I've told this story before; I thought in the other thread, but I don't see it there so I'll tell it again...

I served as a Fire Control Technician on a submarine in the US Navy. The boat had an FPO AE mailing address. We were allowed to have letters sent to that address but were encouraged to keep it to a minimum. I only ever gave that address to my parents and used it for my cell phone bill. I have no idea how it happened, but somehow my name and address fell into the hands of snail mail spammers, and I started getting letters from all over the place. Credit card offers, car dealerships, timeshares, "You've been selected, " etc. The letters never came from the same place twice so I was unable to call anywhere and make them stop.

The people sending the letters never once spelled my name correctly. My last name is Staton. I got letters addressed to all manner of variations:
Mr. Station
Mr. Stanton
Mr. Stator
etc.
The yeoman on the ship would walk throughout the boat every morning at quarters (morning meeting, in every division) in port handing out the mail. He would walk into the galley and shout the names of any cooks who had mail. He would go to the engine room and shout the names of any nukes that had mail. And he would come into the control room (right next door to the captain's stateroom) and shout the names of anyone in there (me included) who had mail. There was a running joke what my name would be on any given day, and people called me by the name on my latest letter.

One morning the yeoman comes in and shouts at the top of his lungs "STRANTOOOORRR" in the voice of Trogdor the burninator (a popular web meme at the time). The captain stepped out and gave a scolding glare to the yeoman who promptly handed over my letter and scurried away. The letter was addressed to STRANTOR. No first name, no "Mr.", just STRANTOR. that one stuck like glue. I was known as STRANTOR for the rest of my years on the boat.

Edit:
Trogdor the burninator reference (exactly how the yeoman yelled my name)

Thank you.

 

@strantor

Thanks for the laugh.

Thanks for your service.

 

Thanks for your service.

And thanks for yours.
Have a safe Memorial Day.

 

@strantor Strantoooooorr !. LMAOF.

 

well my username is cos I haven't figured out how to change it from my fb account name...... having said that if I do get to change it it might be freerpg. this is because I am a geek and love free games especially role playing games.... but when I play first person shooters I try to sound tough and tell the others its for rocket propelled grenade launcher....... yup I try to impress other gamers

 

free ... first person shooters...

My favorite: Nexuiz

An oldie but a goodie.

 

On this Memorial Day weekend, I offer thanks for your service. It is through your courage (and especially the courage of those who sacrificed their lives) that the rest of us get sit around and bitch about insignificant things all day.

Thank you.

And our government officials are recommending that we make make Champaign Popsicles. There is still time to get them done! Are we unpatriotic if we don't do it! Orders are straight from the whitehouse staff!

 

My avatar is a picture of a LED sign I made a number of years ago. The EST 1940 is the year I was born. K7ELP60 is a user name I have used a lot. The first 5 letters is my amateur radio call sign.

 

Ronv, My first name and last initial.
The avitar is a suguaro, ocotillo and the sun. We have a lot of all three here.

 

My avatar is a picture of a LED sign I made a number of years ago. The EST 1940 is the year I was born. K7ELP60 is a user name I have used a lot. The first 5 letters is my amateur radio call sign.

K7. Isn't that Alaska? My old sign was K0IFC. Colorado.

 

K7. Isn't that Alaska? My old sign was K0IFC. Colorado.

Actually no. K7 is Washington, Oregon,Utah,Navada, and Arizonia

 

Kind friends...
This is to advise you that my ‘hiatus’ from these fora in no way represents a 'protest' against AAC or anyone here!
To be clear: I have no grievance whatever with the person or persons who reported the ‘contended’ posts on this thread nor with the moderator who responded to said reports! – Each was following procedure as they saw fit, and, as may be seen (via restoration of deleted posts and easing of ‘strict’ moderation of this thread following my input) the procedure is a wholly equitable one!

My temporary absence owes to nothing more than my recognition of the fact that the effects of certain ‘real-world’ annoyances upon my temperament were extending to even such (seemingly) insular ‘realms’ as my ‘on-line socialization’

While I don’t expect anyone is losing any sleep over it, you may rest assured that I’ll return to ‘normal participation’ on this site during the week of June 11

Many thanks!
HP

PS
Having read through the new posts to this thread, I wish to thank all participants for their maintenance of a non-divisive tone – See? It’s easy if you try!
---Seriously! Thank you!---

 

My temporary absence owes to nothing more than my recognition of the fact that the effects of certain ‘real-world’ annoyances upon my temperament were extending to even such (seemingly) insular ‘realms’ as my ‘on-line socialization’

PMS plus stupid people will break down most anyone's civility.

I don't get PMS but I know all too well how stupid people can suck every drop of formality, civility and general composure out of any otherwise sane level headed rational person.

