I have made skillet gravy ever since I was a teenager and learned from my grandmother and my mom. Recently I heard on a radio show that the secret to really delicious gravy is to add a shot of soy sauce instead of salt. This was apparently discovered as the result of some sort of scientific study. I have tried it, with no complaints. YMMV.
Hmmm, I wonder if the pork sausage tastes better if it comes from uncut feral free range hogs or if it comes from de-nutted domestic assembly line hogs?
Either way I’m willing to be a participant in the “scientific study” taste test.
The secret to good pork sausage is the recipe used to make it when the pork is ground up.
Johnsonville has the best recipe for breakfast sausage so far. Good flavor, which probably includes pork broth, garlic powder and dried lemon powder. Read the ingredients on the label.
McD’s is a close second on this, and since they produce their own brand, I can say it’s as close to Johnsonville as you can get.
Mrs. Dash has several different salt-free seasonings. You might want to give that brand a try, but add salt to suit your taste. I may do that myself – buy the ground pork in bulk, season it, and then cook it as breakfast sausage.
When I worked for CG Elvy B Roberts (HQ 1ACD), our ARVN Liason delivered half of a wild boar for a Joint Chief’s Conference. Half a wild boar, skin, hair and all. Had to fly in a veterinarian to inspect it. He took one look from about 15 feet away and said “yeah, looks like good meat.” He could have phoned in an opinion and saved himself the trip.
We also had crab, prawns and game hen. I’m glad they rotated the Conference between commands, so I would not need to do that again.
Green Thumb
9 years ago
My dog just dropped a huge steaming pile of Phil Monkress in my neighbor’s yard this morning.
Merry Christmas.
On that note, I wonder what the False Commander Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) gave his nefarious senior staff this holiday season to pay off their overlooking his fake Native American, Navy SEAL and Sherriff’s Deputy claims?
I can only imagine that the gifts are taxpayer-funded.
He eats and consumes just about anything. I have to keep on eye on him.
But the latest steaming pile of Phil Monkress was related to a block of cheese. I assume. But who knows what else he has stolen and consumed thinking of just only himself?
NEVER ! ! !
but I will have to say I learned really quick in BCT.. many, many, moons ago, that sometimes being in the middle to the end of the line works better LMAO !!!!!!
May be touching on a sensitive subject, but have been curious how others feel about the Uniformed Service Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA).
For those who are not aware of the Act:
“USFSPA, the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act, is a law passed by Congress in 1982 to offer some financial protection to certain former spouses of service members. It allows states to divide military disposable retired pay as marital property upon divorce. It allows some former spouses (through a court order) to be paid a share of “disposable retired pay” by DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service). Disposable retired pay is the total monthly pay to which a retired service member is entitled, less most VA disability pay, federal debt repayments, fines, forfeitures, and Survivor Benefit Plan premiums.”
Total horseshit. My ex cheated on me, I divorced her, and now I have to pay her a chunk of my retirement until the end of time. Even though she has remarried.
Know of one “Spouse” who married TWO(2) Military….and somehow, because that “Spouse” was married to each Military for 10 years, has been able to collect BOTH portions of the Military Members’ Retirement Pay (not me).
A tramp with a child married a Marine. Week later, Marine was deployed and then came back to a brand new baby three months old. 200% not his via DNA. BABY by another Marine.
Even though our State court says he doesn’t owe for either child, the Marine court says he does. THAT’S ABSOLUTELY SCREWED, but her first kid calls him daddy (new husband ignores the boy) he takes him everywhere and considers the boy his son. He asked the ex for custody, but they said NO, the $750 comes in handy..
What are you talking about? There’s no such thing as a “Marine court” for child support. Each of the services does have an interim support regulation that governs in the absence of a court order or written agreement; but if a court order addresses the issue, that’s what controls.
The paypersman last time I looked at it (admittedly, that has been years)states that a child will be supported, even in the interim if the paternity is questioned. It doesn’t (or at least didn’t) set amounts for that support.
ADDENDUM: It also says (or said) if there are no children, an adulterous spouse need not be supported except as determined by the court.
I helped a number of my guys avoid paying until they went through the divorce by knowing that.
..and I can remember the sizzling (they seemed to be anyway) sound on the other end of the phone when I explained that to the disappointed little cheater.
I know that the Army reg (AR 608-99) says that if a child is born out of wedlock and paternity is disputed, then the Soldier need not provide support unless and until paternity is established in court – and I’d think it likely (though I’m not 100% on this) that the other services follow suit. Now, for a child born during a marriage, this wouldn’t apply; but once a civilian court determines that the service member is NOT the father of the child, then there is absolutely no duty to support that child.
I see that…dated 2003…good to see that changed. Thanks for the info.
I’ll have to see if the Navy/Marines have changed that, just out of curiosity. I work for the Fed, but I don’t deal with such things anymore and I don’t miss it.
He went to his SGT about the state taking support from his pay check. Sgt told him the Military has to follow the the Judges order. If your married and even if DNA shows your not the father, because your married THE LAW SAYS YOU ARE. HE did take it back to court and ex threatened to not allow him to see her first child he became close to and calls him daddy. The kid found out at 12 years old and wanted to live with him. Took it to Probate and the Judge gave him custody based on the child’s request. Now she pays support. KARMA WRITTEN ALL OVER IT..
OK, now we’re getting somewhere. Yes, if a child is born during a marriage, the law presumes that the child is a product of that marriage – but this is not conclusive, but what the law calls a “rebuttable presumption”. If you know, or suspect, that a kid born during your marriage isn’t yours, then you go back to court and ask for a determination of paternity. If the court says that you’re not the father, then you’re off the hook. But, if you never do this (or do it too late – there’s normally a time limit in which to challenge paternity), then yes, you’re legally the father, no matter what the DNA says.
Your first comment above is completely at odds with your latest one. You stated that the state court said that he didn’t owe support for either his stepchild or for the child bron during his marriage that wasn’t his – but that the “Marine court” said he still had to pay. This made no sense to me, as the military cannot countermand a state court’s order regarding child support or paternity. Now, you say that there WAS a state court order that he had to pay support, and that his Sergeant told him that the Marine Corps couldn’t countermand that order, which is true – and pretty much the opposite of what you initially said above.
Community property State. If you were in another non community property State, adultery is a major no no. Weird, I thought all State family law says “if ex remarried, she’s now his problem and support is STOPPED. Most attorneys will do a free half hour consult to ask questions. I would check that out ASAP. PLEASE, DO NOT ASK you KNOW WHO? GOOD LUCK..
Normally alimony (spousal support) stops upon remarriage. However, division of military retired pay is NOT alimony; it is a division of property, just like dividing up the bank account, mutual funds, 401(k), etc., that were accumulated during the marriage. A court could conceivably award alimony in addition to dividing the pension; while the alimony would terminate upon remarriage, the ex’s share of the pension would remain intact.
This law allows military pensions to be treated just like other retirement plans, for purposes of property division in a divorce. Nothing wrong with that. It’s been in effect for over 30 years, so any married service member ought to go in (to service or to marriage) with his/her eyes open.
There are some common misconceptions about USFSPA. One I hear all the time is that the spouse “automatically” gets half of the pension. Not true; the law allows the court to divide the pension, but doesn’t mandate it. And it’s not usually half of the full disposable retired pay, unless the marriage lasted for the entirety of the service career; normally the spouse’s share will be one-half of that portion of the retired pay that was earned during the marriage. So if there’s a ten-year marriage during a twenty-year career, the spouse’s share ought to be one-half of ten years’ worth of the career, or one-quarter of the disposable retired pay.
There are also misconceptions about the significance of the ten-year mark. One is that if the marriage lasts at least ten years, the spouse automatically gets half of the pension; not true. The other is that the marraige has to last at least ten years for the spouse to be awarded any portion of the pension; again, not true. The only magic about ten years is that if there’s been at least ten years’ overlap between the marriage and the service career, DFAS will pay the ex-spouse’s share directly to him/her. A judge can still award a portion of the pension to the spouse, even with less than ten years of overlap.
