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Post by Mars on Oct 9, 2008 0:39:35 GMT 12.75
Toby, I think I might know why you ain't married and why you ain't gonna be. ;D ;D Over-ruled by those of us that don't have the power but get pissed off enough at those that do to say the heck with the laws and problem solve by application of liberal amounts of high explosive to the problem areas.
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Oct 9, 2008 1:42:46 GMT 12.75
You're welcome KJ.
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Post by kj on Oct 9, 2008 2:02:19 GMT 12.75
WOW, So serious for this time of the morning Think I'll go look for a recipe or joke somewhere. snake-eyes I agree! I'm thrilled that it's RAINING up here!!! I am so thankful! A nice slow steady rain; I hope it continues all day! Actually, no recipes or jokes for me today. I'm hitting the roads to head into the hills for a long day of nursing visits; doubt I'll run into many light-hearted stories. Take care all and warm wishes. kj
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Post by Paws on Oct 10, 2008 21:34:28 GMT 12.75
OK recipe: 1 Can refried beans 1 can Vieti Hot Dog Chile (not the teeny tiny one) 1 or 2 Tablespoons chile powder 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp tumeric 1 tsp cumin Mix them up real good, nuke 'em and serve with Fritos Scoops This crap is excrement! (Joke too!) Mars I love that. I'll bet we have the thickest files in the FBI! LOL A short story: My pal Joe whom I graduated with has a co-worker up in Logan at Fiberbestos where they made the insulated chimneys. Fellas name is Kleinschmidt. Pretty good guy, little slow maybe dense. It seems Kleinschmidt was perturbed about a tree on the city right of way with a limb protruding at eye level over the side walk. He had asked, council, city service, city hall etc to please cut the limb off. After being ignored for some time he decided to write a letter to the White Hkouse to air his complaint. In this letter he "P.S."d the President with "You know if something isn't done about this, somebody is going to get hurt." Yes, like Mars, myself and many of you, Kleinschmidt now has a file and gets frequent visits from "High Level" dignitaries from Washington and thereabouts whenever a White House weenie visits cdentral Ohio. He got a ver special "personal" one shortly after his letter was received!
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Oct 10, 2008 23:00:58 GMT 12.75
It's all about perception ain't it?
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Post by Mars on Oct 11, 2008 13:27:52 GMT 12.75
When I was in a demolition school we had to answer questions like; How much C4 would be required to make a 2' breach in a 12" thick reinforced concrete wall so your troops attack through? My answer was "P". My instructor asked what the "P" meant I told him P was for plenty. He asked what I thought plenty was and I said, everything I have. I told him why make a 2' breach with 10 pounds of C4 when I had 100 pounds to use and it works better for the troops to attack through a 6'X 4' gaping hole then crawl through a 2' hole and besides after the 100 pounds goes off there shouldn't be much left for them to attack.He said that was just wasting explosives to which I replied that I was in the U.S. Army and I don't know what army he had in mind but the U.S. Army has plenty and I hate carrying explosives both ways on a mission. I used 75 pounds on a water buffalo in Desert Storm. It probaly still hasn't hit the ground. ;D
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Oct 11, 2008 13:47:51 GMT 12.75
I guy I used to work with said when he was in Vietnam he and some buddies used a mortar launcher to shoot buffalo with C-rations.
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Post by Paws on Oct 11, 2008 15:33:29 GMT 12.75
LOL! Mars you do mean a blivet don't you; not a carribou? Lord God in Heaven, 75 lbs! Although I agree with your tactical response to the idiot and his 2 foot hole. Good way to get a squad wacked. Frank Steed called me last Friday. He had been out in Indiana practicing making landing zones out of forrests. They were using C-4, primer chord, and bangalore torpedos. Sounds like the modern ones are loaded with flischettes to cut away and pulverize tangle foot. I was surprised the damned things are still in the inventory. My friend I knew in Civil Engineers was in Country during Vietnam working the flight line. One of his hooch mates was pissing and moaning about the houseboy stealing stuff out of his wall locker. Pool said he got back to the hooch after dark and when he opened the door and reached over to the light there was a piece of paper taped over it. He pulled it off and could see it was a note written in big bold letters; "Pool DO NOT turn the lights on." He said there was enough light that he could see that there was wire running from the ceiling light down and into the door of his roomies locker. Said he backed out locked the hooch door and called Engineers or what is now EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal). Pool said he had four pounds of C-4 rigged to go off when the light was turned on.
