ALWAYS Diamond Dave. His WTF interview from a few months back was quite entertaining.
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Until everything is less insane, I'm mixing weed with wine.
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Ditto. And I think that ATBL is their best tune. Saw them with DLR 39 years ago. Damn I am old.
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Wait...
He picked up a girl at her parents' house while blasting that song?
Kid's either awesome or a guy no one's daughter should be close to.
He picked up a girl at her parents' house while blasting that song?
Kid's either awesome or a guy no one's daughter should be close to.
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This was mainly my gist. It wasn’t one of my kids at least.
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My father-in-law has been visiting for a few days. I knew this would subject us to early-bird dining hours and thought it was odd we left to get dinner Saturday at 4:30, but just being told dinner would be about 4:30 today was a bit much. I was figuring on an early dinner in part because I have to leave for a Genius Bar appointment at about 5:45, but 4:30 is fucked up. Go eat a fucking fruit cup so we can eat at a semi-normal time.
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Something something Seinfeld joke...DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:59 pm My father-in-law has been visiting for a few days. I knew this would subject us to early-bird dining hours and thought it was odd we left to get dinner Saturday at 4:30, but just being told dinner would be about 4:30 today was a bit much. I was figuring on an early dinner in part because I have to leave for a Genius Bar appointment at about 5:45, but 4:30 is fucked up. Go eat a fucking fruit cup so we can eat at a semi-normal time.
Awhile back in New Mexico, I accompanied my parents to Olive Garden at 4:30. I was shocked at how busy it was. Because, old people.
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They're not kicking him out. They don't have the votes.sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:04 pmSomething something Seinfeld joke...DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:59 pm My father-in-law has been visiting for a few days. I knew this would subject us to early-bird dining hours and thought it was odd we left to get dinner Saturday at 4:30, but just being told dinner would be about 4:30 today was a bit much. I was figuring on an early dinner in part because I have to leave for a Genius Bar appointment at about 5:45, but 4:30 is fucked up. Go eat a fucking fruit cup so we can eat at a semi-normal time.
Awhile back in New Mexico, I accompanied my parents to Olive Garden at 4:30. I was shocked at how busy it was. Because, old people.
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To be fair, it doesn't sound like his father-in-law did anything worthy of being removed from Olive Garden irregardless of the time of day.
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.....and my former group commander from Germany was into kiddie porn.
Holy fuck. I really liked this dude too. Always asking you about your family and generally being a kind hearted person. Spoke 5 languages and always upbeat. Jeeezzzussss. What a fucking shock.
Holy fuck. I really liked this dude too. Always asking you about your family and generally being a kind hearted person. Spoke 5 languages and always upbeat. Jeeezzzussss. What a fucking shock.
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Jesus. What a creep.Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:43 pm .....and my former group commander from Germany was into kiddie porn.
Holy fuck. I really liked this dude too. Always asking you about your family and generally being a kind hearted person. Spoke 5 languages and always upbeat. Jeeezzzussss. What a fucking shock.
Totally Kafkaesque
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And two years ago my coworker who sat next to me in this same unit was also arrested for child porn. Looks like he got 7 years in prison.Shirley wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:21 amJesus. What a creep.Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:43 pm .....and my former group commander from Germany was into kiddie porn.
Holy fuck. I really liked this dude too. Always asking you about your family and generally being a kind hearted person. Spoke 5 languages and always upbeat. Jeeezzzussss. What a fucking shock.
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EnochRoot wrote:I mean, whatever. Johnnie's all hot cuz I ride him.
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Law & Order: SeinfeldEnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:51 pmThey're not kicking him out. They don't have the votes.sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:04 pmSomething something Seinfeld joke...DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:59 pm My father-in-law has been visiting for a few days. I knew this would subject us to early-bird dining hours and thought it was odd we left to get dinner Saturday at 4:30, but just being told dinner would be about 4:30 today was a bit much. I was figuring on an early dinner in part because I have to leave for a Genius Bar appointment at about 5:45, but 4:30 is fucked up. Go eat a fucking fruit cup so we can eat at a semi-normal time.
Awhile back in New Mexico, I accompanied my parents to Olive Garden at 4:30. I was shocked at how busy it was. Because, old people.