VA disability compensation still cannot be divided as property. In the past, when VA disability was offset against the pension, this often left little or no pension to divide. CRDP (concurrent receipt) has alleviated this issue in many cases.
Always wonder why Military Pensions are affected and not other pensions, i.e. elected State/Government Officials (who have not served and retired), State Court Judges who order the Retired Military Member to pay a portion to that Spouse, etc. etc. or are they?
Can understand why this might have been an “issue” decades ago when Spouses stayed at home, raised children (if any) and did not bring an income in, but don’t see too much of that in our society today.
Also know folks who came into the Military before 1982, got married and as anyone else, did not expect to get a divorce.
Their eyes could not have been opened considering the timeframe.
Ex-Spouses worked, was bitter about the divorce and used the Act to get revenge “I’m going to get you” Na-Na-Na-Na-Na attitude.
Or those who cheated on the Military Member, got caught, was divorced by the Military Member because of their cheating…and the Military Member literally “pays.”
I think that many pensions ARE divisible in a divorce. One of the purposes of the USFSPA was to put military pensions on a comparable footing with others.
I think that the Act is very much needed when the spouse has followed the service member from assignment to assignment, maybe working temp jobs or staying home with the kids, but not building any kind of a career. Again, though, the law ALLOWS division, but does not mandate it. In cases where the spouse does have a career and substantial retirement assets, they’ll sometimes agree that instead of dividing each retirement plan, that each spouse will simply keep his/her own.
I agree that there is a precedent for this rule/law.
But this is abused to no end.
And the irony is that most administrative law judges (both military and civilian) do not even want to touch it. It creates headaches that they do not want.
The way I understood it, the Military retirement pension was looked at as any type of asset earned during a marraige by either partner.
There is also a minimum time a marraige must last and the marraige must be while in the service.
The act was meant to financially protect spouses who stayed married for the majority of a service persons career.
The horror stories of a stripper marrying some poor schmuck for 3 months then getting half their retirement are bunk.
I watched an interesting documentary last night on Netflix streaming. “Point and Shoot”. Story about a 20 something idiot who decided to buy a motorcycle and travel through every Arab country on it, eventually ended up fighting with Libyan rebels against Gadaffi et al. Making me rethink Atheism, because it would seem to be true that God protects idiots sometimes, and this guy proves it.
One of those films where I was yelling at the screen at times, but interesting all the same… kinda like “Grizzly Man”, but in this one, dear deluded hero did not get eaten (yet).
Some of you guys might enjoy it, in the same perverse way I did.
I wish that was the case here in Tucson, Az it’s FREEZING !!!!LL!!?!
and areas in the foothills got a dusting of snow !!!!!!
overnight low tonight of 25-29 degrees depending on the area of town
our mountain picked up between 7 to 18 ins of that white stuff
with lows up above 6.000 feet between 6 to 17 degrees tonight
I would like to see a spreadsheet on how many times the DRG comes on here to read the WOT posts, perhaps with columns on each week and even expanded to show who of the DRG is doing the checking. We who have purpose here come on pretty often, usually several times a day for me, but I cannot see me, (or most of us), hitting a site where we have caused ourselves to be unwelcome. Hell, even a slinky toy can become passe, boring, uninteresting, and worse.
I would like to see a spreadsheet of how many times the DRG and especially Frank Visconi have reached out to known embellishers and posers to offer their support. I think it is hilarious that they drew a line in the sand and then chose on which side of that line to stand. As such, they have no choice but to support every embellisher and poser that is published at TAH. What a bed they made…
Yep…Wishy-Washy, Frivolous Lawsuit Expert, Edwardian Script Bronze Star/Purple Heart Citation Guru Visconi has yet to answer any of my questions on previous posts…
Yeah, Frankie, I’d like to see a spreadsheet on how many times these dickwads have bored the living crap out of me.
They make the Three Stooges look like geniuses. (The actors were, the Stooges were – well… lovable.)
Ex-PH2
9 years ago
I had a very nice, quiet Christmas.
I made chocolate chip cookies (classic Tollhouse recipe), had roast chicken, mashed potatoes and pencil-thin green beans mixed with baby carrots, and listened to several versions of Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’. After that, I spent some time on my projects and made immense progress.
A pair of nuthatches sometimes come to my bird feeding station. They are so jittery, it’s hard to get shots of them, but I will. They love peanuts.
Real butter
Real Vanilla
Instead of 1/2 white sugar and 1/2 light brown, use 1/2 light brown and 1/2 dark brown sugar
Double chips
You may have to adjust baking time, to get your desired “done-ness”.
Alternates:
Add a little nutmeg.
For chips, instead of double chocolate use 1 chocolate and 1/2 butterscotch.
Works great for cookies, or cookie bars. This is my go-to recipe for fundraising bake sales.
B Woodman
9 years ago
We had family over for Christmas. Sister and husband who have just moved from Virginia. Wife’s sister and husband visiting from San Fran. Grandsons. Wife’s mother. Daughter and husband and granddaughter (precocious 4yo).
We had a buffet style spread, with Virginia ham (thanks, Glyde), latkes, tassel, cheese ball and crackers, and other snackables. Presents all around.
Then off to visit my daughter in the hospital, with pneumonia, and two strains of strephlococcus (I think I have that right), and more gifts exchanges. (sigh. I hope she’s able to get the rest she needs to heal quickly).
It sucks being in the hospital during the holidays.
Commissioner Wretched
9 years ago
Had a great Christmas … went to see my grandchildren. Enjoyed the visit! And that was about all I did of any productive value. The rest of the day I just … vegetated.
MrBill
9 years ago
I’ve been under the weather with an upper respiratory infection so have been just resting at home most of the week, taking antibiotics and lots of fluids (a little bit of the adult variety, I admit!). Thankfully I’m on the mend and the wife and I will venture out to a basketball game tonight.
nbcguy54ACTUAL
9 years ago
Off to the range to break in my Christmas present to myself, a Glock G43. Been carrying it for a few days now – very comfortable. Now it’s time to see how it behaves when it’s time to play.
Folks, the world has just turned upside! I was talking with some tourists from Europe yesterday whose only complaint about the USA was the high taxes. On Tuesday, I was in an art gallery where people were complaining about how the government give away programs are too generous and that people should go out and get a job.
Oh. My. Dog. Are you saying that the brainwashing and indoctrination are no longer working? That people are no longer mindlessly nodding and saying ‘Yes, master’? Are they really coming out of their 7-year comas?
Don’t toy with me Dennis, or I will throw cheese balls at you.
After having read many of your recipes; I think having cheese balls of your creation thrown at me would make a wonderful holiday gift.
This whole season is surreal; since it was my turn to cook Christmas dinner Mrs Dennis – not chevy decided she didn’t want turkey, so I grilled some steaks in less time than it takes to gut and stuff a bird. No in-laws showed up at the house. All of the neighbors went to parties at houses other than their own. Even more niceties happened but I don’t want to tempt fate.
Well, instead of cheese balls, I’ll just throw this at you, instead, because I can’t get it out of my own head. Even if you don’t care for KDLang, this is the best rendition of this song I’ve ever heard.
I was just watching a show on the American Heroes channel about Spetsnaz and guess who I see. If you guessed John Giduck give yourself a Christmas cookie. The shovel thrower himself on my tv screen. They say tv adds 15 pounds. What a fat loser.
In other news here is a terrorist that blew himself up prematurely:
Best part was Mr. Special Forces Expert Killer Guy had a mark above his eye. Looked like a scope bite. Either that or it was from taking a hot load to the face from one of his Russian butt buddies. What a worthless turd.
