Info Blog · 3:12am Aug 23rd, 2013
I am still alive, but am still deployed for foreseeable future (Remember kids, read the fucking fine print.
Pros of past ~Month:
__ Major Rank-up: Now am a E-7 (Sergeant First Class)
__I am in-charge of a squad
__I still have my old CO
__ I am alive still
__ I am Alive
__Have quit smoking (Somehow)(except second-hand)
__Bill has been Medically Discharged
__Rico has been Medically Discharged
Cons of past ~Month: No, not Bronycon
__ Apparently FimFic removed the whole "Read Later", so lots of fics that I'll likely never find again
__ Currently ~70% Deaf in Right Ear - Healing
__ I have new squad
__Bill has been Medically Discharged
__Rico has been Medically Discharged
__My internet completely died
So, what's new with you lot? Assuming to many are still "here".
I am off for next few days, to "tidy-up" my new squad, so i should be able to answer.
(Lastly, My cousin somehow nuked his internet for the entirety of past month(s))
Yes, that means I must now edit my bio as well
wut? Read Later is still there
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I shall blame my ear somehow interfering with my vision of webpage.
And you aren't happy about the smoking? dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/misc_Lyra_ooh.png
1302981 You might have noticed that I did not bug you about stopping your smoking
1302983 True, tis still surprising to me.
Farewell to Bill and Rico. Never met them, but from you blogs I felt like we were at least acquainted.
1303001 They are well, nothing massively handicapping, once Physical Therapy is finished.
i enjoyed talking to Rico. He was funny.
Glad you have the chance to chat again, it's been rather quite here for me.
And congrats on the smoking.
So (if you're allowed to talk about it) what's your new squad like?
(Guess who got his car finally fixed!
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Good luck with your made up American Ranks
1303088 Welp, once the Physical Therapy is done it may be possible to virtually link-up again.
They are green, freshly signed the Hell Contract* as my unit is basically calling it. One of them Speaks Pashto, another some Ukrainian dialect. Other than that, I haven't established that much of/with them.
Congrats!
*(The contract I signed)
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Step 1) Introduce to pony
Step 2) Enjoy pony
Step 3) ???
Step 4) Profit.
Oh, and yeah, apparently my headers melted a cable that ran to a spark plug, which let the plug foul and had me down a cylinder for quite some time. Carb was out of tune too.
Moral of my experience with mechanics: Don't go to dealerships. They broke my windshield wipers. We asked them to fix the fluid pump for the wiper fluid, and they broke the fucking wiper motors.
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Those sure are some complicated steps for Army work. Normally is just:
Step 1) Introduce
Step 2) ??? + Profit/Neutral
Electrical, the bane of all engines. Seriously, 80% of engine failure are a result of Electrical failures. The main reason Diesels are so much more reliable: they don't have spark plugs, a single electrical component. (I think that is mindblowing)
Just goes to show (with the amount of fixing on your car): More mechanical, more screwed-up the item can be before failing
.....ok, I can't really say those two things are unrelated but, they are about as unrelated as one can get within a sub-group of equipment. So, someone screwed hard.
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agg! I missed thine comment!
Made-up? Nah, is clearly a thoroughly thought-out head-canon in the mind of a man that realizes he is reality... or smoked more hash-hish than can be naturally consumed.
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Yup. And my Dad (who's paying for the repairs, because I'm a teenager with super low income and he's awesome) is apparently friends with the general manager of that dealership.
And the owner of the chain of the dealerships. Pretty sure one of them is gunna hear about how awful their mechanic's shop is.
The old small blocks (at least the one I have) can be pretty reliable, just like most others, when cared for. That said, I really need a car that's better for a daily driver than a 30 year old El Camino. Hoping to be able to get something along the lines of an '03 4Runner. Or a Dodge Magnum. I'd do things to get one of those.
The person that screwed the pooch, shall soon find bestiality a poor choice of outlet methinks.
A 4Runner is not terribly more fuel efficient I would think
If I were in your predicament, which I haven't been in awhile, I would get a motorcycle. Although insurance is rarely cheap with them (especially certain types) they are fuel efficient and a good "plaything". Greatest downside: No protective cage (and full gear is expensive)
Either way: Starting-out, money is evil and rare.
1303189 The same thing, no?
1303232 Aye
1302990 Just don't do it again
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Hey, look at that bull. Silly Army.
Anyway, good job with the promotion More money! and kicking the habit. Last time I tried to smoke, I nearly hacked my lungs out, now I just stick to alcohol for my poison. Not that it's that much better. Least I'm not stuck in that god-forsaken sun, the Persian blows ass compared to the Mediterranean.
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Army has logic? Now I know to steer clear of whatever alcohol you call your favorite, or to buy a large quantity of it
Yeah, surprisingly it was probably the hardest habit I've kicked. Though no-one will ever get me to stop with alcohol, it has too many uses outside of getting one wasted. God forsaken sun? Nah, then it would be cold
How is it going on your end, on your floating city?
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I'd much rather be cold than hot. With hot weather you still got to put on full gear and
sweat your balls off, with cold, not so much.
Plus, the hangovers hurt a lot less when it's freezing.
Anyway, I'm back in the States on rotation. My tour went great, and the amount of swearing was kept to a minimum. Now I'm just sitting on my ass in Virginia. Guess it's better than sitting on my ass in Afghanistan.
P.S.: Any liquor you can get on a Navy ship is good liquor.
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Agreed, but you are inaccurate. They drown, not somehow remove themselves. (I blame my mind)
You are indisputable.
Really wish I had read the fine print on my contract, won't be due for a rotation for a good while yet. 'Keep the swearing to a minimum' you are above all the fun it would seem
. Sitting is boring, no matter where.
Note made: Get myself on a Navy ship at least once for the liquor.
I do have to ask: what is it like above the heads of us mortals? (
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Drown would be a lot better description. Swearing to the minimum means cursing only once a sentence on a ship. You aren't on a Navy ship unless this comes over the intercom and no one even blinks.
It's cold. A little uncomfortable too.
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Oh, well then i must admit that mine eyes were blind. I thought the Navy cursed less than the Army but it would seem about even
Height does make for cold. How so would it be uncomfortable? Other than the fact that your are in a box. An very aerodynamic box.
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To describe the F-18's seating: Find the cheapest metal chair you can find. Cover it with the roughest wool the Middle East can provide. Put on a tarp that scratches and sticks to said seat as best as possible. Sit in it for 5~ hours with minimal movement. Viola, the Navy's version of comfortable seating.
The view is still pretty damn awesome.
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Sounds like the seats in any armored vehicle. Well, besides the view
Except the gunner's hammock, as I call it, it just squeezes instead of pounding you.