Weekend open thread
June 16, 2017
Across the Bridge
Your Shot photographer T. Sweetman used a drone to photograph this bridge in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In this moment, he captured the sight of two elderly people riding scooters over the Ping River.
F5 F5 F5 F5
Category: Open thread
FIRST!!!!
Congratulations, you are a first among First’s.
Aw, shucks …
Undisputed First.
Duly recorded into the WOT Book of Firsts.
Authority to rule with an iron fist is hereby granted until the next WOT.
Let it be written, let it be done.
Did you tell him/her that they need to shave their junk for the entire week?
Trust me, I’m a him.
Beyond that … no comment.
F5,F5,F5,F5,F5,F5,F5,F5,F5, F5,F5,F5,F5,F5,F5,F5……….What?………….SHIT!!
Commissioner Wretched, you lucky son-of-a-bitch!
Congrats & enjoy!
Your elapsed F5 time is exactly 8.0 seconds, so you may be in the running (with ChipNASA) for a belt buckle.
However, Jonn’s elapsed F5 time is only 2.0 seconds, so not even eligible for the next go-round./smile
Claw, belt buckle??
If it’s this one, I’M IN!!
http://www.acquacollectibles.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/5/8/5820__orig.jpg
Well done Commissioner Wretched!
Many thanks!
Second!
By less than a minute! Well done!
I once again award myself Honorary First.
Thoid!
It’s just not the same without 2/17 Air Cav calling the game.
Some of us work
No excuse, Roh-Dog … I’m at work. 😉
I didn’t suggest anyone else didn’t,….but I did imply the hell out of it.
I hope everyone has a great weekend!!!
Open invite for a glass of Kentucky’s finest and a cigar!
(Officially claiming 3rd loser btws)
But were you working?
I think not…
I must confess me … I was not working at the exact moment the F5 press brought up the WOT, and my chance to be first.
I was, however, on my lunch break, with the food on my desk, so I was technically on the clock.
(With prevarication like that, I should be in politics …)
The False Commander “Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) gargles taxpayer balls while ducking calls to explain his false Native American, Navy SEAL and Law Enforcement claims.
TOP fisrtsez!
Tenth?
Here.
Working and not paying attention to the time.
Maybe this is the problem.
http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2012/10/1331161829-f5.jpg
You animal…. you’re palms are probably hairy and you wear coke-bottom lenses for glasses.
Now that is one seriously abused F5 key.
Burn out.
SOB after waiting to sneak n here to be number 1
I fail again
BHWHAHAHAHAHA ! ! ! !
I’m going on vacation (I really need one, believe me…). Keep up the fire on the posers and the DRG. Catch y’all later. I’m out…
Safe journey CH 🙂
Enjoy the vacay…
Enjoy, and we’ll keep the pressure on the posers while you R&R.
Darnit, got involved with a silly spreadsheet and blew it. Pesky work stuff.
PROVISIONAL PROXY FIRST!!!!!
Hey, man, whatever works for you … LOL
Someone gotta claim it… might as well be me.
Roger that!
So my wife is having kid #2 via C-section on Monday. Her brother and his wife are supposed to come up here to watch kid #1 while we are in the hospital. Unfortunately, their car got hit by lightning the other night, and their other car got beat up by hail. So my wife is panicked because it seems they might not have a functional car to travel here, and she’s not sure because they refuse to call her, but they have plenty of time to talk to the local news channel and post stories of their ordeal all over FaceBook.
I generally believe in keeping a stiff upper lip and all, but I just want you all to know that this is what happens when you rely on goddamned socialists.
Congrats on the arrival that’s on the way…
Congratulations!!!!!!!
Congratulations on the new arrival! (They know what causes that now, by the way …)
Thanks, fellas! My initial post might not have shown it, but we are super excited!
And speak of the Devil, two minutes after I posted this, the SIL called my wife. Seems like everything is falling in place…
Sounds good…
And since it hasn’t been asked for a while yet, I’ll throw it out there:
Why the fuck does Bernath breathe free air, and how long until he gets his three daily doses of cock meat sandwiches?
