Public Service Announcement Redux
Seems we have a spate of first time commenters, which is a good thing. Welcome to TAH. Please view the TAH FNG tab at the top of the page for some valuable insight on what we are about, and what you can expect here. Like every other site in the blogosphere, there are a few quirks one needs to be aware of, that are not specifically mentioned. I posted this PSA some time ago; with the influx of new folks and to maintain what’s left of my sanity, it’s time to post again.
For all the FNGs and first time commentators, once again I had to edit a pending comment by removing specific information, known in the military as Personally Identifiable Information, or PII. Please, for your own protection, do not use your real name when commenting here. There are people who wish us ill, and a full name can easily be included in a frivolous lawsuit, or worse. It has happened. While these lawsuits ultimately are dismissed, it’s time consuming and expensive. Protect yourself, I can’t be watching all the time.
Exceptions are Dave and Steve, but these guys are bullet proof and have lawyers on tap. Don’t open yourself up to legal action, doxxing, stalking and the like by making your identification easy for the other side to use.
The internet is forever,
AW1Ed out.
I will edit real names as I come across them, and annotate the comment with “Edited to protect PII. AW1” I will also assign a new name. This may very well stick and become your new board persona, so I hope you like it. Actually, in the finer traditions of Naval Aviation, your like or dislike is immaterial. I have been fairly gentle with names thus far- this will change. In order to protect yourself and avoid an embarrassing board nickname, please heed this PSA.
Thank you.
Category: Administrative, Reality Check
Cherries, protect your slice of the apple PII !!!
AW1Ed’s projecting/deflecting..
His real name is Maverick…
(Runs toward Gun Bunny’s artillery piece for cover..)
gabn
😉😎
SMOKE POPPED!!!!! FIRE MISSION! FIRE MISSION!! FIRE MISSION!!!! GUNNERS POST! Be Aware of a low flying upside down goose, he may drop some ice, man. 0 degrees deflection angle, load flechette rounds. Watch for squids in the wire. Put another round across ‘er bows lads, she turning into the wind. A Battery, bracket the target, Fire at Will. Draw rations of BBQ Goat. Thursday are for eating.
“…your like or dislike is…” As a furtherance to this PSA, it must be noted that you DO have a right to file a complaint to TAHWWHQs. This department’s Chief is Hellan Waite. You can go to Hellan Waite for disapproval of your complaint. After a, due to the Chinesecommunist Originated Virus Infecting Disease, 365 day period, you have the right to apply for further disapproval of your complaint. And, ‘lest we forget…Have a TAH Day.
He feels the need… the need for speed!
Speed in editing comments with PII, anyway.
A TAH Editor requires a flame-proof leather hide and a good sense of humor. A TAH Admin needs that, and iron self control.
This is an excellent example why.
*grin*
Mules Love Messin’ With Goats…🐎🐐
Thumbs Up to LC, KoB and our AW1Ed for their comments…They Nailed It!
Where’s Mick?
gabn
😉😎👿
►Be careful of this sort of thing too. I was originally going to post the following but realized my linked photos went to a Google account with my real name on it. Be careful of that, too. (It has since been fixed.)
I also go by Mongrel 6 – my Iraq call sign. I had 0311s, 0341s and 0351s in my platoon and I was a 5711 turned 0811 turned 0602 playing the part of a 0302. Mongrel seemed appropriate. Art inspired by the callsign:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/vXcSBHQhrfMpdX2Y6
Crap I’ve been using my real name this whole time
BHWHAHAHAHA !!!!!
To be fair, most people would probably find the list before anything else relevant.
He ain’t shitting.
*PTUI*
What’s being said is true a few years back
I had the unfortunate opportunity of just missing
A stocker who’s boss / employer flew a plane in the ground
A year or so after the incident, all thanks to me posting a link
That went to a personal social media page
But thanks to a bat shit crazy neighbor
The idiot was taken care of
But be aware of what links you post
OPSEC, so many antqueefa and bowel movements matters cunts, you cant swing a dead cat without hitting a Korean..lolololol..thanks to Maj F Burns for that little tidbit of love…
Thank you AW1Ed. Very timely and informative.
I am going to post a case in a few minutes that highlights some of the challenges we face in the age of COVID-19.
Glad to, sb. Don’t need any harm to befall the FNGs.
We’re all patiently waiting for the FOIA log jam to break.
It will be epic…
Off Topic. Here is an interesting article on Obama from American Thinker. I was watching JEF doing a campaign gig yesterday in Philly, and it was so low energy – Biden or Jeb Bush could have done better. The crowd was very small & eerily disengaged.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/10/barack_obama_how_the_mighty_are_fallen.html
I was afraid to ask Ed what PII stood for then I thought that maybe it was something like PII=MC squared times series six newton ring times the ratio of a 57 Chevy muffler bearing or some sort of some other mathmatical equation. BZ Ed for getting me squared away on what the actual meaning of PII is. Hmm, maybe I should try and work out the equation on my Keuffel & Esser 10 inch slide rule. Have to see if I have enough talcum powder for the job.
“Keuffel & Esser 10 inch slide rule”
Still have mine in a hard leather case.
Even in 1984 I had to explain it to fellow
engineers at my job. “Slppin and slidin”
Tried to explain how to use my circular to my mathematical daughter. She caught on quickly – made me proud.
That is information that should never have been allowed to fall off the syllabus.
I inherited one from an uncle who was a masterful journeyman machinist who worked in the physics department of a university.
I’m no machinist. It’s specialized. My profession would have had one, but they weren’t teaching it in those professional colleges when I was at one. I was 11 or so years older than everyone else.
I can’t find one that would’ve been used for that. I always wished I had, and would’ve learned how to use it; if for no other reason to pass it on to someone half my age as a tool, not a curio.
Learned in high school, next year they eliminated the requirement.
I’d heard that engineers used “Work out the equation on my Keuffel & Esser slide rule” as a euphemism for doing the “Toobin.”
I’m just glad I got to choose my own stupid name.
It wasn’t my FIRST choice but it limits my PII to my MOS.
Never did the FB thing. Never tweeted. Hell I never owned a
cellphone let alone texted anyone. Would not know how.
Signal guy….go figure.
Sometimes one uses a pseudonym and disappears.
Except one’s IP address doesn’t actually disappear, despite the pseudonym.
*grin*
Sheepishly raises hand. Figure I’m the reason AW1Ed has to retread the FAQ.
Since AW1Ed gave me a temporary nic, I shall put up a few nics that I’ve been called IRL and let the commentariat pick their favorite.
#1…RJ when I was serving because I was a two pack a day smoker. Short for RJ Reynolds.
#2…Smoke Daddy by my landscaping crew
#3…Wolf by a construction crew I worked with, I guess because with my long hair and beard, I looked like a curly wolf.
If it helps, I was in the junior branch of military service.
No harm no foul, Mike Gunns. You’re just one of several, and now y’all know why.
I had google autofill a few posts here last year before I figured out how to disable it.
Big thanks to Dave for fixing it right quick!
I’ve gone by Sarge since 2005 or so
Some call name suggestions……
Hey, it’s pilots.
lolol