Maybe the loud ripping noise accompanying the act of expelling his fearsome shovel made him look backwards as it bounced off a tree striking him in the forehead?
It would’ve sounded like a very long and loud Bbbberrrnnasstyty.
That would be awesome. Lawn Dart Danny would sue for copyright infringement and fail miserably. Bernath’s name is synonymous with failure.
OWB
9 years ago
Caught the last couple of hours of a very nice thing last night on the History Channel. They had a history of Christmas in the US through the decades. Not much PC crap in evidence, and it was thoroughly enjoyable. At least the part I saw. The recap of the 60’s was a real hoot, and very much as I remember it.
Hope everyone is recovering from Christmas. We had a fairly laid back day, and found it very refreshing.
HMCS(FMF) ret.
9 years ago
Got to drop in and give my weekly shout-out to Dickless Danni-boi Bernastypants and his buttbuddy, CoCkSlUrPp$! (aka QUEEFERS). Here’s hoping that 2016 finds both of you in the “loving” arms of Thor, Julio, Bubba and Mr. Tiny while staying at the local “pound you in the ass” prison!
Like others, I’m looking forward to reading some AAR’s on members of the DRG!!!
Silentium Est Aureum
9 years ago
Made it a point to avoid as many retail outlets as possible today.
Most of the local businesses said hell with it and are closed through the weekend.
“NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan police official says an Islamic extremist died in Kenya’s north when a roadside bomb he was planting exploded.
Suleiman Rashid, a senior officer in the northern town of Mandera, said Saturday that officers on patrol came across five suspected members of Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group planting a roadside bomb.
Rashid said the officers shot at the suspected rebels who panicked and detonated the bomb killing one insurgent while the others escaped.”
Did you see that they renamed Old Dixie Highway invDlorida after Dear Leader? Next up, they plan on changing the name of Winn Dixie supermarkets to Winn Obama, and the late actress Dixie Certer’s grave marker will now read Obama Carter.
RetiredArmy
9 years ago
…..Do I dare mention the Song “Dixieland…”
{Shudder}
A Proud Infidel®™
9 years ago
Well I had a very Merry Christmas and I sincerely hope that ALL of the other Fine People of TAH did as well (Prayers out for your Daughter’s quick recovery, BW!). The Dutch Rudder Gang STILL hasn’t found me yet and for now they’ve stopped accusing innocent Men of being me (They screwed with what, EIGHT individuals?), meh, they’ll be their own undoing.
The DRGM are immature, irrational, mentally disturbed, emotionally imbalanced, disgusting, twisted lunatics who obviously have extreme personality disorders, low self esteem and the mindsets of 8-12 year old boys.
PROUD,
THEY WILL NEVER FIND US! I walked past Bernath walking with canes, dragging a legal suit case on wheels. Turned around and held open the door as he dragged his fat ass into the courthouse in L.A.
The reason he didn’t recognize me is because I don’t look any thing like the women in the picture he posted.
A new year is almost here and it’s not the last we’ll hear about him. He’s a attention seeking pig. You having experience in Military and mine in law and legal field, we know how to avoid being found.
My grandchild showed me how to use the cartoon pictures and I wish I could share what we made.
Really, someone needs to write a book about both idiots. Best Seller list for months. Happy New Year hider in plan site ?
I think you’re dead right Reb! I’ve seen both of those dingleberry-headed blithering buckets of inbred Swamp Donkey smegma accuse two people at a time of being the same screen name. More than once the both of them would accuse two innocent men at a time of being me as well. They have handily flushed themselves down life’s toilet and they can’t quit pulling the chain!
HUMMM…$10K for the name of each person who they want. We can all rat out each other, but the reward should be Western Unioned first.
I be thinking something up for 2016 ?
I’d drop a dime on Hondo for $50K but only because DRG catching him would be like a dog finally catching the car he’s chased. After all, Hondo is a Navy Captain…or is it Army Captain…or Coastie Captain…or Air Force Captain………
Okay! I’m in. $50K for HONDO…LETS GO to the other site (Jonn changed the code) & figure out how to get the ball rolling. Y’all split the cash. See y’all at the site….
It’s me. I’m the fake Hondo. Wait, I’m the fake Giduck. Wait, I’m the Real Fake American Hero(tm).
This is so confusing.
I think I know who it is. I once pleasured an Indian trucker I met while hitchhiking who was hauling a load of hondas. I can point out this Hindu Honduran hailing hitchhikers while hauling Hondas in a lineup….as long as their trousers are at half mast.
Yeah, with that crowd I’d demand a cashier’s check or currency up-front.
(yawn) This makes #8. Again, the dumb bastards fine fellows have the wrong guy.
This video clip from a guy named Fitzy is my reply to that gang of fools. It’s especially NSFW, as well as completely unsuitable if any prudes/clergy/children are within earshot.
ENJOY yourself Reb, I hope it comes in as handy as the crap he posted on Disqus that I alerted others to!!
Just An Old Dog
9 years ago
Apparently Birdbath is trying to real a “deal” with the hair. He sent him a long list of demands for him to drop his RO against him.
Bernath is a nasty, low-life cock-mongering ass-lord.
That son of a bitch must have read every book there is on how to go after people’s reputation while dancing around the law.
Do NOT ever let that cocksucker know who you are.
His Modus Operandi is to write a letter accusing you of being a terrorist, drug dealer, or pedophile and do mass emails to your employers, co-workers, nearby press or anyone you are in contact with and “warn” them about you.
He will post his bullshit credentials to make it sound like he is some sort of legal big wig and carries weight.
The fuck-stick knows that 90% of the peiople will just blow him off.
The piece of shit figures that if he can get a few people questioning you he has won.
IMHO Daniel A. Bernath the Fred Phelps Clone has never really done or achieved anything in this life and he gets a cheap thrill out of wrecking and degrading others’ legit accomplishments. Fred Phelps, the late “Pastor” of the Westboro Baptist Church, was also a disbarred Attorney in Kansas that also had a passion for suing anyone and everyone he thought he could and used the legal system all he could to make others miserable.
JUST A OLD DOG..no disrespect, although everything you wrote is 100% true, but if Bernasty can’t find PROUD, EX, SKIPPY, ME, ETC, everything the prick puts in emails, here and websites is bullshit. He’s grasping at straws because he knows that he dug his hole a little deeper than expected.
Everything legally should be over soon and then we turn the tables. I thought starting a website just for him and ass clown and adding every email, post and crap from His website. We copied all websites and printed in case he deletes all.
They need to know what it’s like to be harassed. THE only DIFFERENCE between his and ours is “OURS IS TRUE BACKED WITH EVIDENCE”.
Hope this didn’t just get me banned from TAH..KARMA FOR BERNASTY.. WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND TEN FOLD…
Frankie Cee "In the clear"
9 years ago
I hosted some shooting at the range here, where I dwell, (at an undisclosed location a short distance from my legal address), and as we shot, there was also a class going on with the aid of my laptop, showing friends the members of the Dutch Rudder Club, profiling each, showing their ignorance, their inability to perform the most basic of tasks successfully, i.e. self representation in a court room, checking and planning a flight with minimal fuel, and even something so basic as when and when not to use capital letters in one’s screen name, i.e. QuEeFeR. One visitor was from the South Florida County of Lee, and knows well the address of some of the county residents, as well as being good friends with one of the local news reporters. Lots of brass was dropped on the ground, and much information and humor was exchanged. May the DRC slip, slide, and ooze into oblivion.
fsckity-fsck
9 years ago
John Giduck – the turd with a face!
Claw
9 years ago
13 below zero on the back deck thermometer when Scooby and I out for a smoke and a piss.
Scooby pissed yellow icicles and had his business done before I could even light up.
Oh, well, I did get to bask in the extra three seconds of morning sunshine, so I’ve got that going for me.
Yep. Plus he wants sLuUrPFaiRy41 to do the hAnDWriTinG writing for him. However ole’ sLuUrP’s too busy sucking the ink.
