Bring 'em to Vegas for the convention!Tleilax Master B wrote:You just haven't had any of my beers they don't resemble anything close to piss water.orald wrote:Beer is piss water: same color, probably same taste, only a bit more bitter(considering the composition of urine you practically know how it'll taste...even by the smell I'd say).
I prefer "sweet" white wines something along the taste of champaign(if it's not considered a wine then remember I said "taste") and sweet liquers.
I hate sour wines, just drink viniger, cheaper.
Now, while I can appriciate some beer from time to time(sometimes I have a craving for it, among other foods and drinks), I generally don't like it.
I usually drink maybe a bottle of beer every month or two, but if I have some sweet wine or liquer I usually can't resist taking a "sip here, sip there" until it's empty all too soon.
I try to avoid alcohol entirely, and I never drink more than enough to make me a bit less "sharp" or sleepy, because I've seen how people behave when they do. I hate drunk people.
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You got it!Nekhrun wrote:Bring 'em to Vegas for the convention!Tleilax Master B wrote:You just haven't had any of my beers they don't resemble anything close to piss water.orald wrote:Beer is piss water: same color, probably same taste, only a bit more bitter(considering the composition of urine you practically know how it'll taste...even by the smell I'd say).
I prefer "sweet" white wines something along the taste of champaign(if it's not considered a wine then remember I said "taste") and sweet liquers.
I hate sour wines, just drink viniger, cheaper.
Now, while I can appriciate some beer from time to time(sometimes I have a craving for it, among other foods and drinks), I generally don't like it.
I usually drink maybe a bottle of beer every month or two, but if I have some sweet wine or liquer I usually can't resist taking a "sip here, sip there" until it's empty all too soon.
I try to avoid alcohol entirely, and I never drink more than enough to make me a bit less "sharp" or sleepy, because I've seen how people behave when they do. I hate drunk people.
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Cool, I was a Cavalry Scout. Went to basic a Fort Knox.fantomas wrote:Parachute Rigger. Our barracks @ Fort Jackson were on top of a man made hill called "Tank Hill" and I think they told us these barracks were from World War II. I do not know but they were very old and impossible to keep clean ( sand everywhere )t. There were other barracks called Hollywood and they were modern & had A/C, mine did not. Our motto was "Cold Steel". I drove my main drill instructor (Sargeant) mad.Freakzilla wrote:OMG, you were in the US Army?fantomas wrote:We sang this @ Fort Jackson, South Carolina.Freakzilla wrote:The prettiest girl
I ever saw
Was sipping bourbon
Through a straw
The prettiest girl
I ever saw
Was sipping bourbon (stomp), through a straw.
I walked right up
I sat right down
I ordered up
another round.
I placed my hand
upon her knee
she said GI
your teasing me.
I placed my hand
upon her thigh
she said GI
that's way too high.
I picked her up
I laid her down
her long blond hair
lay all around.
the wedding was
a formal one
her daddy had
a white shotgun.
and now I've got
a mother-in-law
and 14 kids
who call me pa.
The moral of
the story's clear
instead of bourbon
(stomp)
stick to beer!
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Considering it was at Ft. Jackson, I'm guessing it wasn't combat arms and there were women present.
Yes there were women, but in separate barracks, a lot of them got hurt in the obstacle course, knees, pelvis injuries, broken legs and ankles.
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Same kind but I was on an M3 Bradley.fantomas wrote:Were you the kind of Scout that was issued a motorcycle?Freakzilla wrote: Cool, I was a Cavalry Scout. Went to basic a Fort Knox.
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OMG, those cheap persian* operators never gave me a Bradley!
Notice how they put 2 cool "macho" soldiers there with solemn faces. I pity the fool that gets persuaded into thinking this is some kind of cool, fun job(like they try with that America's Army game).
*Works better on an Israeli odience, as a common streotypical joke is that persian(Jews) are cheap and niggardly.
Notice how they put 2 cool "macho" soldiers there with solemn faces. I pity the fool that gets persuaded into thinking this is some kind of cool, fun job(like they try with that America's Army game).
*Works better on an Israeli odience, as a common streotypical joke is that persian(Jews) are cheap and niggardly.
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It was a cool, fun job. It only sucked durring peace-time. There's nothing like being in the United States Cavalry. At least, in my experience. I've got a pic somewhere...orald wrote:OMG, those cheap persian* operators never gave me a Bradley!
Notice how they put 2 cool "macho" soldiers there with solemn faces. I pity the fool that gets persuaded into thinking this is some kind of cool, fun job(like they try with that America's Army game).
*Works better on an Israeli odience, as a common streotypical joke is that persian(Jews) are cheap and niggardly.
I was a beta tester for America's Army, I found it to be very realistic. Especially the weapons.
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I'm not saying the life of a soldier doesn't have its ups, but I think the image they're trying to broadcast is that it's gonna be like gunning down terrorists on a FPS game, when it isn't.
I know some may find bullets whistling over their heads as exciting, but normal people don't.
It's...it's trying to make it sound glamorous, and you know it's not.
It's either dull as in peace-time, or scary shit when the bullets start flying.
Myself, thankfully I've never seen any combat, but I can't imagine it's all that great unless, frankly, unless you're psychotic.
I know firsthand that soldiers being pointed towards with a loaded rifle don't seem too happy(not that I actually cocked it, but nobody noticed).
And on a more related note, this Saturday I drank a whole bottle of beer(!) over the course of several hours. Ain't I a drunkard?
I know some may find bullets whistling over their heads as exciting, but normal people don't.
It's...it's trying to make it sound glamorous, and you know it's not.
It's either dull as in peace-time, or scary shit when the bullets start flying.
Myself, thankfully I've never seen any combat, but I can't imagine it's all that great unless, frankly, unless you're psychotic.
I know firsthand that soldiers being pointed towards with a loaded rifle don't seem too happy(not that I actually cocked it, but nobody noticed).
And on a more related note, this Saturday I drank a whole bottle of beer(!) over the course of several hours. Ain't I a drunkard?
In memory of Perach, who suffered and died needlessly.
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As far as Army jobs go, being in the Cavalry was kind of glamorous.
We were officially allowed to wear a Stetson instead of regulation head gear:
Umm, the rest of her uniform is NOT regulation...
Traditionally, once you earn the right to wear one, it's broken in by drinking beer out of it (see I'm not off-topic!). This stems from the old cavalry troopers letting their horse drink water out of it. And of course, everyone remembers Robert Duval as Air Cav Col Kilgore:
http://www.cavhooah.com/stetson.htm
The best cavalry troopers are awarded spurs with our dress uniforms:
Like the saying goes...
If you ain't cav, you ain't shit.
We were officially allowed to wear a Stetson instead of regulation head gear:
Umm, the rest of her uniform is NOT regulation...
Traditionally, once you earn the right to wear one, it's broken in by drinking beer out of it (see I'm not off-topic!). This stems from the old cavalry troopers letting their horse drink water out of it. And of course, everyone remembers Robert Duval as Air Cav Col Kilgore:
http://www.cavhooah.com/stetson.htm
The best cavalry troopers are awarded spurs with our dress uniforms:
Like the saying goes...
If you ain't cav, you ain't shit.
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So, uh, if I remove the two negatives from both sides of th equasion, does it mean that "if you(are) cav, you(are) shit"?Freakzilla wrote:Like the saying goes...
If you ain't cav, you ain't shit.
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