Weekend open thread
March 30, 2018
On the Run
Horses run through the snow in Hokkaido, Japan. While perhaps not typically associated with Japan, horses have lived in the country for almost 2,000 years. In fact, there are eight purebred Japanese breeds.
Category: Open thread
Boom shakalaka boom!
Hmmm I don’t see a “First” there?!?!?
Ah well, can’t when ’em all but no too shabby for a first attempt:-)
I’m going to let Claw call this and not being stingy, technically, you *are* First.
Since I had one last week and I am the only 3 in a row WOT First (I think, althing my memory serves that someone else may have tied me, I think Tallywhagger *is* First
Without question, have the gift of great timing.
Which is to say, you have the gift of great timing.
You do not get a vote. A rule is a rule and we await Claw’s ruling. Also, “First” is not transferable.
Damn subversives.
Want a nice Black Label, Air Cav?
Indeed, I readily defer to Claw’s judgment.
Roger. A rule is a rule.
We’ve been through all this before.
There can only be one “First” and it was was rendered by ChipNASA.
ChipNASA now has a twofer going.
“So let it be written, So let it be done.”
((Over))
Chip, I did indeed get 3 in a row!
That is correct.
Your threefer occurred with the WOT’s posted on 17 Nov 17, 24 Nov 17 and 01 Dec 17.
Way to go! Way to be! Great job Tallywhagger. Enjoy the glory.
Boom two for two First
Almost Chip??
He did call it as “First” – and according to the TAH Rulebook, Chapter III §ii(3)b(4.76z), calling it is required for recognition of the claim.
Oh, and a blessed Easter to all.
How do you make the sub-section symbol?
Carefully. Very carefully…
“How do you make the sub-section symbol?”
Greybeard bent the shit out of an “S”?
That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it.
Oh yeah, seventeenth one hunnert.
I’d have a better chance of walking the Gaza strip in a yarmulke, than making that sub-section symbol.
Simplest way is to find a document (softcopy) containing that symbol and do a “cut and paste”. (smile)
Copy-Paste is my friend!
I thought about that, too. There used to an ASCII set of symbols but I haven’t used that stuff since pre-Windows days.
At one time there was also a Windows utility (Character Mapper? can’t remember the precise name any more) that would allow you to use alternate characters from any font loaded on your machine. It apparently went away during one of Microsoft’s version changes.
Yes, I recall that, as well.
In the early 80s I was in the DC metro area. As PCs came of interest, Britt Hume started writing a weekly article about various facets of OS, hardware, and applications.
He’s a good writer, smart, and a nice guy. He also had the funds to keep up with all the trends–he became a trend-setter, of a sort. Back in the days of DOS gurus.
Character Map still exists in later versions of Windows such as Win 7 and 8.1 although it’s buried. If you go to the Start button and type “Character Map” in the program search box, it will bring up what you need.
If you plan to use Character Map a lot, it might be better to search the system from file manager for “charmap.exe” which is parked in an obscure place. Right-click “charmap.exe” and copy it, then paste it to the desktop as a short-cut icon.
Yep – it’s still there. On my system, it shows up under “Windows/Accessories” as well as when using search.
Thanks, PG. I thought MicroSoft had deleted that somewhere along the way; they hid it well. (smile) Learn something new every day.
Don’t know how I missed the fact it was still under Windows/Accessories.
alt code and 0167. §
ALT + 0167 (on keypad) = §
Alt + 0174 – ®
Alt + 0153 – ™
So this is ”alt-write”?
https://www.wikihow.com/Sample/Alt-Key-Symbols-PC
That’s the ticket!
OK, OK, I confess:
I cut-and-paste, like any good programmer. I went out and found a legal citation which uses the sub-section symbol, and copied that.
Tallywhagger’s “first” claim is sorta like claiming you get shotgun without calling out “shotgun” (front passenger seat not the actual shotgun).
Well, technically, as duly noted, I never claimed first, just Boom Shakalaka boom.
What do you suppose they call the position of the middle person in a two door pick up? Ammo bearer?
*SPEW ALERT BELOW*
*SPEW ALERT BELOW*
Downhill skier.
The person who doesn’t have to get out and open the gate.
By the old Texas joke – the guy in the middle of a 2-door pickup is the only real cowboy, ’cause he ain’t got to drive, and he ain’t got to open the gate.
There ya’ go!
AND he doesn’t have to fret about someone spitting tobacco juice past him!
You da man ChipNASA. Rules be rules! Without them, we’re just hippies.
First
well..third then….
Miss me yet?
Camp Pendleton isn’t the same Hack. Say hi to mom for me.
Nope,
This is gonna make Claw’s head explode
😀 😀 😀
You guys are quick today!
That’s what she said.
Wham bam thankee, ma’am!
Congrats Tallywagger!
Why thank ya’, thank you very much.
Sorry for the misspell?
mea culpa
Nope. He’s out. The only question is whether Chip is in. We await Claw’s determination. His decision is ironclad, sacrosanct, final, and not subject to appeal.
Boy, 2/17 Air Cav sure is a hardasss.
😀 😀 😉
Hope Dan doesn’t rise.
