Weekend Open Thread
Ex-PH2 sends us this picture as storm clouds gather to hammer the northeast of the country this weekend. So, batten down your hatches, or run to catch a flight for Florida. The forecast for Miami is 82 degrees on Saturday and Sunday with a low of 72 degrees. On the other hand, Oswego, NY is expecting snow and the high for the weekend is supposed to be 33 with a low of 23 degrees – not that there’s much difference.
I’ll be right here, though, where it’s expected to remain above freezing. So here’s your weekend open thread – the siren song of Sparks.
Category: Open thread
OOHH, FIRST!!!
Dammit, Proud!
😉
Heheheheheh…
Just a cold rainy weekend is forecast here in SoMD. A good pot of black beans and rice will help.
I had home made black bean and ham soup with dinner this evening. It must be a Maryland thing.
Mid-20’s tomorrow, but 50 Sunday.
Gotta turn that 4-6 inches of snow we’re supposed to get into slush–then ice. Yay!
It’s -10 here right now. My dog who loves to run around outside now goes to the bathroom faster than cheap booze goes through Wikre before he is back at the door ready to come back inside.
Overnight here -10. Todays high +6. Overnight forecast -7. Tomorrow +9. Seven to eight inches of partly cloudy still on the ground from Christmas Day. But getting better now that daylight is lengthened by 10 seconds on each end.
Nasty car crash you guys had today.
You referring to the one on I-93 up in Ashland? Yeah, that was nasty. That whole stretch can get pretty hairy sometimes, and NOBODY knows the words “slow down” it seems.
Supposed to get 2-6″ of snow here tonight. Low is going to be 16
Time for Pina Coladas and sunscreen.
-12 here a few nights ago.
NHSparky:
Yeah, keep safe, neighbor! Here’s what the NWS is posting for my area.
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…WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON…
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES…ALONG
WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.
* TIMING…SNOW IS FORECAST TO QUICKLY OVERSPREAD MAINE SATURDAY
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY MORNING…
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE FREEZING AND ANY REMAINING
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO RAIN.
* IMPACTS…THE COMBINATION OF SNOW…SLEET…AND FREEZING RAIN
WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION…WET
SNOW AND GLAZE FROM FREEZING RAIN COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES.
* WINDS…EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE LOWER 20S.
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As long as the power stays on, we’ll be fine. No need to go out for a couple days. Just stay inside and watch football, catch up on some housework, etc.
Best of luck to everyone.
Stolen Valor may be a victimless crime but it have some relationship to illegal weapons modifications. Here is the low-down on some of Adam Appel’s trickfuckery in Anchorage, Alaska
https://adamappelfraud.wordpress.com/2015/01/02/adam-appel-alleged-illegal-weapons-possession-and-possible-evidence-of-transport/
Though Adam says that he used his mom’s money to build a retirement, you can also read about the luxury vehicles, weapons, and land that he purchased.
This is a guy whose primary businesses are renting bouncy houses for kids’ parties and hosting home daycare. Scary.
Holden
I am so looking forward to Spring and the return of DC’s heat and humidity. The draft from the blowhards on Capitol Hill are like an offshore breeze in FL…actually that’s a lie. More like toxic fumes from a Burn Pit.
Out of all the POSers and embellishers outed so far and all those that WILL be outed here on TAH in 2015, I wonder if we’ll see one even come close to that old fungus-faced booger-eating plane-crashing cockroach of a catheter aficionado and sueaholic that won the 2014 SV Tourney?
Personally, I’d be willing to bet that Bernasty will double down on his stupid and try to outdo himself this year too.
He’s just stupid enough to think he can get away with it.
Rustle, rustle, bitch.
For some damn reason or another, I don’t doubt you even a tiny bit, I tell you it’s just a hunch right now!!!
Since he won, is he disqualified from the 2015 tourney or can he re enter as defending champion?
If he engages in new asshattery I’d think he’d be eligible, but as a matter of rules interpretation I will of course defer to Jonn and TSO.
Bernath works balls.
He is the Jimmy Stewart of posers, every year s contender for the top prize. Except Jimmy Stewart never ran out of aviation fuel.
Yeah, Jimmy Stewart was a very capable pilot serving as a bomber pilot during WWII and continued serving in the Air Force Reserve until he retired as a Brigadier General. A true hero and patriot unlike our subject here.
Have you ever seen Jimmy Stewart on The Jack Benny Program? Another killer television show.
I am ‘looking up’ all of your Facebook pages. If i find anything that is inappropriate….I AM TELLING JONN !!!!.
I am also going to cc DOD any ‘on the spot’ corrections.
Some of you do not respect my authority and I have had enough. I am telling Dad.
So lemme guess, if she CC’s Obama on her next trolling, does that mean she’ll get a LOM or DSSM?
And of course, her gutless/spineless chain-of-command who she bypassed yet again will just drool and nod, for fear of a claim of discrimination.
Fuck I hate office politics.
That is inappropriate and offensive. I am going to start pacing around the house now.
We’re all from different branches so if she rats us out does she get a Joint Service Commendation Medal?
I dont know, I am still pacing, I cant even think. You are all so disrespectful.
Is this the part where you call us asshats?
In TAH land, that’s “Dickweeds”.
I believe that is the proper terminology.
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=39099
No…this is where he threatens Jonn and has his lawyer intervene
That’s “lawer” to you, mister.
See, this is what I get from the ultra right wing for trying to do the right thing.
At least my ‘right wing’ has a full fuel tank.
AAAWWW, don’t be a POOP STAIN!!!
Dave, kindly stuff it sideways and rotate on it.
Hey PH-2! I was gonna cook your red bean & rice recipe but don’t know what a chorizo sausage is? Asked the butcher at the Food Giant & he doesn’t know either. Don’t forget I’m in deep Arkansas. It kinda like boudain?
Chorizo is Mexican sausage, comes in mild and hot, beef or pork.