Ex-PH2
9 years ago
Pancakes and Johnsonville sausage links for breakfast.
I found a couple weeks ago that if I think the pancake mix with enough liquid, such as milk or water, I can turn it into crepes for crepes avec champignons et boeuf. (Crepes with mushrooms and beef. YUMM!)
Johnny cakes fried in bacon fat, with
butter and maple syrup (real deal, not that cane sugar crap) and of course the bacon. OJ and hot fresh coffee and I’m ready to face the day!
Hmmmm, wonder if the French would freak if I made corn meal crepes? If so, bonus!
I can find real maple syrup easily enough, but the cane sugar is for baking, things like cookies. Maple syrup is also good with fried corn meal mush.
And why not make corn meal crepes? Roll them up with a serious carne asada filling. Now I’m hungry. I have to try that.
That syrupy, flavored crap is made with corn syrup which is fructose, the worst thing you can possibly put into your digestive system.
Joe Williams
9 years ago
How about posting some wreather sit reps of your AOs. Mine, flash flooding,high winds and snow,ice and sheet by Tomorrow. Possible power outages and impassable roads due to flooding or ice. Joe
Boringly gray, cloudy, cold, rain off and on, snow maybe or maybe not later. Snow would be nice. The birds would come looking for food. I have peanuts for the blue jays and nuthatches. The squirrels are getting fat.
However, the gray and cloudy skies give me the inspiration to create some fine text of the aftermath of a great battle on a distant planet. Classic flanking maneuver, drive the enemy into the center, withering artillery fire, and when they run to their spaceships to escape, they go right into a trap waiting off-planet for them.
I’d better get back to it. Can someone tell me how to get the ‘Hallelujah’ out of my head?
Hmm… a snot-nosed Supply Officer, a CO who was out of his depth, and a failure to understand California’s super-tight agribiz regulations. And inadequate parking at the shipyards, too. Well, sounds like the Navy between 1975 and 1980 to me.
Tony180a
9 years ago
Damn it wish the PX was on the TN side of Ft Campbell. Love Ft Campbell but with the post straddling 2 states I can’t take advantage of a sweet deal on a new Sig pistol at the PX.
sj
9 years ago
I need a Plan B. Just tried to UPS a shotgun and AR to my son in Colorado via a gun dealer at his end. UPS said no problem GI…er, you do know that guns have to go Next Day Air? WTF? That aint going to be cheap. $214!!!!!
Is there a Plan B (other than driving which is a non-starter)?
SJ – it looks like they will ship it via ground if it originates from an FFL on your end. Not sure if you want to do it, but you might be able to find an FFL that will originate the shipment for you at or near cost. I think the USPS will ship it for you but you must ship it “registered mail”, but don’t quote me on that… The regs are confusing as hell to me.
Thanks GDC…I thought the FFL would have to go air too. I’ll stop in the local gun shop tomorrow and see. I’m afraid to go in there because I might walk out with a gun(s).
SJ – if you want to find an FFL in your area, this is a good tool. Might call one up and explain your dilemma. They might know more options. http://www.gunbroker.com/FFL/DealerNetwork.aspx
Tony180a
9 years ago
I had a rifle shipped from Portland, Ore to a dealer in Nashville, Tn FedEx Ground for $36.00 shipping last month.
Damn. I was thinking 50-75 for mine. The FedEx Ground website says they have to go air also. Oh well. There’s an FFL guy across the highway…maybe GDC is on to something that if they ship they don’t have to use air.
sj
9 years ago
Update: GD Contractor nailed it. My gun guy was on the phone with UPS for 1/2 hour until he got the right person. Long guns can be shipped ground by a FFL to an FFL. Pistols cannot. He hasn’t gone to the hub yet but expects it to be less than $100. Thanks GDC!
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Hah. The Chip Threefer is broke.
Baziinga!
BOOM !!!
I was on vacation.
LOL!
2nd ish
Where’s the chow?
I wondered that myself.
It’s a good morning here on the Snake River Plain for SOS or at least Sausage Gravy and made from scratch biscuits.
With scrambled eggs and lots of good hot black coffee.
I have made skillet gravy ever since I was a teenager and learned from my grandmother and my mom. Recently I heard on a radio show that the secret to really delicious gravy is to add a shot of soy sauce instead of salt. This was apparently discovered as the result of some sort of scientific study. I have tried it, with no complaints. YMMV.
Try Worchestershire (sp??) some time. My favorite.
The army had a kind of meat sauce that worked well in SOS. It was made w/ mango or papaya or apricots or something. Made a great crust on pork roast.
Pickapeppa sauce maybe?
Hmmm, I wonder if the pork sausage tastes better if it comes from uncut feral free range hogs or if it comes from de-nutted domestic assembly line hogs?
Either way I’m willing to be a participant in the “scientific study” taste test.
Hell, I’d do it as a freebie. No pay needed.
Excellent hypothesis! Come on down, I have a lab coat for you. Bring bullets.
OK. Good deal.
While we’re at it, hows about we find a slot in the de-nutting line for the little fefe-forker Dalton Coldiron?
I need to get some practice time in and see if I can still do a 10 second cutting.
LOL. Yeah, I think I have a magnifying glass and a pair of tweezers around here somewhere.
The secret to good pork sausage is the recipe used to make it when the pork is ground up.
Johnsonville has the best recipe for breakfast sausage so far. Good flavor, which probably includes pork broth, garlic powder and dried lemon powder. Read the ingredients on the label.
McD’s is a close second on this, and since they produce their own brand, I can say it’s as close to Johnsonville as you can get.
Mrs. Dash has several different salt-free seasonings. You might want to give that brand a try, but add salt to suit your taste. I may do that myself – buy the ground pork in bulk, season it, and then cook it as breakfast sausage.
When I worked for CG Elvy B Roberts (HQ 1ACD), our ARVN Liason delivered half of a wild boar for a Joint Chief’s Conference. Half a wild boar, skin, hair and all. Had to fly in a veterinarian to inspect it. He took one look from about 15 feet away and said “yeah, looks like good meat.” He could have phoned in an opinion and saved himself the trip.
We also had crab, prawns and game hen. I’m glad they rotated the Conference between commands, so I would not need to do that again.
My dog just dropped a huge steaming pile of Phil Monkress in my neighbor’s yard this morning.
Merry Christmas.
On that note, I wonder what the False Commander Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) gave his nefarious senior staff this holiday season to pay off their overlooking his fake Native American, Navy SEAL and Sherriff’s Deputy claims?
I can only imagine that the gifts are taxpayer-funded.
Any ideas?
GT: I hope that one day your neighbor will come on here and comment about your dog. /smile
Just what do you feed your dog that he is constantly leaving big piles of steaming Phil Monkress on the neighbor’s lawn?
He eats and consumes just about anything. I have to keep on eye on him.
But the latest steaming pile of Phil Monkress was related to a block of cheese. I assume. But who knows what else he has stolen and consumed thinking of just only himself?
Sound familiar?
I think he must feed his dog the same thing I feed my old guard cow Scooby.
It’s called SHITTER (Super High In Taste Toxic Excrement Relaxant) and it comes in a 110 pound gunny sack.
Number 6(How Juvenile)
I’m not a Number.
I’m a Letter.
“A”.
As in “AskAMarine.”
As in “Alpha”.
And I am a “C” as in “Childish” as well…because, after all, it is Christmas and New Years…
NEVER ! ! !
but I will have to say I learned really quick in BCT.. many, many, moons ago, that sometimes being in the middle to the end of the line works better LMAO !!!!!!
That, Skippy, was a
G-R-E-A-T C-O-M-E-B-A-C-K!!!!
H-O-O-O-A-A-A-H!
May be touching on a sensitive subject, but have been curious how others feel about the Uniformed Service Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA).
