TAH News and open thread
Well, I became a full time blogger about two hours ago when I turned in my equipment to the boss. I’m officially retired. Again. The last time I retired, I spent a year as a full time student with a full time and a part time job and three teenagers. This time, I don’t see that happening, none of it. So this means that I have time to call phonies and the public affairs offices about military stuff that offends me.
I can actually read the documents that Manning and Snowden released now. I don’t have to worry about someone complaining and getting my TS clearance pulled.
I’ll be doing my own FOIAs for a change. My former employer was the National Archives and Records Administration, so I never filed FOIAs so no one could accuse me of using my employment to get their records. Hondo and Mary did all of that for us – and I left a paper trail to prove that I didn’t file the FOIAs. But now I’m unencumbered. You can report me to my employer all you want – it’s me.
In celebration, my code monkey hippie chick is designing a new blog for us, one that doesn’t look pink in your browser. We expect to roll out the new look on March 1st. Expect some of our enemies to claim that they’ve taken down the blog again.
Sparks said that he needed an open thread, so consider this to be that. I’m going out on the deck at the TAH corporate resort to smoke a fat cigar and washing it down with a little rum seein’s how the temperature is above freezing for a change. Enjoy.
Category: Administrative
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Congratulations! And it looks more like salmon instead of pink….
Let me be the third dickweed to congrats the daddy of all dickweeds!
Congo rats on your latest retirement.
And, it looks kinda flesh tone to me. But, what do I know? I’m not gay so ain’t got that kind of eye required for fine color calling.
And my split personality would like t register a hearty KMRIA to you and this too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzta3A27dn8
Congrats, Jonn. Enjoy the 2nd retirement.
There are now a few things I can post that I previously couldn’t. Check back Sun AM for the first of them.
Thank God you are updating this place … it reminds me of the early 80’s!
Congrats, Jonn…
@MCPO:
Yeah. It does have that hi-lo shag carpet feel to it, dont it.
Enjoy retirement. And I’m looking forward to see all the new phonies you’ll be putting so much time into busting 🙂
Jonn,
Congratulations on your retirement! Also, thank you for your service to our country. I hope you enjoy every moment of your time now. I look forward to the new blog look. Thank you for all the time and work you have put into making and keeping This Ain’t Hell up and running. I have enjoyed my time here with my brothers and sisters more than I can say.
God Speed for your new career and enjoy the Rum.
G-d bless and congratulations!
Happy retirement! I wish I could say your retirement would be relaxing, but it doesn’t look like the dumbasses are slowing down any…
I would say Congratulations are in order.
Dickiestweed? Dickweediest? Dickiestweediest? I’m just not sure about the superlative of dickweed. Thankfully, weediest dick clearly is wrong. In any event, I fear for those that time will now permit you to place the crosshairs on. They know not what they do, but it will be spelled out for each in appropriate colors, I am sure. Congratulations if you are happy to put another chapter behind you. I’m sure the choice was tough: ‘Hmmm. Do I want to respond to that asshole’s memo and attend that training next week or get the hell out and smoke a cigar dipped in rum?’
Oh, and Sparks. Nice open thread here. And who is going to be the first lunkhead to change the thread topic from Jonn’s retirement to something else? (Or did I just do that?)
Congrats Jonn!
Looking forward to the NEW TAH! 🙂
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“Dickweedasaurus?”
LOL!
Congrats, Jonn. I’ve retired 3 times now, I think I got it right this last time.
As for the new blog, I hope that it includes a “like” button for those posts that really deserve it.
And, the temp got all the way up to 21 degrees today. The snow is supposed to hold off until tomorrow morning, then 3-5 inches. And then, Tuesday another 4-8 inches. Global warming my ass!!
@ 9 Grimmy … Look and unfortunately smell too.
There are two in particular we need to clean up here to reduce the smell:
Banks and Bernath … The Reaper Cometh Sooneth!
Congrats, Jonn! FTR, I’m not seeing any pink at all. I see sand and light blue colors. They’re very… soothing. And by “soothing,” I mean metrosexual! *ducks and runs*
This is what I get for going to the grocery store. I never get the news firsthand.
Pink? It looks khaki to me.
Hey, you’re right: dubbass whipitnflogit and psul the uncool pustule won’t be able to find the place any more. Neither will that dingaling whatsitsname — oh, I can’t remember, so who cares?
