6 days left till D-day. My son leaves for the bootcamp...

Am I here, or am I not?

Schrodinger's cat.

I'm not ready for this...

Oh crap Charles is handing out homework in the overnight thread.

Hello, I must be going

re: #1 Maximu§

6 days left till D-day. My son leaves for the bootcamp...

USMC?

Which ever my thanks to him, to you for raising him.

Godspeed to your son.

Schrodinger, huh? Let the cats posts begin.

I can haz peek in box?

GAG!

Flipped on the evening news, Oprah is on before news. Micheal Moore is pontificating on health care!

A pox upon him, and may he seek treatment in a regular Cuba clinic.

Well, Charles, You did threaten to make this a cat blog

re: #6 jcm

USMC?

Which ever my thanks to him, to you for raising him.

Godspeed to your son.

He's going Army, same MOS as I was in, 19D Cavalry Scout. We're having a big party on Saturday if your close by jcm.

re: #9 Mars Needs Neocons

Well, Charles, You did threaten to make this a cat blog

MEOW!

re: #10 Maximu§

He's going Army, same MOS as I was in, 19D Cavalry Scout. We're having a big party on Saturday if your close by jcm.

My former BIL was Cav Scout in GWI.

Who are we?

What I wanna know is, who is He?

///You know. O-baby!

A repost from the last thread for Mandy and The goddessofthe classroom.

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/showc/496/5700257

Take care of the little guy.

Are we not men?

re: #1 Maximu§

Thank Him from me also for taking the time to make sure me and mine are safe.

re: #10 Maximu§

He's going Army, same MOS as I was in, 19D Cavalry Scout. We're having a big party on Saturday if your close by jcm.

13B here.

re: #15 inkling

Are we not men?

Meow!

The task at hand is defeating Obama. Lets all work to that end.
Being is a Pee Match with Darwin and the intelligent design folks
goes against that goal. LETS beat the pants of that socialist Obama
then we can go back to the Darwin knock down drag out later.
Makes no sense now to split the base, keep the nose to the Beat Obama like a stepchild grindstone. Cant we all just get along!

Plenty of time left in this life to argue later.

re: #18 jcm

Meow!

Meowwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Only two posts and already he's pissing on the carpet.

I'm SpaceJesus.

...Hello Nobel Prize?

re: #15 inkling

Are we not men?

We are Devo

Well, if it's gonna be a cat blog:

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

re: #19 gas238

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Pay attention. DI is bed with both the Islamist and Russians.

It's about liberty for all.

re: #19 gas238

Cant we all just get along!

Well - I guess that depends on how you define the word "we" !

re: #21 Mars Needs Neocons Hey y'all - posted this on the prior thread, but figure you may have missed it so I'm reposting it for you FWIW:
"Huh - well y'all could write to the DOD or if there are any Armed Forces Recruiting Stations near you, drop in and ask them (they'll probably bad mouth "the competition" but I'll bet money they know about "civilian" recruiters, at least in general if not that particular outfit).
And I do understand and empathize ENORMOUSLY with your wanting to stay home and be with all of your family.
I'm just plumb out of ideas for you, I'm afraid. I do know ONE THING FOR SURE - while you are looking for gainful employment, why not try working with some worthwhile charity (ies) for a while - it will help out folks who really need the help, increase or maintain your sense of self-worth, give you some "job satisfaction" that I NEVER got from a job - even jobs I loved and was IMHO excellent at doing - and hell, it really doesn't hurt the ole CV. And besides THAT, I know three people who found gainful employment while working for a charity! I worked for two larger charities (in terms of money we spent, number of people we helped) and had at least half a dozen job offers based ON HOW I DID MY JOB at the charity -and I'm not talking legal work either, just being able to organize, customize and watch every nickle and dime."

Cats are multipurpose.

re: #23 Syrah

We are Devo

I knew someone would have the right response!

re: #12 jcm

My former BIL was Cav Scout in GWI.

I think you mentioned that to me before. He's heading to Fort Knox...I wonder if they still have those old WW II barracks at the reception area?

Hell, I was drunk when I got to boot camp...some old ex-Marine got me drunk on the flight in.

re: #3 Maximu§ Well God bless him and you - and you'll never be "ready" for it; but I certainly appreciate his service and your concern.
From one vet to another - please give him our thanks for serving our Nation, and be proud that you raised such a fine son.

re: #17 Mars Needs Neocons

13B here.

artillary? As tough as my MOS was, I always felt sorry for the Mortar Crews....they really humped.

re: #30 Maximu§

I think you mentioned that to me before. He's heading to Fort Knox...I wonder if they still have those old WW II barracks at the reception area?

Hell, I was drunk when I got to boot camp...some old ex-Marine got me drunk on the flight in.

When he and my sister were at Fort Knox, he was on post, she called my dad in Portland OR.
"Dad there's a snake in my kitchen, I'm standing on the table!"

re: #27 realwest

Yeah, I saw it.

re: #524 Mars Needs Neocons

I do stop in and help out with the company that I did my community based assessment with. Just couldn't abandon the clients there.

Here's mine.

re: #21 Mars Needs Neocons

Yo Mars: stay frosty.

After all, this is a cat thread - right ?

/Didn't you ever have a cat that marked his territory ?

Obama can still win..........he seems to have ENORMOUS financial backing, and one gets the impression that he has publicists, advertisers, propagandizers and strategists that only the very best money can buy.

I'm not a conspiracy tard, but I can't help but get the feeling that Obama is the perfect front man for someone else's agenda. I'm sure I sound stupid beyond definition for writing that, but I wonder......

re: #31 realwest

Well God bless him and you - and you'll never be "ready" for it; but I certainly appreciate his service and your concern.
From one vet to another - please give him our thanks for serving our Nation, and be proud that you raised such a fine son.

Thanks rw... I tried to talk him into college, but he made up his mind.

re: #34 Mars Needs Neocons Hey, I was just trying to help, ya know?

re: #36 StudSupreme

Obama can still win..........he seems to have ENORMOUS financial backing, and one gets the impression that he has publicists, advertisers, propagandizers and strategists that only the very best money can buy.

I'm not a conspiracy tard, but I can't help but get the feeling that Obama is the perfect front man for someone else's agenda. I'm sure I sound stupid beyond definition for writing that, but I wonder......

That someone else is Soros. BHO is wired in with ACORN which is making a science of stealing elections. Hang on to your hat.

re: #32 Maximu§

artillary? As tough as my MOS was, I always felt sorry for the Mortar Crews....they really humped.

Yep, had the big guns. (of course the navy guys are snickering now). 155mm (not self-propelled.)

I did work advance team briefly (brought the gun in perfectly lined up 180 degrees off the mark) That pretty much did that.

re: #35 Temujin

Yo Mars: stay frosty.

After all, this is a cat thread - right ?

/Didn't you ever have a cat that marked his territory ?

LOL

re: #19 gas238

The task at hand is defeating Obama. Lets all work to that end.
Being is a Pee Match with Darwin and the intelligent design folks
goes against that goal. LETS beat the pants of that socialist Obama
then we can go back to the Darwin knock down drag out later.
Makes no sense now to split the base, keep the nose to the Beat Obama like a stepchild grindstone. Cant we all just get along!

Plenty of time left in this life to argue later.

*nods* No!

I sincerely hope that I am more than a mere accident of carbon based chemistry, as I slowly evolve into full blown curmudgeonhood.

re: #39 jcm

I'd heard about Soros. Don't know who ACORN is. Are they some sort of PR firm?

Anyway - I find this all deeply disturbing. I really hope I'm just being stupid and paranoid to no purpose.