Ditto the fattest Chippendale dancer since Chris Farley!
Kicked the can to August. Guess that Julio and friends think he’s too ugly to screw and bribed the judge.
I just looked up Sealy’s case. Unless they get another delay, he’ll likely be celebrating his fireworks in a cell.
One can only hope.
SEA, you got to ask yourself what Bubba in prison would holster his manhood into this guys face?
Aaaaargh!
http://valorguardians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/BERNATH-Daniel-266×333.jpg
Judging by that neckbeard of his, someone who likes a little extra cushioning for their nut sacks.
Probably some guy doing a long stretch and missing some “cuddle time”.
“In war, any hole is a trench”
Berdturd has been found guilty, no changing that. His only hope is to get his sentence reduced.
He and LoNgDoNGsLurPeR41 are both due in Criminal Court in Kansas City, Mo as well shortly.
They have already kicked the can down the road on that one too by waiting for the day of trail(believe it was a few weeks ago) before they decided to hire a Lawyer.
He also lied to a judge about having some court papers properly served, so there’s at least one of his bullshit cases that will more than likely be tossed because of that.
Chippenshit really pissed off the wrong people when he pulled that trash with Whippenfloggit. They both got RO’s slapped on them and Chippenshit copped an assault charge.
With 24 days in jail on this current arrest, “Ol’ Stretched”, Kyle Barwan has been jail 104 days so far this year. That means that he has been “free” for just 32 days this year. That illustrates that he finds living with Bubba and the boys as his preferred way of life. His stupidity ranks right up there with the two dopes that killed the bus guards in Georgia this week. Does he, like those dopes, actually think that he will get away with his shit? He will get out one day, and then he will get back to scamming the public, and perhaps the next time it will end at the hand of a “Good guy with a gun”, as he messes with the wrong people.
What a piss poor way to live.
I’m sure he’s ready for the upcoming season in the Prison Football League… as a “wide reciever”!
Hi Frankie, I’m so happy that this scumbag is in jail where he belongs! I ask a favor of all of you! Please help me get my pos brother put in the same place! You can read Jonn’s great story on this asshole if you search David “Doc” Shrum. Please write your congressman, the VA, the VAIG and anyone else you can think of? This asshole has been scamming the VA out of $3K a month for years for his phony PTSD 100% disability claim! I please pray and ask all of you for your help in getting this asshamster put in prison. I have even called and written to the FBI, all to no avail! They won’t even tell me if they have an active investigation going on him?? I hope that this great forum can help in getting this mother fucker locked up with Bubba and the rest of the gang! This fucker didn’t even go to his own mother’s funeral! And he lives in the same town! He is also a felon in possession of a fire arm, as he has my grandfather’s lever action 30/30! I beg all of you to help in any way that you can!!
Thank you and God bless all of you!!!
Especially Jonn!!!
Thank you,
Bill
To bad Kyle Barwan does not understand that a attack on one of us, is a attack on all of us
But Kyle Barwan is a true DIP-SHIT
“Unfortunately, their car got hit by lightning the other night, and their other car got beat up by hail.”
Judas Priest!! What in the world did they do to piss off the Gods?
Voted for Bernie Sanders. God’s a Trumpist, apparently.
Well, are there not a whole bunch of people waiting on “The Last Trump”?
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So starting Saturday for three week I’m taking a little R&R down in Sierra Vista, Arizona
Or baby sitting a house my experiment with cooking eggs on my sidewalk next week probably will not happen but on a bright side the Temp here in Tucson is expected to hit 118 on Tuesday
Yesterday it was 112 at casa skippy so far as I’m writing it’s 105 and it’s only 1030
Not bad
What’s the humidity?
We’re down to 60%, getting dry here.
It’s 16 percent currently 103 is the temperature with a Dew point of 46 degrees
Do they give yall a “feels like” number? With 92 degrees and 47% humidity we get a heat-index of 97-99 degrees.
