lol

bet that went over real well

And I used the proper etiquette so..

Oh, it was a lovely conversation.

And I just "Understood, Cpl." Through the chewing.

lol; yup, chew through that lip, a skill everyone will need to survive sooner or later

Though, there was this one time where I felt bad when I had to call her at the request of a shop chief about some technical matter or another and I ended the sentence with, "...Captain." when it shoulda been "... Ma'am."apologized immediately and she was cool with it.

lol

Isnt it nice knowing 90% of this generation will all grow up without that skill and will all think they are the supreme person in every situation

She's also the reason why I have a fair amount of MCMAP behind my belt.. doing combat rolls in the middle of Chicago's winter is painful. XD

*Outside.*

Builds character, though.

it's it nice to be a snot nosed punk and think you know everthing cause you read it on the internet

fuck, Great Lake Training facitlty is COLD in winter

First premise as far as I'm concerned is, "First, I know nothing." *Even* if I'm an expert in the field.

^^

"The older I become, the more i understand what very little I thought i knew"

Or that time that when our Platoon Sgt decided, when he was promoted to SSgt, to have us do a fun run in lake Michigan *also* in the middle of winter *after* having run us up and down that fucking hill on mainside of Great Lakes.

irrelvant news

*And* doing the flipping pushup bullshit in said lake.

brrr

Honestly suprised no one got pneumonia from that shit.

i suddenly have the need for a blanket

lol

Also, I adore that man.

Would, even today, go through hell and back at his behest.

those are the rare few you keep close with

if only in spirit

Alas, I maintain tangential contact with those folks.. for traveling light is my way.

(By tangential, Facebook and maybe an update here or there.)

usually the way it goes; but men can go yrs and not hear from a guy and the bump into him at a bar and it is as if the time in between didn't exist

women don't keep in regular contact? they forget the other exist or get bitter lol

Well, could reach out to any of my Marines of the time (even the WMs) and such would be the case.

The ones I had when I switched to JBLM.. well, I don't remember them any where near as fondly.

But that's because the command there was lackluster at best & the cultural clime of the source (Seattle area mostly) isn't as tenacious as the Chicagoland area if I'm being kind.

cringe... .seattle

Pudget... Bremerton was NOT my favor place to be

Yeah, and JBLM is airforce/army with a detachment of Marines/Sailors.. and it fucking shows.

that place is DEPRESSING

Ayup.

and i swear it gets under people's skin and makees them ornary

and lazy

Shame is the 4th LSB's unit history is an epic one.

didn't know that

yeah, was never in but after working side by side with ex-marines, sailors at the places they actually served....

made for some interesting travel like u r doing now

lol

espeacially underway

Erm.." *ex-*"

sorry..

was trying to delineate myselff

Damnit, you know better than that.

not downrate them, lol

"Semper Fi" means something, after all.

lesser of two evils; i would never want to be misunderstood as claiming to be something i didn't earrn

Ex-/former army/airforce/navy is fair.. but a Marine retires from the Corps.

Can't drop that shit in normal conditions.. it's mostly indelible.

tis true, tis true.... of course the line, "Hey.. your's isn't to wonder why, remember? Leave that to me."

Also, not having earned it doesn't mean you don't know the fact. XD

@SPOOKY Phil, Ruler of Heck high security prisons have high strength glass instead of bars as inmates have electrified the bars before with wiring from the light on the ceilings to kill corrections officers

Yay, it took near an hour but the bath is finally cool enough to not scald on contact.

(Which cost me several layers of skin on my feet to find this out.)

Don't you hate it when 'women' have a memory? ^^

Depends on what they're remembering.

lol

The memory can be trained to keep the positive and drop the negative.

was refering to the little bitches that take what you say out of context and bring it up weeks late in some tangent argument

Though, and this contributes to my romantic failures so far, I have yet to find a woman that has a better memory for either than myself for accuracy.

This is where I've learned that lesson about being "correct" isn't always *right*.

^^ if i know ANYTHING about women, THAT is the lesson i am sure of

Works better for them when they actively realize I'm probably smarter than them.. but I should probably actually raise my expectations a bit of the crowd I search. >.>

"It is possible to do everything RIGHT... and stilll LOSE the game"

Damnit, I lose.

This is also why I enjoy the punishment of The Game.

It's got a handy little life lesson therein.

punishment? meh, more like the burn after a workout

if it don't hurt, you ain't doin it right

Or after about 48 hours with 3 hours of sleep on a plane.. and a 5 hour drive between there and here after an 8 hour workday that requires both physical and mental elements. >.>

I'm quite pleased that I *survived* the journey in question.

somedays, that's all you can ask

Also, I woulda sworn for a second there as I was leaving the worksite that a box said "uwu" to me.

Turns out that part of the serialization of said box had those characters in it.

lol

was readin about IoT and the Tangle recently

privacy is so dead... won't be suprise if that box DOES say 'uwu' to you in the next few yrs

That is legit dystopian nightmare fuel.

The one issue with trying to soak the sore muscles is that mentally stilling with limited external is difficult for me.

(And I'm cheating at the moment)

understood; that just gets worse as u get older

Yeah, noticed. XD

So many variables I'm aware of.. must solve for all things.

(Not because of franticness, but just because I'm aware of them.. and they are there.)

I think that is a function of the type of men we are and having to deal with too much damn information 24/7

Which is why I earn my sleep by sheer exhaustion. Xd

that is what gets worse

as you get older, you hurt yourself sleeping

Good thing I don't usually sleep all that much as is. >.>

have know guys who had a hell of a time

sleep? what's that?

Sometimes I think I'm trying to turn myself into Tyler Durden.