Dan may be a featured speaker on Easter morning, a stand in for the Pope.
If anything he’ll descend.
Again.
For the third time, I hear.
APRIL “FIRST”!!!
(March LAST?!?!?)
/LOL
Take it easy, Big Boy. There’s a second full moon tonight for the month of March.
You can go outside and howl and scare your neighbors to death… or maybe just take the wolf pack howling recording with you and play it loud enough to wake the entire neighborhood.
And Daniel Bernath is still dead!
yes, yes he is, may he be delighting in whatever after life he earned.
Homeless and dead. The Pope has declared that there is no Hell. The Kennedys were not immediately available for comment.
For the record, Pope Francis said no such thing. The fellow responsible for the bogus report is a 93-year old journalist and atheist named Scalfari who previously (2013) had to admit that he uses neither a recorder nor a notepad in his interviews. He explained that “I try to understand the person I am interviewing, and after that I write his answers with my own words.” He further explained that “some of the Pope’s words I reported, were not shared by Pope Francis.” In other words, he just makes stuff up. Besides all of that, no Pope would ever deny the existence of Hell.
Maybe this so-called “jorno-list” is working on getting a paid gig on CNN or MSNBC.
No Pope would deny hell exists. If there’s no hell, there’s no need for heaven. And if there’s no heaven or hell, there’s no need for a Pope. Bad idea to put yourself out of a job like that!
Which is why Scalfari’s “quote” has been burning up the Catholic blog-o-sphere.
Though, it is conceivable the Holy Father said that …. he is a Jesuit.
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Sancte Michael Archangele,
defende nos in proelio;
contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium.
Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur:
tuque, Princeps militiae Caelestis,
satanam aliosque spiritus malignos,
qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo,
divina virtute in infernum detrude.
Amen.
Time was masses most everywhere concluded with that prayer. Then, poof, bye, gone. My church still recites it after each mass, but not in Latin.
Same here; I can still recite the rosary and some other prayersin Latin. Our bishop is a Mahoney-clone. He’s told parishes not ro use the angelus bells during the Consecration! We might have brrn the only parish that used them.
Sort of like Toys R Us donating to Planned Parenthood.
Just my view, but the way he abused that plane and tried to take advantage of the fact that the late owner had been a VN POW USAF pilot (like that was all going to rub off on him), I would say that the plane despised him so much it took the controls away from him.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
And a good story it is, too. Very believable. I like it!
Is there room out there is story land for some support in your effort to stick with that story? ‘Cause I’d like to adopt it as well.
“That’s PH’s story and I’m sticking with it, too!” Kinda has a nice ring to it.
OWB, I am honored that you wish to spread my story throughout the land. There are many, many spooky stories available, but none quite as weird as this one.
Please feel free to adopt this story and help it find new paths to follow.
The entire Bernath/TAH saga would make an awesome Netflix series. Nobody that doesn’t hang out here would ever believe it though.
Hack’s theory is that The Dutch Rudder Gang is the Stolen Valor equivalent of the television series The Following, a network of posers across the country, all doing the bidding of their mentally unstable leader Joe Carol/Daniel Bernath. That just leaves one question, is Seavey or Lilyea Kevin Bacon?
Now that Dirt Dart Danny Bernath is DEAD, I wonder if the remaining members of the Dutch Rudder Gang have any idea how much shit they’re still in?
Nope!
Indeed, it would so make a fine tale for the telling, however, one must wait until the FAA has reached its conclusion that the concussion was — well, not meant to collect insurance money… or something like that.
NTSB preliminary report verified continuity of all flight controls.
That is called a CLUE in my business.
The plane has been cleared of ANY wrong doing in the death of Bernath.
That leaves two more probable causes of death.
1. Inability of pilot to maintain flight.
or
2. XXXX XXXXXX
That is all.
2. Fles redrum?
((((OVER))))
I don’t know why, but I’ve still got it in my head that Bernath, for whatever reasons, took his own life.
Dirt Dart Danny is still dead as dirt…
Dead and buried all in the same instant. Very efficient that way.
Was he buried or incinerated. I thought they flamed him.
Regular or Extra Crispy?
Baked, boiled or mashed, he’s still dead.
There was no flame, no explosion.
There was only a thud.
I wonder if his catheter bag ruptured like a water balloon on impact thus him pissing all over himself as his last deed?
((((OVER))))
Note to kiddies who plan on hunting for Easter egg baskets on Sunday:
Do not, I say again, Do NOT look for the Easter Bunny or his baskets anywheres near the woods along side of the Bonita National Golf Club.
This was a public service announcement.
We now return you to your regular TAH Weekend Open Thread thread.
Since Easter and April Fool’s day are concurrent this year, I propose the following;
1- Send the kids out in the backyard for a good old-fashioned Easter egg hunt. Tell the kids there’s a fresh $20 in the golden egg.
2- Don’t let the kids know you didn’t hide any eggs.
3- Enjoy the show.
Sort of like after you came home from a deployment and after things would settle down a bit you would toss a roll of coins out in the yard (and keep a few in your pocket) and then announce to the kiddies “There are 50 coins out in the yard, don’t come back inside until you find them all.” And then you and wifey would have some “quiet time” for awhile. 😉
Dirt Dart Danny is still dead as dirt…
Tried to sue the world and lost his shirt.