I made the mistake of taking my old dog with me on my 4-mile hike through the woods the other day and darn near killed him. Found a stream where he could lie down to cool off and get a drink too. It cut into my elapsed time pretty badly, but I didn’t kill my dog.
Gonna have to leave him at home for the longer hikes. Take him on the 1-miles only.
I’ll send Jonn a link to my weather station it’s on a network thats world-wide
It also grades each station on reliability, this past December I installed one at my in laws place in Virginia it’s neeto to get something realtime
BTW our temp now is 109 with a feel like of 109, 11 percent humidity
And 5 Mph wind from the north
I remember a few years back a local TV station posted a “feels like” graphic for a rather hot day.
Flames and a Pitchfork
On the other end of the thermometer, Jack Bogut of KDKA radio in Pittsburgh used to advise a “Brass Monkey Alert” on particularly cold days.
You should swing by Green Feet Brewing and have a Cucumber Cream Ale, they go down easy in the Tucson heat.
If I remember my wife and her sister did the Sonoran Dog and mayhave downed one of those
98 at noon, Skip. C’mon down!
I’ll be there tomorrow me and both of my daughters wife has to work so she’ll be back and fourth I think I sent you the address if not I’ll send it to you
I also have to go on post and talk to a few old friends and see how the employment
Situation is going
Aaaaaaaaaaggghhh.
It’s okay, Mick … really.
I was kind of monitoring the Scott Levy is not a Desert Storm veteran thread to see what *else* he’s going to be doing.
Calling the West Virginia Police on Jonn for Blogging is, well, the kind of prima donna, pussy, narcissistic, worthless asshat, full potato, monkey shit, kind of thing we’ve seen before.
I’ve been wondering if it went something like this ….
WVSP: Hi (Jonn, Mr Lilyea, Mr Jonn Lilyea, Dude)
Jonn: Yes sir
WVSP: Yes Jonn, some dickbag from Hollywood called us and asked us to come out and arrest you for Blogging
Jonn: Yes sir, understood. When will you be here?
WVSP: Oh shit Jonn, stop messing with us. This numbnuts sounded all butthurt for being busted and wanted *US* to do something about it.
Jonn: Yes, I do believe we’ve been through this before a number of times
WVSP: You’re right. I know we have on multiple occasions. Let me look in the regulations…..yes, *flips pages*, yes right here. I believe the penalty for this is…*pauses to read* Ah yes, here it is….House Bill 2664, §61-8-32.
Yes it says we have to appear at your residence and are allowed to administer a Pee Pee smacking for your violation.
Jonn: WHAT??
WVSP: Oh come on Jonn, we’re just funning with you.
Jonn: *Whew*
WVSP: OK, well you have a good weekend Mr Lilyea
Jonn: You guys too.
*click*
(tee hee hee hee hee)
Actually, the trooper thought that I had stopped blogging because it had been years since someone tried to have me arrested for posting publicly-available information on the internet.
Well, THAT’S nice to know considering your history with legal issues.
Should have offered at TAH Palladium Membership Card so they could keep up on things here.
ROFL.
Those poor guys. Having to put up with idiots like Scott Levy.
Day-um, so Scott Levy went and had a Psulmer fit on you?
If the TURD Scott Levy would have stayed in instead of being a little bitch
He would have understood and learned his rank structure
1.Never piss-off a senior NCO
but the casting couch queen doesn’t seen to understand
So we will teach him
Chip, you left out
WVSP: Are you a Marine, sir?
Jonn: What?
WVSP: I asked if you are a Marine, sir?
Jonn: F U C K N O!
So, what you’re saying, ChipNASA, is that Scott Levy, who does some acting stints in Hollywood the Industry, is behaving the way a stalker would behave?
Is that something that people should be aware of?
It must be difficult for him, knowing that people aren’t afraid of him.
On another note, I included a seedless watermelon in my grocery purchases this afternoon, because there was a bin full of them and the price for seedless was much lower than the price for seeded. La sandia was, in fact, quite heavy weighing around 18 lbs, had the required hollow sound to it, and when I took it next door to cut it in half and share it with my neighbor and his daughter who had brought the grandkids with her, the brilliant fuschia color and the scent of ripe melon alone were sufficient to set your mouth for the real taste of summer.
