tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post4222571763991342611..comments2023-11-20T05:27:02.037+00:00Comments on GrogNews: Royal Again After Over 40 Years!Branthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-90539701107647483882011-08-16T18:14:38.900+01:002011-08-16T18:14:38.900+01:00Yeah, I guess when they open a new Timmy's, if...Yeah, I guess when they open a new Timmy's, if there isn't such a local character they get issued one from Corporate HQ in Hamilton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-31268715450642161602011-08-16T17:17:41.234+01:002011-08-16T17:17:41.234+01:00I thought they were just part of the furniture at ...I thought they were just part of the furniture at Tim Horton's. There's one in the corner of the one across the highway from Batelle in Columbus on King St.Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-82627980141120915482011-08-16T17:13:50.591+01:002011-08-16T17:13:50.591+01:00For the same reason that there is a (British) Roya...For the same reason that there is a (British) Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force, but not a Royal Army. These portions of the military are under the control of the Sovereign, but the Army is traditionally regarded as a collection of regiments. Of course, many regiments and corps have the title "Royal", but not the Army as a whole. <br /><br />Yes, this renaming does respect tradition, and it doesn't cost much, but it is also a blatant political move by the governing party in response to every veteran who got sore when the Canadian military was unified 43 years ago, and has never forgotten it or moved on. Public policy in this country is beginning to reflect the views of that curmudgeonly old ex-Navy or Air Force guy (usually it's a squid or zoomie) sitting in the corner of practically every Tim Horton's in the country, holding forth about how the country began to fall apart in 1968.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737853305204847838.post-74843833779857090822011-08-16T16:35:34.462+01:002011-08-16T16:35:34.462+01:00I'm sure there's a reason, but why not the...I'm sure there's a reason, but why not the "Royal Canadian Army"?Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482746543829626805noreply@blogger.com