Top 20
Top 20 and present!
Another weekend of news where they debate what an assault rifle is. Can’t wait.
This best illustrates the argument.
I have one just like that in my tactical toolbox. I also have a cordless drill… well, two cordless drills, actually.
63st!
I remember that from when it was first posted.
Still funny.
https://youtu.be/-uoQFQed-4I?t=144
Fimftherd. Somewhere in there.
You want bacon mac & cheese?
Cook enough short pasta to feed the number of people you intend to surprise.
Fry some bacon nice and crisp. Minimum amount of 2 cups will feed me, after it’s crumbled, so if you love bacon, and you intend to feed more than one person, measure accordingly.
Hold back some bacon to top the mac & cheese after it’s cooked.
Make a cheese sauce using real cheese and real ingredients. Cheddar is always good, especially if it’s sharp, sharp stuff. Ease up on the flour, because this dish gets baked.
Ingredients for cheese sauce:
shredded cheesse – lots of it
butter and flour to make the roux
milk to thin the roux before you add the cheese to it
black pepper to spice it just a tad
Mix the cooked pasta, crumbled bacon, and cheese sauce.
Pour the mix into a greased baking dish. Smooth it out nicely
Bake at 375F for about 30 minutes, then remove and divide into portions, plate it,
sprinkle with crumbled bacon and add cut veggies (carrots, zukes, radishes, etc.) on the side.
Add favorite cold beverages, puffy biscuits or crusty peasant bread w/butter, and enjoy.
And for afters: Dig that frozen apple pie out of the freezer and bake it. Have it waiting on the countertop for dessert, with a really creamy vanilla ice cream.
Add a good book or sea stories or whatever silly things you want to do. If your kids don’t love real mac & cheese, they are Twig Space Aliens.
Oven baked bacon crisps up better and more evenly than pan fried. I use a sheet pan and a cookie rack, preheat the oven to 375, and cook for 1/2 an hour or until done. It takes a bit longer, but I prefer it and clean-up is a snap.
YMMV
Yeah, but you don’t get the pan scrapings afterwards. And bacon grease as a cooking aid is widely known to provide more flavor than other cooking aids… especially for grilled cheese sandwiches.
The bacon fat renders out and is right there in the sheet pan. Liquid gold- never throw it out!
I prefer butter for a grilled ham and cheese. Another sandwich I haven’t made recently, but probably should, is a Monte Cristo. It’s one similar to a grilled ham and cheese, but you dip the sandwich in a platter of beaten egg just before you put it in the pan.
I like using bacon grease to light the charcoal in my cast iron Hibachi, I’ll start with some small pieces of wood with the grease on ’em along with some of the charcoal dosed with it and light it all with a blowtorch!
I didn’t know that anyone still owned a blowtorch. I haven’t seen one in years, at least not since like 1970 or so. LP torchs are so much less mess, more controlled burn, and have a much hotter flame.
And time now for our weekly update on the
TAH 2018 Phony Race™©
To no one’s surprise, the phony Navy SEALs are still in the lead, with 29 to date.
But the others have stepped up their game!
2nd place: Green Berets/SF – 10
3rd place: Marines – 9
4th place: Rangers – 7
5th place: Unearned Awards – 6
6th place: Vietnam Vets – 5
7th place: Phony Deployed/Combat – 4
8th place (tie): Navy, Air Force, Army Officer, and Beirut Bombing survivors at 2 each.
9th and last place: Military school – 1
TAH 2018 Cranksteppers Race™©
Ossifers: 11
VA: 3
NCO’s: 2
LEOs: 2
TAH 2018 Heroes Scoreboard™©
those who are truly deserving of honor and recognition:
Heroes: 42
Saving the World: 17
Gone Home: 41
Respectfully submitted:
-Graybeard (((OUT)))
I motion that the accountant’s report be so entered into the record. All in favor, say “Aye,” those opposed, say “Nay.”
So moved.
Aye, and aye again. (We’re good peoples and can vote for deceased good peoples, too, right?? If not, why not?? Oh, cancel that – I really don’t need anybody’s permission. It’s just how things are done now.)
No, you don’t need to see any ID for any of the thirteen votes I intend to cast around the district.
Aye for me and aye for MRS D (She votes as I tell her to vote).
Patriarchy!
Do I really need to add a sarc tag?
Nah. I didn’t see a need either.
Aye X 2
“6th place: Vietnam Vets – 5”
After yesterday the Viet of the Nam posers should show a small uptick. Nothing like showcasing vets to bring out the posers.
Go Navy!
The motion being properly made and seconded, and a vote of all attendant TAHellions counted, the report is duly accepted an entered into the TAH Records book as the offical report for this week’s WOT.
Respectfully submitted,
Graybeard
Love this, GB!
We need a standing thread for all the habitual “me first” players. Maybe a red/green button that goes active randomly a few times per day. best to patent it before zynga makes it pay to play.
Nay on that idea. It’s bad enough once a week!
(Just kidding.)
(Or am I?)
