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D-Day: The 65th anniversary nears - The State

LESLIE — John Ernandez was barely 19 when he waded through knee-deep water, carrying a 19½-pound Browning Automatic Rifle and 80 pounds of gear and supplies on his back. Although the morning fog that shrouded Omaha Beach had burned off, all ... continued

UN rights expert calls for US transparency on military killings ... - Newsday

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert said Thursday that the United States is failing to properly investigate alleged war crimes committed by its soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Although some cases are investigated and lead to prosecutions ... continued

Retired chaplain helping soldiers - Leaf Chronicle

Associate Pastor Bill Graham is very familiar with suicide in the military, and just recently, he saw an example of intervention that helped a soldier "on the brink of making a bad choice." Graham, a retired Army chaplain of 25 years, is an associate ... continued

A Soldier's Story - Monroe Evening News

Darryl Ansel of Monroe landed in Vietnam at Cam Ron Bay on June 2, 1969. While there, he was presented the Bronze Star (below) with a “V” device for valor (heroism) for his actions during a battle with the enemy. Darryl Ansel joined the Army on a ... continued

Al-Qaeda Recruits Back In Europe - But Why? - Free Internet Press

Determined to die as martyrs, the French and Belgian militants bought hiking boots and thermal underwear and journeyed to the wilds of Waziristan. After getting ripped off in Turkey and staggering through waist-deep snow in Iran, the little band ... continued

Southwest Florida remembers Medal of Honor recipients - News-Press

Their names and deeds have faded from most memories, but live on in books and Web sites devoted to the Medal of Honor, America’s highest military decoration for valor. Especially, they live on today, Memorial Day. At least five Medal of Honor ... continued

Behind the Wire - Egypt Today

With American military police guards at his sides, Sami El-Laithi returned to his cell bloc after having finished his mandatory post-lunch exercise at Camp X-Ray. But instead of being ushered into his cell as the gate slammed shut behind him, El ... continued

In a soldier’s name - Canada Free Press

Many years ago, when I was in high school, I ran into kind of a strange, lonely, muscular young man with a keen intellect and a quick and inquiring mind. He was full of life and future promise. Many nights we would sit in his 1940 coup until well ... continued

The city the world forgot - Taipei Times

Front Page * Thousands of cases of Red Bull seized * GIO to look into government use of ads as news * US warns Pyongyang amid reports of new rocket launch * China defends military buildup, reassures neighbors * New US command to focus efforts on ... continued

Somalia: one week in hell – inside the city the world forgot - Guardian Unlimited

Mogadishu's best barometer of violence is the little blackboard on which Dr Taher Mahmoud daily records the number of patients in his hospital. For the last 20 years the tall surgeon with huge hands has been operating on the victims of the city's ... continued

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Resolved Question: everyone better answer this! HELP I NEED AN ANSWER!!!?

Cannibals are what they eat superfluous super flues What if you did not have nail fungus? we found your pants. You're that crazy shark, aren't you? I'm just a dolphin, maam. Clever things to say after inhaling from a helium balloon You are brave young dragon. But mine is the stronger gung-fu. Do me a favor, and don't do me anymore favors Bailout Rescue Plan Oh no! Not another learning experience! I'd like 600 mirrors please Pressing business at the dry cleaners Rack of Spam recipe Facts: 1) Ninjas are mammals. 2) Ninjas fight ALL the time. 3) The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people These aren't the droids we're looking for These aren't the droids we're looking for A hip-hop MC performs with improvised rhyme and the spoken word, typically over a thumping beat. I am not a chew toy I AM the walrus. bernard cribbins for president of the universe Thank god and Greyhound she's gone the honey that burns theres a great juggeler on the radio tonignt Do you suffer from uncontrollable falling down? Black Bean Chicken, medium spicy All your platypus are belong to us. broken dinner plates litter the airfields I don't know quite how to say this Got change for a $6 bill? the development of a nuclear powered egg Dang...Probation denied again! due to an imbalance of hormones i have been sick this body is slowing and my mind is reverse growing I'd love to, but I'm building a pig from a kit. Do Not Read Interesting article on eggplant The CARDBOARD PROTOTYPE never finish a burrito logamin' My brain is not large enough to destroy the entire world when unfolded. Pity the worms! You mush read this! re: please don't call me a chinchilla Happy New Now! I eat tofu and I vote. Nutrageous! free an eggroll or a fried crab rangoon Did you or did you not order the CODE RED?! I'll transfer your skills to the legumes for a fish and finger pie Golf-ball sized hail! Grab your 9-iron and let's go... It's not you, it's me. I don't like you. Cooking with heat I'll take that drink now. RE: four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie Be Your Own Boss!!8098 little ducks fighting bigger ducks Please do not request no spicy hot Shaolin Golden Palm! Bonsai Kitten Now three, act like wherever you are, that's the place to be. Sensitive boyfriend sweater Rupert and mummy bear go by train with Bill on holiday again. The black crow flies over the sleeping dog at midnight Define "love" if i "hop into the shower" am i turning into a rabbit? Everything today is about the entire enterprise! Front and back lines - inside and out. The sushi boats are in the harbor for the night What's new, Pikachu? Shall we play a game? the art of driving a giant, nuclear powered duck Pandora didn't think outside the box I like pie. puking rainbows My hobby is collecting dust the royal afflecks CONCERN BROWN BAG TIX STILL AVAILABLE! Absotively posilutely Re: test results Ma has a ham! Waterbeds for Quadrupeds Expanding the NFL season to 162 games Hey everybody, I'm going to band camp!! Eating pasta with chopsticks Return at once to the Mother Ship! You ATE the grand panjandrum's booties? Have you tried the HotPockets? They're breathtaking! I know kung fu! My motivational speaking tour Workin' like a one-armed paper-hanger with an itch... Girls, are, wicked awesome. You can fight or you can surf. Now what's it gonna be? Time-off for good behavior bramble bushes and holy rushes I'm going through a shrinking spurt Alarming drop-out rate of sky diving classes Save the whales! Collect the whole set! Save some funk for Sunday I am not edible. Carving watermelons on Halloween Sorry that meeting sucked so bad rocking roll dudes on motorbikes cycling over melons Wanna try the Good Cop/Bad Cop routine? I'm NOT fat...that's my money belt Allow myself to introduce...myself Sender wishes to recall message What we have here is a failure to communicate Astonishing feats of MENTALISM! I've never seen a man eat so many chicken wings There are eels in my hovercraft We sell solutions, not software When Lawyers Attack Gushy Review! Over the Top! You Sound Like The Market Executive! Mind over don't matter. Busted, cold dusted, hot dog, with mustard. i've arranged a list of exciting things we can do for the next thirty years "racecar" spelled backwards As a youth I used to weep in butcher shops. Stop baby sea turtles from being crushed! I love animals cause they're made of meat. Charleston Chewy is Chewy, Louie. But not too chewy. Leveraging core competency across the extraprise Smells like a wet dog. MAKE MONEY FAST Oh, I get it. It's very clever. How's that working out for you? I am disrespectful to dirt! I served in the military under General Apathy ASAP'S Fables Dang! That's the 10th Commandment I've broken today important: do not eat the fish My favorite color is Vanna White Couples welcome How about never? Is never good for you? My train of thoughme and my boyfriend are putting togeather a book of randome things... got any to add? or any favorites? let me know plz :) more