I have also used smoked sausage with something spicy like coarse cracked black pepper to add heat without resorting to jalapenos.
I haven’t had boudain or andouille, but if either of them is spicy, they might work.
Don’t… know.. what.. chorizo is?
What the hell? Were you raised by barbarians or something???
Thanks, PH! I think if I drive to Whole Foods in LR(25 mi) they’ll have it!
End Stank? Maybe I was? One does not question me for except I don’t know? Beetch
OK, Instinct, you are from the North & forgiven. I am from the south an would luv for u to show up w a chorizo! I’ll take u out & do some country sht, so ull know where I’m coming from?
I am still pacing. ASS HATS !!!
JONN!!! Dave Hardin is being a POOP STAIN!!!
NYEHnyehnyehnyehnyeahnyeh……
I did a screen capture of all this and cc’d Scotty. He is going to launch an investigation, maybe two or three. So there. You cant bully me with this anymore.
SPANK ME, COACH!!!
DOD has announced new training echelon for all SNCO’s. It’s called MOERK. Monitoring Online Ethics and Reporting Kickback. It is a rewards program designed to level the playing field for those SNCO’s that do not possess the leadership skills to advance on their own merits.
Its really hard to type while I am pacing…..
If I only had the opportunity to help the 1stSgt, I have skills that could help her
Harry Reid had an “accident” and looks like that guy that was arrested in W.VA. I’m trying to work up a give-a-shit.
Yeah, the story is that a piece of exercise equipment broke and he fell. I’m not buying it. There’s no video and no witnesses. He either was three sheets to the wind or just confused the stairway door for the bathroom door. Either way, this is where a decent person says, “Gosh, that’s awaful. I wish him well.” I don’t qualify. I hope he is in much pain, the rat bastard.
I have some “inside information” on Harry. Seems he’s a victim (again) of spousal abuse.
In other words…..his wife kicked his ass for being an asshole!!
Harry Reid? NAAAAH, my give-a-shitter is broken, so that old ratshit is SOL!!!
Who?
Harry what?
Hi folks….I usually don’t poke my face in Weekend Threads BUT…… with topicality….does Peachtree City Police Chief William McCollom who “accidentally” shot his wife TWICE (his firearm was in the bed and got caught up in the bedsheets/linens?)look like anyone we all know and love?
Anyone….
Anyone…..
Bueller?
BUELLER???
First one to answer gets a cookie because this is a softball.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/georgia-police-chiefs-wife-heard-moaning-911-call/story?id=27965504
/I certainly our lovable TAH LOSER doesn’t try to use this excuse in the future.
/I wonder if he’s a veteran?
The “Big Cheese” strikes again!!
NO, no,nonononononono…
Father of Big Cheese!
Congrats to our false CPO the 2014 tournament champion. You are indeed filth. To all other future filth keep trying/embellishing /lying and just do what you do best. We look forward to the next vote.
Hail to the King baby!
Note to incoming SMA: Reactivate FM 22-102 ASAP. Date and time of first session is at your discretion. Counseling required at the Orderly Room of C Co 741st MI Bn, Fort Meade, MD. Additional Instructions: Documentation (i.e. Hurt Feelings Reports,Hospital Admission Slips,etc.) is not required. Repeat sessions as needed until compliance is achieved. OUT.
2nd note to incoming SMA: Simply wanted to reiterate the top six fixes that soldiers want now: 1. Change the tattoo reg. 2. Dump overweight soldiers. 3. Up the standards for training. 4. Stop the drawdown. 5. Empower the NCOs. 6. Get rid of toxic leaders. This note will be left open ended as future fix requests will be forthcoming. OUT.
Can we bring back CCF?
Now that the ice is thick enough I have started clearing out the vegetation on the bank of the slough at the back of my property.
Twist, no snow on the ground in Winamac. Current temp +33. Chance of precip is Zero percent. 45% cloud cover.
That is what I have heard. My old friends from back there keep me updated.
Serious question here, we’re all about valor and awards and what have you so maybe you guys can offer some good advice,
I have my Grandfathers stuff from WWI ( Yep World War One, Dad was an “oops” baby)
Right now they’re in a standard picture frame that my wife put together a few years ago, but they’re not looking 100%. TO be honest they’re 100 years old and we’re afraid to touch them because they’re so fragile.
AMong the Items are his Purple Heart, WWI victory medal with St Mihiel and Muess/Argonne campaign bars, his 82’nd INFANTRY patch and 2 other medals which I think were awarded by the State of CT.
Any suggestions on a reliable/professional company that can remount these in a display case/shadowbox? Don’t get me wrong, my wife tried to do the best she could but all of his awards are hanging “off” and the campaign bars have slid off kilter.
I have a picture that I could email if anyone wants to see.
Thanks in advance
Oh, and we’re a little leery of trusting them to a craft “box” like Michaels craft shop, they’re nice people and all but this stuff is irreplaceable family history
I would safekeep them in an old-fashioned box, wrapped in tissue paper and acquire either repros or authentic seconds for mounting. That way, if something goes amiss, you won’t lose anything and you’ll always be able to say, “My actual items I have, tucked away.” Hey, any idea whether your grandfather served in the same company as Alvin York?
2/17 Cav,
Nope WIth everything else I also have a copy of the 328th regt. History in WWI, It’s a boring ass read but it lists everyone.
York was G company, My Grandfather was K company.
It’s not boring to you, I bet. Every name and every battle account conjures images. The 82nd was hard hit in the War to End All Wars. My grandfather was in the Rainbow Division, 165th Regiment Infantry (a/k/a The Fighting 69th.) He went in at 17 and, at some point, sucked gas, dying at 27 from its affects on his heart and lungs. I also had two distant Australian cousins who were KIA within 25 hours of one another about five weeks before the armistice. I have a 1919 letter to my grandmother referencing it and found a picture of one online through Australia’s marvelous archives. Those guys all had it rough, I’d say. very rough.