Obama: I know exactly who I am. I am The One that I have been waiting for. And Michelle's children, too. *checks teleprompter* and my children. Aaaaah. They're also my children. *pounds on teleprompter* Aaaaaah. HOPE! CHANGE! *pounds teleprompter again* HOPE!

re: #37 Maximu§ Well hell Maximus (sorry, don't know how to do that thingy at the end of your name) - as much as you know I'm right and as much as you don't want to hear it, it was HIS decision to make.
As I said, I think you should be damned proud of raising a fine son.

re: #43 rawmuse

I sincerely hope that I am more than a mere accident of carbon based chemistry, as I slowly evolve into full blown curmudgeonhood.

Is that next? I was looking at a red two seat convertible. My wife walks by and says, "No, you can't have a midlife crisis."

re: #38 realwest

Hey, I was just trying to help, ya know?

I know. I wasn't trying to say anything. I appreciate everything. I'm just going nuts right now. This is the first time in a year of searching that I am actually in danger of losing my vehicle at the least.

re: #3 Maximu§

I'm not ready for this...

I bet you're not. I can't imagine.

But you know, if we raise our children right, we raise them to leave us; regardless of how difficult it is for us as parents, it simply must be that way.

re: #44 StudSupreme

I'd heard about Soros. Don't know who ACORN is. Are they some sort of PR firm?

Anyway - I find this all deeply disturbing. I really hope I'm just being stupid and paranoid to no purpose.

ACORN is a community activitist group, big into *cought* fraudulent *cough* voter registration then voting those registration. A bunch in jail in WA State, investigations in about 7 other states.

Who are we?

It's really a trick question, in that two parts comprise the answer:

1. What are we? - Answered scientifically;

2. Why are we? - Answered theologically.

These are dimensionally perpendicular; the facts of science are only proven independent of the beliefs of theology, and the strength of faith is its not not measured by objective facts.

As to "where are we," you'll have to ask Professor Heisenberg.

re: #47 jcm

Already did the convertible. Moving on to boat.

re: #51 Clemente

What about, "When are we ?"

re: #52 rawmuse

Already did the convertible. Moving on to boat.

LOL! We're looking at time share yachting. Puget sound is boating capitol of the US.

re: #53 Temujin

Relative to where...

;)

re: #36 StudSupreme
"one gets the impression that he has publicists, advertisers, propagandizers and strategists that only the very best money can buy."
Well, from where I'm sitting he ain't getting much for his money now. Maybe during the primaries (if Hillary really is through) but sure as hell not lately.
And I personally think he's a front for himself.
At my younger, most competitive and aggressive stage, I never had the pure narcissism or lacked the ability to critique myself that he does.

re: #44 StudSupreme

Personally, I find a little paranoia to be useful: But only a little bit. Your concerns are perfectly reasonable.

re: #55 Clemente

Relative to where...

;)

You wouldn't say that if you had my relatives !

/

Evening lizards, another sleepless night for me.
I need distraction.

Scandal rocks the Olympics.

The spirit of Milli Vanilli haunts the games.

re: #57 MrPaulRevere

"Paranoia is a very comforting state of mind. If you think they’re out to get you, it means you think you matter."

re: #46 realwest

Well hell Maximus (sorry, don't know how to do that thingy at the end of your name) - as much as you know I'm right and as much as you don't want to hear it, it was HIS decision to make.
As I said, I think you should be damned proud of raising a fine son.

In a way I'm glad he's getting away from his loser friends....4 years of service made me a Man and I hope it does the same for him. When I got home, my loser friends were still losers....nothing changed.

re: #43 rawmuse
Huh. As you slowly evolve into curmudgeonhood?
Hell, relax my friend - you're already there!
/ducks and heads for cover! LOL!

re: #60 jcm

Scandal rocks the Olympics.

The spirit of Milli Vanilli haunts the games.

I feel so bad for that kid.

re: My #51

...is its not not... &c

PIs'ntMF

re: #60 jcm

Scandal rocks the Olympics.

The spirit of Milli Vanilli haunts the games.

Blame it on the Rain Smog

re: #59 irish rose

Evening lizards, another sleepless night for me.
I need distraction.

Do you play dominoes?

re: #61 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Or....my personal favorite.."Just because you are paranoid doensn't mean they aren't out to get you"

re: #44 StudSupreme
Google ACORN or just search LGF for ACORN. I ain't gonna do your work for you, besides, I surely don't want to spoil the surpise!

re: #58 Temujin

Not certain I don't...

Schrodinger's Cat
[Link: whatis.techtarget.com...]

re: #67 rawmuse

Do you play dominoes?

Too miserable.
I'm just going to sit here and read.

re: #49 reine.de.tout

I bet you're not. I can't imagine.

But you know, if we raise our children right, we raise them to leave us; regardless of how difficult it is for us as parents, it simply must be that way.

I offered him my new Shelby, tried to bribe him with an apartment, college of his choice...nothing worked. I guess he's got my stubborn streak...I know I won't sleep well while he's gone tho..

Come to think of it, I never sleep well...at least 4 times a night I wake up and check AO out for sappers...lol

re: #66 Gearhead

Blame it on the Rain Smog

Bush.

/While you still can !

I find dominoes in a foursome stimulating.

re: #59 irish rose

Evening lizards, another sleepless night for me.
I need distraction.

Here, read up on Schrödinger's cat. That should put you to sleep.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #48 Mars Needs Neocons Shit. I am sorry and am feeling very impotent right now, cause I don't know how to help y'all out. And I do understand the not the salesman type psyche - never was much good at it myself.
How old did you say you were? And do I recall correctly that you live in Wy ?

re: #60 jcm

The spirit of Milli Vanilli haunts the games.

LOL, I read about this.....the Chinese should have let the original girl sing.

re: #75 rawmuse

I find dominoes in a foursome stimulating.

Now THAT'S multitasking.

re: #63 realwest

Huh. As you slowly evolve into curmudgeonhood?
Hell, relax my friend - you're already there!
/ducks and heads for cover! LOL!

One day, you will be correct. For the moment, I still enjoy a good laugh too much to be a full time curmudgeon.

re: #70 Clemente

Not certain I don't...

Trust me - you'd be certain if you did.

“They haven’t got Brains, any of them, only grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake, and they don’t Think.” -- Eeyore

re: #67 rawmuse

28 tiles + two scheming, manipulative mind-readers + ten cents a point + 24 cans of beer = Good Times!

re: #77 realwest

Shit. I am sorry and am feeling very impotent right now, cause I don't know how to help y'all out. And I do understand the not the salesman type psyche - never was much good at it myself.
How old did you say you were? And do I recall correctly that you live in Wy ?

38 and in MT. Almost got a job in the BLM using a VA program, but then they wound up hiring from within.

re: #80 rawmuse

One day, you will be correct. For the moment, I still enjoy a good laugh too much to be a full time curmudgeon.

I have always aspired to have Andy Rooney's job. What could be more fun than complaining about EVERYTHING and getting paid for it?

re: #59 irish rose Hey Rose. I'm sorry about those sleepless nights - have you tried Ambien 12.5 CR (and yes I know that won't help with the underlying concerns you have, but it DOES help me, at least, to shut my damned mind off and get some sleep).

I'm out lizards have a good night.

All wealth is the product of labor.
John Locke

re: #84 Walter L. Newton

Yeah, but those eyebrows of his are truly scary. They need a controlled burn or something.

re: #83 Mars Needs Neocons

And you want to stay in MT, correct? (May have missed this earlier....)

I'd like to move to some other places... but the likelihood of finding what I want/need in small/less populated locales is limited.

Wish you well in your search... don't give up.

re: #85 realwest

Hey Rose. I'm sorry about those sleepless nights - have you tried Ambien 12.5 CR (and yes I know that won't help with the underlying concerns you have, but it DOES help me, at least, to shut my damned mind off and get some sleep).