Resolved Question: anything else to add you randome people? you too david! everyone be as randome as you want! this randome test?

hey expand your brains a lot! cuz this is the randome test! anyone with the most randome answers win!!! and by the way which one of these is your favorite??????? Cannibals are what they eat superfluous super flues What if you did not have nail fungus? we found your pants. You're that crazy shark, aren't you? I'm just a dolphin, maam. Clever things to say after inhaling from a helium balloon You are brave young dragon. But mine is the stronger gung-fu. Do me a favor, and don't do me anymore favors Bailout Rescue Plan Oh no! Not another learning experience! I'd like 600 mirrors please Pressing business at the dry cleaners Rack of Spam recipe Facts: 1) Ninjas are mammals. 2) Ninjas fight ALL the time. 3) The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people These aren't the droids we're looking for These aren't the droids we're looking for A hip-hop MC performs with improvised rhyme and the spoken word, typically over a thumping beat. I am not a chew toy I AM the walrus. bernard cribbins for president of the universe Thank god and Greyhound she's gone the honey that burns theres a great juggeler on the radio tonignt Do you suffer from uncontrollable falling down? Black Bean Chicken, medium spicy All your platypus are belong to us. broken dinner plates litter the airfields I don't know quite how to say this Got change for a $6 bill? the development of a nuclear powered egg Dang...Probation denied again! due to an imbalance of hormones i have been sick this body is slowing and my mind is reverse growing I'd love to, but I'm building a pig from a kit. Do Not Read Interesting article on eggplant The CARDBOARD PROTOTYPE never finish a burrito logamin' My brain is not large enough to destroy the entire world when unfolded. Pity the worms! You mush read this! re: please don't call me a chinchilla Happy New Now! I eat tofu and I vote. Nutrageous! free an eggroll or a fried crab rangoon Did you or did you not order the CODE RED?! I'll transfer your skills to the legumes for a fish and finger pie Golf-ball sized hail! Grab your 9-iron and let's go... It's not you, it's me. I don't like you. Cooking with heat I'll take that drink now. RE: four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie Be Your Own Boss!!8098 little ducks fighting bigger ducks Please do not request no spicy hot Shaolin Golden Palm! Bonsai Kitten Now three, act like wherever you are, that's the place to be. Sensitive boyfriend sweater Rupert and mummy bear go by train with Bill on holiday again. The black crow flies over the sleeping dog at midnight Define "love" if i "hop into the shower" am i turning into a rabbit? Everything today is about the entire enterprise! Front and back lines - inside and out. The sushi boats are in the harbor for the night What's new, Pikachu? Shall we play a game? the art of driving a giant, nuclear powered duck Pandora didn't think outside the box I like pie. puking rainbows My hobby is collecting dust the royal afflecks CONCERN BROWN BAG TIX STILL AVAILABLE! Absotively posilutely Re: test results Ma has a ham! Waterbeds for Quadrupeds Expanding the NFL season to 162 games Hey everybody, I'm going to band camp!! Eating pasta with chopsticks Return at once to the Mother Ship! You ATE the grand panjandrum's booties? Have you tried the HotPockets? They're breathtaking! I know kung fu! My motivational speaking tour Workin' like a one-armed paper-hanger with an itch... Girls, are, wicked awesome. You can fight or you can surf. Now what's it gonna be? Time-off for good behavior bramble bushes and holy rushes I'm going through a shrinking spurt Alarming drop-out rate of sky diving classes Save the whales! Collect the whole set! Save some funk for Sunday I am not edible. Carving watermelons on Halloween Sorry that meeting sucked so bad rocking roll dudes on motorbikes cycling over melons Wanna try the Good Cop/Bad Cop routine? I'm NOT fat...that's my money belt Allow myself to introduce...myself Sender wishes to recall message What we have here is a failure to communicate Astonishing feats of MENTALISM! I've never seen a man eat so many chicken wings There are eels in my hovercraft We sell solutions, not software When Lawyers Attack Gushy Review! Over the Top! You Sound Like The Market Executive! Mind over don't matter. Busted, cold dusted, hot dog, with mustard. i've arranged a list of exciting things we can do for the next thirty years "racecar" spelled backwards As a youth I used to weep in butcher shops. Stop baby sea turtles from being crushed! I love animals cause they're made of meat. Charleston Chewy is Chewy, Louie. But not too chewy. Leveraging core competency across the extraprise Smells like a wet dog. MAKE MONEY FAST Oh, I get it. It's very clever. How's that working out for you? I am disrespectful to dirt! I served in the military under General Apathy ASAP'S Fables Dang! That's the 10th Commandm more