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Is it contagious?Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:27 amAnd two years ago my coworker who sat next to me in this same unit was also arrested for child porn. Looks like he got 7 years in prison.Shirley wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:21 amJesus. What a creep.Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:43 pm .....and my former group commander from Germany was into kiddie porn.
Holy fuck. I really liked this dude too. Always asking you about your family and generally being a kind hearted person. Spoke 5 languages and always upbeat. Jeeezzzussss. What a fucking shock.
(If you were in another branch, I would have wedged "airborne" in there.)
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Dude, they were both airborne! I was in a Contingency Response unit. The mission of that organization was to jump into an area, secure the airfield, and establish bare base ops.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:40 amIs it contagious?Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:27 amAnd two years ago my coworker who sat next to me in this same unit was also arrested for child porn. Looks like he got 7 years in prison.Shirley wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 8:21 amJesus. What a creep.Johnnie wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:43 pm .....and my former group commander from Germany was into kiddie porn.
Holy fuck. I really liked this dude too. Always asking you about your family and generally being a kind hearted person. Spoke 5 languages and always upbeat. Jeeezzzussss. What a fucking shock.
(If you were in another branch, I would have wedged "airborne" in there.)
Here's a story about one of them and his brother jumping https://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Featur ... irst-time/
Honestly surprised this photo gallery is still up: https://www.ramstein.af.mil/News/Photos ... ch/Angell/
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I thought Johnnie was in the Air Force as one of the tuskeegee airmen.
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It took me a while to figure out why the hell I was reading such a dark tale about a man who snapped, but alas...Condo Association.Giff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:39 amLaw & Order: SeinfeldEnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:51 pmThey're not kicking him out. They don't have the votes.sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:04 pmSomething something Seinfeld joke...DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:59 pm My father-in-law has been visiting for a few days. I knew this would subject us to early-bird dining hours and thought it was odd we left to get dinner Saturday at 4:30, but just being told dinner would be about 4:30 today was a bit much. I was figuring on an early dinner in part because I have to leave for a Genius Bar appointment at about 5:45, but 4:30 is fucked up. Go eat a fucking fruit cup so we can eat at a semi-normal time.
Awhile back in New Mexico, I accompanied my parents to Olive Garden at 4:30. I was shocked at how busy it was. Because, old people.
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May want to reconsider his motivation for asking about people's families.
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Well yeah. Now.The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 16, 2019 9:30 pmMay want to reconsider his motivation for asking about people's families.
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The on-going back and forth between Enoch and Delaware over Gary Sanchez is one of the reasons I get out of bed in the morning.
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My commander signed my extension that takes me to retirement eligibility. So, a huge pile of anxiety that I had gained from my failed deployment just evaporated.
(To refresh: I got sent home early from my deployment last summer under extremely stressful and frustrating circumstances. My punishment was paperwork, a sort of 'probationary' thing called an ' unfavorable information file', a very bad performance report, and the inability to promote.)
So, now it's end game planning time. I'll be retiring in the summer of 2021. The location will be Tucson. My gf (who I'll pop the question to relatively soon) currently works for Raytheon here in ABQ. We have friends in Tucson and the main Raytheon hub is there. Simultaneously, I'll be attempting to get orders back to Tucson in a few months and go from there. Maybe accelerate the move to sooner rather than later if Big Air Force says yes. (Ideally, I would've liked to go back to Korea and then follow on to there, but that cannot be guaranteed because the Air Force can't make promises.)
So now I get to figure out what I'm gunna do. 'College' is the answer. Looking at master's degrees, MIT has one that's blended, so I can do some online and some in residence. I figure I'll try that and go from there. (Note: the Post 9/11 is a wonderful thing. I'll get paid money per month and attend college for free. No college debt for this guy.) Then? I'll get a job that's not on base. Probably Raytheon, honestly.
(To refresh: I got sent home early from my deployment last summer under extremely stressful and frustrating circumstances. My punishment was paperwork, a sort of 'probationary' thing called an ' unfavorable information file', a very bad performance report, and the inability to promote.)