I was prescribed half a tab of trazadone. Helps with my sleep, restless leg, and takes a little more of the edge off my depression.

goodnight. Song starts at 0:52

re: #73 Maximu§ ROTFL!
Ya know, I actually do check my "perimeter" every night before I turn in and since I,uh, have to get up once and usually twice, I check it again! Been like this for 30+ years now.

Phelps goes 5 for 5!

re: #88 freetoken

And you want to stay in MT, correct? (May have missed this earlier....)

I'd like to move to some other places... but the likelihood of finding what I want/need in small/less populated locales is limited.

Wish you well in your search... don't give up.

LOL, if I haven't given up after a year I don't plan on it now. I'm just afraid I'm about to go into a job I know I can't do, just to make the bills for now. I hope the hell I can keep my head together long enough to get a check or two.

Of course I mentioned a couple days back that I'm in a catch 22
If I get a job before the first then I have to start paying back my student loans. If not I can extend my deferment, but can't make my car payment. Plus if I get a job my rent goes up A LOT.

re: #90 swamprat

That's a sight for sore ears, Swampy! Good link! :D

re: #85 realwest

realwest : Have you tried Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters, by Nancy Pelosi and Amy Hill Hearth ?

I hear it'll put you in a deep sleep inside of three minutes every time!

re: #91 realwest

ROTFL!
Ya know, I actually do check my "perimeter" every night before I turn in and since I,uh, have to get up once and usually twice, I check it again! Been like this for 30+ years now.

Old habits die hard. I find myself on nightly patrol all the time....3-4 times a night I check the permeter for enemies. Course I also go the refrigerator for a pull of fresh OJ.

Schroedinger, Erwin! Professor of physics!
Wrote daring equations! Confounded his critics!
(Not bad, eh? Don't worry. This part of the verse
Starts off pretty good, but it gets a lot worse.)
Win saw that the theory that Newton'd invented
By Einstein's discov'ries had been badly dented.
What now? wailed his colleagues. Said Erwin, "Don't panic,
No grease monkey I, but a quantum mechanic.
Consider electrons. Now, these teeny articles
Are sometimes like waves, and then sometimes like particles.
If that's not confusing, the nuclear dance
Of electrons and suchlike is governed by chance!
No sweat, though--my theory permits us to judge
Where some of 'em is and the rest of 'em was."
Not everyone bought this. It threatened to wreck
The comforting linkage of cause and effect.
E'en Einstein had doubts, and so Schroedinger tried
To tell him what quantum mechanics implied.
Said Win to Al, "Brother, suppose we've a cat,
And inside a tube we have put that cat at--
Along with a solitaire deck and some Fritos,
A bottle of Night Train, a couple mosquitoes
(Or something else rhyming) and, oh, if you got 'em,
One vial prussic acid, one decaying ottom
Or atom--whatever--but when it emits,
A trigger device blasts the vial into bits
Which snuffs our poor kitty. The odds of this crime
Are 50 to 50 per hour each time.
The cylinder's sealed. The hour's passed away. Is
Our pussy still purring--or pushing up daisies?
Now, you'd say the cat either lives or it don't
But quantum mechanics is stubborn and won't.
Statistically speaking, the cat (goes the joke),
Is half a cat breathing and half a cat croaked.
To some this may seem a ridiculous split,
But quantum mechanics must answer, "Tough @#&!
We may not know much, but one thing's fo' sho':
There's things in the cosmos that we cannot know.
Shine light on electrons--you'll cause them to swerve.
The act of observing disturbs the observed--
Which ruins your test. But then if there's no testing
To see if a particle's moving or resting
Why try to conjecture? Pure useless endeavor!
We know probability--certainty, never.'
The effect of this notion? I very much fear
'Twill make doubtful all things that were formerly clear.
Till soon the cat doctors will say in reports,
"We've just flipped a coin and we've learned he's a corpse."'
So saith Herr Erwin. Quoth Albert, "You're nuts.
God doesn't play dice with the universe, putz.
I'll prove it!" he said, and the Lord knows he tried--
In vain--until fin'ly he more or less died.
Win spoke at the funeral: "Listen, dear friends,
Sweet Al was my buddy. I must make amends.
Though he doubted my theory, I'll say of this saint:
Ten-to-one he's in heaven--but five bucks says he ain't."

--CECIL ADAMS

re: #94 Karridine
Thanks!.... and yet I must be going.....g'night Karridine!

I live in CA and I'm watching the Olympics. I just saw Phelps win the "Live" 200 yard Butterfly. Why does NBC display the "Live" screen logo when its not live?

re: #85 realwest

Hey Rose. I'm sorry about those sleepless nights - have you tried Ambien 12.5 CR (and yes I know that won't help with the underlying concerns you have, but it DOES help me, at least, to shut my damned mind off and get some sleep).

My damned mind is turning somersaults and it's simply not possible to shut it off.

1. I just found out that my abusive ex is shacking up with a 60 year old woman that he knew in the biblical sense for the last ten years of our marriage.

2. My beautiful 18 year old daughter has taken leave of her senses and has decided that she is in love with a 43 year old man.

3. I caught my 16 year old son smoking pot, again

4. I took a hard fall and sprained my ankle at work, and I'm currently on comp restrictions and painkillers with massive bruising, a softball sized ankle, and a damaged ligament.

5. I'm still having asthma attacks, and I feel like shit.

Sucks to be me, currently.
At least the cancer isn't making a nasty comeback.

re: #93 Mars Needs Neocons

Yeah good luck finding a job....if you go into mechanical engineering and move to LA, send me an email.

re: #76 Walter L. Newton

Here, read up on Schrödinger's cat. That should put you to sleep.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Surely, both have been linked, but whadda-hay...

re: #83 Mars Needs Neocons 38? Crap (and sorry about the MT/WY mix up there!). I know a lot of folks have probably said this to you before - well meaning folks too - but you all (including your family and your Dad) need to get the hell out of MT and get to somewhere where there are JOBS. I've been to Big Sky country and it is beautiful - breathtakingly so. But I don't know that I'd rate my chances of finding a job very high in that area; just not enough jobs, especially if you can't get a job with the government.
Maybe you should just keep sending your resume to BLM and every other government agency you can find in the phone book, hell even the VA might be hiring (and Lord knows the VA needs the help; whether or not they've got the money to hire is another question I can't answer).

Who are we? The answer to this question is not only one of the tasks, but the task of science.

— Erwin Schrödinger

I disagree. Science can only tell us who we are biologically, not philosophically.

Italy is ahead of The Russians at Olympics. lol

re: #100 irish rose

My damned mind is turning somersaults and it's simply not possible to shut it off.

1. I just found out that my abusive ex is shacking up with a 60 year old woman that he knew in the biblical sense for the last ten years of our marriage.

2. My beautiful 18 year old daughter has taken leave of her senses and has decided that she is in love with a 43 year old man.

3. I caught my 16 year old son smoking pot, again

4. I took a hard fall and sprained my ankle at work, and I'm currently on comp restrictions and painkillers with massive bruising, a softball sized ankle, and a damaged ligament.

5. I'm still having asthma attacks, and I feel like shit.

Sucks to be me, currently.
At least the cancer isn't making a nasty comeback.

At least you have us......

re: #101 Maximu§

Yeah good luck finding a job....if you go into mechanical engineering and move to LA, send me an email.

lol. Don't think engineering is my thing. I've played bridge-it and pontifex and can't seem to get more than half way on either. LOL

re: #89 Mars Needs Neocons Uh, what is trazadone?

re: #93 Mars Needs Neocons

Of course I mentioned a couple days back that I'm in a catch 22
If I get a job before the first then I have to start paying back my student loans. If not I can extend my deferment, but can't make my car payment. Plus if I get a job my rent goes up A LOT.