Resolved Question: problems with my stepdaughter and her mother...its long, sorry!?

well, long story short, my husband knocked up this chick about a year before we met. every few months, his daughter comes to visit us...(its hard to arrange times to see her since we are in the military, live in ok, and she lives in wa) well, this last week, the mom decided to come down also and is staying in a hotel down the street. im fine with that, i can understand that it might be easier than her flying here just to drop her off, then flying back to pick her up...but last night she asked if she could stay with us b/c money is getting tight. my husband said, absolutely not, but we went ahead and paid for the rest of her stay. well, today while my husband was at work, i took my stepdaughter and son to the park. she is 4 and he is two...she was being pretty nasty to my son, and i sent her to timeout. well, apparently her mom had followed us over and saw her daughter sitting in timeout. she said i absolutely could not discipline her daughter anymore! she then packed her daughter up and drove off, i was assuming to go back to her hotel. instead, she tracked down my husband and ended up crying and saying this was too much for her, and she wasnt sure she wanted their daughter to come down here anymore.....they got into a fight, blah blah blah...finally my husband convinced her to let his daughter stay, asking if she could stay for a few weeks, and then he'll fly her back down to pick her up.... well, anyway, i get home from the park, and she was dropping off the child's bags...she handed me a long list of things i am not allowed to do with her daughter (some included medical things, which i completely understand). im not allowed to correct her, im not allowed to put her in timeout, etc, even if she is being disrespectful or mean toward me, my husband, or our son. she also left a list of foods that she wants her daughter to eat and said no other foods are allowed. the list adds up to almost $150!!! obviously my husband is allowed to discipline his daughter, but im going to be the one watching her while he's at work! also, she asked that her daughter use my sons toddler bed, which he sleeps in...we have a perfectly good blow up mattress, i dont understand the difference! she doesnt want me driving her daughter anywhere unless my husbands with me, and she isnt allowed to go to my son's part time daycare for when i have to get my grocery shopping done, and my appt... i dont know how to respond to any of this...my husband said once she's gone, i can discipline however i feel necessary, but its still frustrating that this woman thinks she can just waltz into my home and tell me how i can run my household...i understand its her kid, but if this child is living under my roof, she will have to abide by my rules! am i right in saying this, totally out of line, or what? and how do i address this with her? btw, the daughter has a horrible habit of tattle taling....that would just start a huge fight and i know it!the judge agreed that since we are military and its hard to always take leave whenever we want, my husband and the mom can arrange times to meet on their own...so we dont have set times and all that, but when she's in our home, its supposed to be under our rules...and since we have a child of our own, she has to abide by the same rules as he! more

Voting Question: Thinking of joining the afjrotc?

okay so today at school we had an assembly for the afjrotc and im thinking of going! IM A GIRL AND 13. what you in the summer camp in may is you climb telephone pole lines like balancing and 20 mile marches,climb those ladder boxes,land navigation,camping(just a sleeping bag,nothing else) military exercises,should i? my parents think i should,they think it will discipline me :| and p.s. this isnt for the army,if you say to the sergent you want to join the army they will do anything in their power to make you not go more

Voting Question: i really need help with this!! plz help!! Rank these?

your plane bound for the north pole encountered a severe weather system and was pulled 120km off course before it crashed deep within the arctic. The radio has been destroyed. The nearest sigh of civilization is a military radar station 70km to your northwest. It could be two weeks before a search party finds the remnants of the plane. you and your fellow survivors were able to pull the following items from the smoldering werckage. How will you survive? Rank the items in order of importance for your survival. 1. A hand axe 2. One aircraft inntertube for 14"wheel (punctured) 3. A magnetic compass 4. A large bottle of water purification tablets 5. A book entitled Northern Star Navigation 6. A gallon can of maple syrup 7. 13 wooden matches in a metal screwtop,waterproof container 8. One pair of snow shoes 9. A wind-up alarm clock 10. Battery flashlight (in working condition) 11. Safety razor shaving kit with mirror 12. 250 ft. of 1/4" braidenylon rope, 50 lb. test 13. A 20' by 20' piece of heavy duty canvas 14. An artic type sleeping bag per person 15. A fifth of Barcardi rum (151 proof) You must rank these items in order of importance to the survival of the team(#1-Most important 15-least important). Plz help i really need this!! more

Resolved Question: Will I be able to get a job driving trucks Long Haul? Should I go to a school or try for company training?

