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2 ....and the misuse of to and too, your, you're, there, they're, and their piss me off, too.

I was out riding my road bike (bicycle) earlier this week, came to a four way stop, slowed to almost a complete stop (I have clipless pedals so those familiar know it's a pain to completely stop, clip out, and get started again). No other traffic at the other three stops, rolled through....cop behind me. He got on his loud speaker and advised me "That WAS a stop sign back there " I just thought "whatever dude", but I did this

HOLY $#%$# FREE pancakes!! I'll be all over that but I've got a good ways to go to qualify.

Figures Reno would have all the good deals. I'm trying to non-rev from ATL to somewhere to go skiing. Nothing direct to RNO from ATL. Man, I should have been an airline captain....fly free and bitch cause I can't get free lift tickets.

Thanks brabus, I guess I should have said "discounts" too, not just free. I'll take what I can get.

I UTFSF but came up empty. It seems I have read on here about some ski resorts that give free lift tickets to military. Could have been in the Ramstein thread but I was wondering if anyone knows of stateside resorts that hook up the military?

I swear, if I get stopped on base for some $hit like this I WILL drop a "YGTBFSM" on the cop. I will probably get a ticket and that's fine, still gonna do it.

Yesterday I went down to the lobby of the hotel (off base, Hampton Inn) for the free breakfast. As soon as I entered the lobby I saw a bag wearing a reflective belt, 8 a.m. local, buffet line, commercial hotel . I was this close to walking over and saying "WTF?" Then it all became clear when I saw the name tag with the Red Cross on it...Aeromed. I didn't waste my breath.

My fiance' (also in the AF Reserve) just flew down to New Orleans from Atlanta (she works for Delta, flies free) and got a free wedding dress. She wasn't interested in a fancy wedding dress but there is something called "military brides" or something and they were giving out free brides gowns on Veterans Day. She didn't go on Veterans Day cause she figured there was a catch or the dresses were probably not all that. Another girl in our unit went down and got one and said the price on it was $4k and she got it absolutely free. My fiance' called the place up and asked if they still had the deal going on the day after Veterans Day. They said they had about 29 dresses left and would hook her up. She non-revved down there this morning and was on the door step 1 hour prior to them opening and got one. She picked one that had a $1600 price tag on it and passed on one that had a $4k price.

Okay, here's the answer...A rooster normally says "Cock-a-doodle-do". This bull dyke lesbo's rooster only says "Doodle".....THere is no "cock-a-do"......There is no "cock-i-do". <insert cymbol crashing sound here> Okay, so I thought it was funny.

It's been sixteen years since I got out of that organization but, as I recall, you only saluted if you had your lid on. So if indoors with no lid, no salute. Indoors with lid (some kind of ceremony) salute as appropriate...shake, take, salute. Same went for the Corps. The Navy also wanted you to wear your lid while driving on base unless "it interfered with your driving". Well guess what, it always interfered with my driving. I always laugh at the geeks driving around a Navy base "following the rules".

FUBAR

ender, Where are you located? I can't answer any of your questions about boom training but will offer up a suggestion. If you really want to get in the air, and don't want to wait forever for someone to die off, you may want to consider the Herk. We recently picked up a 135 crew chief to be a load. He got tired of waiting around as well and says he never looks back on his decision. I, of course, am partial to the front end of the airplane and since you have a crew chief AFSC you would qualify to go the FE route as well.

I was...and I was hoping it would be the guy in front so he would take out the guy behind him. Now that would be funny I don't care who you are.

It's amazing how many I have run into who think that the pilot's name on the jet is the only one who flies that jet, and I'm not talking about civilians who just don't know any better. Back in my days as a maintainer, I was at a tech school and I was the only prior service guy in the class. One of the guys in the class (straight out of boot camp) asked the instructor why the Guard pilots always did so well in competitions. The instuctor's reply was "It's because the Guard pilots are assigned a jet and that is the only one they fly and no one else flies it so they get it set up the way they like it and they know how it drops and shoots."

ROTFLMFAO Edit: I went back and read the article: "The big-ticket item — and one of the first things to be hooked up — is a recycling system that will convert astronauts' urine and sweat into drinking water." Okay, now I'm pulling my astronaut application. F that.

Initially I was thinking the same thing but, with the subsequent pics, this could be cool

Now I know.

So the Air Guard has B-2s?

I was told a very similar story by one of the F-16 drivers in my old guard unit. He was taking his mother out to show her his airplane, He was in his flight suit with his line badge. I think his mother step on the red line. He bascially told the cop the same thing.

I agree that hearing protection is good practice...Navy cranials, while a neccesity on a carrier flight deck, are gay elsewhere. I only have about 500 days underway on a carrier...Forrestal class, but the jets are just as loud.

Thank God I'm a Reservist.... "Hey, we really need you to come in on Monday to help us get ready for this ASEV." "Will I have to wear my blues?" "Well you aren't FLYING so...." "Sorry"

Sorry...couldn't let that one go.

While maybe not the funniest, this happened recently. We had an IFR flight plan filed but we wanted to takeoff VFR, do a pattern, land, let off the IP, then pick up our clearance. While this sounds simple enough and we do it all the time, it still causes mass hysteria. Us: What I just said above. Ground: Uhhhhh, you want to what? Us: (Repeat what I said above.) Ground: Standby....long pause....so you wanna do blah, blah? Us: No, we wanted do (what I said above). This went back and forth a few times Ground: So let me get this straight you want to do (what I said above)? Us: Roger. Ground: Okay, sorry about that. I just wanted to make sure that our balls were the same. Us: (Silence)