I think I started it all, saw a WOT with no comments, and really couldn’t think quickly of anything to say, so I posted “First!”
The rest is history…
claim the infamy?
They can kill me, but they won’t eat me. So nothing to here to lose!
*grin*
Confirmed.
Leafed back through the notes section of the Coveted Book of Firsts and found that the initial “First” was posted by AW1Ed on 24 April 2015.
LOL – how little traditions start. Glad you did that AW1Ed!
Thanks GB. Kind’a funny I’m out of the competition now, but I’m more than good with that. I’m happy to watch the feeding frenzy every Friday afternoon around 1300- puts a nice coda on the work week.
Great sports story out of the Windy City. There’s an accountant who is an ex-college hockey player. He’s married, with kids, and is 36 years old. His name is Foster. He still plays goalie in a hockey beer league. NHL teams have a reserve group of goalies that they can draw from in an emergency. The Blawkhawks had an emergency. With their regular goalie out and #2 in the net, he has to leave the game in the 3rd period. They are out of goalies. They have Foster suit up and in he goes. The crowd roared when he made his first save. They chanted his name somewhere before his 7th save. And he gave up no goals. The Blawkhawks won. His team mobbed him and the crowd went nuts. Afterwards, he was funny as hell. Says he was nervous as he suited up but blacked out after that. Said he’ll tell the guys that he had 30 saves in a 1-0 game and that in some years that the 30 will become 50. He marveled that he spent the day as an accountant crunching numbers and then played goalie in the NHL. It was “The Rookie” only this was real.
Because ‘Murica.
That is legendary stuff!!
Thanks for the story!
“The Rookie” with Dennis Quaid? I think that WAS real.
Kind of. Jim Norris was twice drafted by the Major Leagues, signing the second time. He was in the minor leagues but recurring injuries kept him out of the Bigs. He ended up teaching Science in high school and did get a break, cracking the majors where he played for a season or two before the injury he couldn’t shake did him in for good. The guy from Philly–that bartender what’s his name–he was more like Foster here. BTW, The Rookie is one of my favorite sports movies.
That guy from Philly – Vince Papale
Yeah. That guy, Vince.
Morris played 6 seasons from 83-89 with the Brewers and White Sox Minor league systems, never getting above A Level before he got his shot years later.
After Laura Ingrahm’s remarks, David Hogg posted a tweet encouraging people to write to the show’s sponsors and pull their ads, prompting Ingrahm to apologize. What a dick move by Hogg. Well, that list works in reverse. No more Nestles, TripAdvisor, etc. On similar subject – I was going to cancel my NetFlix due to the hiring of Susan Rice – all because of an internet streaming video!
It Turns out that #HoggWild was not at school during the shooting, he was a home. So he jumped on his bike to get some T.V time (our hero).
Yes, he admitted that in some video someone shot when he was reminiscing with classmates at a SJW powwow. He was about three miles away when he heard about the shooting (per his admission) and jumped on his bicycle and pedaled furious to get to school, only to arrive long after the shooting was over. He apparently wanted some TV time and to interview other classmates to work on his newser creds so he can become CNN’s new, young “Gunga Dan” Blather. But only as a second career, in case his plan to become a fascist dictator doesn’t come to fruition.
As much as I hate to defend him, they disproved that. He went home after school and then he wanted to do interviews and stated he hopped on his bike and went (back) to school around 6pm or so, but left out the “back” part.
His quote was taken out of context.
Well if he was at school, he wasn’t in the Freshman building where the shooting went down, because he is a senior. In any event, the little proggie bastard is a legend only in his own mind.
He was onto something with his armband and brownish shirts, it was a little to retro for me.
Whatever. Hogg better hope a slot opens up on the inter-galactic news desk. I still say the kid looks like a space alien…
We’re all sick of the sanctimonious little prick, “Camera” Hogg. And that boycott BS can work both ways.
I think Rush coined that phrase for the little bitch.
This kid has no muscles whatsoever and a pencil neck adds a half inch to the diameter of his neck…
I wonder if he has cancer, I’ve seen healthier Hospice Patients than this prick…
He DOES look like a pencil-necked tofu-fed almond milk(nut juice) drinking prissy little candyassed City Boy!
Somewhere in the top 60 to 75.
Dear TAH DW’s in CA,
Contact your District Assemblyman and ask for investigation and impeachment proceedings of Valor Thief Randy Voepel as per CA Assembly Bill 167 (CA Stolen Valor Act).
CA AB 167 was written because of Valor Thieves like Alverez (from US v. Alverez) and Voepel. Yes, CA AB 167 was wriiten because of the likes of these two!
The bill calls for removal of elected and public officials who engage in Stolen Valor activities.
Thanks DW’s!
MCPO
Find one in the PDRofMD and I’m your huckleberry, Master Chief.
Well, this is kind of cool:
About 75 Rockledge High School students walk out of class to support Second Amendment
A group of students from Rockledge High School in Brevard County briefly walked out of class Friday to show their support for the Second Amendment.
About 75 students, according to a head count by school administrators, walked onto the school’s track carrying the American flag and signs that said “guns don’t kill people, people kill people” and “I support the right to bear arms.” The event lasted about 20 minutes and then students returned to class.