I don't need any negative comments on how I am a *$@# up or any of that. So with that said here is my story... I have been in the Navy for a little over four years serving on submarines. I have qualified senior in rate, and never been to captain's mast, I have had a couple alcohol related incidences - but what good sailor hasn't... face it - the boat life is hard and takes some time getting use to! I am a second class, for the time being, and was on a normal career path. I had one more patrol and was about to go to shore duty. I say about because one week ago I made a mistake that I don't think I will ever get over! As I said the boat life is hard, however, you find a sort of pride in taking the bull *&^% we were given and still doing our job. I know that if any of you who are submariners, are reading this, that y'all are thinking well you just threw it away and it is your fault and you quit so &*(% you, and that is fine I did do that but I also did the job to. As you can probably tell i am having a hard time right now, I didn't exactly love my job but I found ways to be happy with it and now most of the people on my boat don't want to talk to me. A few of my closest friends do still talk to me and I am happy for that. Anyway, I ended up going out to a local bar and getting really drunk. I was going to just get a few drinks and order a plate from the kitchen, then go home and go to sleep. However, I ended up not ordering before the kitchen closed and from there I figure I just kept drinking. I say I "figure" because I don't really recall the events of that night. Sorry, I know I am getting carried away but I will try to get to the point. So, I got extremely drunk, was alone, and I am pretty sure that I ended up smoking something with some random guy. Details of the night are real fuzzy and I couldn't say anything as a matter of fact. So I woke up on my couch the next day and of course I wondered "what the *&^% did I do?" I am not used to being in any real trouble and I worry to much. Most people would have took there chances with the piss test system and hope there number didn't come up. But, as i said, I worry to much. I thought about doing exactly that and testing my luck, but my worrying would have been worse for me than what I ended up doing. I ended up telling my Chief the next day that I got really drunk and I think I smoked something. So to make this long story short I am not sure yet but I think I am going to get kicked out of the military. I am pretty sure that the worse discharge I will get is an other than Honorable discharge (oth). My plans before I messed up was to finish my time, become a truck driver - which has always been my dream since I love to drive - and live happily ever after. If I hadn't of messed up then I would have had three more years before I got out of the Navy. This time I had planned to use for saving money, paying off my bills, and clearing my driving record. I have two parking lot accidents on my record and maby a speeding ticket. The parking lot accidents are simple - I couldn't see the rice rockets when I backed out of the parking lot. I say maby on the speeding ticket because I don't know if it is still on my record, but I got the ticket because I didn't know my speedometer was not reading correctly. I am 23 now and have had stupid childish offenses on my driving record, including a careless driving - not a reckless driving. I just need to find out how I can better myself and get a decent job. I was proud to serve but I guess I messed that up and do not have that right to say, "I am proud to serve", anymore. Back to my original question, I want to know if I have a chance driving trucks and if I should try to get with a company that provides training or go to a school. If so, what companies and what schools. If not, any suggestions on what I should do with my life. I messed up big time, but, by no means am I a piece of @#$% I love to work, I work hard, and learn well. I just don't have any job experience besides the Navy and bag boy/cashier/stocker at Food Lion back home in SC. Anyway, any advice I would appreciate and thinks for reading. bryan more

Resolved Question: Will I be able to get a job driving trucks Long Haul? Should I go to a school or try for company training?

Resolved Question: i have a sleeping bag that I got from the military and I want to wash it. Can I just throw it in the machine?

Also, can i put in the dryer or must it line dry? more

Resolved Question: Please help me find some kind of choice...?

Please hear me out. About 9 months ago I left college and moved hundreds of miles from northern Michigan to eastern Pennsylvania to be with my girlfriend. We got an apartment together, she was happy, I was happy, and I was working enough so she’d be able to not work and go to college. At some point something changed. I don’t know what, or even when, and I wasn’t even aware of it until after the fact, but it must have happened because my girlfriend dumped me the day after Christmas. Didn’t see it coming at all. In fact, I had this ring. Yes, that kind of ring. Ironically, I was going to give it to her New Year’s Eve. Figure that. I ended up tossing it off a bridge in the weeks following. In a way I regret it, as I could have sold it to get myself out of this mess, but at the same time I don’t. She moved out and vanished from my life after nearly two years together. Ripped her name off the mailbox, took the car, and moved out. I’ve been sleeping in a sleeping bag on the floor (the bed was hers) in an empty apartment every since. Haven’t been sleeping very much since either. About 1-3 hours a night. It just keeps going around and around in my head. Where and when did I go wrong? What did I do wrong? She’s already seeing someone else. Her family is treating me like I dumped her, and I just… don’t know. Since she left, I know my performance at work has deteriorated, and my hours have been cut as a result. I’m no longer able to make the rent and utilities on my apartment. Stop. I’m not asking for money, nor would I take any if offered, so don’t let idle assumptions lead you there. I’ve been looking for a second job with no success, and at this point, even if I were to be hired today, the paycheck would come to late. Simply, I won’t have a place to stay in a little less than 2 weeks. I alienated my family when I moved all the way out her and left college to be with her, so getting help in that area isn’t an option. I know because I’ve asked, only to be met with silence and a click as the line goes dead. I’ve even looked into doing something questionably stupid and for the wrong motivations, like joining the peace corps. I don’t mind volunteering in any capacity, and at least I’d have room and board and some time to figure things out before I find myself out on the street with no car and no friends. However, I’ve done a little research, and the application process for volunteering in the peace corps is a lot more involved and time consuming than what can be reasonably be accomplished in two weeks. I’ve also done some research into other volunteering options (http://www.wisebread.com/volunteer-to-travel-11-opportunities-for-free-or-v ery-cheap-travel), but it seems that the application process for these type of programs are all similarly complicated and lengthy. It’s also difficult to complete an application with address and other contact details when you know that information is going to be invalid very shortly. I’m tired. Tired of giving my love, my hopes, my trust, my time freely to those around me, those I love. Tired when they seem so willing to throw those things away, so willing to leave me on the ground to bleed. It hurts when you still deeply care for those who no longer want your love, no longer wish to hear your voice. I’m not even looking to be loved, but I don’t think I can stand being vilified. Hell, I think I’d settle for a hug, but that hasn’t happened. I’m not sure what I need to do. I don’t even have a clear idea of what to do in general. I don’t even know what kind of help I’m asking for since I’m not even sure how to help myself. I guess what I’m looking for is some sort of option, other than begging, and something that’ll keep me from ending up on the streets. I know someone is going to suggest this, but I do not intend to join the military in any capacity. I know it’d probably be a way out, but I can’t consciously and actively support killing other human beings, regardless the cause. I’m trying to swallow my pride, I really am. Someone help… Please… more

