. Scott: Saints preserve us, Captain, but even the emergency systems are out. Captain Kirk: Well, fix it, Scotty. I don't care how, but fix it! The lives of 430 crewmen hang in the balance.
riderpride Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Congrats, and happy anti-submarining. Floreat Regina!
samb Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Congratulations, get a good box and just think if you were in the US Navy saying the same thing, the irony of the purchase you would be making
CigarLouie Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 Congrats. I was in the US Navy on submarines! I know how difficult the quals are for those things, good job and a salute to you, sir!
coopesc2000 Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Congrats!!!! Waiting for my first purchase from czar, have to wait till christmas then I can buy what ever I want.
canucks6024 Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Congrats on being officially classified as "competent" Echoing all the other sentiments here, as a fellow Canuck I sincerely thank you for your service Phil
ChanceSchmerr Posted November 4, 2009 Author Posted November 4, 2009 Thank you very much, everyone! It was challenging and took forever, but it's done and I couldn't be happier ! Trevor - Naval Engineers are definitely like Scotty! If we didn't overestimate our repair times, the Captain would lose his admiration of our swift work and stop calling us miracle workers! riderpride - Well played, sir! Someone's a Regina resident! Too bad I'm a Hamiton Tiger Cat fan, cause my Dad grew up in Hamilton - great game last weekend! CigarLouie - You have my admiration - I've been on Sub tours, that stuff's not for me! I can barely fit in there at 6'4"! Tugboat - nailed it on the head, man - thats exactly what it is - I had to memorize 10 ship systems solid, and 40+ semi solid...and only got asked questions from 4 of them on the board! Damn traditional ways of examining engineering trainees! Finally - (this is embarassing) but all the suggestions for celebration cigars.....are all ones I havn't tried! The Sir Winston, the PSD4 and the Cohiba Coronas Especiales are all ones I've been dying to try...but I couldn't decide on one of them! I've wanted especially to try the Cohiba CE, along with the Monte Esp as well. Those coronas I've been trying have really got me turned on to smaller ring gauges! In the end, I ordered a box of my Favorite Cigar ever - the Sancho Panza Sanchos, along with the HDM Particulares. Can't beat the Gran Coronas for a celebration cigar! And I havn't tried the Particulares either...hopefully the horror stories I've heard aren't true! I think my next order (Xmas present for myself!) will be a box of either Sir Winstons, Cobiba CEs, or Monte Esps, with some Monte Sublimes to put away for aging. Thanks for the suggestions everyone! Thanks also to those who support their troops - God knows I don't agree with half the places our governments send us - but that doesn't mean those men and women out there havn't earned support from their countrymen, and it certainly warms the heart to see and hear people express that support. Thank you for your kind words. Just last weekend, I was woken up in the middle of the night by a friend and classmen from College. An Infantry officer, back home from Afghanistan - he had just heard of his 10th friend in the forces killed in Afghanistan....so he went a little crazy, got stupid drunk, and at the time he called me, was traversing 30 km across Edmonton, Alberta to get home....through people's backyards and such. He said he loses it every few years and goes on a bender, and the 10th man going down kicked it off this time. He's mentally one of the toughest guys I know - so to hear that happen from him was incredibly sobering. It's real what they go through.....and believe me - disagreement with their mission doesn't mean they themselves should be ostracised or unsupported. So bravo to those that do express their support. I kinda tempered the good mood of this thread with that, I'm sorry but it had been weighing a bit on me since it happened. He's one of my very best friends. If anyone ever doubted the effects of PTSD.....believe me, it's real. If only I could convince him of the theraputic usage of a cigar now and again! One last word - all of the raving that everyone does about the great service Lisa and Rob provide couldn't have been more spot on - it was easy to make that first order! I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!
riderpride Posted November 4, 2009 Posted November 4, 2009 Too bad I'm a Hamiton Tiger Cat fan, cause my Dad grew up in Hamilton - great game last weekend!Thanks also to those who support their troops - God knows I don't agree with half the places our governments send us - but that doesn't mean those men and women out there havn't earned support from their countrymen, and it certainly warms the heart to see and hear people express that support. Thank you for your kind words. Just last weekend, I was woken up in the middle of the night by a friend and classmen from College. An Infantry officer, back home from Afghanistan - he had just heard of his 10th friend in the forces killed in Afghanistan....so he went a little crazy, got stupid drunk, and at the time he called me, was traversing 30 km across Edmonton, Alberta to get home....through people's backyards and such. He said he loses it every few years and goes on a bender, and the 10th man going down kicked it off this time. He's mentally one of the toughest guys I know - so to hear that happen from him was incredibly sobering. It's real what they go through.....and believe me - disagreement with their mission doesn't mean they themselves should be ostracised or unsupported. So bravo to those that do express their support. I kinda tempered the good mood of this thread with that, I'm sorry but it had been weighing a bit on me since it happened. He's one of my very best friends. If anyone ever doubted the effects of PTSD.....believe me, it's real. If only I could convince him of the theraputic usage of a cigar now and again! One last word - all of the raving that everyone does about the great service Lisa and Rob provide couldn't have been more spot on - it was easy to make that first order! I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!! Sorry to hear about your buddy; I've seem a few families ruined due to PTSD. As for your 'Cats...at least one team decided to show up!
bkmynn Posted November 5, 2009 Posted November 5, 2009 Congrats on a job well done. You're probably familar with a product my former employer manufactured, the infamous 'bear trap' All the best going forward.
ChanceSchmerr Posted November 9, 2009 Author Posted November 9, 2009 riderpride, thanks for the thoughts man - I think he will be fine for the long run - he's always had a great head on his shoulders, and great friends to back him up too....just no one happened to be around that one night. Scary stuff, but hopefully not a recurring event, at least for his sake. And hey - your Roughees won the division for the first time in a quarter century! Not bad after all... bkmynn, thanks dude! I AM familiar with that piece of kit....although I will say that due to the hilariously antiquated status of our Sea King fleet, I've not yet sailed on a ship that carried a Helo, so I've never seen it actually work! I'll have to take your word for it that it actually does haha!
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