Damn! It is GOOD!
Top 100. Darn business meetings.
In a different thread, Fyrfighter, HMCS and I were talking about an informal get-together. Just curious if any other TAH folk are out around Fort Carson or Denver and interested. If so, maybe we’ll look into logistics, if not, I’ll just meet up with Fyrfighter sometime and he can tell you that he spotted a rare sort-of liberal in God’s Country, Colorado. That’s about as rare as finding a gun-totin’ conservative eating kale.
Scary as it is, I have on occasion eaten kale, and actually liked it…
My tortoise loves it and apples and prickly pear fruit
Well, shit – speaking of Fort Carson, there was a shooting there yesterday:
http://www.9news.com/news/crime/shooting-on-fort-carson-base-injures-1-suspect-in-custody/449460315
Seems the suspect is in custody and one person is injured. Anyone have more info?
I don’t at the moment, but a guy on my crew retired from the fire department there, and I’ll see him in the morning..
Hmm looks like it was yesterday, one injured, two in custody.. that’s all I’m finding so far.. My guess would be a domestic situation,,,
In other news, how would you like to be this guy, unfortunately tagged with the same name as Jonn’s buddy Bernastypants.
Fate can be all so cruel.
http://www.danielbernath.com/
OMG, that’s about as bad as the guy in Oregon (?) who wasn’t one of our phonies and had people up his ass because of the internet confusion. Maybe it was NJ? I think he was a plumber or roofer?
I could be entirely wrong on all counts but it *was* a guy with the same name as one of our SV dicks.
BHWHAHAHAHAHA ! ! ! !
Just FYI, he’s been in that line of work for some time and has several properties registered under his name with the US Copyright office. He’s quite prolific, works hard, and does not pull fast ones on people… unlike an impersonator who happens to have the same name.
Having the same name as someone else is an accident of birth.
So where one person using that name has a life full of failures, the other person with that name has a life full of real successes that he earned.
Yesterday, I went on a senior citizens group picnic sponsored by the Golden Age Center here in Vernal, Utah. I brought my guitar, and we went to the Strawberry Pinnacles. If you’re ever in this area, you MUST see the Strawberry Pinnacles! They consist of solid walls of huge cliffs and natural monoliths rising to the sky, surrounding a lush, picturesque valley of secluded ranches and resorts. On our way there, we stopped in Duschesne, Utah, and I bought a Pepsi-Cola. I saw some Patriot Guard Rider motorcyclists gathered in the parking lot, and I asked them what the event was. They were escorting an American flag through forty-eight states. One of the gals shook my hand, and another hugged me, as I was wearing my Cavalry stetson and my National Rifle Association blazer with my miniature ribbons on the lapel. When I was paying for my Pepsi-Cola, the guy behind the counter asked me if I was in the 82d or the 101st, and I replied that I was in the 101st. He said he was in the 82d, and I told him I’d grown up at Fort Bragg (home of the 82d Airborne Division), right outside the main gate. On our way home, we stopped in Duschesne, Utah for ice cream, where I got a bodaciously mammoth-sized double-scooped cherry chocolate chip ice cream on a waffle cone. Mmmmm, boy, but that was plumb larrupin’! As we arrived in the parking lot of Ashley Valley Shadows, we were surprised to see three police cars there, one of which was a K-9 unit, with uniformed police officers standing by the front door. It turns out that it was ME that they were looking for, and had been looking for all afternoon! The certified nursing assistant who visits each week to clean my apartment and do my laundry had called, and getting no answer, had sent the police to check on my apartment. What really worried them was that my apartment door was locked, but they could hear the television inside. As I later explained to the police, if I’m home,… Read more »
JRM, is sounds like Dos Equis missed the boat when they were choosing a new “Worlds most interesting man”… just saying..
Ditto that, John Robert Mallernee solidly holds the title of “The Most Interesting Man of TAH®™”!
Boy, I will second that
In case you missed it, JRM, folks care about you.