For those who are not aware of the Act:
“USFSPA, the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act, is a law passed by Congress in 1982 to offer some financial protection to certain former spouses of service members. It allows states to divide military disposable retired pay as marital property upon divorce. It allows some former spouses (through a court order) to be paid a share of “disposable retired pay” by DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service). Disposable retired pay is the total monthly pay to which a retired service member is entitled, less most VA disability pay, federal debt repayments, fines, forfeitures, and Survivor Benefit Plan premiums.”
Total horseshit. My ex cheated on me, I divorced her, and now I have to pay her a chunk of my retirement until the end of time. Even though she has remarried.
Total.
Absolute.
Horseshit.
I agree.
Especially if she remarried.
While there are many cases were a spouse should be entitled, this rule is abused like there is no tomorrow.
I used to have spouses come ask me about this rule and how much they would get WHILE THEIR HUSBANDS WERE IN THE SANDBOX!
Got to love how that works.
AMEN, OAE CPO USN Ret and Green Thumb!
Know of one “Spouse” who married TWO(2) Military….and somehow, because that “Spouse” was married to each Military for 10 years, has been able to collect BOTH portions of the Military Members’ Retirement Pay (not me).
And the State Court allowed it.
A tramp with a child married a Marine. Week later, Marine was deployed and then came back to a brand new baby three months old. 200% not his via DNA. BABY by another Marine.
Even though our State court says he doesn’t owe for either child, the Marine court says he does. THAT’S ABSOLUTELY SCREWED, but her first kid calls him daddy (new husband ignores the boy) he takes him everywhere and considers the boy his son. He asked the ex for custody, but they said NO, the $750 comes in handy..
I have seen it.
One has to love the military justice system.
Hopefully they will overhaul it along with the rest of the military they are so intent on “correcting”.
What are you talking about? There’s no such thing as a “Marine court” for child support. Each of the services does have an interim support regulation that governs in the absence of a court order or written agreement; but if a court order addresses the issue, that’s what controls.
The paypersman last time I looked at it (admittedly, that has been years)states that a child will be supported, even in the interim if the paternity is questioned. It doesn’t (or at least didn’t) set amounts for that support.
ADDENDUM: It also says (or said) if there are no children, an adulterous spouse need not be supported except as determined by the court.
I helped a number of my guys avoid paying until they went through the divorce by knowing that.
..and I can remember the sizzling (they seemed to be anyway) sound on the other end of the phone when I explained that to the disappointed little cheater.
I know that the Army reg (AR 608-99) says that if a child is born out of wedlock and paternity is disputed, then the Soldier need not provide support unless and until paternity is established in court – and I’d think it likely (though I’m not 100% on this) that the other services follow suit. Now, for a child born during a marriage, this wouldn’t apply; but once a civilian court determines that the service member is NOT the father of the child, then there is absolutely no duty to support that child.
I see that…dated 2003…good to see that changed. Thanks for the info.
I’ll have to see if the Navy/Marines have changed that, just out of curiosity. I work for the Fed, but I don’t deal with such things anymore and I don’t miss it.
He went to his SGT about the state taking support from his pay check. Sgt told him the Military has to follow the the Judges order. If your married and even if DNA shows your not the father, because your married THE LAW SAYS YOU ARE. HE did take it back to court and ex threatened to not allow him to see her first child he became close to and calls him daddy. The kid found out at 12 years old and wanted to live with him. Took it to Probate and the Judge gave him custody based on the child’s request. Now she pays support. KARMA WRITTEN ALL OVER IT..
OK, now we’re getting somewhere. Yes, if a child is born during a marriage, the law presumes that the child is a product of that marriage – but this is not conclusive, but what the law calls a “rebuttable presumption”. If you know, or suspect, that a kid born during your marriage isn’t yours, then you go back to court and ask for a determination of paternity. If the court says that you’re not the father, then you’re off the hook. But, if you never do this (or do it too late – there’s normally a time limit in which to challenge paternity), then yes, you’re legally the father, no matter what the DNA says.
Your first comment above is completely at odds with your latest one. You stated that the state court said that he didn’t owe support for either his stepchild or for the child bron during his marriage that wasn’t his – but that the “Marine court” said he still had to pay. This made no sense to me, as the military cannot countermand a state court’s order regarding child support or paternity. Now, you say that there WAS a state court order that he had to pay support, and that his Sergeant told him that the Marine Corps couldn’t countermand that order, which is true – and pretty much the opposite of what you initially said above.
My bad..Marine Corps…
Community property State. If you were in another non community property State, adultery is a major no no. Weird, I thought all State family law says “if ex remarried, she’s now his problem and support is STOPPED. Most attorneys will do a free half hour consult to ask questions. I would check that out ASAP. PLEASE, DO NOT ASK you KNOW WHO? GOOD LUCK..
I thought that once she remarries, the alimony stops. The only reason I believe that is from watching thousands of sitcoms over the last few decades.
Normally alimony (spousal support) stops upon remarriage. However, division of military retired pay is NOT alimony; it is a division of property, just like dividing up the bank account, mutual funds, 401(k), etc., that were accumulated during the marriage. A court could conceivably award alimony in addition to dividing the pension; while the alimony would terminate upon remarriage, the ex’s share of the pension would remain intact.
This law allows military pensions to be treated just like other retirement plans, for purposes of property division in a divorce. Nothing wrong with that. It’s been in effect for over 30 years, so any married service member ought to go in (to service or to marriage) with his/her eyes open.
There are some common misconceptions about USFSPA. One I hear all the time is that the spouse “automatically” gets half of the pension. Not true; the law allows the court to divide the pension, but doesn’t mandate it. And it’s not usually half of the full disposable retired pay, unless the marriage lasted for the entirety of the service career; normally the spouse’s share will be one-half of that portion of the retired pay that was earned during the marriage. So if there’s a ten-year marriage during a twenty-year career, the spouse’s share ought to be one-half of ten years’ worth of the career, or one-quarter of the disposable retired pay.
There are also misconceptions about the significance of the ten-year mark. One is that if the marriage lasts at least ten years, the spouse automatically gets half of the pension; not true. The other is that the marraige has to last at least ten years for the spouse to be awarded any portion of the pension; again, not true. The only magic about ten years is that if there’s been at least ten years’ overlap between the marriage and the service career, DFAS will pay the ex-spouse’s share directly to him/her. A judge can still award a portion of the pension to the spouse, even with less than ten years of overlap.
VA disability compensation still cannot be divided as property. In the past, when VA disability was offset against the pension, this often left little or no pension to divide. CRDP (concurrent receipt) has alleviated this issue in many cases.
Thanks, MrBill for the info.
Think the Act is outdated…
Always wonder why Military Pensions are affected and not other pensions, i.e. elected State/Government Officials (who have not served and retired), State Court Judges who order the Retired Military Member to pay a portion to that Spouse, etc. etc. or are they?
Can understand why this might have been an “issue” decades ago when Spouses stayed at home, raised children (if any) and did not bring an income in, but don’t see too much of that in our society today.
Also know folks who came into the Military before 1982, got married and as anyone else, did not expect to get a divorce.
Their eyes could not have been opened considering the timeframe.
Ex-Spouses worked, was bitter about the divorce and used the Act to get revenge “I’m going to get you” Na-Na-Na-Na-Na attitude.
Or those who cheated on the Military Member, got caught, was divorced by the Military Member because of their cheating…and the Military Member literally “pays.”
Thanks again for the feedbacks.
I think that many pensions ARE divisible in a divorce. One of the purposes of the USFSPA was to put military pensions on a comparable footing with others.
I think that the Act is very much needed when the spouse has followed the service member from assignment to assignment, maybe working temp jobs or staying home with the kids, but not building any kind of a career. Again, though, the law ALLOWS division, but does not mandate it. In cases where the spouse does have a career and substantial retirement assets, they’ll sometimes agree that instead of dividing each retirement plan, that each spouse will simply keep his/her own.