A local museum, particularly a local military museum, will have contact information for experts who specialize in restoring / protecting military items. Sometimes local antique shops will have contacts, also.
Don’t go to a crafts store. You need archival acid-free storage materials. But yes, find a museum that deals in archiving this kind of thing and ask them for help.
I’ll be perfectly honest, my wife can do that and show it all the proper respect it deserves.
She’s very careful and meticulous about it. She is a painter by trade and her website is http://www.jamilyneberhard.com – just send her an email and photos if you like.
Propsguy
I have delt with this.
There are several factors to take into account.
You are doing a mixed display, in that you have metallic and cloth that need to live together.
The problem is that any of the medals will over time eat away at the cloth, you can slow this process to a crawl but to be able to display and preserve them is a mixed bag of trick.
UV blocking glass is a must, it will slow down the bleaching from light that occurs in fabric.
Stabilizing the environment that they are in with the use of preservation muslin and a nitrogen charge to displace the air.
What I did was this,
I had the like items frames together then all of them were placed in an open shadow box. this allows for care and cleaning with out exposing the whole display.
I also had paper to deal with in the form of old photos, news print and documents and hand written letters. My choice was not to display these items as originals, they are far to fragile and will not stand up to anything other than flat storage. individual framing was far to expensive for the number of paper items I had.
I would contact a local cleaner about cleaning the patches and medals if need be, then contact a local reputable frame shop. They can help you
feel free to contact me.
Yep, agree with what everyone else has said. If you have local art store, they may also be a good starting point. Or a university art department. Ask them all, plus museums, perhaps you even have a state archivist. If you hear the same name or two over and over, you have found the “right” people.
Also agree that the originals should be carefully stored away from light in acid free paper/boxes.
We are lucky to have a local store which is capable of cleaning and restoration of old works. They are a treasure. They could even remove whatever mounting devices or materials your wife used for the current display. (Yeah, that also needs to be done if the originals are to be properly preserved.)
Gather ’round, my children, and let me tell you how the federal government/US military in particular makes decisions:
In the beginning was the plan.
And then came the assumptions.
And the assumptions were without form.
And the plan was without substance.
And darkness was upon the face of the workers.
And they spoke among themselves saying,
“It is a crock of shit and it stinketh.”
And the workers went unto their supervisors and said,
“It is a pale of dung and none may abide the odor thereof.”
And the supervisor went unto their managers and said,
“It is a container of excrement and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it.”
And the managers went unto their directors, saying,
“It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength.”
And the directors spoke among themselves, saying to one another,
“It contains that which aids plant growth and it is very strong.”
And the directors went unto the vice presidents, saying unto them,
“It promotes growth and is very powerful.”
And the vice presidents went unto the president, saying unto him,
“The new plan will promote the growth and vigor of the company, with powerful effects.”
And the president looked upon the plan and saw that it was good.
And the plan became policy.
This is how shit happens.
And all those who practice coprophagy rejoiced.
And then they were awarded an ARCOM
CLAW131…”coprophagy”. Who knew? I learn something new every day I read TAH. I did have to Google it in the dictionary but…now I know a new word. Thanks brother.
You’re welcome, Buddy. I also had to look it up when somebody else on here had first used it. So, get well soonest!!!
Well done, memorable and snarky enough for posterity.
You definitely have a future in this line of work.
ONe small thing, so do not take it in an unkindly way: pale is either a fence or boundary of some king, as in outside the pale; and pail is a container. I read your use of ‘pale’ as a boundary, as in the ‘pale that does contain the manure’, rather than a bucket.
Oh, it’s not my composition (should have cited, excuse my plagiarism: http://ogun.stanford.edu/~bnayfeh/plan.html).
But thank you kindly for the grammatical tip; I’d forgotten which was which.
Oh, then just acknowledge your source and/or references somehow.
For example, if you are using a play by Sophocles as a resource, then the following makes sense:
“I was thinking of the immortal words of Oedipus the King, who said, ‘I did WHAT with my mother?'”
That includes the title of the play itself and refers to the history of events that it describes.
Will do.
Or it could simply be a typo and should have been “pile.” Seems like that’s how it was published some years back.
That’s the way I read it,too. As a typo of pile,as in big,steaming,smelly,gooey,etc.,etc.,the adjectives could go on and on and on…. OK,Stop already!!!
That, too. And paraphrasing someone else’s output is quite permissible.
And a ‘pale’ (fence) would be the boundary for a ‘pile’ (large amount), right?
Benny Bell! And now for the B-side –
Oops- that was supposed to go with the “Shaving Cream” song below – but enjoy anyway!
Hey Bernitwit, congrats on making the Stolen Valour Tourney for 2014.
Mailahn 2015! Yes, We Can!
I’ve been told that you should NEVER hold your farts in. If you do, they travel up your spine and into your brain, and THAT’S where shitty ideas come from!!
OH YEAH? Look at Nanny Lugosi, “whoops -*BASH!*” Reid, Sheila jackson-Lee, Barbara boxer, Debbie Wasserman-Schulz, and Daniel A. Bernath, I bet none of them have EVER let a fart loose in their lives!!!
You should never get caught drunk in public with your pants down.
And while it does have me in stitches, I will refrain from posting the YouTube video of the guy doing just that.
Is that the video that involved front grille fornication with a pick-up truck? Way funny!!
Indeed, it is, and it has me laughing so loudly it startles the cat.
Here’s what ALL posers and embellishers need!!
Here’s something that could help you guys make sense out of the weather around the country and elsewhere… an interactive Earth global wind map showing wind movement around the world.
Air originating from the tropical areas are being cycled through the Caribbean as of this writing, and pushing over the lower part of the east coast.
💡 ➡
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/850hPa/orthographic=-97.21,37.21,481
But will it bring me some snow, or will I be deeply disappointed again?