Hmmmm... the old rock & hard place routine I see...

When I graduated college (many years ago) I searched and searched.... did end up with a job offer (actually 2), took it.... and though I don't regret doing that somehow I feel as if I cheated myself by not doing what I wanted, and instead simply got a job because I needed the money. The job really wasn't what I thought I wanted to do, and in the end (after several years) that feeling never went away, though the job did provide security and money.

So, there is that tension....

If I were in your situation I wouldn't worry about the school loans (being late with a payment or two is hardly the end of the world, and what will they do - pull the knowledge out of your brain?)

re: #106 Maximu§

Hey Max, you been out riding lately?

re: #100 irish rose

My heart goes out to ya, lass. Wish I could make it all go away. Alas, I am but a mortal. There are many on the threads tonight whose hearts are heavy.

re: #97 Spirit93

Erwin also liked plowing his neighbor's field, so to speak...

re: #100 irish rose

Will be thinking of you, IR.

re: #102 Clemente

Surely, both have been linked, but whadda-hay...

LOL. Love the second one. "In your quantum box... maybe."

Actually have to make a correction.
The bastard is 34, not 43.

re: #110 DesertSage

Hey Max, you been out riding lately?

Naw, too hot.

We did get a new 36' diesel pusher and I'm just getting ready for Thanks Giving...thats the start of our riding season.

re: #103 realwest

38? Crap (and sorry about the MT/WY mix up there!). I know a lot of folks have probably said this to you before - well meaning folks too - but you all (including your family and your Dad) need to get the hell out of MT and get to somewhere where there are JOBS. I've been to Big Sky country and it is beautiful - breathtakingly so. But I don't know that I'd rate my chances of finding a job very high in that area; just not enough jobs, especially if you can't get a job with the government.
Maybe you should just keep sending your resume to BLM and every other government agency you can find in the phone book, hell even the VA might be hiring (and Lord knows the VA needs the help; whether or not they've got the money to hire is another question I can't answer).

VA around here doesn't have crap. Part of the moving problem is there is no possible way to move without income.

For my father it doesn't matter, his diabetes has taken him out of the equation completely for jobs, unless he can find the funding to go about one of his ideas to create a business. If he can find the way, he will either be an independent grant writer, or he wants to start up the Montana Safety Council again.

Personally I just want to be rich enough to own a nice cigar shop. But with the hostility MT has toward smokers it will probably be illegal to sell it in the next 5 years.

re: #92 rawmuse
DAMN! Hooray for him! From your link: "He is 5-for-5 with world records in each of his events." (they mean in this olympiad!).

re: #107 Mars Needs Neocons

lol. Don't think engineering is my thing. I've played bridge-it and pontifex and can't seem to get more than half way on either. LOL

I design HVAC (heating, ventilating, air conditioning) systems and its all done on Autocad. You might like it.....when i got out of the Army, my Moms boss told me to be a mechanical engineer and that I would never be out of work and he was right.

re: #108 realwest

Uh, what is trazadone?

Anti-depressant. Sometimes used to help with sleeping problems. It's better than the anti-convulsants and anti-psychotics they tried before. Not really a fan of those kind of meds.

re: #103 realwest

Well, the fed jobs website is [Link: www.usajobs.gov...] , though I suppose he already knows that...

The government was on a hiring spree of sorts lately (accounting for a significant number of new jobs in the US).

re: #119 Maximu§

I design HVAC (heating, ventilating, air conditioning) systems and its all done on Autocad. You might like it.....when i got out of the Army, my Moms boss told me to be a mechanical engineer and that I would never be out of work and he was right.

I used to use autocad in high school.

Now if I could find some company online that needs someone with 3-d animation experience I'd jump at that. Especially if I could work from home.

re: #116 Maximu§

Well, hell....let me take the 450X out while you wait for the weather to cool down :')

re: #121 freetoken

Well, the fed jobs website is [Link: www.usajobs.gov...] , though I suppose he already knows that...

The government was on a hiring spree of sorts lately (accounting for a significant number of new jobs in the US).

Yep, just not around here, lol.

re: #109 freetoken

True on that, except the organization that my loans are given to tends to take your tax returns, make it so you can't refinance or change your terms, and won't let you defer again if you have to. If you miss your payments. Plus they have all kinds of late fees. The scary part is that their terms are still better than a bank.

re: #104 DesertSage

I disagree. Science can only tell us who we are biologically, not philosophically.

What I meant to say, you said better!

re: #44 StudSupreme

I'd heard about Soros. Don't know who ACORN is. Are they some sort of PR firm?

Anyway - I find this all deeply disturbing. I really hope I'm just being stupid and paranoid to no purpose.

You are not alone.
The Obama File - Employment
discoverthenetworks - CARL DAVIDSON

re: #122 Mars Needs Neocons

I used to use autocad in high school.

Now if I could find some company online that needs someone with 3-d animation experience I'd jump at that. Especially if I could work from home.

Theres a new program out called Rivit and its Autocad on steroides..Ive been going back to school to learn it, but its costing my company $4400 per station.

I can see my mechanical systems in 3D. It even warns you if your short on ceiling space and offers alternate duct routing ideas.

re: #100 irish rose
Geez Rose - I really don't know what to say (although your cancer not coming back is a DAMN good thing - and that's from someone who's cancer IS coming back or at least behaving a lot more aggressively). But that is exactly why I recommended Ambien 12.5 (although y'all ought to check with your doc - it's is a prescription med anyway - to see if it would interfere or not do well with your other meds) cause it does just, well, shut my brain down - totally stop thinking about everything that's bothering me and I do get to sleep for 6 or 7 hours; and getting some sleep does make it a little easier to deal with your other problems.

re: #100 irish rose

I hope and pray for your speedy recovery, Irish.

re: #128 Maximu§

Theres a new program out called Rivit and its Autocad on steroides..Ive been going back to school to learn it, but its costing my company $4400 per station.

I can see my mechanical systems in 3D. It even warns you if your short on ceiling space and offers alternate duct routing ideas.

Pretty sweet. Of course your guys know that 3-d home designer is only 19.99 and you get a second program free.

/Just kidding, I know the difference between that and a professional program.

I've been keeping my eyes open around here for a position that involves teaching or instructing people in computers, software, or just about any training program.

re: #104 DesertSage
Hey Sage! Good to see you! Regrettably, I've got to try to sleep soon where the hell were you earlier?! Darnit!

re: #123 DesertSage

Well, hell....let me take the 450X out while you wait for the weather to cool down :')

send me an email if your going to California city ok? we gotta meet up there.

Did you know California City is charging riders a fee ($10 per bike) to drive through their shitty town to go camping? They had a freaking road block set up on 20 Mule team road and I had to cough up $40.

re: #125 Mars Needs Neocons

True on that, except the organization that my loans are given to tends to take your tax returns, make it so you can't refinance or change your terms, and won't let you defer again if you have to. If you miss your payments. Plus they have all kinds of late fees.

Ah yes... good'ol Guido's Car and College Loans - fingers optional!

Good luck kid... really wish I could help you, but there is little any of us can do (unless we're in MT and looking to hire...)

re: #128 Maximu§

Theres a new program out called Rivit and its Autocad on steroides..Ive been going back to school to learn it, but its costing my company $4400 per station.

I can see my mechanical systems in 3D. It even warns you if your short on ceiling space and offers alternate duct routing ideas.

I have a program on my desktop that might help, have you tried LEGO designer?
/

re: #134 freetoken

Ah yes... good'ol Guido's Car and College Loans - fingers optional!