Heck. It's largely why I go online! Exposure desensitizing and conditioning exercises!

(Still don't work all the time though. )

 

PMS plus stupid people will break down most anyone's civility.

Tcmtech it's not that simple at all! So what happened to temporally make HP hard to get along with (which is how she puts it) is she had vibration alarm on one of her generacs and it turned out to be caused by cracking of Portland floor of shed 3 so for proper repair she has to clear holdings from all 70,000 square feet of contiguous main floor of shed and worst thing is she can't just hire a contractor to move it cuz it's collectables she doesn't trust others to handle even if they are well insured cuz money can't replace or compensate loss of one of a kind items like that

Anyhow I'm helping her move everything to another shed so they can fix floor and then build dedicated genny shack so it can't happen again which I say she should have done in first place! So to tell you how much work this is getting to be we've totally gone through two new Hyster trucks and also had to buy new skidsteers just to get to where we are now

So anyhow I asked HP if she has any messages for AAC so she just said to let you all know she's not angry abt anything on here and that she looks in regularly but is holding off on interaction until all her domestic BS (with shed and holdings) is squared away Now I'm honestly telling you that she's taking same approach to all social life so it's not personal to just AAC!

 

build dedicated genny shack so it can't happen again which I say she should have done in first place!

I could not agree more! Proper support for a generator in a place with a, "frost line" is simply necessary.
May I remind you that asking for 6500 PSI rated concrete is a small increase in price for a nearly 100% increase in strength...about $1 per cubic yard when last I poured concrete.

 

So to be on topic it's my turn

So I can say it like this! With HP it's Hypatia of Alexandria (which is to say aspects of Neoplatonism) with @joeyd999 it's Ayn Rand (which is Objectivism), With @DerStrom8 it's Nikola Tesla (a true genius in the age of of handymen) and with me it's Georg (sic) Cantor (Which is transfinite algebra)!

So I always thought sweeping 1/0 (which, BTW, is not Aleph[0]) under rug was cowardly! And declaring 0/0 to be undefined, indeterminate or worst of all _not a number_ is totally rank (as in smelly!) I say it takes a total ignoramus to declare all he/she can't understand as invalid! Truth and its value and merit is NO ONE's to define! So if they can't handle it they need to get out of mathematics and take their childish biases and tunnel vision with them!

So sry for the rant (not really) but anyhow that's why I chose my UN cuz transfinite concepts are catching glimpse backstage of reality!

 

she has to clear holdings from all 70,000 square feet of contiguous main floor of shed

Around here a shed is less than 1000 square feet. 70,000 sq feet typically constitutes moderate commercial warehouse building.

Also what cracks a 70,000 sq foot floor to the point total clear out and replacement is warranted? Methinks there are other issues at play not being said so far.

Old building? Major ground stability problems?

 

Around here a shed is less than 1000 square feet. 70,000 sq feet typically constitutes moderate commercial warehouse building.

Also what cracks a 70,000 sq foot floor to the point total clear out and replacement is warranted? Methinks there are other issues at play not being said so far.

Old building? Major ground stability problems?

It's not a commercial building if it is not used for commerce. Just a shed full of collectibles.

 

Around here a shed is less than 1000 square feet.

Tcmtech In Mn and Ont we call that a privy!

70,000 sq feet typically constitutes moderate commercial warehouse building.

Tcmtech it's just a 500' by 140' shed w/o docks for semis or like that

Also what cracks a 70,000 sq foot floor to the point total clear out and replacement is warranted?

Tcmtech it's cuz the SD500s only damaged floor cuz of insufficient reinforcing steel rebar so it's better to just replace entire floor once and for all! So anyway while that's being done she's having proper genny shack built so shed 3 can be totally devoted to housing vintage tubes and like that w/o risk of fire and vibration! Also she's adding MD500(s) to generator plant so it's better to have separate building anyhow

Old building? Major ground stability problems?

Tcmtech AFAIK it's all just cuz of floor reinforced to obsolete standard cuz shed was originally built by railroad and they usually know their stuff

It's not a commercial building if it is not used for commerce. Just a shed full of collectibles.

Gophert that's right! I'm always telling HP she has collecting bug on scale of William Randolph Hearst!

May I remind you that asking for 6500 PSI rated concrete is a small increase in price for a nearly 100% increase in strength...

#12 thanks! We'll make sure no corners are cut cuz no problems in first place is totally better than just warranty!

 

No secret that I enjoy the shooting sports. My avatar is actually an overlay of two images, a 416 Remington Magnum case head and a row of cartridges in front of it semi-transparent. I also taught reloading classes for those wanting to learn to hand load their own ammunition. One day a gentleman I know said Reloadron and it stuck.

Ron