I don’t know where you’re at, can’t answer that question. 😈
Well, I can honestly say that I am not in any of the following:
Titan, now orbiting Saturn
Europa, now orbiting Jupiter
Voyage I or II, presently leaving the Solar System for Deep Space
SOHO satellites I or II, orbiting the Sun
Florida, any part of it
Texas, any part of it
Sugarbush, Vermont
Tigard, Oregon
St. Louis, IL/MO
That leaves a lot of locations, doesn’t it?
I WILL say that I’m somewhere on Planet Earth. Can thebesig tell me if I’ll see any wintry weather?
Merritt Island, Fl.
Thirteen Bears laugh much at Him Who Tape Dogs. Him make self into human fire hydrant wit stupid deeds and Thirteen Bears certain that him smell like tree that coyotes piss all over!!
Hey, has anybody noticed that we now 8,814 followers on Facebook? COOL!
Fake aircraft pelot and not a CPO Bernath. How’s that award working out ya? Get a hair cut.
over
Back to the weather, here in Green Bay 20F with 5″ snow predicted and lows by wednesday night to -11F. I have my son out filling the wood box for the stove right now. So I’m going to have a nice cold beer and then make a fire. That fire will stay burning now till it gets above freezing. Maybe March. I’ve been recovering from some surgery here and have found this blog a real spirit lifter. These asshat posers really can get a guy laughing with all the shit they think they can get away with. Thanks all for keeping me on the lighter side of life.
Greetings from the Milwaukee area, brother.
I’ve had some days off myself, lots of idle time, and am loving this site. Very entertaining, yet exasperating.
Can’t believe how stupid and extreme some of these knobs are.
My military service (USAF and Army) was the best thing I ever did… besides marrying my wife and having kids. 🙂
Wisconsin? I bet it’s SO COLD up there one can go down the street and count the number of dogs stuck to the fire hydrants!!
It’s so cold out here, I saw a politician with his hands in his own pockets!
Three Eskimos were “bagging” on each other one day AS TO who had THE coldest igloo. The first Eskimo said” HERE, we’ll go to mine first, and I’ll show you!! As soon as they were inside his igloo, he unzipped his fly and urinated on the floor, except that all of it hit the floor as yellow ice cubes. The second Eskimo said “That’s tame, let ME show YOU!!”, and as soon as they were inside his igloo, he dropped his drawers and defecated in his igloo, but the turd hit the floor with a *KLINK!*, frozen solid in midair. The third Eskimo said, Okay, let’s go to my place!”, and once there, he shook out his sleeping bag, and what looked like a few brown “dust bunnies” fell out. He held one over a lit candle, that’s when it melted and went *FAAAARRT!*.
YEAH, REALLY!! My Wife’s Hairdresser’s Second Cousin’s Best friend’s Neighbor took a vacation up there five years ago, AND SHE SWEARS it’s true, so y’all just gotta trust me!!!
That’s All the proof I need. Actually I think that igloo is just down the street. Cause in spring when everything melts all I can smell is dog shit.
I just got the audio file of the radio traffic of the week Bill Albracht earned two of his Silver Stars at Firebase Kate. So, you know what I’m doing this weekend.
http://qctimes.com/news/local/albracht-presented-rare-rd-silver-star/article_2e8b008e-4737-11e2-9ba3-0019bb2963f4.html
http://bustos.house.gov/press-and-media/press-releases/congresswoman-cheri-bustos-advocates-for-medal-of-honor-review-for
A captain at 21? Holy crap.
The damn neighbor’s dog left another huge, steaming pile of Phil Monkress in my yard.
I was actually thinking of calling All-Points Logistics and having them come clean it up.
Everyone’s favorite sweetheart from Bugtussle has taken her last dip in the cement pond. 50 years later, and that show still makes me laugh. At least she reunite with Jed and Granny.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/beverly-hillbillies-actress-donna-douglas-dies-at-81-report/ar-BBhs45g?ocid=ansHollywoodReporter11
Yeah… damn shame. A real cutie back in the day.
In one of my units in the 80’s, we had a big forklift we called “Ellie Mae.” No idea how that name came about.
There were some babes back in the 1960’s. Ellie Mae, Agent 99, Wrangler Jane, and my favorite, Jeannie. If I could have scored s Jeannie, maybe I would have returned that Air Force recruiters call.
Don’t forget Emma Peel from the Avengers and Yoeman Rand from StarTrek.
Not to mention the two Katys that were my favorites. Katy Holstrum (Inger Stevens) from The Farmer’s Daughter and Katy McCoy(Kathleen Nolan) from The Real McCoys.
Well, another SV tourney is in the books. There sure were a lot of posers this year. Some of them were just sad and pathetic and others turned out to be downright sociopaths. I can say, without reservation, that this year’s winner represents a special new species of shitbird. Danielica Birdbrainicus, a species lower than whale shit, is a most deserving winner of the coveted blue falcon award. CA CAW!
FLASH FLASH FLASH
Time for supper & my pea soup is too watery! Not thickening, over? Add flour? Add heat? Add time? Family is on my ass questioning command! Need help! Over?
Make a slurry of water and flour, mix well. add to the hot soup, stir. Done!
Add heat with the lid off and let it reduce a little. Or, cornstarch will thicken it.
Thanks, Fellas. Went w Bisquick/water slurry & of course top off. Thanks for not taking my f/u to a higher echelon. Maybe we handled it here.
Wait…U think when I called flash UE heard it? I’m smelling an honorary AAM, boys!
For you guys, of course.
Glad to help, any time. My ARCOM is in the mail, right?
😉
Back from holiday vacation, and I see the fake CPO has “won” this year’s competition. “Congratulations” are in order to our winner; may he enjoy his “accolades”…
Yeah, he’s THAT full of SHaving Cream!!!
Leaving on s top secret mission early am, will be unavailable until late sunday.
My travels will include Cleveland i say again Cleveland.