Good luck kid... really wish I could help you, but there is little any of us can do (unless we're in MT and looking to hire...)

I wish, actually it's an organization through the state. SAF Student Assistance Foundation.

OK, took some Tylenol PM and I'm going to try the sleep thing again.

Later.

re: #132 realwest

Hey Sage! Good to see you! Regrettably, I've got to try to sleep soon where the hell were you earlier?! Darnit!

Well, I was doing paperwork . Sorry :(

Cyberwar unsurprisingly rages in Georgia. From Beyond the Beyond, also has some interesting links.

Thanks again everybody, I just bring it up once in a while to update a couple people that I've been talking to here, but I always get a little more positive after hearing everyones ideas.

re: #135 Mars Needs Neocons

I have a program on my desktop that might help, have you tried LEGO designer?
/

LOL, I'll instruct all my engineers to start using it tomarrow...yer a genius!

re: #133 Maximu§

send me an email if your going to California city ok? we gotta meet up there.

Did you know California City is charging riders a fee ($10 per bike) to drive through their shitty town to go camping? They had a freaking road block set up on 20 Mule team road and I had to cough up $40.

Isn't that crazy? It's only going to get worse if Obama gets elected.

Plus, I always let air out of my tires when I switch from road riding to off road. I'm afraid that Obama's tire pressure police will arrest me.

re: #122 Mars Needs Neocons

I used to use T-square, triangles, paper and pencils in high-school.

/my nearly-petrified roots are showing! :D

re: #127 abolitionist

Nice links. Speaking of ACORN... ; )

re: #117 Mars Needs Neocons Hey, I KNOW how hard it is to do damn near anything without income and moving is one of the hardest. But as for your Dad, I didn't necessarily mean he should move to find work, I meant move so the two of you could still be "together".
And you can pay that damn stupid loan whenever you can - it's the vehicle (especially in MT) and the rent I'd worry about - but if you did get a job and a steady income, you'd be able to work stuff out.
Crap, maybe you should try Freetoken's suggestion in #121 and just keep banging away about it. I truly wish I had some dough - I'd lend it to you to move to where y'all could get a job.
Crap, again.

re: #141 Maximu§

LOL, I'll instruct all my engineers to start using it tomarrow...yer a genius!

lol
couldn't resist

Here is my suggestions and observations about job hunting. I may have posted them before, but I think it needs repeating. I wrote this in April 2007.

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Are you over 50 and looking for employment? If you are, you may have noticed that there are a lot of jobs available in your field, but they don’t want you. My favorite response from the interviewer is “You are very qualified, but you don’t fit our corporate culture.” What in the world does that mean? The only “corporate culture” I’m interest in is… “Hi… I’m the boss… here’s what I want you to do… thank you for doing it... here’s your paycheck… now go home.”

Let me translate this for you. What they are saying is… “You’re to old.” Federal law does not allow an employer to discriminate because of your age but it does happen… all the time. I am presently looking for work as a computer programmer. I have been working in Information Technology since the days that we had those little beads on those wire thingy’s. The consulting firms that I have been dealing with have confirmed my suspicions. Fitting the corporate culture means that you’re under 30, will work for half the pay, you can spend at least 55 or more hours a week at your workstation and you promise not to die in your cube.

So… if you are having the same problem as I am, I offer some advice to you. The next time you have a face-to-face interview with a prospective employer… try this.

1) Light up a joint.
2) Hum a song by “Artic Monkeys” and bang your head on the interviewers desk.
3) Wear a backpack.
4) Make sure there is a snowboard or skateboard in your backpack.
5) Don’t wear your MP3 player on your wrist.
6) Use the phrase ‘Vodka and Red Bull” at least 3 times.
7) If outside activities come up, don’t use the words “recreation center,” it’s a gym.
8) If the interviewer offers you a latte, don’t look puzzled, that’s coffee.
9) Don’t ask if their health plan covers limb replacement.
10) Never tell the interviewer that his/her mother dresses him/her nicely.

Will this help? Probably not… but it will make you feel better.

Is the cat back?

[Link: www.macguff.fr...]

re: #145 realwest

Hey, I KNOW how hard it is to do damn near anything without income and moving is one of the hardest. But as for your Dad, I didn't necessarily mean he should move to find work, I meant move so the two of you could still be "together".
And you can pay that damn stupid loan whenever you can - it's the vehicle (especially in MT) and the rent I'd worry about - but if you did get a job and a steady income, you'd be able to work stuff out.
Crap, maybe you should try Freetoken's suggestion in #121 and just keep banging away about it. I truly wish I had some dough - I'd lend it to you to move to where y'all could get a job.
Crap, again.

Thanks. Actually the jobs I've applied for would have really been a hell of a step up (for here) but competition is fierce.

I think I'll consider the car sales job (pretty sure they'll offer it) and then I will apply for the recruiter position. With it paying between 30 and 35k a year I'll be in a better position, even if I only manage to make it a month or two.

I'm falling asleep...cya all tomarrow.

re: #131 Mars Needs Neocons HEY! Can you open your own business (from home) fixing or making 'puters run hotter than they were designed to do (sorta like souping up an old car into a hot rod)? Can you get a job with a school*, community college*, college* On-Line Universities* or any level government situation in fixing repairs ya know, IT work - hell you can tell 'em you speak english fluently!

*and maybe teaching computers to any or em.

re: #36 StudSupreme

Obama can still win..........he seems to have ENORMOUS financial backing, and one gets the impression that he has publicists, advertisers, propagandizers and strategists that only the very best money can buy.

I'm not a conspiracy tard, but I can't help but get the feeling that Obama is the perfect front man for someone else's agenda. I'm sure I sound stupid beyond definition for writing that, but I wonder......

We kinda figured that out a few weeks ago.

re: #147 Walter L. Newton

LOL, brilliant. You seem to have forgotten multiple piercings and tattoos though. That seems to be a requirement in the under 25 crowd around here. There's even a lot of them with that stupid earlobe extension crap.

My experiences have been either "you are over-qualified" or "you don't have enough experience".

re: #151 realwest

HEY! Can you open your own business (from home) fixing or making 'puters run hotter than they were designed to do (sorta like souping up an old car into a hot rod)? Can you get a job with a school*, community college*, college* On-Line Universities* or any level government situation in fixing repairs ya know, IT work - hell you can tell 'em you speak english fluently!

*and maybe teaching computers to any or em.

I've applied in all those areas.

Too hard to start your own business around here without a LOT of startup money. The peoples republic of billings requires a ton of city taxes. The state also wants a ton of money too.

re: #137 irish rose
Goodnight Rose - and I was serious about talking to your doc about that Ambien stuff.
And I surely do wish you the best of luck in dealing with all those problems.

re: #100 irish rose

All I can say is Owwwww...

McCain -- ON DUTY; Obama on vacation

re: #138 DesertSage
OK - THIS TIME! LOL! Shoot my friend, it's been too long since we've been on the boards together.

re: #149 Mars Needs Neocons

I think I'll consider the car sales job (pretty sure they'll offer it) and then I will apply for the recruiter position. With it paying between 30 and 35k a year I'll be in a better position, even if I only manage to make it a month or two.

I was always told that it is easier to find a job if you already have one (works with women too.) So taking any job may be better than you think. (May work with women, too.)

re: #147 Walter L. Newton

One of the recruiters I dealt with while looking a few years back had seriously been told not to bring the company in question anyone over 38. Kinda freaked when I heard that over lunch - I'll be there in a few years.

Got one more for you - never call the interviewer son, kid, sport, tiger, etc. ad nauseum.