Resolved Question: Is he trying to get me jealous?

Well, I have a roommate, we slept togeher one night when we were both drunk and regereated it, we still sleep around but we have no relationshp what so ever because I don't want one. Well he's been acting weird lately. He's invited a girl over already and of course they had sex, and I didn't care. The next day he kept looking at me weird, and I was wondering why but then Ignored it. A few weeks passed and we were cool, we had sex of course. One night we all deicded to get drunk and I got pretty wasted. So one of my guy friends calls me and said that he got me something, and that he wanted to come over. So I was like yeah cool...He ended up coming over, at first my 3 friends in the living room saw him and didn't say anything until I introduced them. After that me and my friend walked to my room and gave me the item that he got me. We stayed in my room around 5 mins then we left my room. When we were leaving the room my "roommate" saw him and had a weird look in his face. He walked to the living room before we did, and stayed there with our othr friends. I know that while we left he was lookig at me because I noticed it. So me and my friend left the house and went and sat infront of the house by the street talking for about 30 mins. After that my friend left and I came back in, all 4 of them started bagging on me. My friend is Military Police and my roommate said "Oh no...is he gonna give me a ticker?" Then started laughing, they were talking shit, especially him. So I ignored it and went to sleep. The next day me and my roommate were kinda cool, we didn't really talk though. The next day after that he was leaving for 4 days, but in the morning he ddn't talk to me at all. We were there for like 2 hours and I was like WTF? It's been a week since then and he's been ignoring me. I don't know why. Then yesterday he brought this ugly ass chick with him to the pad and I was ok with it. Our other friends were over too. All of a sudden my roommate starts to talk to me again, while the chick was in the backyard with us. I kinda chuckled to myself because I thought "wow, now hes talking to me...huh?" Anyway, they had sex and I was cool with it, I'm not inloved with this guy at all. So then he kinda talks to me today while we were at the house for lunch break then thats it. Another thing he does is that when I get phone calls and I'm talking on the phone he starts yelling in the background if hes there at who ever I'm talking to. It annoys the hell out of me. I don't know, I don't like the way hes acting, because we are usually really cool around each other and talk about everything, but not this last week. I might have to move out or something. Help? What do you guys think. I know this is long sorry. more

Resolved Question: who sings this song and what is it called?

She sadly asked "are you ready?" His bags a are packed and he's headed out on sunday, and she trys soo hard to hold it back but its no use the tears just keep on falling She turns her head away soo hard to face him and she knows that he cant stay long he'll kiss her tear stained cheek and left her chin up as he says darlin look at me i know it hurts, i feel it too and i only wished that there was something that i could do to ease your mind you'll see baby that things will get better in time its something i gotta do but i swear that ill come home to you some day soon and she llooks soo brave as she waves goodbye knowing that she will sleep alone tonight ................................................................................................... i only have a lil bit of the song cause i was typing the lyrics as i was listening to it and i heard it on someones profile on myspace but there playlist was hidin or somethin soo if you can please help that would be awesom i really like this song cause well i lived this song once and i am goin to have to go through it again next month soo please help!! thnx soo much ~Tish (a military wife) more

Resolved Question: do you have some one in the military away for the holidays?

this is worth all the reading... The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. "What are you doing?" I asked without fear, "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!" For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night." "It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December," Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers." My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam', And now it is my turn and so, here I am. I've not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue... an American flag. I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.. Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall." " So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast? It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, To stand your own watch, no matter how long. For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us." more

Resolved Question: What an illogical dream?