Will be traveling incognito so if you see me pretend i’m the bush
Will be traveling with gummy bear and Bernadette
OK, not sure about how open thread works but here goes, here’s a challenge: Stolen Valor issues just piss me off. Let the real stories be known. Seems nowadays, everybody wants to be a hero. Seems like everybody has a story about how he/she foiled the enemy plans and rode in on the white horse to save the day. Well, I am here to tell you, we each do have some stories. I did NOT ride in on the white horse and save the day, it was a team effort, LOL. Now, a story for you to choose yourself whether true or not. “My military career started at a very young age. I think it was about 9 months after my father married my mother.” But, hey, that’s a story for another day. I am going to tell a story and then challenge you each to tell your story. This is not a challenge to one up anyone, this is a challenge for a little real life military life, at times, there is a little comedy involved. Green eggs from a mermite is an ongoing comedy in the Infantry, LOL. OK, here goes, and I hate to say it, but I am going to to go ahead and “one up” you anyway. Stolen Valor be damned, sometimes the truth is better than fiction, so, let’s all play along…..and have some fun with it. As you will soon see, any truth can be turned to fiction….. I will start off by saying my first couple of years in the army were spent very deep within enemy lines. (I was stationed in Berlin while the wall was still up) ….. truth and fiction. One sounds pretty impressive…..behind enemy lines. OK, so here goes with the real “one up” on you all….. An alert was called about 0100. My squad leader, name of SGT Rudolph Hess, went by Rudy, and no, not making this shit up, that was his real name, called me to pick him up. He was with his girlfriend, who was house sitting for her boss, a very prominent doctor,… Read more »
Oh, forgot to mention, you have to come up with a short “Stolen Valor” version too, all part of the game, and makes it so much more fun.
Well, there was that time that Major Quisling and I shut down that bar in downtown San Antonio – or was it Captain Kirk? It was so long ago…
Actually did serve with a Captain Kirk, and kind of had a thing for her too, although it wasn’t reciprocated. Which in retrospect is a good thing, as MrsBill and I will soon hit our 25th.
Congrats on the 25th coming up. Awesome!
Back in late 74 when I was PCS’ing from Ellsworth AFB to Udorn RTAFB, l left out of Travis AFB after going home on leave from Wisconsin. This was my first time really traveling a long distance and looked to be an exciting trip with a stop in Hawaii on the way. So I got to spend a few hours in Hawaii at the Airport only though. So when the plane landed again I was thinking Udorn. Nope, it was Guam and then the Phillipines. Ok, this flight is really getting to be long. So on arrival in the Phillipines, this guy comes out to the C-141 on the tarmac and calls my name out to get off the plane. The plane leaves, I have no idea what’s going on that the plane was diverted to the Phillipines for me to get singled out and taking from my scheduled path. So I’m nervous as hell thinking “what the hell did I do”, so this guy takes me to the Clark Air Base hospital. And I’m sitting in a waiting room for hours. So I go and use the latrine and there’s this little short Philippine soldier with a name tag on that says MARCOUS. (Not the president). Back to the waiting room for a few more hours waiting. Finally this orderly comes out explains to me my shot record has no Cholera shot. Can’t go to Udorn without one. And I now have to wait 10 days for a plane going to Thailand. So I Was bunked in this tent area with cots on the ground. Ok accommodations sucked. The next morning the orderly wakes me early and says there’s a plane leaving for Udorn down at the tarmac Ok, get me outta here, plane takes off and after a while we land, ahh Udorn finally, nope, Tan son nuht, Remember war is over in 73, just dropping off supplies. We leave and we stop at Air Bases all over the dam place, ( I figured out this was a supply plane) C-130. Finally around 1300 I arrived at Udorn.… Read more »
I already posted my two, Ozzie:
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=32602
http://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=33683
No BS versions of either from me, but a couple of BS variants should be obvious with a bit of thought. (smile)
Hokay, here goes. I had a job for a while where I worked in Antarctica. The first time I went there they lied to me. They said there was a woman behind every tree. I stepped off the plane and my first observation was “Where’s all the @#$!ing trees?!?!” (In later years I’d tell folks that the Navy sent me there after an incident involving an Admirals daughter). Anyhoo…in late 2012/early 2013 I’m in Antarctica and I was talking to a guy about what he was doing there. He said he worked for NASA and was part of a group that was out collecting meteorites. I jokingly asked him if he was an astronaut. I’ll be damned, he was. His name: Dr Stanley Love. I managed to not bust out the lyrics to Dr Love by Kiss.
Stolen valor version: I found “love” in Antarctica.
Side notes: I knew a Navy Chaplain that was a Captain, last name Kirk. Also an OPS Boss that we were just waiting for him to make Captain – Commander Morgan. OK, one more. One of the Antarctic station managers name was Mickey Finn, no shit.
I’m digging this global warming stuff. No snow in Michigan has been great.
Thank you Al Gore!
Well, FC – unless you’re in or near the UP, I think you’re about to get some.
Snow finally arrived in my kingdom. Unfortunately, it was brief and has now turned to rain. But no moatter: winter and the Snow Queen are merely scratching the surface of what is yet to come.
Bring it, SQ! I have a shovel waiting for you!!
Well, it seems TAH has been blocked on NMCI government computers. This blog was a daily read for me at work, but soon after the SHARP/ARCOM shenanigans, the government decided TAH was subversive, and to maintain good order and discipline, it should be blocked.
Well, thank the Lords of Misrule that you have your own computer! (You do, don’t you?)
Didn’t TAH get the ‘subversive’ designation a couple of years ago? It’s only subversive if you don’t like criticism. It’s the reason North Korean prisoners have to dig their own graves before they’re shot.
Yep, got me my very own work computer and office! I is important!
Luckily I can still browse the site on my phone. I just find it odd, this blog was never blocked up until right after Jonn’s dealing with Moersk.
ReRun, it’s because it was FUBAR’d from the get-go. Someone jumped the fence in giving this chick an award instead of sending her report back down the line and asking why the problem wasn’t handled at the local level.
Then Ms. Moerk (no, I will not call her SGT) got patted on the head, it became a PR mess, and the Army is now engaged in trying to fix a mess that shouldn’t have been allowed to happen in the first place.