[….]
Deaton — who was wearing a T-shirt that read, “my rights don’t end where your feelings begin” — said the event was meant to clear misconceptions about the Second Amendment, not support or oppose any particular political stances.
After playing the national anthem and “God Bless America” over the loud speakers, she told the group of students, “We were built on certain rights and that was one of the original rights, that we should have the right to bear arms.”
Delaney read a quote from former President Ronald Reagan, who at a 1983 banquet for the National Rifle Association said, “The Constitution does not say that government shall decree the right to keep and bear arms. The Constitution says ‘… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'”
(Rockledge is in Brevard County, Florida.)
source: https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/30/rockledge-students-walk-out-class-support-2nd-amendment/473151002/
Nice. I guess they will have to make examples of the ringleaders now. Can’t have that sort of thing. It’s so, so, so NRAish. in
Of course it happened. It IS Florida, after all. We have more Conservative, Constitution Loving, Americans here than most realize.
Here in the Northwest Florida Panhandle, (the most Conservative area of the state), during the whole 2016 campaign season, I looked for, and only found one Hillary yard sign. Farmers are smarter.
“Farmers are smarter”
You betcha we are.
We are outstanding in our field./smile
Advice for those who want to talk trash about Farmers, DON’T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL!!!
tappity tap tap double tap heel heel tappity tap
Last one to tapdance is queer!
Good exercise, queer or not.
Sounds like a routine at the gun range.
I can neither confirm or deny the tactical application which may or may not have been taught by the SOTG Special Missions Choreographers.
Dedicated to all those miscreants out there who – when caught red-handed – try to retaliate by stirring the sh!t-pot, then flinging poo at their accusers. May Lady Karma make them all lick the spoon, then consume the contents.
Might want to put any drinks down before reading further. (smile) Without further ado:
Lady Karma
(with apologies to the late John Lennon)
Lady Karma yeah she got him
Whacked him right upside the head
Now he can’t get his sh!t together
Why? ‘Cause now he is totally dead
What in the world he thinking of
Lying scuz not deserving love
What on earth was he tryin’ to do?
Good riddance to you, yeah you!
Lady Karma yeah she got him
Appeared right in that plane’s cockpit
Scared the “poor boy” so damn badly
He filled his pants plum full of sh!t
Worst scare you’re ever gonna see
Didn’t need no catheter to pee
Who the hell he think he was
True super scuz?
Well, right he was!
And his shame lives on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah his shame lives on
Ev’ryone come on
Lady Karma yeah she got him
Knocked his butt right off his feet
When his little plane impacted
End was quick but not very neat
For him the world it ended there
Karma for all the pain and fear
He caused to others there and here
He’s scattered ev’rywhere
No one really cares
But his shame lives on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah his shame lives on
Come on and on and on on on
Yeah yeah, alright, uh huh, ah
Well his shame lives on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah his shame lives on
On and on and on on and on
And his shame lives on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Still his shame lives on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
I was singing along. Outstanding work!
Encore! Encore!
Work of art Hondo!
So is this weekend gonna be another free sneakers and t.v sets weekend in Kalifornia? Sharpton and da gang are waiting for night time pricing specials.
Have a good weekend y’all!!
Tulips are going to be out this weekend, baseball is on, skirts are back, neck lines are going lower…
IT IS SPRING!!!
And in other news, a kid in CT posted a picture of his Airsoft rifle on Instagram.
He was kicked out of school and arrested.
Couldn’t make it up if I tried.
http://wtnh.com/2018/03/28/high-school-senior-suspended-after-a-post-on-social-media/
JUST when you thought publik shcool administrators couldn’t get any more petty, imbecilic and asinine…
As the late, great Robert A. Heinlein put it:
“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”
Although I think even RAH would have had trouble imagining some of the inane garbage dreamed up by modern educators.
What do you expect? Reason and common sense in people who wilt at the sight of a printed page with a photo of something on it?
It’s that ‘we don’t look at guns here’ and ‘we don’t look at pictures of guns here’ and ‘we don’t want to acknowledge the existence of guns here’ – that routine, which causes an inappropriate reaction to the appearance of a toy in social media or a poptart that has been bitten unintentionally into an “L” shape.
Those people are as close to psycotic as you can get.
My state just ain’t home no more. This was a topic of discussion on the local AM call-in shows. People actually defending the actions of the school and the search of the home, FFS.
I guess ‘probable cause’ is in the eye of the beholder now.
But in the same state, it’s okay for a faculty member to threaten to kill every whitey he can get his hands on.
Whiz Wheel says:
High School Senior [name redacted] who went FRPR scores a 31×7 = 217.
Number 109rd and Honorary First once again.
((((OVER))))
This is going around Fakebook, falsely attributed to Trey Gowdy. I tried to determine who actually said it, but could not. The words are spot on and pure gold:
“Nobody has a “right” to serve in the Military. Nobody. What makes people think the Military is an equal opportunity employer? Very far from it.