Congratulations and salutations on finally retiring for good this time, and may you have many, many happy hands-on days excoriating the flatulant fakes. I’d send flowers, but they’ll wilt before they get to you.
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Jonn, congrats!
Can I have your former position with the NPRC? 😉
Actually, I tried to get a TAHian a job at my office, but it fell through. It was Lucky.
Firstly Congrats!
Secondly it’s not pink or salmon on my end. It actually matches my daily wear of sand colored t-shirts.
Congratulations, Jonn, and thank you for your multiple tours of service to the Nation.
I’d say your rest has been well earned, but I just don’t see much rest on your dance card … But a whole lot of comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortably guilty.
Oops, I meant NARA not NPRC. For the longest time, I’ve attempted trying to get my foot into the Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI. I feel like all those library and museum-based degrees, gained post-service were for nil.
Anyway, from my point-of-view, the TAH website colors have always been Infantry Blue and khaki brown (tan) on my computer browsers.
Could we please have a special comment box for vietnam war protestor? All black so we can’t see what the hell he types.
Can we have a section where we can post photos of really hot US Military females in uniform or the lack of uniforms for that matter?
@20, MCPO NYC USN Ret.:
You mean like this?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-01-31/third-banker-former-fed-member-found-dead-inside-week
*Third Banker, Former Fed Member, “Found Dead” Inside A Week*
Congrats, and I’ll be joining you in spirit, back deck and stogie-wise. My libation will hail from Kentucky, however.
Cheers!
Congrats!
John can you spend all available time trying to coerce a apology from William Derek Church and the dillweed “MAJOr” from BootCampLa.com?
That would be great!
Congratulations Jonn!!
I’m officially jealous… I figure I’ll probably keel over in the middle of “Welcome to Wal…..urgh!!! Retirement has come in inconvenient chunks aka “unemployment”. On the other hand…. it’s 72 outside.
Grimmy – your 30 is really inconveniently timed after MCPO’s #29! Besides, with PH2 and Valkyrie’s pics posted – who needs porn?
Best wishes, congratulations, and have fun, Jonn! Mostly, just enjoy it all.
In spam news, we had 1.1 million spam comments this month. I wish they’d start clicking the ads.
Congrats on being unemployed (by choice)!! I’d say you more than earned some enjoyment and time off. Thanks for everything you have done and will continue doing. I’ve learned a lot thanks to this blog! You’re a great man Jonn, I wish you many late mornings of sleeping in and many late nights of rum!
Jonn’s deck is (unless the view has been changed by the need for fire wood) a bucolic place. His enviable energy will be doubly renewed.
And since Jonn and those who know where 73 Easting is let me participate in THEIR Welcome HOME:
NHSparky – I read this and couldn’t stop laughing and of course thought of you and others here. Have a look at it if you get a chance.
http://www.cracked.com/article_20871_6-things-movies-dont-show-you-about-life-submarine.html
Welcome to the world of the retired, Jonn.
Be prepared to be busy as hell. In my younger years I pictured retirement as just wasting away in a recliner or rocker. Was I ever wrong. I am busier now than when I was putting in 50 or 60 hours a week. But, the bright side is that you can schedule yourself instead of meeting someone else’s schedule.
I am pleased that I followed that “Crotchety Old Bastard” over here a few years ago.
Drive on, we have multiple objectives.
I’m so glad you’re retired! And I’m especially glad the blog will no longer appear pink. It’s been annoying me since way back.
since it’s open thread:
Hello all you fine people I haven’t talked to in God knows when. I’ve been actively trying to raise my kids and get the dawdlers to move the hell out. (you’d think full on bitch mode would work, but alas… they love me) (after 4 kids enlisted I think they figured out my evil plan)
Hope you’re all well.
To our fearless leader, Jonn…congrats, you have earned it (again).
To all those who steal valor…the sheriff is in the house…your asses are to be BBQed in molasses.
You cannot see it but I am doing a Happy Dance for you.
Believe me; you are better off not seeing it.
Jonn. Send Ex-Hack my email signature.
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Now that you are retired and will have plenty of time on your hands because as evidenced here you don’t do much at all in your spare time, let’s plan a TAH convention.
Congrats on retirement. Be well, and enjoy it. Veterans like you know that life is too short. Enjoy yourself, be well and keep the posts coming.
Andy Kravetz, reporter
Peoria (Ill.) Journal Star
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Andy is a lurker!
Yo Andy … What up?