You are blessed.
You just can’t help but make trouble, eh?
Glad all was OK.
And here, I was worried that you were getting bored cooped up in that apartment. Instead, you’re out gallivanting around, having ice cream, getting hit on by women.
I’m not going to worry that you’re bored any more, John Mallernee! I may, however, worry that you never take a day off!
Dang…I was first once back in the day. No shit, there I was casting my 1,000yrd stare..never mind
As part of the ongoing mission to keep TAH supplied with intel, here’s a piece in the New York Times Magazine about how the male gender needs to be disciplined for use of the term “snowflake.”
That is one seriously stupid article.
Felony stupid with priors.
What was also interesting were the wussy comments from the beta males. It kinda made me wonder if the NYT chick was wearing spike heels when she wrote it…
If the shoe fits, maybe snow white ought to wear it, tiara and all.
Scott Pelley just signed off for good by saying that the first amendment protects all the others.
Don’t let door hit ya scotty.
Do you think he understands the 2nd amendment
Not even if he were bound and gagged.
BAM!
97th.
Succa’s …
Beat that!
This the URL of the article:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/defense-secretary-mattis-explains-close-170534909.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=fb
______________________________
This was the response that I posted:
“I see no logical reason for war with North Korea, nor do I see any logical reason for the continued presence of American forces in South Korea.
American military forces now guarding the border of North Korea would be better employed guarding the border of Mexico.
Professional military forces in foreign lands are an expensive burden on the taxpayers, and a temptation for professional career politicians seeking war to justify the expense.
Economically, it is far more practical to have America’s defense rely on local militia patrolling our own borders.”
USS FITZGERALD collides with Japanese merchant ship off the coast of Japan.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/16/us-navy-destroyer-collides-ship-japan
Video:
https://youtu.be/LuhDGPrujUI
Injuries still being determined.
More video:
https://youtu.be/7Cf4h8XBZeQ
CORRECTION: It was Philippino container cargo ship.
One American sailor was airlifted to hospital.
USS FITZGERALD taking on water and listing.
Any further word on the 7 missing sailors?
Fox News is reporting “7 missing” as of a minute ago, so apparently not.
From the photos posted on the evening news, it’s clear that the freighter rammed and T-boned the destroyer. There is severe damage to the bow of the freighter, and damaged to the side that was rammed on Fitzgerald.
US “Tin Cans” are -tough-.
Tin Can Sailors are -tougher-.
How tough? Read about “the Battle Off Samar”, in World War 2. An excellent book about it is “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” by James D. Hornfischer.
Breaking News from Totally Obvious News Deak:
The following personnel have been relieved onboard USS FITZGERALD:
CO
EO
OOD
JOOD
CIC Watch Officer
The following will receive awards from heroism through achievement:
DCO
EOOW
Repair V Personnel
Corpsman
Etc …
“…Scratch one Wardroom….”
Nice hi res photo of damage at:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-naval-vessel-collides-merchant-ship-southwest-japan-n773521
Note the Phalanx gun above the damage.
Looks like the phased array is out of service.
Here’s a story that should gladden your hearts. (sarc) Mayor Rahmbo went right up to the microphone and pointed and whined “That’s a SCHOOL! That’s a SCHOOOOL!” Pfleger was right there with the rage meme intact. Some day he’s going to pop a cranial arteriole.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-shooting-violence-20170616-story.html
The two girls are okay, the bad guys are in jail again, and the three suspended scallywags should know they aren’t welcome in that neighborhood any more.
Whatever happened to public stocks?
At about 2:30 today, expect a disturbance in the force when Hondo and I occupy the same battlespace.
“…Its as if dozens of beers suddenly cried out in terror…”
All the oxygen in my area went UA.
I heard a dog bark. Twice.
This ought to be interesting.
Waiting with excitement 🎉🎉🎉
Strawberries excite you????
My two daughters love them
I love buying them, when gen gets hungry
Bam pull out the strawberries and she is happy again
😁😁
OK, the historic meeting has ended. Back to your regularly scheduled activities.