Another dream for my yahoo answers dream journal. I dreamt of this sleeping late in the afternoon (working in the night shift). I somehow found it illogical. Please help make sense. _________________________________________________ I dreamt that I was running on the road trying to catch a bus to Goa (my holiday destination in the dream). I found a white bus parked by the side of the road with some crowd. I ran towards the same thinking I would miss my bus. I had 2 bags; one backpack and one briefcase type bag in the hand. I got into the bus and kept the briefcase type bag in the bus. The backpack was still with me. (Now, this might sound little crazy and illogical). Then I dreamt of another bus coming from behind (on the left side of my bus) and it moved right next to our bus. I don't know, I felt like a big cupboard sliding from the back of my bus towards the front along the speed of other bus (I clearly remember there were seats in the bus then how can a big cupboard slid?). I jumped on it and warned a person right ahead. He at the last moment jumped on the seat right at the front end of the bus and to saved and he thanked me. Well, my bus started, moved along the main road and took a turn. It had to take on more passengers so it stopped for a while. I got down with my backpack (leaving the suitcase in the bus) to take a stroll. I got a call on my cell from a girl who was strange to me. She said she was coming along too but can't find me where I was and mentioned she was on the same road though. I asked her what she was wearing, she told me pink shirt and a black pant with a carry bag. I thought I saw her (same description and speaking on her cell phone looking lost) and waved my hand and asked her to turn towards me on the phone (90 degrees to her left,, but instead, she went straight and disappeared in the empty street, the voice on the cell said that she still can't see me. Seems that though the description was same I was looking and speaking to 2 different girls. Well, alone, then, I moved back to where the bus was standing and found it gone. I had to act quick and choose one of the 2 options: a. The bus, before stopping was going to take a turn (I got down early for the break). So, I could check there to see if it had stopped) b. Since it was just about time, go to the main road parallel to the road mentioned in "a" because I might have just missed and would be able to catch the bus by following it in the cab. I took option b and ran to the main road. I did not remember the bus number but knew how it looked like (milky white bus with pink color towards the middle dividing the bus into fore and the aft part). I saw one such bus and ran towards it, but it turned out to be a small truck with similar appearance (too cute to be a truck). The driver looked out and he was a military man (much too fancy to be a military truck). I asked him for a lift down the road and he gave me a lift. I climbed at the back of the vehicle where there were 2-3 military soldiers standing in their camouflage uniform. One asked me what was the problem and I told him I missed the bus and had 1 bag in the bus. He heard the same and started laughing loudly telling the others, "hey look, he has lost his bag and doesn't know which bus he was traveling in." ____________________________________________________ Then, (not in my dream) my phone rang and I woke up, attended the phone call and slept back hoping to continue my dream, instead, I dreamt of something else..... I saw an old lady in white saree (or consider a own, whatever you understand), lying down (I could see her upper half only) and she was smiling at me. The smile appeared genuine and sincere. ____________________________________________________ Please analyze! I have begun the habit of remembering dreams and I really find them crazy unless your answers make some sense in this entire event. more

Resolved Question: Is the US military extreme cold sleeping bag a good choice for a sub zero camping bag?

I am 135 lbs and have trouble staying warm in my 25 degree mummy bag when backpacking in the Selway-Bitterroot wilderness. I am willing to put 300-400 dollars into a top of the line cold weather sleeping bag but was wondering if the us mil issue bag is any good for temps around 0- to -20 degrees. (assuming that I have a good ground pad and tent already.) more

Resolved Question: I have no idea on what to do with my marriage?

This might be long, so bare with me a bit... I have been married for almost 4 years, we have a 2 year old girl and a 11 month old boy. My husband and I have been having problems in our marriage ever since our daughter was born. She was born while he was in the military and he got out of the military when she was 5 months old. He went thru an extreme depression when he got out, he wouldn't bathe, get out of bed, nothing. He refused to get help because he thought that would make him weak. Because of his depression, we were extremely broke (couldn't get out of bed to get a good job and couldn't watch our daughter so I could work, just wanted to sleep) we were forced to live with his parents which made him even more depressed. His family was emotianally, mentally and physically abusive towards my daughter and I. I was raised Jewish, and they are strict Christians. I was repeatedly called a "dirty Jew" and that they would never accept my daughter or I into their lives until my husband divorced us or I went Christian. There is more, but you get the point. Basically, it was a bad situation that thankfully I am out of. When our daughter was 7 months old, I became pregnant with our son and immediately was having problems. I was bleeding a lot of the pregnancy and was on bed rest for 4 months. My husband knew this, heard the DR talk about the importance of bedrest but refused to help with our daughter. Instead, when I asked him to get up and help, he became physical with me for even mentioning for him to wake up. He pushed me one time into our daughters crib so hard I almost lost our son. I became mad. Once he laid a hand on me I figured all bets were off. Up to that point I tried to be patient and to relaize he had a true problem (he was diagnosed by that time with PTSD) maybe it was hormones that started it, I dunno, but I blew up and haven't stopped blowing up since. I have felt this rage towards him that I can't even describe. I know blow off the handle at the littlest thing and trust me, I don't help matters much in a fight anymore. I am no longer patient and understanding. I am a b****. I can see myself acting this way but I almost feel like a person has taken over my body, I want him to feel the pain he has put me thru, to realize that he basically didn't touch our daughter for a year of her life and he missed out on a lot. He ditched me when I was pregnant and really needed him. Now, his PTSD has became worse it seems, the anger that is contributed to it is terrible. He pushes me for no reason, he screams and says the meanest things to me (slut, whore, b****, ect ect) he has spit on me, punched me on the legs, and picked me up and thown me a dozen times. I'm no angel, I'm not one of those meak women that is a punching bag, trust me on this...when he lays a hand on me, I do it right back. But I leave absolutely no damage like he does to me. I am 5'2 and 100 pounds when wet. I am petite and know it, my husband is 6'4 and over 200 pounds. I feel that sometimes I pick on him, that I am too harsh, but like I said before, I have no patience anymore for him. Here is an example on what happned today: his alarm went off and he got up and hit the alarm and threw it on the floor. i said, 'hey! we can't afford a new one, don't do that s***" he said shutup then pushed me then he walked back to bed. (I now have a bruise on my hip and wrist) I got up and got a glass of water and poured it on him and said, "hope that helped you get up honey." Like I said, I'm no angel either. He is on medication now for his PTSD but not sure if it is really helping much. The thing is, he never once apoligized or even asked if I was ok, it's like I don't matter to him. Here is the major life things we went thru in the past couple of years: discharged from the military, moved, had a baby, oldest was diagnosed with a birth defect, he stopped all communication with his family over what they did (it's been over a year since they last spoke), we are still broke and now have a lot of medical debt from our daughter. It's been a lot of stuff coming our way, it seems like it never stops. Should we even try marriage counseling or is it useless? I know we love eachother, I just think it is burried somewhere. Too much bad has happened in too short of a time. Or should we just head straight to the court house and call it quits??popskb - yeah, he is getting va disability benefits from everything. he is finally on medication. the va doesn't really give the kind of counseling he needs, they can only provide him one session every 2 months and that is a lot compared to most soldiers, the usual is one session every 5 months, ugh, wish they were more help. and yes people, I know I am angry and need help for that. I know this isn't good for my kids. And yes, i do love him because on those days when the PTSD isn't so bad, he is back to his old self and he is just the sweetest guy you ever know!! If you have never expierenced PTSD, then it is hard to describe, kinda like bi-polar in a way I guess.Ahhh, I don't think anyone is picking on me, lol. It is what it is, good bad and ugly. After reading opinions, I think we are headed to a therapist! more