I agree that there is a precedent for this rule/law.
But this is abused to no end.
And the irony is that most administrative law judges (both military and civilian) do not even want to touch it. It creates headaches that they do not want.
The last thing you want is a judge dividing the property.
A lot of those guys are clueless as to the back story.
And don’t give one shit either..
The way I understood it, the Military retirement pension was looked at as any type of asset earned during a marraige by either partner.
There is also a minimum time a marraige must last and the marraige must be while in the service.
The act was meant to financially protect spouses who stayed married for the majority of a service persons career.
The horror stories of a stripper marrying some poor schmuck for 3 months then getting half their retirement are bunk.
I was lucky… and that’s all I’m saying. lol
Thanks to everyone who provided honest, sincere and humorous feedback on my inquiry.
Happy New Year.
And professional feedback as well.
I watched an interesting documentary last night on Netflix streaming. “Point and Shoot”. Story about a 20 something idiot who decided to buy a motorcycle and travel through every Arab country on it, eventually ended up fighting with Libyan rebels against Gadaffi et al. Making me rethink Atheism, because it would seem to be true that God protects idiots sometimes, and this guy proves it.
One of those films where I was yelling at the screen at times, but interesting all the same… kinda like “Grizzly Man”, but in this one, dear deluded hero did not get eaten (yet).
Some of you guys might enjoy it, in the same perverse way I did.
I like watching “Grizzly Man”. Timothy Treadwell was a walking example of Darwin’s Theory.
In an effort to see how fricken bored I was this morning, I went back and did a recapitulation of Weekend Open Thread comments for this year.
Total Comments: 9,645
Highest number of comments: 308 (14 August)
Least number of comments: 107 (2 October)
Average number of comments per Weekend Open Thread: 189.117647
This is what you do when it’s freezing ass cold outside.
So, c’mon, TAHers. Let’s see if we can bust that 14 August record on the last WOT of the year.
When we get the long awaited DRG AAR, the numbers will skyrocket.
Breaking all record???
Temperatures in Dallas Texas right now are dang near as hot as last August!
I wish that was the case here in Tucson, Az it’s FREEZING !!!!LL!!?!
and areas in the foothills got a dusting of snow !!!!!!
overnight low tonight of 25-29 degrees depending on the area of town
our mountain picked up between 7 to 18 ins of that white stuff
with lows up above 6.000 feet between 6 to 17 degrees tonight
I would like to see a spreadsheet on how many times the DRG comes on here to read the WOT posts, perhaps with columns on each week and even expanded to show who of the DRG is doing the checking. We who have purpose here come on pretty often, usually several times a day for me, but I cannot see me, (or most of us), hitting a site where we have caused ourselves to be unwelcome. Hell, even a slinky toy can become passe, boring, uninteresting, and worse.
I would like to see a spreadsheet of how many times the DRG and especially Frank Visconi have reached out to known embellishers and posers to offer their support. I think it is hilarious that they drew a line in the sand and then chose on which side of that line to stand. As such, they have no choice but to support every embellisher and poser that is published at TAH. What a bed they made…
Yep….and made their own Websites to post their own messes…
Durnit…I KNEW I should have not given a Slinkee toy for Christmas this year…
Next Year: SILLY PUTTY.
Forgin’ Frank Visconi.
What a felcher.
Yep…Wishy-Washy, Frivolous Lawsuit Expert, Edwardian Script Bronze Star/Purple Heart Citation Guru Visconi has yet to answer any of my questions on previous posts…
An embarrassment to the USMC.
You left out my favorites: lower leg above the knee, and mom’s flooded basement.
Yeah, Frankie, I’d like to see a spreadsheet on how many times these dickwads have bored the living crap out of me.
They make the Three Stooges look like geniuses. (The actors were, the Stooges were – well… lovable.)
I had a very nice, quiet Christmas.
I made chocolate chip cookies (classic Tollhouse recipe), had roast chicken, mashed potatoes and pencil-thin green beans mixed with baby carrots, and listened to several versions of Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’. After that, I spent some time on my projects and made immense progress.
A pair of nuthatches sometimes come to my bird feeding station. They are so jittery, it’s hard to get shots of them, but I will. They love peanuts.
Try this modification to the Tollhouse recipe:
Real butter
Real Vanilla
Instead of 1/2 white sugar and 1/2 light brown, use 1/2 light brown and 1/2 dark brown sugar
Double chips
You may have to adjust baking time, to get your desired “done-ness”.
Alternates:
Add a little nutmeg.
For chips, instead of double chocolate use 1 chocolate and 1/2 butterscotch.
Works great for cookies, or cookie bars. This is my go-to recipe for fundraising bake sales.
We had family over for Christmas. Sister and husband who have just moved from Virginia. Wife’s sister and husband visiting from San Fran. Grandsons. Wife’s mother. Daughter and husband and granddaughter (precocious 4yo).
We had a buffet style spread, with Virginia ham (thanks, Glyde), latkes, tassel, cheese ball and crackers, and other snackables. Presents all around.
Then off to visit my daughter in the hospital, with pneumonia, and two strains of strephlococcus (I think I have that right), and more gifts exchanges. (sigh. I hope she’s able to get the rest she needs to heal quickly).
Prayers for a quick recovery ?
It sucks being in the hospital during the holidays.
Had a great Christmas … went to see my grandchildren. Enjoyed the visit! And that was about all I did of any productive value. The rest of the day I just … vegetated.
I’ve been under the weather with an upper respiratory infection so have been just resting at home most of the week, taking antibiotics and lots of fluids (a little bit of the adult variety, I admit!). Thankfully I’m on the mend and the wife and I will venture out to a basketball game tonight.
Off to the range to break in my Christmas present to myself, a Glock G43. Been carrying it for a few days now – very comfortable. Now it’s time to see how it behaves when it’s time to play.
Well….how did that new pistol fare?
Folks, the world has just turned upside! I was talking with some tourists from Europe yesterday whose only complaint about the USA was the high taxes. On Tuesday, I was in an art gallery where people were complaining about how the government give away programs are too generous and that people should go out and get a job.
All caused by global warming.
Oh. My. Dog. Are you saying that the brainwashing and indoctrination are no longer working? That people are no longer mindlessly nodding and saying ‘Yes, master’? Are they really coming out of their 7-year comas?
Don’t toy with me Dennis, or I will throw cheese balls at you.
After having read many of your recipes; I think having cheese balls of your creation thrown at me would make a wonderful holiday gift.
This whole season is surreal; since it was my turn to cook Christmas dinner Mrs Dennis – not chevy decided she didn’t want turkey, so I grilled some steaks in less time than it takes to gut and stuff a bird. No in-laws showed up at the house. All of the neighbors went to parties at houses other than their own. Even more niceties happened but I don’t want to tempt fate.
Well, instead of cheese balls, I’ll just throw this at you, instead, because I can’t get it out of my own head. Even if you don’t care for KDLang, this is the best rendition of this song I’ve ever heard.
https://youtu.be/YYiMJ2bC65A
I was just watching a show on the American Heroes channel about Spetsnaz and guess who I see. If you guessed John Giduck give yourself a Christmas cookie. The shovel thrower himself on my tv screen. They say tv adds 15 pounds. What a fat loser.
In other news here is a terrorist that blew himself up prematurely:
http://americanmilitarynews.com/2015/12/moronic-suicide-bomber-fails-miserably-gets-cartoon-treatment-video/?utm_source=asmdss&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=alt
CTG,
I saw that too! giduck’s mugshot reminded me of an extended Horseneck Clam.
Best part was Mr. Special Forces Expert Killer Guy had a mark above his eye. Looked like a scope bite. Either that or it was from taking a hot load to the face from one of his Russian butt buddies. What a worthless turd.
Maybe the loud ripping noise accompanying the act of expelling his fearsome shovel made him look backwards as it bounced off a tree striking him in the forehead?