Irish Rose

Keep going, it's going to be rough but you seem strong. Don't let anything stop you. And don't be afraid to seek out help if you need it. I was always wary of seeking psych help because I didn't think anything was wrong with me, then I found out you don't need to have something wrong, you just have to have a sounding board. (and yes, sometimes meds are a lifesaver).

Sorry if I don't make any sense, I'm really tired right now. I think it's time to sign off for the night.

Thanks everyone. Goodnight.

re: #36 StudSupreme

Obama can still win..........he seems to have ENORMOUS financial backing, and one gets the impression that he has publicists, advertisers, propagandizers and strategists that only the very best money can buy.

I'm not a conspiracy tard, but I can't help but get the feeling that Obama is the perfect front man for someone else's agenda. I'm sure I sound stupid beyond definition for writing that, but I wonder......

When The Other Les says we more or less (Pun Intended) figured that out, he's also saying no, writing it does NOT make you sound retarded, Supreme.

You sound like a thinker, thinking in a new and unfamiliar thought-line, inasmuch as most people you've met in your life were pretty much WHAT and WHO they SAID THEY WERE! Right?

So meeting someone like Obambi is a challenge: HOW can THIS EMPTY SUIT actually get backing to become President of the most powerful nation in history? How? by being a cipher, for others to fund on condition they sink THEIR hooks into Obama, and he jump when they jerk their stringy-puppet thingies later...

re: #154 Mars Needs Neocons

Work online.

Try Elance, for starters.

re: #154 Mars Needs Neocons

I've applied in all those areas.

Too hard to start your own business around here without a LOT of startup money. The peoples republic of billings requires a ton of city taxes. The state also wants a ton of money too.

Can't you just put up some flyers on the bulletin boards at supermarkets and C-stores? "Computer expert: your place or mine, virus removal, software installs, hardware upgrades. Phone xxx-zzzz"

re: #147 Walter L. Newton

Yeah, I have been getting some of that myself. My latest foray in to job hunting has been in the Law Enforcement field, and the wrinkle I came up against is that you have to have your Selective Service records. Mine are down the memory hole, as I was born before 1960, and thus are on cuneiform tablets somewhere. So far, it has kept me out of the FBI.

re: #160 Suihei Deloi
" never call the interviewer son, kid, sport, tiger, etc. ad nauseum." And one of those things y'all out to never call him is "Skippy" or "Scooter" - don't know why but those are the second and third worst words to use to an interviewer!
The worst word you can use to speak to an interviewer is to call him "darling"! LOL!

re: #165 rawmuse

"...cuneiform tablets somewhere..."

LMAO! :D

re: #163 Karridine

Work online.

Try Elance, for starters.

Hadn't heard of elance, I'll check it out tomorrow.

I was given to understand most of the online jobs were scams. Didn't know there was a source for real ones.

re: #164 Alberta Oil Peon

Can't you just put up some flyers on the bulletin boards at supermarkets and C-stores? "Computer expert: your place or mine, virus removal, software installs, hardware upgrades. Phone xxx-zzzz"

LOL, tried that, my fliers kept vanishing. That business is cutthroat. Good suggestion though.

re: #168 Mars Needs Neocons

Real, honest and reliable.

Now get some sleep, Neo

re: #10 Maximu§

He's going Army, same MOS as I was in, 19D Cavalry Scout. We're having a big party on Saturday if your close by jcm.

Your son has earned my respect for volunteering. May his training be good, his duty be honorable, and his parents be at ease. I was 67N (Utility Helicopter Repairer - Huey Crewchief) in a Cav unit. D Troop 1st Squadron 4th Cavalry. My avatar is the unit crest.

Well all y'all - it surely hasn't been a grand evening as usual - too many lizards with too many problems right now. But I am confident that things will work out for all of our lizards who were out her tonight talking about their troubles. Just talking about 'em helps a lot.
But I gotta go to sleep NOW!
Hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road.

re: #165 rawmuse

Yeah, I have been getting some of that myself. My latest foray in to job hunting has been in the Law Enforcement field, and the wrinkle I came up against is that you have to have your Selective Service records. Mine are down the memory hole, as I was born before 1960, and thus are on cuneiform tablets somewhere. So far, it has kept me out of the FBI.

Well, as most of you know, I'm over all that (right now). As long as the theatre job doesn't go south (it's a non-profit, something could always happen), I'll stick it out.

I only work hard 3 or 4 days a week, the other days I'm either doing nothing, a little private programming from home, or just some busy work for the theatre. So, it's almost like I'm semi-retired.

And besides, in a few months, Obama will support me, right?

/sarc

Night all, Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #162 Karridine

The fun part is figuring out WHO is pulling the strings on Obama.

Is it Soros? The Chicago Machine? A coalition? A committee?

Or is it the Alien Space Bats? (A group believed to be responsible for many alternate histories.)

re: #170 Karridine

Real, honest and reliable.

Now get some sleep, Neo

Outta here. Have to be fresh for the interview.

Thanks again everyone, see you on the morrow.

(Bonus to online work, LGF while working. LOL. Can also watch my own youngest kid until he gets into school)

re: #175 Mars Needs Neocons

Outta here. Have to be fresh for the interview.

Thanks again everyone, see you on the morrow.

(Bonus to online work, LGF while working. LOL. Can also watch my own youngest kid until he gets into school)

Good luck, brother!

re: #172 realwest

realwest - goodnight.

Don't let the bedbugs bite.

re: #165 rawmuse

How about the DEA? From what I've been reading lately, they've been doing some interesting things.

re: #175 Mars Needs Neocons

Good luck.

re: #176 astronmr20

Mars is a sister, I think, astron...

/fortunately, she won't see your faux pas, :D

re: #180 Karridine

oops.

Kirk, Spock and Uhuru

Sulu, Scotty, McCoy, Chekov

Star Trek

re: #182 Salem

Kirk, Spock and Uhuru

Sulu, Scotty, McCoy, Chekov

Star Trek

Wha? ?

Wow.

As with most remakes, enormous potential for F-up exists (especially considering the past few trek movies).

However, I just watched "insurrection" the other day. Forgot that it was one of the better newer ones.

Uhuru had great tits, unless no one else noticed.

Wow.. JJ Abrams.

He's done some spectacular stuff, and some horrible stuff.

re: #182 Salem

Oh, cool, Karl Urban is in it! I like him. Never would have thought of him as McCoy though.
:)

Thanks for the links.

It's all about the characters, though. If these kids just try to act "like" the originals, this will suck horribly.

if they re-invent the characters.. make the story more character driven, and "raw," we might be on to something.

Thinking of the Bond redux... we can only hope it would be that good.

OK I'll stop rambling.

re: #184 pat

Speaking of which, here is the new Tomb Raider gentlemen. As Darth would say, "Impressive. Most impressive."

re: #183 astronmr20

Wha? ?

Wow.

As with most remakes, enormous potential for F-up exists (especially considering the past few trek movies).

However, I just watched "insurrection" the other day. Forgot that it was one of the better newer ones.

I hope it's good. I don't know if they'd be able to corral all of the actors for a television series, so who knows what could become of it beyond a successful franchise. But tell me this guy isn't a dead-on Spock. The whole cast looks good. What happens when they open their mouths and utter their lines is another question.

re: #189 Salem

I hope it's good. I don't know if they'd be able to corral all of the actors for a television series, so who knows what could become of it beyond a successful franchise. But tell me this guy isn't a dead-on Spock. The whole cast looks good. What happens when they open their mouths and utter their lines is another question.

Wow...
he was born the same year as me.

Shit... does that mean I am old as spock? ? Damn.

re: #184 pat

Uhuru had great tits, unless no one else noticed.