The Military uses prejudice regularly and consistently to deny citizens from joining for being too old or too young, too fat or too skinny, too tall or too short. Citizens are denied for having flat feet, or for missing or additional fingers. Poor eyesight will disqualify you, as well as bad teeth. Malnourished? Drug addiction? Bad back? Criminal history? Low IQ? Anxiety? Phobias? Hearing damage? Six arms? Hear voices in your head? Self-identify as a Unicorn? Need a special access ramp for your wheelchair? Can’t run the required course in the required time? Can’t do the required number of pushups? Not really a “morning person” and refuse to get out of bed before noon? All can be reasons for denial.
The Military has one job. War. Anything else is a distraction and a liability. Did someone just scream “That isn’t Fair”? War is VERY unfair, there are no exceptions made for being special or challenged or socially wonderful. YOU change yourself to meet Military standards.. Not the other way around. I say again: You don’t change the Military… you must change yourself. The Military doesn’t need to accommodate anyone with special issues. The Military needs to Win Wars.
If any of your personal issues are a liability that detract from readiness or lethality… Thank you for applying and good luck in future endeavors. Who’s next in line?”
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you’re doing it wrong.
Word
Amen Frankie! Words to live by!
Saw this early Friday morning; thought it was from the Duffle Blog or Onion…. it warn’t.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/30/army-mulls-tougher-basic-training-for-out-shape-undisciplined-recruits.html
I hope all my friends here at TAH have a wonderful Easter Weekend! Good bye and God Bless!
Well TAHers the Skippy clan is moving…
A little sooner then I thought, but after talking to a realtor she was getting ready to list our home
And Boom !!!!!! It sold we close sometime between May 28 and June 4th
I can say honestly I’m not doing anymore blast furnace areas to live in
But because of that, we chose a small house with a few acres in Cloudcroft, Nm
I probably won’t miss the liberal Nazis here in Tucson, Az. but we have met some very
Nice people hear since we moved here 4 years ago. Our reason for moving is the unending
Heat here and the rush of living in a big city. I’m ready to take it slow and enjoy life
And the schools here are amazing horrible compared to other places I’ve lived
That’s a no-go for my two daughters. But my countdown has started
I hope that you got a better deal than the Vice President of the proud but humble woman owned business that Hack works for. That schmuck originally listed his regal mansion for $965,000 in September of 2016, then sold it March 2017 for $87,700. He had to knock $877,300 off because the mailbox did not have a door.
BHWHAHAHAHA !!!
Will they ever find her ???
😂😂😂😂
If you happen to go to Hack Stone’s Facebook page, he has a photo of the new world corporate headquarters for the proud but humble woman owned business that is scheduled to open this Sunday, April 1, which coincidentally happens to be Elaine Ricci’s birthday. Her desk awaits her return.
#FreeElaineRicci
I looked Lol….
Some gorgeous country in New Mexico. Enjoy it!
Will do
Used to live in Cloudcroft, hear tell it is much larger now. Nice place. We sometimes talk about returning, but any more I am a firm believer in Tom Wolfe’s dictum.
Which Tom Wolfe are you referring to? There are two of them, one deceased in 1938 and the other still alive.
Did you mean the Tom Wolfe who wrote ‘You Can’t Go Home Again’?
It’s grown a little but hasn’t changed a lot since we have been going up there
Still quite out of the way. Most of the growth went to Ruidoso and even there it slowed down
Looks like a nice place. I will say that the summers in Tucson made one more acclimated to the summers in Kandahar – minus the “lake” stench of course.
Someone should get pics of fort polk horses.
Just checking in, ah …
Has anyone heard from Bernath?
Oh, sorry … I forgot!
HE IS DEAD!
Happy Easter TAHer’s!
No he isn’t!
Daniel A. Bernath is alive and medium well!
And his shame lives on . . . (see above)
(smile)
Well, David Hogg is at it again. He’s shaming John McCain for taking millions in campaign donations from the NRA. I guess Dave didn’t take kindly to the Senator’s daughter Meghan’s unkind critique about him on his drama queen soapbox act.
Being comment 177 on WOT I feel less people will read it, but I need to vent and tell people that are not close to this and that I don’t know personally.
We talk about tickle monsters and it always seems like it will always happen to another family. I thought that too, but it happened to mine.
A family member we trusted did horrible things. The police waited until after the interview with my wife and I and he was already in jail to tell me about it.
Two days after this revelation I relapsed and got drop down drunk, which helps nobody. I’m good on the drinking aspect now and not doing it again.
I don’t know if any of you have experience with this.
First off – it’s not a relapse if it is a one and done. So don’t beat yourself up over having a normal reaction to an abnormal event. You self-medicated to get through that day. Don’t make more of it than it was.
It may take a while but you will get everything back into perspective. Maybe not today and maybe not next week but it will happen. Meanwhile, focus on the things for which you are grateful at least part of the time. The sun is coming up again today, spring is happening whether we look at it or not – don’t miss seeing it this year.
Apply the same rules to this that you apply to every other aspect of your life. Really. You still have the power and it is your decision whether to voluntarily give it away or retain it.
That’s the best I’ve got. Thoughts and prayers with you.
Thank you.
It’s hard, but that son of a bitch better thank his lucky stars that the police waited to tell me until after he was in jail. I’m good now and holding it strong for my families sake.