It would’ve sounded like a very long and loud Bbbberrrnnasstyty.
BEAD WINDOW!!! on the copesay itebay!!!
https://thetruthaboutsocnetlies.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/john-giduck-the-only-russian-special-forces-consultant-that-couldnt-complete-basic-training/
sincerely
John “Faker 6” Giduck
Maybe we can get these guys to do an animation of Bernath’s ill-fated flight from Sister’s Airport. Oh, the humanity!
That would be awesome. Lawn Dart Danny would sue for copyright infringement and fail miserably. Bernath’s name is synonymous with failure.
Caught the last couple of hours of a very nice thing last night on the History Channel. They had a history of Christmas in the US through the decades. Not much PC crap in evidence, and it was thoroughly enjoyable. At least the part I saw. The recap of the 60’s was a real hoot, and very much as I remember it.
Hope everyone is recovering from Christmas. We had a fairly laid back day, and found it very refreshing.
Got to drop in and give my weekly shout-out to Dickless Danni-boi Bernastypants and his buttbuddy, CoCkSlUrPp$! (aka QUEEFERS). Here’s hoping that 2016 finds both of you in the “loving” arms of Thor, Julio, Bubba and Mr. Tiny while staying at the local “pound you in the ass” prison!
Like others, I’m looking forward to reading some AAR’s on members of the DRG!!!
Made it a point to avoid as many retail outlets as possible today.
Most of the local businesses said hell with it and are closed through the weekend.
Can’t say I blame them.
Prayers for a quick recovery ?
This Week’s Blue Falcon Award goes to….
…al-Shabab!
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/12/26/kenya-roadside-bomb-explodes-killing-extremist-planting-it.html?intcmp=hplnws
“NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan police official says an Islamic extremist died in Kenya’s north when a roadside bomb he was planting exploded.
Suleiman Rashid, a senior officer in the northern town of Mandera, said Saturday that officers on patrol came across five suspected members of Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group planting a roadside bomb.
Rashid said the officers shot at the suspected rebels who panicked and detonated the bomb killing one insurgent while the others escaped.”
Darwin grins.
AW1Ed,
Was there any reported verbage such as; “aw shit man, I’ll arm dis ting real f…”
DARWIN AKHBAR!!!
I only find it a pity that all three of them didn’t end up becoming “Wile E. Coyote Bombers”!
Well, this article is interesting if all have not read it:
“Bergdahl: Taliban asked me if Obama is Gay.”
http://nypost.com/2015/12/24/bowe-bergdhal-details-escape-attempts-while-in-taliban-captivity/
On Second Thought, this article may be MORE interesting:
“Hawaii Can’t Seem To Name Anything After Native Son Obama
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hawaii-cant-seem-to-name-anything-after-native-son-obama/2015/12/25/01f09e22-a40d-11e5-b53d-972e2751f433_story.html
Did you see that they renamed Old Dixie Highway invDlorida after Dear Leader? Next up, they plan on changing the name of Winn Dixie supermarkets to Winn Obama, and the late actress Dixie Certer’s grave marker will now read Obama Carter.
…..Do I dare mention the Song “Dixieland…”
{Shudder}
Well I had a very Merry Christmas and I sincerely hope that ALL of the other Fine People of TAH did as well (Prayers out for your Daughter’s quick recovery, BW!). The Dutch Rudder Gang STILL hasn’t found me yet and for now they’ve stopped accusing innocent Men of being me (They screwed with what, EIGHT individuals?), meh, they’ll be their own undoing.
Be careful API.
You do not need the False Commander Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) or one of his taxpayer-funded turds on your trail.
You will laugh so hard that you will break a rib and wind up in the hospital as they take credit for it.
Maggots.
Get a load of THIS SHIT, it has “DUTCH RUDDER GANG MEMBERS” written all over it and I think it matches “Lawn Dart Daniel A. Bernath the Fred Phelps Clone”‘s name written all over it and it’s my opinion that *SLUUUURRRP!*41 is in on it as well.
https://www.facebook.com/Unmasking-Americas-Stolen-Valor-Mafia-965772090130385/?fref=ts
The DRGM are immature, irrational, mentally disturbed, emotionally imbalanced, disgusting, twisted lunatics who obviously have extreme personality disorders, low self esteem and the mindsets of 8-12 year old boys.
Thanks for sharing, A Proud Infidel.
8-12 year olds? I think you’re bein generous RA, I always thought they had the mentality of disturbed 5 and 6 year olds!
PROUD,
THEY WILL NEVER FIND US! I walked past Bernath walking with canes, dragging a legal suit case on wheels. Turned around and held open the door as he dragged his fat ass into the courthouse in L.A.
The reason he didn’t recognize me is because I don’t look any thing like the women in the picture he posted.
A new year is almost here and it’s not the last we’ll hear about him. He’s a attention seeking pig. You having experience in Military and mine in law and legal field, we know how to avoid being found.
My grandchild showed me how to use the cartoon pictures and I wish I could share what we made.
Really, someone needs to write a book about both idiots. Best Seller list for months. Happy New Year hider in plan site ?
I think you’re dead right Reb! I’ve seen both of those dingleberry-headed blithering buckets of inbred Swamp Donkey smegma accuse two people at a time of being the same screen name. More than once the both of them would accuse two innocent men at a time of being me as well. They have handily flushed themselves down life’s toilet and they can’t quit pulling the chain!
HUMMM…$10K for the name of each person who they want. We can all rat out each other, but the reward should be Western Unioned first.
I be thinking something up for 2016 ?
They’re offering a $50K reward for the identity of Hondo.
https://www.facebook.com/965772090130385/photos/a.965789610128633.1073741828.965772090130385/1097347933639466/?type=3
So, I’M HONDO! One of you report that fact to the DRC and we’ll split the Bernath bucks.
Like the DRG has $50K. They’d have trouble coming up with 50 cents.
Ask for the cash up front. No cash, no Hondo.
I’d drop a dime on Hondo for $50K but only because DRG catching him would be like a dog finally catching the car he’s chased. After all, Hondo is a Navy Captain…or is it Army Captain…or Coastie Captain…or Air Force Captain………
Salvation Army captain.
Captain of Industry????
Captain America.
Captain Obvious.
Okay! I’m in. $50K for HONDO…LETS GO to the other site (Jonn changed the code) & figure out how to get the ball rolling. Y’all split the cash. See y’all at the site….
I thought he was the Squadron Leader of our local Space Shuttle Doorgunner Squadron, VAX-62 or something like that.
HE MIGHT HAVE even been one of my Instructors in the Apollo Mission Door Gunners’ Academy!!
It’s me. I’m the fake Hondo. Wait, I’m the fake Giduck. Wait, I’m the Real Fake American Hero(tm).
This is so confusing.
I think I know who it is. I once pleasured an Indian trucker I met while hitchhiking who was hauling a load of hondas. I can point out this Hindu Honduran hailing hitchhikers while hauling Hondas in a lineup….as long as their trousers are at half mast.
Do I still get the $50k?
sincerely
John “Faker 6” Giduck
Je suis Hondo.
It appears that Danial Bernath is using the meth or something new. I don’t think he is huffing gas since his gas tanks are as empty as his mind.
imho
I am Hondo.
But you need cash or a certified cashiers check made out to me before I’ll show up on Bernath’s curb.
Yeah, with that crowd I’d demand a cashier’s check or currency up-front.
(yawn) This makes #8. Again, the
dumb bastardsfine fellows have the wrong guy.This video clip from a guy named Fitzy is my reply to that gang of fools. It’s especially NSFW, as well as completely unsuitable if any prudes/clergy/children are within earshot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-WJkJsPZoQ
I strongly suggest you take it to heart and execute, DRG. Immediately.
