We are semi-skiller labor and won't hire someone with decades of experience because they'll be too stuck in their way to conform to our standards and operations.
Oh man. My first IED was very strange. We were driving on what we called route kill zone, and there was some traffic. And then we came to an overpass and seemingly everyone else took the off ramp. Came out the other side and just blammo. I saw the vehicle in front of me get pushed a lane over and then disappear into smoke and dust. I locked up the brakes so I wouldn't smash into them.
Turned out there was a sniper down the road and a can full of guys with RPGs on the bridge behind us. But we had no casualties or significant vehicle damage, so they apparently dipped. We hightailed it to a rally point that was literally 500 meters from where the attack happened. Front vehicle thought we were the ones that got hit.
I was scared when I was a 19 year old doing a patrol through Sadr City in 2003, while manning the .50 cal and having dozens of kids suddenly show up and throwing rocks at me. Did I waste them even though I would have been justified because it wasn't uncommon that patrols would go through markets and peopled start throwing produce and mix a grenade in?
No. Because I was well trained and realized that life is precious. And I was dealing with those rocks a lot longer than 1.6 seconds.
We order dominos kinda regularly. Check their coupons next time. I can tell you that I'll get a large 5 topping, stuffed cheesy bread and wings for that price or cheaper. And I'm your friendly neighbor to the west, not in a major or midsized area.
Pickle juice. Also, pickles.
Sauerkraut
I work outside doing physical labor, I maintain a giant jar of pickles at work and home. There is no better relief when I am feeling crampy after a hot hot day than a giant swig from the pickle jar.
You can recharge your new iPhone in the microwave.
Isn't it the most recent major color?
It's possible. I did a lot of drinking.
I was 18. I didn't really care about what companies were headquartered in which countries.
Seoul. I was barely 18 and got stationed there. I was expecting grass huts and donkey carts based off MASH or other movies I've seen.
But I was legitimately shocked. Like you know in movies when someone goes through Tokyo for the first time and they are starting struck, that was me in Seoul.
I keep a jar of pickle juice at work so I can keep cramp free on hot days. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
Maybe they are in 6th grade?
Looks like a seventh grader with divorcing parents drew it.
I like clicking on ads for wish and aliexpress when I see something I have no idea what it is.
Man, if I find something I could describe as a "space trunk" you'd better believe I am not going anywhere near it, let alone using my mower to pull it out.
People that reversensear steaks are crazy and I will never understand them.
You are already getting the pan hot enough to sear, just leave it there a little while longer and it's cooked!
20 years ago tonight was one of the worst and most impactful nights of my life. Lost my CSM. Ended up losing my entire command and NCO support channel.
Guess which platoon I was in?
Hey Talls!
Don't you love it when something you see or do is so commonplace to you, and when you show someone shorter and they can't even imagine it?
Got a surprise VA packet in the mail.
My rating got bumped up to 70%. So no more property taxes!
I waited nearly 20 years to start this process, and I'm mad at myself for having waited this long. All those times I was dead ass broke, thousands of dollars in credit card debt, stuck in jobs that I couldn't afford to quit because otherwise I'd have to take a worse paying job and wouldn't be able to afford food.
The monthly payments don't make my hands work better, or my knees not hurt, or help my breathe through my nose, or help with my PTSD, but goddammit, I am significantly less stressed about stuff since my first rating earlier this year.
Luckily I'm in a job I love, with fantastic benefits and hours. And I'm married to a wonderful lady who brings home the bacon. I've been out of debt for a while, but I was always stressed about falling back into it.
Not anymore.
Came in halfway through mowing the yard because I wasn't feeling great.
Heavy metal puked like 6 times, drank some water and cooled down some. Felt better about 5 minutes later, so I went out and finished my yard and did my neighbor's.
Feeling 100% fine now. Sometimes you just have to get the evil out.
Just got my Google BIPA settlement check
Nearly $100 this time. Add that to the over $400 from Facebook, and all thanks to this Great State's law's protecting privacy.
It does irk my wife some though, because we can't teach our nest cam that it's just me getting the mail and we don't need the notifications.
Just got my Google BIPA settlement
Nearly $100 from Google because the great state of Illinois doesn't allow companies to collect and store biodata.
I'm over $500 collected in class action lawsuits because of this great state!
Help! Can't remember a title of an early CD-Rom game where you fought through the ages and into the future. SOLVED:Time Commando
It was a really early CD-Rom game, probably 1993ish. You started off in the stone ages using sticks and rocks, fighting off bad guys and solving puzzles, and you'd move through time using the weapons of that era. I don't think I would classify it as an educational game because outside of the weapons and settings, I don't remember much of it having any information.
I'm pretty sure it was the first video game I ever beat.
Edit: it was not a real time strategy game. It was third person perspective.
Help! Can't remember a title of an early CD-Rom game where you fought through the ages and into the future.
It was a really early CD-Rom game, probably 1993ish. You started off in the stone ages using sticks and rocks, fighting off bad guys and solving puzzles, and you'd move through time using the weapons of that era. I don't think I would classify it as an educational game because outside of the weapons and settings, I don't remember much of it having any information.
I'm pretty sure it was the first video game I ever beat.
Help! Can't remember a title of an early CD-Rom game where you fought through the ages and into the future. SOLVED: Time Commando
It was a really early CD-Rom game, probably 1993ish. You started off in the stone ages using sticks and rocks, fighting off bad guys and solving puzzles, and you'd move through time using the weapons of that era. I don't think I would classify it as an educational game because outside of the weapons and settings, I don't remember much of it having any information.
I'm pretty sure it was the first video game I ever beat.
Dave the Hen was trying to help me play Zelda.
We are bringing her inside at night because we had her first, and then we got some more chickens that are lore than twice her age, and she can't compete against the other three.
So she jumped up on me and then my switch. She's a sweet heart.