So, now it's end game planning time. I'll be retiring in the summer of 2021. The location will be Tucson. My gf (who I'll pop the question to relatively soon) currently works for Raytheon here in ABQ. We have friends in Tucson and the main Raytheon hub is there. Simultaneously, I'll be attempting to get orders back to Tucson in a few months and go from there. Maybe accelerate the move to sooner rather than later if Big Air Force says yes. (Ideally, I would've liked to go back to Korea and then follow on to there, but that cannot be guaranteed because the Air Force can't make promises.)
So now I get to figure out what I'm gunna do. 'College' is the answer. Looking at master's degrees, MIT has one that's blended, so I can do some online and some in residence. I figure I'll try that and go from there. (Note: the Post 9/11 is a wonderful thing. I'll get paid money per month and attend college for free. No college debt for this guy.) Then? I'll get a job that's not on base. Probably Raytheon, honestly.
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Congrats, Johnnie. A degree from MIT you would be a golden ticket for you.
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Good work John!
FYI my sister's company does a lot of logistics stuff and is based in Wakefiled though a lot of jobs are remote Odyssey Systems
FYI my sister's company does a lot of logistics stuff and is based in Wakefiled though a lot of jobs are remote Odyssey Systems
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I'm watching a random halftime show (NFL '84 on NBC) video and after Costas runs through all the scores, he throws it to Pete Axthelm for a horse racing update. FROM EUROPE.
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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OK now here's one where they stop in the middle to do a special report on the Guyana murders (a week before the mass suicide) and when they come back, it's the Joe Pisarcik play!
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Good lord, Jayne Kennedy was the worst.
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I've come to the conclusion that it's impossible to look good in the "light blue button-down shirt and khakis" outfit. Just too ingrained with the suburban dad stereotype. Like, I don't think the 1965 version of Sean Connery could have pulled that off.
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It can only work if you're trim and the cut of both the shirt and the pants are slim. But generally, yes.
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Well then you're pretty much into "Mila Kunis would look good with a piece of shit on her head" territory, aren't you?
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Wouldn't she?
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It's called "the Armenian haircut"
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Or Ukraine or whatever
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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Yes, and someone in very good shape wearing well-tailored clothes will always look good. It doesn't speak to the outfit J-Cars was deriding.
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Maybe it's because I'm typically a band t-shirt/jeans or shorts type guy, but whenever I wear an outfit (don't call it that!) like the one described, the wife really enjoys it.
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Same. I also have the benefit of not giving a shit what anyone else thinks I look like.
ETA: Not a dig at Carwash or a veiled dig at any of you. Just stating facts. I'm 46 years old and at this point I just wear what's comfortable for the most part. Anyone who wants to judge me can eat a dick*.
* Exceptions for work/professional attire, obvs.
ETA: Not a dig at Carwash or a veiled dig at any of you. Just stating facts. I'm 46 years old and at this point I just wear what's comfortable for the most part. Anyone who wants to judge me can eat a dick*.
* Exceptions for work/professional attire, obvs.
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I am blessed to be able to work in sweatpants and t-shirts.brian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 23, 2019 12:24 pm Same. I also have the benefit of not giving a shit what anyone else thinks I look like.
ETA: Not a dig at Carwash or a veiled dig at any of you. Just stating facts. I'm 46 years old and at this point I just wear what's comfortable for the most part. Anyone who wants to judge me can eat a dick*.
* Exceptions for work/professional attire, obvs.
And the hub of my social life seems to be in the park with other dog owners. 55 years old and own one suit. A blessing to be counted.
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I am reminded of being in the wedding party for a friend's wedding. My wife made a compliment about my tuxedoed appearance and all I could say is, "It's not me, it's the tux. I'm just a head and hands."
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.DSafe's Wife wrote:And that's all you'll need to get the job done
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Saw that rogan had Snowden on for three hours. Who the fuck has three hours to listen to that shit? I don’t care how profound that’s too long.Johnnie wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:52 amWe're 2 days out. Can't wait.Johnnie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:35 pm Joe Rogan had that Bob Lazar dude on his podcast with the documentary about Area 51 and then some other dude who looks exactly like you think he would made some group to Naruto run the site.
Anyone with half a brain would see that it was a joke, but yeah, there are enough people in this country who are serious about it.
I'm ready for the shit to happen. And so is the Air Force, apparently.
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