PROUD
THANKS FOR THE LINK..I DIDN’T THINK ABOUT SEARCHING FB. I HAVE THE OTHER CRAP, but this is priceless for me new amigo Jack..
ENJOY yourself Reb, I hope it comes in as handy as the crap he posted on Disqus that I alerted others to!!
Apparently Birdbath is trying to real a “deal” with the hair. He sent him a long list of demands for him to drop his RO against him.
Bernath is a nasty, low-life cock-mongering ass-lord.
That son of a bitch must have read every book there is on how to go after people’s reputation while dancing around the law.
Do NOT ever let that cocksucker know who you are.
His Modus Operandi is to write a letter accusing you of being a terrorist, drug dealer, or pedophile and do mass emails to your employers, co-workers, nearby press or anyone you are in contact with and “warn” them about you.
He will post his bullshit credentials to make it sound like he is some sort of legal big wig and carries weight.
The fuck-stick knows that 90% of the peiople will just blow him off.
The piece of shit figures that if he can get a few people questioning you he has won.
IMHO Daniel A. Bernath the Fred Phelps Clone has never really done or achieved anything in this life and he gets a cheap thrill out of wrecking and degrading others’ legit accomplishments. Fred Phelps, the late “Pastor” of the Westboro Baptist Church, was also a disbarred Attorney in Kansas that also had a passion for suing anyone and everyone he thought he could and used the legal system all he could to make others miserable.
JUST A OLD DOG..no disrespect, although everything you wrote is 100% true, but if Bernasty can’t find PROUD, EX, SKIPPY, ME, ETC, everything the prick puts in emails, here and websites is bullshit. He’s grasping at straws because he knows that he dug his hole a little deeper than expected.
Everything legally should be over soon and then we turn the tables. I thought starting a website just for him and ass clown and adding every email, post and crap from His website. We copied all websites and printed in case he deletes all.
They need to know what it’s like to be harassed. THE only DIFFERENCE between his and ours is “OURS IS TRUE BACKED WITH EVIDENCE”.
Hope this didn’t just get me banned from TAH..KARMA FOR BERNASTY.. WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND TEN FOLD…
I hosted some shooting at the range here, where I dwell, (at an undisclosed location a short distance from my legal address), and as we shot, there was also a class going on with the aid of my laptop, showing friends the members of the Dutch Rudder Club, profiling each, showing their ignorance, their inability to perform the most basic of tasks successfully, i.e. self representation in a court room, checking and planning a flight with minimal fuel, and even something so basic as when and when not to use capital letters in one’s screen name, i.e. QuEeFeR. One visitor was from the South Florida County of Lee, and knows well the address of some of the county residents, as well as being good friends with one of the local news reporters. Lots of brass was dropped on the ground, and much information and humor was exchanged. May the DRC slip, slide, and ooze into oblivion.
John Giduck – the turd with a face!
13 below zero on the back deck thermometer when Scooby and I out for a smoke and a piss.
Scooby pissed yellow icicles and had his business done before I could even light up.
Oh, well, I did get to bask in the extra three seconds of morning sunshine, so I’ve got that going for me.
Good Morning to one and all.
Did Scooby write a yellow bernasty in the snow?
bernasty tried it once but forgot to pull his zipper down.
Scooby’s #1 business came out more like ice cubes rattling around in a canteen cup.
But I would have figured that writing your name in the snow would have been easy for old bernasty.
Isn’t holding a catheter tube in your hand much the same as grasping a #2 pencil and writing on a piece of paper?
Yep. Plus he wants sLuUrPFaiRy41 to do the hAnDWriTinG writing for him. However ole’ sLuUrP’s too busy sucking the ink.
Pancakes and Johnsonville sausage links for breakfast.
I found a couple weeks ago that if I think the pancake mix with enough liquid, such as milk or water, I can turn it into crepes for crepes avec champignons et boeuf. (Crepes with mushrooms and beef. YUMM!)
Johnny cakes fried in bacon fat, with
butter and maple syrup (real deal, not that cane sugar crap) and of course the bacon. OJ and hot fresh coffee and I’m ready to face the day!
Hmmmm, wonder if the French would freak if I made corn meal crepes? If so, bonus!
I can find real maple syrup easily enough, but the cane sugar is for baking, things like cookies. Maple syrup is also good with fried corn meal mush.
And why not make corn meal crepes? Roll them up with a serious carne asada filling. Now I’m hungry. I have to try that.
That syrupy, flavored crap is made with corn syrup which is fructose, the worst thing you can possibly put into your digestive system.
How about posting some wreather sit reps of your AOs. Mine, flash flooding,high winds and snow,ice and sheet by Tomorrow. Possible power outages and impassable roads due to flooding or ice. Joe
Southern Maryland.
72 degrees, sunny, 79% humidity, winds SW at 4-6 knots. Holy shit it’s April in December! Love me some Global Warming!
Boringly gray, cloudy, cold, rain off and on, snow maybe or maybe not later. Snow would be nice. The birds would come looking for food. I have peanuts for the blue jays and nuthatches. The squirrels are getting fat.
However, the gray and cloudy skies give me the inspiration to create some fine text of the aftermath of a great battle on a distant planet. Classic flanking maneuver, drive the enemy into the center, withering artillery fire, and when they run to their spaceships to escape, they go right into a trap waiting off-planet for them.
I’d better get back to it. Can someone tell me how to get the ‘Hallelujah’ out of my head?
“Can someone tell me how to get the Hallelujah out of my head?”
Sure. Easy fix.
Get one tin of Pillsbury canned dough and think of that satanic tune “Pop Goes The Weasel.”
Thank you! Weasels, huh? Ah! The denizens of the DR club, they are!
Shenanigans on USS Erie:
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/11/15/lake-erie-saga-pet-goat-master-chief-charlie-command-climate/75644446/
Hmm… a snot-nosed Supply Officer, a CO who was out of his depth, and a failure to understand California’s super-tight agribiz regulations. And inadequate parking at the shipyards, too. Well, sounds like the Navy between 1975 and 1980 to me.
Damn it wish the PX was on the TN side of Ft Campbell. Love Ft Campbell but with the post straddling 2 states I can’t take advantage of a sweet deal on a new Sig pistol at the PX.
I need a Plan B. Just tried to UPS a shotgun and AR to my son in Colorado via a gun dealer at his end. UPS said no problem GI…er, you do know that guns have to go Next Day Air? WTF? That aint going to be cheap. $214!!!!!
Is there a Plan B (other than driving which is a non-starter)?
Try FedEx Ground. I know for a fact they will ship it.
UPS will ship it, no sweat…..for $214. Just checked FedEx Ground and they too require it go Priority Overnight which I’ll bet costs about the same.
SJ – it looks like they will ship it via ground if it originates from an FFL on your end. Not sure if you want to do it, but you might be able to find an FFL that will originate the shipment for you at or near cost. I think the USPS will ship it for you but you must ship it “registered mail”, but don’t quote me on that… The regs are confusing as hell to me.
Thanks GDC…I thought the FFL would have to go air too. I’ll stop in the local gun shop tomorrow and see. I’m afraid to go in there because I might walk out with a gun(s).
I’ll report findings for future reference.
SJ – if you want to find an FFL in your area, this is a good tool. Might call one up and explain your dilemma. They might know more options. http://www.gunbroker.com/FFL/DealerNetwork.aspx
I had a rifle shipped from Portland, Ore to a dealer in Nashville, Tn FedEx Ground for $36.00 shipping last month.
Damn. I was thinking 50-75 for mine. The FedEx Ground website says they have to go air also. Oh well. There’s an FFL guy across the highway…maybe GDC is on to something that if they ship they don’t have to use air.
Update: GD Contractor nailed it. My gun guy was on the phone with UPS for 1/2 hour until he got the right person. Long guns can be shipped ground by a FFL to an FFL. Pistols cannot. He hasn’t gone to the hub yet but expects it to be less than $100. Thanks GDC!