Twist,
I have real life experience dealing in this dark place with respect to programs, investigations and the aftermath.
Having a weak moment does not render one weak, that moment is time only. Stay strong as a rock and that strength will last forever in you and your family.
If you need to chat, Jonn has my info.
MCPO
I would add that if there is a local chapter of B.A.C.A, contact them. The members are trained in counseling and are there to support the victim and the family. I’m sorry to hear that this happened!!
B.A.C.A. Members not only offer counseling and mentoring, they “adopt” the abused children into their ranks and show up in court wearing their Colors in support of the kids as well as letting the monsters know in no uncertain terms that the kids are now protected by Bikers. One Member said in a TV interview “If the perps try anything once we’ve adopted them well, we’re Bikers…”. They also visit the kids once a week as well, they’re damned good people!
Twist, don’t beat yourself up for acting normal in your reaction to such horrible news.
And please do something constructive with the anger you are feeling right now.
Good words Ex-PH2…
Twist, don’t let this event bring you down. Give yourself time to put it in perspective.
Prayers for you and your family…
Yes, I have experience with that.
Good news: if the perp seeks help voluntarily, there can be recovery and restoration.
But regardless, it is not your fault – neither is your reaction a failure.
My recommendation: get help (perhaps your clergyman can help find someone good) and lean on God to get you through this.
In our case, while the scars are still there – and the child has to deal with those still although they are the parent of grown children themselves – life can return to a form of normal.
My prayers are with you.
One of my uncles could not drink w/o getting shit faced. He drank once per year. After his drunk, that was it until the next year. He knew his situation and never caused others harm when he enjoyed his once-a-year drunk. I knew another guy who gave up alcohol during Lent. He stopped cold Ash Wednesday. The rest of the year, he drank daily, like a fish. I never could figure this stuff out.
As for the molester, there is a really, really sucky answer that truly is the best alternative. It will sound corny and trite and pollyannish, but it works. When one hates another, the antidote is to pray daily for that other. You will, of course, ensure that the victim is cared for fully. I know that. The thing is that these terrible events make multiple victims. Truly, if you are daydreaming about the SOB and what you would like to do to him, that’s when the prayers are needed.
Amen.
Twist I am so sorry to hear about your family’s ordeal. About the drinking, you’re in good company and I have done the same in a trying time. Don’t let it get you because it DID NOT get you. You did it, it’s done and over, so no regrets my friend. You have bigger issues to deal with.
As far as the inappropriate family member, they will get their due. It may not bring healing because sometimes justice is only for the perpetrator and brings little relief to the victim and family. That is when you stand strong, as you are now, and be there for those who need you. It will not be easy but healing takes time. Time is a hard thing when so much depends upon it. But time indeed will help all involved.
You and your family will be in my sincere prayers for God’s blessings, His healing and His guidance.
Adam Appel of Pahoa, Hilo, Hawaii and formerly of Anchorage, Alaska runs a Street Medic Charity. Adam Appels’ name does not currently appear in either the National EMT Registry or the Hawaii Registy.
https://adamappelemt.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/evidence-shows-adam-appel-does-not-appear-to-be-a-licensed-emt-in-hawaii/
From Adam Appel’s Linked In
Director of Operations, Founder
Street Medics
July 2015 – Present (2 years 9 months)
Founded and started a 501(C)3 non profit forcusaed [sic] on street medical skills. Our goals include teaching first responder associated skills not covered in liscense and certification requirement courses. Current climate needs dictate courses offered. We hope to be able to provide missions focusing on outreach medical and resource assistance for minors living one the street. Ongoing missions are providing roving medics to asset the public at any opportunity. Ongoing training sessions are in preparedness training in EMT and MICP scope of care interfacing real world treats from disaster, pandemic and insurgency/terrorism. Still in start up operations mode.
Emergency Medical Tech
Alaska Professional Volunteers, Inc.
January 2009 – Present (9 years 3 months)
Treat prehospital medical emergency patients with in scope of practice. Lead a team of 4-8 EMT’s in the field, responsible for staging, equipment and team dynamics. Manage and maintain team medical and communication equipment. Work environments to provide emergency medical response wilderness, sub arctic winter, sports arena, urban street and clinical. Volunteer and Oncall.
Yikes! Especially if you know about Adam Appel’s case against him by the Alaska Offoce of Elder Fraud
https://adamappelemt.wordpress.com/2018/02/04/adam-appel-and-alaskas-elder-fraud-case-against-him/
Be careful out there with your charity donations
Holden
I hope that guy is a better EMT than he is speller. That Linked In profile is awful.
Does this Adam Appel have any real, certified medical training at all? Is he someone to whom you would not send a dying deer tick for care?
Aside from the charity donation scam, is he really qualified to teach anything beside how to scam money out of gullible people?
Well, apparently (and thankfully) one can be charged for being a fake EMT
http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/waverly-police-charge-man-with-being-fake-emt/article_60cabbd0-2d70-11e0-8b08-001cc4c002e0.html
Holden
I wonder of Adam Appel is related to Jennifer Appel, that woman that was supposedly lost at sea for 5 months.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/american-women-rescued-sea-stick-their-story-you-would-say-n818531
I read through the thread a couple of times including the first posts. I didn’t see anyone actually say First!