Uhura had a spectacularly supportive and a not-just-a-little-bit pointy 1960s bra. That helped a LOT. ;)

(click on the pic of Uhura for larger photo)

re: #187 astronmr20

Not rambling... elucidating core concepts, Astro... IF they re-invent the whole concept, the motives, the rationales, the weaknesses and foibles...

And yes, 007 is having a LONG, long run (as a film franchise) precisely BECAUSE the Next Bond does NOT have to out-Sean the original 007 Sean Connery... I liked the recent 007 Casino Royale... well done, good violence and ersatz sex....

re: #44 StudSupreme

re: #127 abolitionist

One more linky, but a few more can be found here:
Obama: From ACORN Organizer To Audacious Hypocrite

Posted by Michael Eden on August 11, 2008
A lot of very ugly things about Barack Obama emerge from his entrance into politics in 1996.

It is a documented fact that Barack Obama’s days as a “community organizer” is media code to describe his service with ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). ACORN currently is - and has for years routinely been - connected with and convicted of voter fraud. They have caught in state after state, city after city (just Google “ACORN” and “voter fraud” to get a sense of the scope) registering nonexistent voters as Democrats.

And Barack Obama was part of this profoundly un- and anti-democratic organization.

re: #189 Salem

I'd have to agree on Spock. I really hope the movie turns out well. Is Nurse Chapel making a comeback too?

re: #190 astronmr20

Wow...
he was born the same year as me.

Shit... does that mean I am old as spock? ? Damn.

You're 31? Fossil. ;)

/I'm 10 years older than you lol

Humor. Bigger Jugs.
[Link: www.jibjab.com...]

re: #195 gop_patriot

You're 31?

/I have twice your number of Solar Encircling Trips to my credit, Youngster!

re: #68 MrPaulRevere

I am not now nor have I ever been an employee of the CIA.

But I do have about 120 hours of passenger time in Air America aircraft. C-7, C-46, C-47, C-123 & Pilitas Porter.

re: #194 Suihei Deloi

I'd have to agree on Spock. I really hope the movie turns out well. Is Nurse Chapel making a comeback too?

DAMN IT, JIM!

Hmmm, good question. She isn't in the present cast list.

re: #195 gop_patriot

You're 31? Fossil. ;)

/I'm 10 years older than you lol

Argh!

Not 31 yet!

30. (:

(I will be 31 on Sept. 11th)

re: #158 realwest

OK - THIS TIME! LOL! Shoot my friend, it's been too long since we've been on the boards together.

My goodness realwest, what are you doing up?

re: #195 gop_patriot

You're 31? Fossil. ;)

/I'm 10 years older than you lol

Which makes you just a tiny bit older than my eldest child.

re: #200 astronmr20

Argh!

Not 31 yet!

30. (:

(I will be 31 on Sept. 11th)

I'll wish you a happy birthday in advance, then.

re: #203 abolitionist

I'll wish you a happy birthday in advance, then.

Thanks! I will try. I hasn't been such a happy day since 2001, however.

Wow....I uh....wouldn't want to interrupt the Trekkie fanboys here tonight.

re: #205 Fenway_Nation

Wow....I uh....wouldn't want to interrupt the Trekkie fanboys here tonight.

I think "Trekkie fanboys" would be kind of redundant.

re: #200 astronmr20

Sorry! Didn't mean to age you prematurely. :)

I just like calling someone a fossil. Makes me laugh for some reason... possibly because it's 2am here, and I'm delirious. lol

Night folks. Time for me to rest up before facing the government bureaucracy tomorrow.

BTW, anyone catch that 17-19 defensive gem of a pitchers duel at Fenway park tonight?

re: #202 galloping granny

LOL! Hi, gg. How are things with you? I've been offline for a bit (computer tried to die), so I am out of the LGF loop. :p

re: #197 Karridine

/I have twice your number of Solar Encircling Trips to my credit, Youngster!

LOL! Hi, Karridine, how are you?

re: #1 Maximu§

6 days left till D-day. My son leaves for the bootcamp...

when is the party?

we have to christen his Stetson for him...... %-)

re: #210 gop_patriot

LOL! Hi, gg. How are things with you? I've been offline for a bit (computer tried to die), so I am out of the LGF loop. :p

I've been away for a while too. Probably will be again before too long - big changes coming our way. We're hanging in there. Still waiting for the tomatoes to get ripe.

re: #211 gop_patriot

Well, GOP, I'm great bordering on tremendous this afternoon in overcast, cool, suburban Bangkok!

Other than delirious, how you?

re: #32 Maximu§

artillary? As tough as my MOS was, I always felt sorry for the Mortar Crews....they really humped.

that would be 11C............

11B/H here.

/try humping a TOW system with 4 people. %-)

re: #215 redc1c4

Well, as a 98C (Korean linguist) I didn't hump mortars, but I DID spend years atop mountains on the Korean DMZ, and we DID have a couple American missiles targeted on us in case the NorKs came south... does that count?

re: #100 irish rose

My damned mind is turning somersaults and it's simply not possible to shut it off.

1. I just found out that my abusive ex is shacking up with a 60 year old woman that he knew in the biblical sense for the last ten years of our marriage.

2. My beautiful 18 year old daughter has taken leave of her senses and has decided that she is in love with a 43 year old man.

3. I caught my 16 year old son smoking pot, again

4. I took a hard fall and sprained my ankle at work, and I'm currently on comp restrictions and painkillers with massive bruising, a softball sized ankle, and a damaged ligament.

5. I'm still having asthma attacks, and I feel like shit.

Sucks to be me, currently.
At least the cancer isn't making a nasty comeback.

you left out "but you know me: i can't complain...."
bummer drag about all of the above. i can definitely relate to the ankle issue and best wishes on the rest.

/you'll need it!

re: #215 redc1c4

that would be 11C............

11B/H here.

/try humping a TOW system with 4 people. %-)

Good heavens I haven't heard about the TOW in a long time - my ex was the first platoon leader of the first TOW platoon outside the US

re: #216 Karridine

Well, as a 98C (Korean linguist) I didn't hump mortars, but I DID spend years atop mountains on the Korean DMZ, and we DID have a couple American missiles targeted on us in case the NorKs came south... does that count?

it certainly is encompassed by the phrase "embrace the suck". %-)

/the suck is a many splendored thing

re: #218 galloping granny

And THAN KYOU for your service, GG!

re: #213 galloping granny

I've been away for a while too. Probably will be again before too long - big changes coming our way. We're hanging in there. Still waiting for the tomatoes to get ripe.

Hope the changes are good ones. (((galloping)))

Hollah at me when the tomatoes are ready, I'll be right over! :)

re: #218 galloping granny

Good heavens I haven't heard about the TOW in a long time - my ex was the first platoon leader of the first TOW platoon outside the US

i think this is where we started out a night or two ago..... %-)

the system certainly wasn't designed to be man portable over long distances.... even without the weight of ammo issue (~55#/round)

/say more than 100 meters or so.

re: #219 redc1c4

Uh... roger that!

/out, break. End of Message
EFTO : Encrypted for Transmission Only

re: #214 Karridine

Doing well, glad my computer is working for now. :) I was going through LGF withdrawals... Glad to be feeding the addiction again!

Just a little name dropping here in regards to the new Star Trek movie.

Scotty is being played by Simon Pegg (Shawn of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Spaced etc.). Well, his father, Richard Pegg, works for the theatre that I work at.

Richard just got finished directing our current show, Noel Coward's "Hay Fever." Richard is also one of our board of directors.

[Link: www.minersalley.com...]

During a production meeting for "Hay Fever" a few months ago, Richards cell phone rang, and her took the call. Well, you could tell that he was speaking to Simon.

And then we heard Richard say "Oh, get off the phone, this is one of Simon friends playing another joke for him."

