I mentioned this to some friends recently and it got me even more fired up... I was driving home from work the other day and the sweet sounds of Paradise City started playing from my car radio. I said to myself, "Hell yeah, G'N'R, Baby!" Then I looked down at the radio while I turned the volume up and noticed I was on the classic rock station. WTF? Classi
The first couple of weeks for this rotation made it seem like it would be the busiest one I had served on. But then it slowed down quite a bit. One of the assistant NCO's was planning some leave when family came out to visit, so prior to his leave, he took on a couple extra funerals to make up for the week he'd miss. So, it was a few weeks between funerals for me.<
I found out about the funeral for 19 Jan during the Tuesday practice prior. We had a brand new group of Marines show up to practice that day, so we decided to get one of them involved right away. According to the email, we would not have to fold the flag at the funeral, but we practiced it anyway. After talking him through what we would do at the ceremony and pract
It has been a busy two weeks so far this rotation. I'm on pace to do 16+ funerals right now. That will be more than either of the other two rotations I've been on. Sundays funeral was another two man ceremony. I was unable to make it to the practice on the prior Thursday, so the overall NCOIC made sure my bugler was trained and ready to go for me. <B
I had my third funeral of this rotation today. We had a practice on Monday and I volunteered for this one as it would cause minimal trouble for my teaching schedule for the week. On Tuesday, I got a Soldier that volunteered to come with me and we practiced a two man fold of the flag. We then set up a time and place to meet and I let him go back to practicing the fu
I had my second funeral of this rotation on Saturday, 7 Jan 06. This was another two man job and was at a cemetery in Seaside that I'd been to a number of times before. At the Thursday practice before, we only knew about one Saturday funeral and the overall NCOIC had planned on doing it. On Friday, I got a call that I'd need to come in on Saturday and take care of
I'm back on the funeral detail again. This time it will run from Jan-Feb. We started practicing with the outgoing team during the holiday break, or as TRADOC likes to call it, Exodus. It was a pretty busy couple of week for the detail. The overall NCOIC for the detail has not done the detail before, so she wanted to get with the three assistant NCOICs be
HAHA! Did they give you a return envelope with prepaid postage? Stuff it full of out dated coupons and send it in!
I read and enjoyed every word. I love these kind of posts! I did one for myself a while back and maybe I'll revisit it with some new stuff.
I'm actually a fan of this type of system (at least in theory, if not implementation). There are too many drivers out there who have the mindset of "Cop doesn't see it, I didn't do it". Running red lights, passing in no pass zones, cutting people off in unsafe manners. A person could be the absolute best driver in the world and be 100% certain they can shoot a gap without hitting anyone to get off the highway from the left lane, but that doesn't ta
Chip, the reality is they do exist: Link It is not rocket science. Didn't say it rocket science. It is radio wave propagation theory, though, and that has been known to be over many people's heads. Mine included until I was forced to learn it from a Marine that would kick me in the head when I got
Well, let's say someone up high decides this is a good idea and pushes it even further forward. Let's look at the requirements and reality of such a system. Jamming is something the FCC does not take lightly. The allowances they grant are tightly controlled and very strict. In order for this to work, you would need to have a transmitter inside the theater that would be able to simultaniously transmit white noise over a broad range of frequencies.
There are times when it's not appropriate to use the phone. The theatre is one of those times. And again, yes, I sound just as shallow as you do. Touche! The question, then, is do we resort to mash punishment (cutting everyone off their electronic leashes) or do we deal with the problem causers?<
It's one thing to tell people (and expect them to obey) to put a phone on silent and leave the theater before engaging in conversation. It's a completely different thing to set up active RFI (radio frequency interference) to keep calls from getting in or out. The argument that we couldn't get calls 50 years ago so we shouldn't be able to now is weak. Really. We create these technological tools to make life better. The fact that some people
dont wear cotton underwear--I have seen this kind of thing on MYTHBUSTERS Hmmm.... but that's all I got... This will make for an interesting trip to Coscto next weekend.... And the chain to the ankle/wife thing was just a joke!
Drag a chain from your ankles. That should do the trick. I already said I go with my wife.
Nah, we're going on the weekend. I'm wearing plain old cotton socks, although, that could be part of the problem. Maybe next time I'll wear different shoes/socks than normal. Then again, I hate being shocked so much, I might just decide not to risk being shocked and just go with the finger cramp push instead. Or maybe, I just need to have my wife start pusing the cart...
HAHAHAHA! It's like that old one you see comparing Kennedy to Lincoln! Only updated for today's world.
So, like I'm not the only one. Cool! HAHA! It's funny, I walk around and actually look for other people pulling their hands away from their carts, but I never see them. I was wondering whether it was something about me only. HAHA!
Don't get me wrong, I like COSTCO. I don't mind the crowds of people there. I don't have a problem with buying a membership that could potentially cost you more than you save, if you only buy bagels and big pizzas. I don't have a problem with their exclusive policy on AMEX or cash. I like COSTCO. We go almost every weekend and buy at the least, a couple
I know exactly what you're talking about. My blacklist is empty and I don't know that it's ever had anyone on it. But, I have often thought of using it very much the way you described. I think I'm lucky, though, in that the people that I try to avoid and hope won't visit my blog rarely, if ever, do come by my blog or are interested in what I write. But, I wouldn't hesitate to use it if I felt it necessary. Additionally, if prompted to use it on so
chip, i took some photos of some DINGO PUPS yesterday at the Zoo !. I thought of you the whole time !. I'm going to try and find a way to publish them on here in your honour I look forward to seeing them!
Just a thought.. in many asian countries, we park on the left side of the road instead of the right side. So maybe she's just not used to parking here? That might be true in Japan where they drive on the left, but in Korea they drive on the right, just like we do (although, I will admit, it seems that t
Holy cow! That was quick! Thanks!
Of course, people really don't need to know how to operate a car anymore, considering we have automatic, cruise control, traction control, ABS, auto lights, just try and stay between the lines, cars. I saw a commercial recently about a car that will warn you if you start to cross a line into another l
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