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Post by Mars on Oct 11, 2008 16:20:26 GMT 12.75
water buffalo = a U.S. Army 400 gallon metal water tank on a trailer, Iraqi version in this case. I sent a 100k iraqi electric generator 200 yards, at least the big chunks. Used a few torpedoes over the years. Not much bang for the work though. I got called to demo an artillery shell that was found on a Ft. Sill range. Dang thing was not only a dude and old but leaking the explosive. I forget what the liquid explosive in those are. Anyway, I rig up a 2 pound charge and light the fuze and haul butte in a hummer to about 500 yards away. I had a driver with me. It goes off and job done. Not quite! About 150 yards in front of us there errupts a dust cloud from an impact. It was the shell and it hit and bounced right at us. That shell went about 80' in the air on the bounce and we went about a mile in the opposite direction in the same second leaving a brown trail behind us. ;D It landed about 40 yards from the hummer but didn't explode. I blew half of the casing off and the explosive in it and that sent the now empty half of the casing at us. God looks after fools!
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Post by Paws on Oct 12, 2008 0:28:07 GMT 12.75
Too close!
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Post by Paws on Oct 12, 2008 1:12:08 GMT 12.75
I guy I used to work with said when he was in Vietnam he and some buddies used a mortar launcher to shoot buffalo with C-rations. I'll bet it wasn't the pound cake and peaches! I never could see what all the griping about C rations was. I only ever found two things in survival rations that really sucked and those were the light brown coffee powder and the meat gruel bars. You could choke down the coffee with enough sugar, which was provided but those gruel bars were like trying to eat powdered saw dust and grease! Nastiest thing I ever had in my mouth! Well, 2nd nastiest anyway! MREs and LRPs I'd kill for today. Hardly any effort and you can put out a good meal. Them Water Buffalo, carribou, aren't bad either. Lots of those got eaten. Fresh beef is sure tasty!
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Post by Kirbyhill on Oct 12, 2008 1:27:57 GMT 12.75
C rations! That brings back fond memories! ;)I was stationed at Orly Field (Paris) in the USAF for 34 months and our 1st Sgt. would let us guys have all the C rations that we wanted-left overs from WW11 !!!The cigs were old and went PUFF when lit but I sure loved the beef burgers in gravy!!! Ate MANY cans of that stuff and still remember the good taste. I also loved the SOS that old "Cess Pool" our cook would make!! ;D ;)My daughter makes it especially for me when we get together twice a year--wish she lived clser!! ;D ;D
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Post by Paws on Oct 12, 2008 2:03:39 GMT 12.75
Man I heard that! Many a morning a big plate of SOS, scrambled eggs and homefries saved my life! I fix kit for myself and generally use either 12 oz of Buddig dried beef, dried corned beef or a pound of ground burger meat for the base. I add about a half cup of finely chopped onions and make the gravy with flour and milk. Put a little butter in there if using browned and drained burger meat or a little bacon grease if using the dried meats. Put that flour right in there and let it cook off a bit all stirred up in that cooked meat and then crank up the heat and add the milk. Get her thickened up and season it with salt and pepper. Toast up some bread and man I'll eat most of the pan by myself. Hmmmmm....I'll bet a dollar I know what we are both having for supper tonight!
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Oct 12, 2008 15:09:53 GMT 12.75
My hunting buddy gave me and my brother a case or two of left over C-rations back in the early 70's. We would take them with us on Boy Scout campouts. Everyone thought it was really cool and the food actually tasted good. The crackers did not seem real fresh but they weren't really stale either.
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Post by Paws on Nov 8, 2011 4:04:55 GMT 12.75
mrpresident, don't let the door hit you on the way out instead jump in the rotorblades of your transport helicopter. LOL! ;D Hey Mars, miss him yet?
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Post by Paws on Nov 8, 2011 4:07:10 GMT 12.75
Man who would have thought? You know that weed "cudzu" right; well it turns out that smoking it gives a better buzz than cannibus, is non addictive, and is not traceable in the blood or urine! (There, that will solve Ohio's cudzu problem.)
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Post by brittonfaith on Nov 8, 2011 12:11:08 GMT 12.75
Man who would have thought? You know that weed "cudzu" right; well it turns out that smoking it gives a better buzz than cannibus, is non addictive, and is not traceable in the blood or urine! (There, that will solve Ohio's cudzu problem.) Hmm....Is this just hear-say, were you burning brush, or did you actually roll ya a dube?? Don't have cudzu on our place so no free smoke for me other than non-buzzing blackberry leaf.
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Post by Paws on Nov 8, 2011 22:09:58 GMT 12.75
Hmmmm. this will require a whole new dictionary of slang.... not doobie but zubie!
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Post by Mars on Nov 11, 2011 13:13:37 GMT 12.75
He never left Paws. Just changed color a little.
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Post by Paws on Nov 12, 2011 2:29:45 GMT 12.75
The only reason Hilary and Palen weren't nominated is cause we didn't want another "Bush" in the White House!
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