My issue is not the award itself, as that has already been discussed. It’s how she went about getting it and her ‘look at me, ain’t I just grand!’ self-promotion.
If she has 18 months left in the Army, I hope she spends them doing a job shuffling papers and then is helped out the door. I also hope that the Army / Navy / whatever gets to stop with the social engineering BS and returns to being the military in the near future. This SHARP program is useless, as far as I can tell.
I’m guessing that right now, the upper-uppers are trying to decide how to bank the fires on this mess and help her out the door to retirement.
Agreed, I refuse to call Moersk 1SG or SGT, she has proven that the title means nothing to her, besides furthering her own agenda. I told my 1stSgt about all this, and he very nearly blew a gasket, as did I. As a Gunny, if I ever did something this asinine, I would hope the powers that be ushered my ass to an early retirement.
Who does one cc to get a site blocked? Is Mailman going to arm wrestle Moerk for the credit? Winner gets a woobie and a warm cup of soup?
Do those dingus’ realize that this is going to TRIPLE readership now?
The DoD has gone Full Metal Streisand
Yeah, funny how that works. Tell am American he can’t do something he wouldn’t have otherwise have done and he will make doing it priority #1.
That or Full Throttle Pelosi!!
There is no such thing as a blocked site if the computer is connected to the internet. There are dozen’s of ways to get around it.
The Navy folks are still coming on.
I have snow and slop on my front steps. I am going to go and shovel shit – er, slop – slop and have breakfast, and leave all you lovely people for now.
Stay warm and dry. Hot apple cider with a slice of lemon is awesome stuff!!!
DO NOT VISIT THE WEBSITE THIS AIN’T HELL!
*OOP!*. I dood it anyway, NOW WHAT???
Or you will be investigated by Army G1, the SMA, the Pentagon, and Butthurt nation! AND….
Defense Distinguished Service Medal inbound to 1SG Katrina Moerk in 3…2….1…
Oh, okay – just let me know what time they arrive. I’ll have to get food and drinks and set out plates and stuff. Should I put flowers on the table?
I was trolling, I WAS TROLLING,!!!
Now where’s my ARCOM, dammit?
re: SFC Alwyn Cashe
Just received a reply from Senator Dean Heller (R-NV), dated 19DEC14, in reply to the snail mail letter I wrote to him wrt the effort to upgrade his SS to The Medal.
I’m sure it was a staffer, but he signed it, anyway. It stated that my letter would be forwarded to the DOD, no legislation submitted in 113th Congress on this, thanks for writing, etc, etc, etc.
Now that my new Congresscritter is in DC, I’ll be writing him this weekend. Snail mail, on 25% cotton bond – I want these people to know I’m dead serious about this.
Anybody else get a reply?
Remember Melvin Slack? That guy running for mayor, who was wearing an ate up uniform? Well, he’s running for governor! 😯
http://www.myarklamiss.com/story/d/story/shreveport-slack-melvin-louisiana-governor/40900/Z7eor2HM_k-PQJD93E5FTg
WOW, he took a whopping ONE PERCENT of the votes fore Mayor of Shreveport, LA, and his number one issue is legalizing pot. Once a turbo-douche, ALWAYS a turbo-douche!!
I just ran an errand to the grocery store, mostly because I just wanted to get out of the house. After I got my bits of this and that, I went to the McD’s on the highway, set right smack dab between two gas stations.
The price of regular at the pump at both of them is now $1.989, down from $2.099 on 12/31/14. Then I checked Gass Buddy when I got home and saw that in a few places, the price at the pump was down as much as $.10 more.
I use Gas Buddy a lot to look for the best price. It’s worth a few minutes of time to do that research. I think the oil wars are going to benefit a lot of us.
Did you get a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder?
I actually like the Double Cheeseburger although I must admit it has been a loooong time since I had McD’s.
Also, was Cody Stermer working?
Yeah, and according to a few articles I’ve read lately, the low oil prices are HURTING Russia, Iran, and Venezuela to name a few!
Just a Diet Coke. And what I find peculiar is that the drop in gas prices at the pump coincided with the campaign for higher minimum wage rates in several places. Coincidence? Hmmm…. But no, no sandwiches until spring. And Cody was not to be seen, but then he never works. He just lies like a rug. In regard to the drop in oil prices, I spoke last week about it with the guy who owns the Citgo next to McD’s. He said that he talks to a LOT of traveling salesmen who go everywhere. One thing he told me is that the US has been stockpiling oil and gasoline and natural gas for months. When I mentioned the Saudis, he said that while King Abdullah is the head of the Saudi family, his brother owns the largest oil refinery in the Middle East. He will not allow Abdullah to negotiate a higher price with OPEC, and just recently, Abdullah was hospitalized and his brother designated as the next in line. Brother dear does NOT want the price of crude higher than $60/bbl, and would like to see it go much, much lower. It’s partly to undercut US shale oil production, and partly to squelch pirated oil sales by ISIL/IS from those Iraqi wells they stole. Current news about OPEC is that there is some crumbling around the edges now. It’s entirely possible that OPEC may fall apart after 40 years of a chokehold on the market. The real probem lies in the fact that the Bakken shale oil is light sweet crude, the most desirable for fractional distillation, and the Bakken oil reserves are more extensive than was originally thought. None of that was expected. Add the Texas fields to the equation and the US has larger oil reserves than OPEC. 🙂 Russian, in fact, has larger reserves than OPEC. The cost of gas in Moscow is 25 cents per gallon; outside Moscow, it’s 12 cent per gallon. But low prices mean that Vlad can’t squeeze his Euro neighbors like he’s been doing, and there are now hints of… Read more »
No shit, there I was… I was sitting at my desk playing a video game when there was a rather insistent knock on the door. I opened it to reveal two city police and one sheriff’s officer. They asked if I was alone in the house and for me to keep my hands visible. I complied and told them that it was just myself and my two cats (one who didn’t wake up during the entire incident and the other that ran and hid like she was smuggling drugs). I asked the officers what the matter was and invited them into my house. I had nothing to hide and knew that doing so also invited them to do a general safety check of my home. I could tell by their body language that something was the matter. Well, that and the fact that one cop and the sheriff officer had their hands on their weapons (pistol and taser, respectively). I was informed that a “concerned friend” had contacted them and told them that I was feeling suicidal. He was also nice enough to warn them that I was a gun collector and a veteran who suffered from P.T.S.D. They were responding to make sure I was neither a threat to myself or others. When I informed them that I definitely wasn’t suicidal and was Christian, the lead officer relaxed. He asked if I had any firearms in the house and I told him no. I was completely honest as I did not have any firearms in my house at that time. I also told him that the only “weapons” I had in my house were a set of display swords. He seemed quite impressed with my collection. I informed the officers that I was in the middle of legal proceedings with an individual that had used similar tactics against others in the past and was the subject of a rather popular contest on a blog that I frequently comment on. I showed the officers the blog, a digital copy of the counter-suit, and a voice mail the individual left me.… Read more »
Someone is asking to have his penis hammered flat.