It turned out that Simon was walking across the Dreamworks studio, and told his father that Steven Speilberg wanted to say hi and put someone on the phone.

Richard blew this person off, suspecting that his son was playing a little joke on him. And then we could tell that Simopn was back on the phone. After Richard hung up, we asked him what happened.

Right, it really was Speilberg.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #213 galloping granny

I've been away for a while too. Probably will be again before too long - big changes coming our way. We're hanging in there. Still waiting for the tomatoes to get ripe.

our tomatoes have suxored again this year: i'm convinced that it's because it's only been really hot one week.

all that being said, i'll trade store bought 'maters for a non miserable summer any year.

/gore bull warming my ass

re: #225 Walter L. Newton

Trapped if you do, damned if you don't!

Thanks, Walter L

re: #221 gop_patriot

Hope the changes are good ones. (((galloping)))

Hollah at me when the tomatoes are ready, I'll be right over! :)

I guess that all depends on how you look at things. Nobody is dying or ill.

Those tomatoes look to be all going to come in at once - bushels of them.

re: #171 CyanSnowHawk

Your son has earned my respect for volunteering. May his training be good, his duty be honorable, and his parents be at ease. I was 67N (Utility Helicopter Repairer - Huey Crewchief) in a Cav unit. D Troop 1st Squadron 4th Cavalry. My avatar is the unit crest.

if'n you ain't Cav......

HHT & A Trp. 1/18th
"Velox et Mortifer!"

re: #226 redc1c4

our tomatoes have suxored again this year: i'm convinced that it's because it's only been really hot one week.

all that being said, i'll trade store bought 'maters for a non miserable summer any year.

/gore bull warming my ass

I have to agree with you. Even my very early varieties that are supposed to be 45 days from ground to table are still just standing there spinning their wheels. We should have been eating them a month ago.

We had one very hot week back in mid May - up in the high 90s and low 100s. All the early garden stuff bolted straight off. We sent the kiddo off to camp the last week in June and first in July. At the time we were wishing that camp had been later in the summer because of the weather but it has turned out to be a good thing it wasn't, as it has rained nearly every day since. And been cold. Nobody has even been in the pool in a month.

re: #222 redc1c4

i think this is where we started out a night or two ago..... %-)

the system certainly wasn't designed to be man portable over long distances.... even without the weight of ammo issue (~55#/round)

/say more than 100 meters or so.

I used to have some great pictures of the thing being night fired.

Any of you read the flap over at Michelle's about Obama exploiting the Blue Star flag and military wives? That is going to cause some fall out I think.

[Link: michellemalkin.com...]

re: #230 galloping granny

I have to agree with you. Even my very early varieties that are supposed to be 45 days from ground to table are still just standing there spinning their wheels. We should have been eating them a month ago.

We had one very hot week back in mid May - up in the high 90s and low 100s. All the early garden stuff bolted straight off. We sent the kiddo off to camp the last week in June and first in July. At the time we were wishing that camp had been later in the summer because of the weather but it has turned out to be a good thing it wasn't, as it has rained nearly every day since. And been cold. Nobody has even been in the pool in a month.

my pool is hovering around 100*F, but that's because of the solar cover. not real refreshing when you're hot & sweaty from honey do's but i've only had to put water in it twice all summer, so no $900 utility bills from the city either.

makes a nice, albeit nonbubbly hot tub late at night though..... %-)

re: #233 redc1c4

my pool is hovering around 100*F, but that's because of the solar cover. not real refreshing when you're hot & sweaty from honey do's but i've only had to put water in it twice all summer, so no $900 utility bills from the city either.

makes a nice, albeit nonbubbly hot tub late at night though..... %-)

Ours is hovering around 45 or so. Too refreshing. No big water bills for it because of all the rain, but I have had to repair it twice because of storm damage. Luckily it is an above ground.

re: #234 galloping granny

My tomatoes are doing their very best to die right before my very eyes! My peppers too!

I'm sure the rain is a factor, but I also suspect a fungus +/or a virus; the foliage has withered and /or turned yellow.

Krap! *@!^#?!

Well I'm heading to bed now. It's great to be back online. :) Hope everyone has a great day, talk to y'all later.

re: #235 Temujin

Sounds like the same stuff we had here... brown tomato vines, but the peppers are okay...

/never did find out whazzit

re: #237 Karridine

Kreeping Krud.

re: #238 Temujin

Yup. That's the scientific name, Tem, Kruddus creepilae

Uh...we are carbon-based lifeforms created through a nigh-miraculous mixing and melding of various hydrocarbons and other chemicals through which our genetically and chemically simpler ancestors were spawned?

/SCIENCE.

//good afternoon...

re: #239 Karridine

Sigh. Another year of styrofoam supermarket tomaters.

I can't stand it ....

re: #240 laZardo

laZardo: evolution's a magnificent thing, but right now, I don't care if my fellow life-forms evolve; I won't be around long enough for it to do me any good!

I'd settle for some robust adaptation, if it's all the same to ... whatever ...

re: #242 Temujin

The greatest misconception about "survival of the fittest" is that it's the most adaptable that survive, not the physically strongest. q:

re: #232 galloping granny

Any of you read the flap over at Michelle's about Obama exploiting the Blue Star flag and military wives? That is going to cause some fall out I think.

[Link: michellemalkin.com...]

that's gonna leave a mark, at least in the MIL demographic.

had some scrawny fu*k come to my door a few years back over the Blue Star in my window. he was out jogging from one of the local hotels. i was home with an infection instead of visiting a friend for the weekend like we'd planned. doorbell went off, i said "wtf, are we expecting anyone?" 2H6 said "no" so i opened up.

we fly the Flag, & the POW/MIA daily, and the star is in the front window 24/7.

he wanted to know what it was, so i tild him it was from WW2, and to me, represented all my friends and extendd family on active duty.

he mentioned that his nephew as a Marine, and i told him to thank him for me. then he went down moonbat road to bushville. after about 30 seconds, since i was running a fever and was less cordial than usual, i interrupted by asking him if he could see the asphalt over his shoulder. (the street).

he seemed confused, but eventually said yes. i simply told him "hit it."
he said "what" (still confused) and i said "hit it" again.

he just looked at me, so i told him in MILSPEC language that if he didn't get off my AO or that if he ever came back to it, that life would be Hobsian in nature for him.

/he never did %-)

re: #234 galloping granny

Ours is hovering around 45 or so. Too refreshing. No big water bills for it because of all the rain, but I have had to repair it twice because of storm damage. Luckily it is an above ground.

pool above ground? i've never understood that.....

/SoCal %-)

The Enlightenment Project is dying. Shouting its values louder won't stop it.

re: #243 laZardo

Depending on the context, "most adaptable" could easily be replaced in that statement by "sneakiest" ...

/see cowbirds, and others ...

re: #247 Temujin

Like I said, it's not just strength. >_>

re: #247 Temujin

Depending on the context, "most adaptable" could easily be replaced in that statement by "sneakiest" ...

/see cowbirds, and others ...

sneaky *is* adaptable......

they change the rules, you figure a way around.

i was so good at scrounging with one unit that they put me in supply so things would quit disappearing. they did, at least from *my* company.

/survival %-)

re: #248 laZardo

Are you familiar with the Emperor Butterfly?

re: #250 Temujin

I'm more familiar with The Monarch.

re: #250 Temujin

Not really...but I'll look it up. >_>

Begging the lizardoids' indulgence, a personal note for talk radio:

Hi, Charley Jones! The Lubbock caller and I are one and the same.

re: #253 shiplord kirel

Begging the lizardoids' indulgence, a personal note for talk radio:

Hi, Charley Jones! The Lubbock caller and I are one and the same.

people actually listen to talk radio?

/shut up & play some music! %-)