Resolved Question: pup tent,military type?

I'm just getting into camping,i will be going on a 2 week long trip in MA,around dec,early jan,when it will be snowing and cold at night,i was wondering,is a military pup tent good for this along with a cold weather sleeping bag?and do i really need a tent?or can i just do with a sleeping bag in some type of waterproof cover? more

Resolved Question: Another story i have written... How is it? Suggestions?

Ok so here we go again. I just wrote this intro to a story i might start writing and i wanted opinions. So i read it over and im pretty sure i have corrected all errors. I have no real storyline or name yet, im still working on that, but tell me what you think The hall was dark. Too dark for me to enter, but I had no choice. It was my only way out. So I ran into the darkness. I heard screams behind me, screams from my fallen team mates. I ran harder and faster, even though my breath was running out quickly. I was almost to the door I saw at the end of the hallway. So close to victory, so very close, I just wanted to end this wretched nightmare. I was there. I reached the door at the end of the hallway. I grabbed the doorknob and almost tore it off the hinges. I ran in and looked back for a split second. No one was there, all I saw was a dark hallway. I slammed the door hastily and collapsed to the ground tired and confused. I didn’t know what to do next. There was a banging at the door and I quickly leaned against it and locked it. I was scared like a little kid hiding from a monster under his bed. “I have got to get out of this place”, I gasped. I looked around again, still in a daze from all that had happened in so little time, as a matter of fact it seemed like just yesterday I was hopping out of the chopper and walking right into this hellhole. I leaned my head back and before I knew it I drifted of into a dream. I was about to relive the nightmare I had just went through all over again. “Chris. Chris. Wake up, no sleeping on the job. You’ll have plenty of time to sleep when we get this mission done. “I looked around suspiciously and smiled. Pat Hutchins, an old friend of mine, had his rigid face in front of mine, broken nose and all. He had his helmet on hiding his long red Mohawk. He put his hand out in front of me and I shook it. “Your getting tired before the job even starts, come on now, I’m going to need some help on the battlefield out there.” He leaned in closely and whispered “I don’t know how much help these lumps are going to be out there.” The “lumps” he was referring too, was our team. I didn’t know any of them but Pat, I looked more closely around and realized I was in the chopper. I had forgotten where I was, I must have been out like a light. The surroundings were dull, just a bunch of wilderness and trees. Looked like a tropical rainforest out there. I looked around the chopper, squinting to see the people around me. I saw an older man, his nametag on his military outfit read “Davidson”. He pulled his cigar out of his mouth and looked at me. He sighed, laughed, and looked away. Confused I tried to ignore him. He had many scars and was missing his pinkie and middle fingers. His hair grey hair was slicked back and he quickly put on his aviator sunglasses and popped his cigar back into his mouth. I looked away and matched eyes with a woman sitting to the right of me. She sighed and looked away, I did the same. She was in her early forties maybe, she looked like a pretty hardened woman, she had black hair and it was covered with a military camouflage cap. Her name tag read “Johnson”. I was a little bit in awe. I don’t remember my teammates looking so tough upon the entrance to the chopper. I felt like a little kid, a defenseless little kid, the one that has to be helped with everything. I will prove to this team I got what it takes. I saw another person in the chopper. He was a strange looking character, he was really quite. He looked around as if he were startled by something and then looked back down to his feet. He had white face paint and a red smile painted on his lips. He looked up and I saw that he had scars going straight down his eyes. He smiled at me and I looked away quickly. His name tag simply stated “Crow”. I couldn’t help but think it was a bit creepy, but no one else seemed to pay to much attention to him. There was one more person on the chopper and he seemed to be a little nervous like me. He had a tear in his eye and looked like he was about to have a nervous breakdown. I looked down and saw a picture of a woman and a man. He was the man in the picture and the woman was quite attractive. I was guessing it was his wife. He had a short blonde crew cut and had a military camouflage hat on like Johnson. His name tag read “Hobbs”, and “JayRod” was written on the back of his cap, probably a nickname. I heard a voice shout “Okay fellas, we are coming up on the plant, get ready to hop out.” The voice came from the pilot, who apparently knew what was going on, unlike me. A parachute bag was forced into my arms. I looked up to see Pat. “Just do what I do Crisco!” he shouted, I could hardly hear him because every thing got really loud of the sudden. Crisco was the nickname I was given, for no apparent reason, Pat has just always called me that. I quickly stood up and struggled with my parachute, I looked around and everyone was watching me with smug looks on their faces. ExceptOk so there is a big part missing, ill put it in if anyone is interestedsuggestions, comments, and ratings would be appreciated. i want to know how well i did and whether or not it would make for a good story line more