I’m willing to bet a shot and a beer that there is already a long line of people about to do that to said guilty party in more than one location!! Given today’s communication tracking technology, forget about “if”, it’s WHEN those who “SWAT” or otherwise get caught!
I’m willing to guess, BUT I AIN’T naming names right now!!!
Do you not have the legal right to know who made the call to the police? If no, why not?
Flagwaver got SWATTED!!!! I am SO jealous!!
Nothing like that ever happens to me, but when it does I do hope it happens in the midst of having the plumber here to rod out the pipes, or when I’m getting ready to hit the trails with my camera.
But serious, my peeps, SWATTING around here is considered to be a felony. When done across state lines, I think it makes it worse, but not sure about that.
Yes, doing it across State lines makes it a Federal Offense in addition to charges in the States called to and from if I’m correct!
all I can say is that most LEO’s and their Agencies DO NOT like it when people use them and their Agencies for revenge pranks like that, it’s onl a matter of time until the guilty party(ies) get a knock on their door from someone wanting answers, especially if they have a habit of doing that!
About the only thing these clowns had going for them appeared to be the lackadaisical attitude from law enforcement. So now they go ahead a directly drag the police into this through SWATing, one of the cardinal sins against the police? Way to go, dumbass.
Yes, you should be entitled to a recording of the call; and please do continue to share all information you have of the suspects. The police may not care about internet losers, but I imagine they love to catch SWATers.
Looks like whoever did this just went full retard.
Almost like they WANT a (legal/figurative) curbstomping.
I think there is also a charge for fees and expenses by the police and any other municipal/county, etc., departments for something like this, so it is not solely a SWAT call, which is a crime, but also, the SWATTERs get hit with financial penalties.
What it boils down to is that this is all they have.
Losers.
You should be able to find out if the original call was made to the city police or county sheriff. Then I am certain you can request to hear a recording of the call that set all this in motion.
Listen carefully to the voice. Maybe with luck they will reveal to you the area code the call came from. I think the cops will be cooperative, given how they were tricked into coming to your house for (unknown to them) harassment purposes.
I hope either you or them will pursue this.
The ass weasel that did this must pay.
The idiot who SWAT’ed you is really beyond stupid. With the abilities of LE to track calls, its just a matter of time before this limp dick head is caught. Really kicks things to the next level when posers think they can shit on those who expose there sorry ass lives. Now this idiot will hopefully find a new room mate named Bubba who has ass-perations for this dude.
I was told it wasn’t an emergency call and was made from a cell phone. Unfortunately, there’s no recording of it and it was very short and to the point. However, the person didn’t get the address completely correct. Almost as if they didn’t know exactly where I lived.
I won’t say how they got my address wrong, but it was similar to how some people believed my address to be.
My cop shop records everything, even non-emergency.
Even if the perp just used a cheap, throw-away Trac phone, the cops should have an area code.
That should help narrow things down.
This guy can probably be tracked… if your city cops or sheriff are serious about doing so, or you make enough noise about it. Especially given the background info, voicemail, etc., you already gave them.
Let’s note, also, that some 12-year-old kid thought it would hugely funny to SWAT Justin Bieber at his L.A. home.
The police did not think it was funny, and arrested the little snot.
So the party who engaged in this behavior operates on the level of a 10-year-old kid. Yes, I know – the kid who SWATTed the Beeb was 12 – physically and chronologically. But emotionally? Not so much.
Damn, someone went “DOUBLE FUCKING RETARD” and really stepped on his own damn dick. Does this individual realize that this can bring some serious doo-doo on their sorry, worthless life.
Da’ Po-Po takes this kind of bull shit very seriously, and since this may have involved crossing state lines, the Feds can now get involved. Can this really be the beginning of the end to TAH’s biggest slow motion train wreak going on for a year now?
More like “Quadruple turbo-retard” to me, they’re living proof of the truth in what a past Mentor once told me when he said “Some people try to be as stupid as they can, and they’ll fuck things up in any and every way they can, especially for themselves.”.
