Good to see you here Rocketeer. I'm sure my glowing reccomendation helped get you past Ashcroft and the boys.

and I thought that was such an accurate depiction of you!

Thank you for the effervescent welcome...

Gunny..glass houses/stones.. still have the pin- up of you in ' recreational attire ' from the old jargon site...[ 8 x 10 glossies on request from the Witch ]..

would have been here sooner but I had to don Kevlar Speedos, lather up with WD40 and fight a rear guard action against computer infiltrators.. luckily the tech-savvy pre-schooler next door was able to lay down cover fire while I added sandbags 'round the machine gun emplacements..

Seems I got hit with a spyware/malware/adware cluster bomb and a homepage hijack to boot.. still mopping up and have an IT buddy coming in, at great expense [ two!!! cases of imported brew ] to mount a counter-offensive and drive the buggers fully out..

hopefully, by Monday, I'll be fit for decent company again...

good thing those files were destroyed when the site was taken down! Word to the wise, don't piss off the witch.

Glad to see you finally decided to join in the fun in here! Hope the winter up north isn't too bad....it's 68F down here today. T-shirt an shorts weather. Too bad I'm workin.

Just a quick hi to the group. I see quite a few familar names. Have been lurking and reading for awhile. Looking forward to some great reads.

Well it looks like we have e few newbies, and you are all very welcome.

So post away, have some fun.

Good to have you on board.

I heard about the forum thru one of my svc buddies...thought I would drop a line, say hello and that I'm glad to be apart of the community.

Welcome CGHoward.
This is a good site.Small but growing.
Hope you enjoy your stay.

Dustin here, leaving in August for basic so I can become a Marine (hopefully). Just joined up to look around and find out some info.

djfuzzy.....hmmm reckon in august that this moniker your using with come true huh? wait till you get shoved out of the barbers chair! The DI's will give you a new moniker all to yourself, one that will stick with you for the rest of yer life!!

Welcome on board!

Any questions...just ask away.

Haha, I am still trying to picture what I will look like with a bald head! I have had a nice head of hair my whole life. Oh well, change is good.

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Originally posted by Rocketeer:
Thank you for the effervescent welcome...

Gunny..glass houses/stones.. still have the pin- up of you in ' recreational attire ' from the old jargon site...[ 8 x 10 glossies on request from the Witch ]..

would have been here sooner but I had to don Kevlar Speedos, lather up with WD40 and fight a rear guard action against computer infiltrators.. luckily the tech-savvy pre-schooler next door was able to lay down cover fire while I added sandbags 'round the machine gun emplacements..

Seems I got hit with a spyware/malware/adware cluster bomb and a homepage hijack to boot.. still mopping up and have an IT buddy coming in, at great expense [ two!!! cases of imported brew ] to mount a counter-offensive and drive the buggers fully out..

hopefully, by Monday, I'll be fit for decent company again...

Rocketeer, good to see you man. How was the re-enactment?

If you will scroll down to the "Veterans" (forum) then click "Open Discussions" you will find information on the VA co-payment increase. You will see that when we lobby hard enough, we can keep the ripping-off of veterans, down to an amount lower than the politicians desired. We did get higher co-pays; but avoided the dreaded prescription co-pay increase.

82Dad.. good to hear from you.. hand't realized how many refugees from various websites were washing up on these shores...

the re-enactment was just fine, sir.. any time I get to blow-up Americans - er [ disclaimer to Homeland Security - this is meant as a jest/ puckish humour and in no way implies that I am prejudiced against G.W.Bush or America - Aye Luv Hoo Hess Hay, meester ] - in a friendly spirit of cameradery and shared booze, its a great event..

Wasaga adds a bit to the regular fun times in that it has a naval component in keeping with the original historic event..wherein the American ' fleet ' sank the Schooner Nancy and the Nancy crew and allies enacted revenge in a spectacular scenario that should have been made into a rousing movie years ago, except for the fact that the US ultimately lost [ making for bad play in Peoria ]..

still, if you change history, a la U571, and cast a pretty boy from Dawson Creek or that 70's Show, in the lead it might do well at the drive-ins...

Hey fellas. . .been busy, but I'm back. Lookin forward to catching up.