Nice!....

Were you on duty when she received the Squadron Eight Battle "E" award?

 

Nice!....

Were you on duty when she received the Squadron Eight Battle "E" award?

Nope; I was part of the crew that earned the award (the crew that pioneered the nautical charts and seized the cocaine), but was already out of the Navy when it was bestowed. I suppose if I wanted to, I could put that award in my shadow box, but I don't know if it would be technically "legit".

 

I was on the 708, USS Minneapolis - St. Paul. I really didn't want anything to do with government contracts anymore. I got a really bad taste for the military during my 10 years. Don't get me wrong, it did great things for me, but I would never do it again. There are far too many things that I saw as gross mis-management of resources/time/money. Its an extremely wasteful community. So finding a job in this area that is in my field, that does not deal with the government, is difficult at best. I'm ready to leave this area anyways. Change is a good thing, and thanks to everyone for your kind words.

 

I was on the 708, USS Minneapolis - St. Paul. I really didn't want anything to do with government contracts anymore. I got a really bad taste for the military during my 10 years.

That's the sentiment of most nukes, and a sentiment that I share to some extent. I look back pleasantly on my time served, but that's only after having been out for a few years. I wouldn't want to go back.

Don't get me wrong, it did great things for me, but I would never do it again. There are far too many things that I saw as gross mis-management of resources/time/money. Its an extremely wasteful community.

I always saw that as a result of the one down-side to the military ranking system. People advance in rank, mostly based on technical ability (or sheerly by time) so you end up with people in charge who really have no business leading anyone. They don't have the right mind for it. High scores on advancement tests does not equal capacity to manage people or resources. The thing I DO like about their advancement system is that it is in the best interest of the senior person to train the junior person. As soon as the junior gets trained up, it takes the load off the senior so that the senior can move on. The system promotes this. Here in the civilian world it's the opposite. Expect no valueable training from your immediate superiors; it's not in their best interest to teach you everything (or even anything) they know, because then you become just as, or more, valuable to the company as they are. competition.

So finding a job in this area that is in my field, that does not deal with the government, is difficult at best. I'm ready to leave this area anyways. Change is a good thing, and thanks to everyone for your kind words.

Yes get the heck out of norfolk if you don't want anything to do with the military.

BTW did you know a FT named pack? He was in my a-school class and I want to say he went to that boat.

There was also a FT who came to our boat named Doran; total tool; I think the guy was a MSP reject.

 

From panasonic to the world in your hands,I keep saying
that guys that know there stuff has no problem finding
good jobs. I am happy for you ,don't forget the
Loosewire. When you you need advise,
Loosewire is here.

 

Oh..I should have mentioned.
I adopted her when she was two and I was like 24 I think.

Ya,it seems as in your picture you don't look very old,at least not that much to have a kid of 15 to 16 years old ,at your age its not very usual,anyway I am 22+ and even at 30 may be I can't think to have a kid "maintaining myself is well enough".

 

This post will not reach 2011 in 2011,not enough people kicking the can .

 

Let's keep the thread rolling, everyone!

Is this thread still based on showing pictures, or is the purpose just to get as many posts as possible?

 

Not sure, but I posted mine to try to keep it alive. I've kicked this can a few times on down the road. @Loosewire, I'll remember that if I ever run into something you can advise me on. It is appreciated.

 

Let's keep the thread rolling, everyone!

Is this thread still based on showing pictures, or is the purpose just to get as many posts as possible?

Actually here people post pictures,and talk about it.

 

By the way, just wondering how the OP is doing. How goes the pregnancy, happyganl?

 

I suspect she is suffering sever sleep deprivation about now.

 

I don't doubt it

 

I just got a thread locked on another forum. first time. Very disappointing; I was just about to throw out the crushing blow to the arguement. RATS! oh well....

...just kicking the can.

 

I just got a thread locked on another forum. first time. Very disappointing; I was just about to throw out the crushing blow to the arguement. RATS! oh well....

...just kicking the can.

If its where I think it is - they like to argue there And flame you either agree with a couple of them or your stupid

 

RATS! oh well....

I think the correct phrase would be " Drat, and Double Drat !" , followed by " What are you laughing at, Muttley ?"

 

I deleted all my Eagle files during back up and restore...session last night.
Had setup a dual boot system.XP and Win7..32bit & 64 Bit....

Formatted without thinking twice...

All of my work and boards and PCB related stuff...gone...pooooof!

So now running data recovery program to see if I can get 'em back....bloody things says come back after 24Hrs.

 

Keep your Personal Documents on a SD for backup. Might help in the future.

I don't like to play games with my computer in that way. I have hard drive bays, I just swap the hard drive when I want to swap OS's. Hard drives are cheaper than SD cards.

 

Any one using any kind of cloning or backup method.
I got to have a way to so that my system is up and running with in minutes should someone attack my pc

 

Yep, have a spare PC. Repairs take a little longer...

Just making a backup of 100Meg is going to take a while.