pseudosoldier

pseudosoldier

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Damage Assessment in Misc JoeUser Forums

Severe sunburn on back of neck (multiple days of sun exposure) Aches through upper body (multiple days of wearing flak vest and helmet, ruck march with 55lb ruck) Severe sunburn on back of hands and fingers (multiple days of sun exposure) 3 inch bruise, left thigh (actually got that one in the preparatory training on Monday, but it hasn't faded) Very m

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Reply to More Goal Adjustments, 10JUL in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

You can't renew the book? How sad. My library automatically renews books for me when I'm late. I can and have already renewed the book once. I'll pay the late fee when I come back from the field. If they just auto-renew your book, why do they even give you a due date? There's a one day "g

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Live Earth Thoughts in Music JoeUser Forums

Annoyed by Sirius sattelite radio's incessant teaser coverage for their future radio coverage of a recently past event "for a climate in crisis," I've decided to just jot a few things down... How much trash/waste did these multiple concerts produce? Did they serve meat at the venues at all? As I sit here eating my pre-packaged frozen dinner (and throwing aw

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More Goal Adjustments, 10JUL in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

IA4. Acquire certified copies of all of my college transcripts. I also need to send these to the folks who update my Online Personnel Management File. IB. Finish three more Joint Color Guards to earn the Air Force Achievement Medal. DONE! Now I need to submit the paperwork (and establish an SOP for doing so). IE. Resol

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It's Dead in Laptops JoeUser Forums

Due to persistent overheating problems, my laptop is finally dead. I have to assume that it was hardware issues that eventually caused a corruption of the data on the C:\ drive, as I have no other explanation for it (virus and spyware free as it was). It won't boot up properly; checkdisk finds "unspecified errors" while trying and skipping checkdisk only works about

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Reply to Netflix Dissatisfaction in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Well, I get to share Tron and the original Transformers movie with my sons this weekend, as they arrived last night... three business days late (along with another movie that was "on time"). Unfortunately, I took the gamble that they had been lost in the mail and reported them undelivered, so I'll be getting second copies of them "Saturday" (or however long the delay is this time). Feh. I have until the end of the month to decide if I

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Reply to Netflix Dissatisfaction in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I depends on where you live. I live in a MAJOR city and my movies take one day to arrive. I NEVER had any "wait" times. I understand that those who live closer to the distribution points get faster delivery. And I had gotten used to two days for one-way mail. But then it bumped to three (or longer), a

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Reply to Netflix Dissatisfaction in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I don't really mind that they put some things as a wait... I have over 200 movies in my queue, so I'll get something that I want (especially if I plan around it). I guess my biggest complaint is the recent (past two weeks) lengthening of the turn around times. I had been all but relying on the 4 day return, and now it's more usually 6. I had gotten around the earlier delays by just upping my number of movies, but... it starts to feel like th

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Reply to GPS Is A Real Time Saver in Blogging JoeUser Forums

If I traveled on a regular basis, I'd try to justify it to myself. Since I only ever kick around town, I'd have problems convincing myself...

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Netflix Dissatisfaction in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Between "Short Wait," "Long Wait," and "Very Long Wait" screwing up my queue, NetFlix sending me the wrong volume disk of What's New Scooby Doo (it's labeled wrong in their inventory, and the delays I experience in turnaround... Well, I may go ahead and try the Blockbuster version of the mail in rental. And I hate Blockbuster. What is it? 90% of use

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Minor Goal Adjustments, 29JUN in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

IA1. Finish enrolling in Community College of the Air Force: turn in the remaining required certificates. I am enrolled! I just need to check back in a few weeks to make sure that I'm only that one class short, in order to meet this goal: IA2. Complete one or more 2-year degrees through CCAF: CLEP a Speech class. IB. Finish three mor

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Reply to It speaks volumes in Marriage JoeUser Forums

Pseudo: I got Pt II this afternoon. You have me hooked (again). Good to know. Now I have one less gift in reserve for you, though... They haven't released part 3 in hardcover yet, although they've collected many of the issues into smaller soft cover trade paperbacks (TPB). For those who are interested, the series is The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman. K, if you're looking for something else that Kirkman has done, you might look into

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Reply to Plans and Goals in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

all those Highlander series I'm sooooo jealous right now I'm semi-active in the half-dead Highlander collectible card game community. A good friend of mine who I met through one of the forums for the game was updating his Highlander collection to DVD... he offloaded his entire VHS collec

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Plans and Goals in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I. Make sure that I'm competitive for my first look for SFC (E-7), slated for the end of January next year. IA. Resolve my educational issues. IA1. Finish enrolling in Community College of the Air Force: turn in the remaining required certificates. IA2. Complete one or more 2-year degrees through CCAF: CLEP a Speech class. IA3. Contact Cochise

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Reply to Better than expected. in Surgery JoeUser Forums

I know you'll look after him carefully. He'll likely not take it as easy as he should (too much macho). Speedy recovery, D. Good luck with the new patient, K.

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Reply to Gitmo may be closed. in War on Terror JoeUser Forums

There's only a couple hundred people at Gitmo and most of them were captured on the battlefield. What does one do with enemy combatants in a time of war? That's actually a huge part of the problem, whether they define them as enemy combatants or not. There were issues with: no specific country they were fighting for, no specific country we were fighting against, no uniforms/structured military, and others. Recently, military tribunals appointed

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Reply to My Husband is Effin' Hot in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Although he'd probably kill me if he knew I posted this. What he doesn't know won't hurt him!! Hehe. You know I can find him and email him on official Army email, right?

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Feeeeeelings... in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I've recently finished up a visit from my parents. I adore them and enjoyed having them around, but... there's a reason that grown men don't still live with their mothers and fathers. I'm very glad they drove down (1500 miles one way), especially so they could see their only grandkids. I'm just a little relieved they're gone, I guess. They packed a lot of

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Reply to My Husband is Effin' Hot in Blogging JoeUser Forums

He did say it is starting to get very hot over there. 1. A buddy of mine is doing embassy work in Kuwait. He has been playing soccer (football for the European types) with the embassy guards, but it was getting up to 120 degrees lately (when we talked a few weeks ago), so he thought he might have to quit soon. 2. That annoying "It's getting hot in here" song just popped into my head. Thanks...

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