Was the scotch smooth
And the cigars good
As we think about those casualties aboard the USS FITZGERALD, here is a link to some official United States Navy recruiting photographs taken during the Second World War:
http://mashable.com/2017/06/17/life-in-the-navy/#Bn6o2u4xCOqt
AND, for us guys who were in the United States Army, here is the link to a collection of official United States Army historic photographs of a draftee going through Basic Combat Training during the Second World War:
http://mashable.com/2017/05/27/training-of-george-camblair/#mDPId.Yp9mq8
Love the black and white photos.
The emotions are not clouded by pretty colors.
Timeless. Looks kinda-sorta like the ones in my “Yearbook” from Benning in 1986.
In case anyone needs to answer dumb questions about when lefists ever started trouble:
http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/?utm_source=site-share
Speaking of dumb questions…
I was astounded today to engage in a conversation with a retired Navy medic (forgive me for not understanding the correct lingo – at least I do know that it’s not “coresman”) who had no idea that SEAL was all caps. Oddly enough, I’d had a similar conversation last week with another older Navy retiree.
Maybe it’s a generational thing? Guys who served at least part of their military career prior to SEALs being a thing perhaps are just unaware. I dunno. Still, it surprised me.
Any ideas? How does this happen? No wonder civilians are clueless.
Kinda why I am prepared to give folks slack if their stories are a bit off. The denizens of this forum often cannot agree on what’s what, and the combined knowledge base here is pretty imporessive. The services do change things, often for seemingly capricious reasons, and memories often get more than a little off with advancing age.
Just look at how “hooah” has morphed in 30 years. In 1986, at Fort Benning, if anyone said it, and it was not common, it was a short hard grunt, accent on the first syllable = “HOOuh”, like a fighters Kiai, or just a short unstressed “huah”. Now it is this long drawn out “HooooAAAAAhhhh!”, second syllable stressed, like the “HuzzaAAHHhh!” of centuries past.
Do they still send newbies out for “cans of Squelch”, or have they invented new digital-high-tech snipes to hunt? “Chemlight batteries” I know. Do they now ask new arrivals to help pull on the other end of a Tactical Push?
On Quora someone asked a good question this evening
If anyone in the military has ever meet a Jody
Below is a link a Marine gave the first answer and it’s a good one
https://www.quora.com/qemail/track_click?al_imp=eyJ0eXBlIjogMzMsICJoYXNoIjogIjE0Nzg3NjA0MDMxOTk0NzI3NTR8MXwxfDQ2ODAyODUxIn0%3D&al_pri=QuestionLinkClickthrough&aoid=VNIDFOEzEDP&aoty=2&aty=4&click_pos=1&ct=1497741524067788&et=2&id=SEtd9JEqtAL9wF02Z524Ow%3D%3D&request_id=1478760403199472754&source=1&src=1&st=1497741524067788&stories=1_qAeYoMB5vtW%7C1_fCQj6O95yu%7C1_4WcGLu9nQ61%7C1_F335fpu8jjZ%7C1_q4Z5CSTsCVK%7C1_FbxjNkHCLmZ%7C1_bbIGxNTxn9U%7C1_9o1E9pQPrx8%7C1_dVulIfaLFrx%7C1_brMbegEbn6A&ty=1&ty_data=qAeYoMB5vtW&uid=FaCHQlrZjy1&v=0
I’m debating weather I should comment but I’ve never had a issue with it
BHWHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Jody got my Cadillac…..
Wrapped it around a tree.
Happy Father’s Day to all.
But on to the subject of this comment:
You know, they always say everyone deserves a proper burial or a dignified cremation. Apparently there is a third option.
Just saw a picture on the Interwebz of a hearse towing a wood chipper.
So there’s an image to stick in your mind all day./smile
(Blink… blink… blink…)
I think you just broke my brain.
Happy Father’s Day to you geezers with offspring and grand-offspring, and maybe great-grand-offspring.
Happy Father’s Day to all my fellow TAH dads here. Wishing you all the best as we remember our fathers and look upon our sons.