So…..First!
Having spent all day yesterday cleaning out the storage facility with props, set pieces, etc., left over from my former production company’s five-year children’s show, I missed the entire WOT. So congrats to the First! I’ll be back. Never fear. Also, here’s this week’s trivia/humor/whatever column. Enjoy … or not, as you prefer. DID YOU KNOW…? Are there really more holidays in the year than there are days in the year? By Commissioner Wretched In a conversation with my co-worker Fern recently, I learned that the day we were speaking was “International Women’s Day.” Now there’s a holiday I didn’t even know existed. So, as someone always on the lookout for fascinating tidbits of information to share, I decided to start looking up the odd, little-known and seldom-celebrated holidays that pepper the calendar. And, oh brother, what I found! There are literally more holidays on the calendar than there are days on the calendar. How is that possible? I can hear you asking. If you figure it out, let me know, okay? Because this one has me perplexed. In light of that, I thought we’d dive this week into the listing of little-celebrated holidays on the calendar. So that’s our trivia destination. Climb aboard, please, and be sure to fasten your seat belt. Obviously, there isn’t enough room here to fit in all of the holidays, so I’m going to pick and choose the best (or worst, depending on your point of view). Intrigued by all of this? Let me know by sending an e-mail to didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com. I answer every e-mail I receive. Did you know … … January 1 is not only New Year’s Day, but also National Hangover Day? (Somehow, that fits.) … January 3 is National Humiliation Day? (When I was in junior high school, every day was humiliation day.) … January 13 is National Skeptics Day? (I’m rather skeptical about that one.) … January 17 is National Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day? (Frankly, I’m surprised they wait that long.) … February 8 is Kite Flying Day? So, go fly a kite. (Why they put that in… Read more »
So make cupcakes instead of full-sized cakes, right?
Do if you must.
I just don’t get cupcakes. At all. Never have. They are so much messier than a regular piece of cake. Why anyone would give them to kids is baffling.
Kids have small hands, don’t like using forks when they’re little kids, and kids like food that is messy. Cupcakes are messy.
My point exactly.
Kids also like to poop in odd places. Just because they want to doesn’t seem like sufficient justification for allowing it.
EX-PH2 if you get a chance check out the profile on http://www.naturalist.org
It’s ck2az and tell me what you think Lol…..
I think it tells anyone who really understands how insignificant we humans really are, and how petty are our quarrels.
There is far too much thoughtlessness and not enough thoughtfulness in the air right now. Those photos make that as clear as a summer day.
Thanks for sharing that, Skippy.
John Giduck – the turd with a face!
§*** No Weekend Open Thread would be complete without an update on the favorite poser of each of us. We owe it to them to assist them in their quest for worldwide Internet fame.
Most of those here know who my favorite whipping boy is, but for those who don’t, feel free to mention his name in a response to my post, and when I see you post on your favorite, I will reply, using his name in the response.
STOLEN VALORIST EXTRAORDINAIRE, KYLE CHRISTOPHER BARWAN, aka FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CONVICT NUMBER H50625, here is your weekly mention on TAH, all to add to your many pages of goooooooogle hits. Suck it, bitch, (<<<as Big Thor says to you.)
So many posers, so little bandwidth. Hack supports the hometown team, in this case, Gunny Driveway, AKA SgtMaj Ronald Mailahn, since he resides in the vicinity of where Hack came of age. I wonder what that butt munch has been up to recently?
Quite an impressive resume on LinkedIn. While attending Gloucester Catholic, he majored in “collage prep”, which means that teacher in Remedial Art sent him down to the supply closet to retrieve the Elmer’s glue and poster board.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-mailahn-4b71a598
2245, night night, sleep tight TAH’ers. Thought I’d post this lullaby as you snuggle in.
Sweet dreams.
*grin*
He is risen!
Happy Easter to all. Yeah, that is an all inclusive “all.” Whether you are a believer or not, may blessings be upon you and may you have a wonderful day.
Thank you OWB and AMEN!!!
In case any of you are wondering how certain people (we’ll call them Chip)so frequently are first in the WOT, I’ll tell you.
First, Chip takes some masking tape, depresses his Control key, and applies the tape to hold down the key. He then takes his wife’s pet bird, tapes the bird’s feet to his desk, and superglues some bird seed to his F5 key. The bird keeps whacking the key until Chip sees the new WOT listed. He then simply puts his cursor in the fits cmt box and right clicks for Paste, where he has all ready copied the word First. (FYI: I discovered all this two months ago and he swore he’d pay me $20/mo to dummy up, but he didn’t pay this month.)
STOP LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER!!!
😀
I know damn well I got someone. Just write your name here: _______________________.
If you’re having trouble, check your license. Whenever I forget my name, that’s what I do. Never fails.
LOL ME!! (not)
LAST!!!
They’re showing up in droves now, what with half dozen comments in last week’s WOT. Yes, I am a meaner.
The best laid plans…Chip’s bird died. He’s on his own and, boy, is his wife gonna be pissed.