Try “Trans-warp” retard…
Yes, I heard it. The faint voice of the siren calling to me, “Sparks, come the the Weekend Open Thread”. So I rowed hard and crashed the bow of my ship on a jagged shore rock. Running to the sweet song, I arrived to see, it was my ex-wife! Immediately the lovely siren morphed into the Medusa I remember during that ill fated marriage. Being heads up though like Perseus, I used my shield as a mirror and pulling my broad sword, lopped of it’s ugly head. (Something I’ve dreamed of for decades) Anyway, thank all of you for your thoughts, well wishes and prayers. I got home Saturday night the 27th and tomorrow will be two weeks post-op. ONLY 4 MORE WEEKS, until I am free and can drive again. I am a prisoner. You know, the internet is a wonderful and terrible thing at the same time. The only anxiety I have is my sternum not healing and forming a non-union. When I breathe deeply or cough I feel a pop here and a thunk there. The doctor said it is still too early in the healing process to worry. He said all the ribs from the backbone to the sternum are moving back into place as well as tissues and pectoral muscles (I don’t like the term “mammary muscles”, as the doctor says) are healing and doing their thing. All in all I am blessed. I had a very touch and go time for a couple of days in the hospital. My heart tripped into atrial fibrillation and would not recover. Friday, they hooked me up to the shock pads on my back and chest, gave me mild sedation and whacked me 4 times, but it did not return to normal sinus rhythm, The doctor said your body wants to correct itself so he added two meds to help prevent clots while my heart quivered in A-fib at about 160 BPM and one to try to restore rhythm. Finally and 0604 Saturday morning I look at the monitors and my heart is steady at 75 BPM! I… Read more »
Your seem far more coherent than I am at any given moment of the day. Welcome Home.
I and everyone else here look forward to seeing you make a full and speedy recovery!!
Can you imagine if any one of the Lemon Triad had this condition.
OIF ’06-’07-’08…Thanks, I’m LMAO and having to hold my heart pillow on my chest to keep from shaking! Personally I think they all have had pump head for decades.
May your road to recover be a good journey. I did the 5xCABG about 4 years ago and know that road well. Get up and get moving as much as possible. That’s what really helped me get back on my feet. Also wife’s a RN and she really pushed me to get moving everyday. And that’s the last thing ya feel like doing. Good luck for a speedy recovery!
JimW…Thank you and I’m glad you’re doing well. Yes my wife is on me like a pit bull for my diet and walking ten minutes, five times a day at least.
Welcome home and get well soon, Sparks!
BTW, did you have any pretty nurses taking care of you??? Or did they all look like ShOrTbUsWiNdOwLiCkEr41?
HMCS(FMF) ret. You know it was odd this time. The nurses were almost all ugly but…they had hearts of gold for caring for patients. I’ll take that any day and twice on Sunday. Who wants a beautiful nurse who really doesn’t like their job. Some of them scared me when they woke me at night, low lights and flashlights and so forth. I thought at one point on big pain killers that WiCkRe and Bernath were my surgeons. That will teach me to lay off TAH before a big operation. 😀
Yes… hope you’ll be doing real well, real soon brother.
Rest up and get well, Sparks, but don’t spend your entire day sacked out on the recliner. That will only shorten your life. A brief walk is better than no walk.
Ex-PH2…Thank you sweet lady. No I am up and walking 10 minutes at a time, now 8 to ten times a day. I go slowly but steady and let my heart rate increase as it will. Walking and moving are the best lane on the road to recovery. All the folks I know who had trouble, didn’t follow protocol and sat on their rears, prolonging recovery and ultimately just putting themselves back on a list for another bypass, that much sooner. I want these bypasses to last my lifetime if they will so I am all about, taking care of myself, more and more each day.
As long as we’re discussing what floats, is there any way to unclog a clogged commode without the plunger, other than dish soap/bleach, hot water, or a wire coat hanger?
And can someone please explain to me why the clogs only happen when it’s cold and snowing, and NEVER when the weather is warm and sunny?
Easy.
Just tell Visconi that there is a grand opening of a Kinko’s right around the corner.
He will leave to try out his new forgery skills.
Makes me wonder if the roof vent is getting blocked by during those conditions.
The snow didn’t start until late this morning, after I had cleaned up the flood. No, it was a me-clog, and I need the plumbing rehung to a quarter-inch drop.
I think the hot water worked. I poured several panfuls of very hot water (right from the stove and the water heater at 160F) down the commode and ran hot water into the sink. I have spent the afternoon flushing and reflushing and monitoring the flapper. I need to replace all the parts on both commodes. They are old and plastic gets brittle. And get the pipes rodded out, too.
But for now, as long as I make sure the flapper sits relatively tight on the drain into the bowl, and flush the silly thing a lot, it seems to be working okay.
And so that we all understand how much we rely on the crapper, it was not invented by Thomas Crapper. He made it popular by putting his name on every manhole cover in London.
No, the crapper was invented by John Harrington in 1596.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper
Nothing better than indoor plumbing in the winter, eh?
We didn’t have to worry about stuff like that growing up on the Hoosier family farm. In winter our only problem was having the rope that was stretched from the big house out to the little house would get drifted over and frozen into the snowbank at times. So is the Snow Queen doing a good job of shaking out the pillows in your area right now?
She’s done for the day. More coming later. No clouds in the sky and the sun went down red. There goes the heat built up during the day.
Ex-PH2, are you connected to a municipal sewer or do you have a septic tank? It sounds like the cold weather might have partially frozen the line going out or the lateral lines if you use a septic tank. GDC could be right about the roof vent as well, but I suspect your pipes might not be below the freeze line in extra-cold weather.
Municipal sewer.
I think the problem is solved for now, though. I have free-flow and monitor the flapper valve, which I think is the real source of the problem and needs to be replaced with the entire flushing valve system in both commodes. But I’ll ask that the plumbing vent be checked, also.
I have a heat tape on the plumbing, too, and if we get more snow I can pile it against the base of the house as insulation.
I think it would be polite to say that the people who lived here before me did not know their heinies from a hot dog about what it takes to keep a house in good shape.
The flush system is easily replaced, any decant hardware store has the complete system in stock, just find someone who knows what they’re talking about before you buy it, there are different sizes of flapper valves!
If anyone wants a gut busting laugh that has nothing to do with Paul K. Wickre or Daniel Bernath, check out this this LA freeway police chase.
http://viral.buzz/video-if-youre-going-to-get-caught-do-it-in-style/
Go Colts. It also hit -25 today.
Even better, go Lions (up 20-7right now). Currently +20.
Crap,Lions were a NO GO again!!
I think I see a possible phony SEAL! 🙄
https://www.facebook.com/stephen.fenton.10