Voting Question: husband is acting up, need advice from men mostly, and women too?

My husband and i have been together since we were 17 and now were 24. he is in the military and his buddies ofcourse most of them are bachelors. my husband and i are having problems and he acts like a bachelor when its convienient for him and acts like my man when its convinient for him also. we are seprated but when he is around me alone we had a pretty good time. however i have had enough of it and am really close to just pack my bags and leave for im tired of not being treated as his wife. we still live with each other becuase we just bought a house and becuase of the economy just cant sell yet. we still sleep in the same bed but i dont feel right anymore. i dont pay attention to him anymore, i really dont. when i dont pay attention to him he gets cranky and upset and even accused me on cheating on him. I actually thought that was hilarious becuase it makes me wonder whats going on in his mind. but when i do pay attention to him he gets i guess a bit comfortable andsays im being clingy....hello im your wife you ass married for 4 years!!!! i love him but i love me more. one minute he says he does not love me like he used to,the next he says he does and then he says he does not and blah blah blah. i have one more year left to graduate from college and if things dont change by then my ass is out. but i really would like a mens perspective on this whole situation. why do u think he is going through this? more

Resolved Question: dealing with my new mother in law + baby?

ive just moved in with my new wife. she does however live with her parents on a 20+ acre livestock farm. we just found out last month that she is pregnant. she just hit 8 weeks today. her mom is always listing chores for us to do. i just got into the military reserves, and i haven't started yet, and she goes to school but doesn't have a job. the bed we sleep on feels like we are sleeping on a bag of springs. her mom has said if we do the things she says she would buy us a new mattress. 2 months go by and no new bed. shes pregnant and it makes both of us particularly her uncomfy. what do we do? more

Resolved Question: Hi I want to joing the army / military if anyone has anyone has and cloths tents sleeping bags ect can u let ?

me know and can some people tell me what will happen? I would really appreachete some camo cloths tents bags sleeping bags ect more

Resolved Question: I need help I am dating a girl who already has a boyfriend.?

Lol where to start this is a first for me so please bare with me. Well it all started last year at military ball when I first met her she was with her BF and I thought she was cute and wanted to talk to her more but she had a BF and i don't wanna get between a happy couple. After military ball we started to see each other in school and became friends and would talk sometimes but other than that we were complete strangers and nothing more but I started to like her and could'nt help it but be drawn to her. Anyways we stayed friends for a while and even talked over the summer. Over summer i hooked up with a girl and we dated for a while but after summer she broke up with me, and I was sad and depressed and had a pain in my hand from beating up a punching bag.But the next day at school we had a video game tournament in chorus and I stayed to watch. She came there to hang out (she is in chorus too) and we started talking and after a while we left to go walk and talk and after a while we went to the staircase and chilled there for a couple hours talking about everything.This is where i realized how much we had in common and I was so tempted to kiss her but I held back cause I din't know if she liked me or I was just imagining things. Then after that day she told me about this concert on a group who graduated from our school they were called 42five and invited me to go I said yes cause I wanted to spend more time with her.Well the day came I went I met her mom and we hit it off her mom liked me and during the concert me and the girl held hands and my heart was going off its balance.After the concert we grabbed something to eat and when we got home she told me she wanted to walk me to my door (which was a first for me a girl walking me) I opened the door and she came in and we talked for like a minute or two then she said she had to go as she hugged me she then kissed me on the lips and as she pulled away I pulled her back and we kissed for a little longer then she left....... OMG I had butterflies so bad I could'nt sleep I fell asleep in 6 in the morning and to this day when I think of kissing her I get that falling feeling and a handful of butterflies. After that we would hang out during lunch (her BF has first lunch,we have second lunch) and after school I would walk her home.I thought I would be ok with her being with her Bf while we dated so for the first time I was the other guy, at first I liked it the risk and rush from doing this but after a while I started to feel like crap everytime I would see them kiss or hug or w/e. One of my bestfriends found out about us but she does not know that anyone knows and he keeps giving me advice and telling me to break this off cause he is also friends with the BF.We have been doing this since the end of augest. The messed up thing is I went to the wrong lunch one day and thought it was second and when I did not find her my heart felt this emptyness like I am not complete without her and when I finally saw her I realized I AM IN LOVE WITH HER,and when she smiles it melts my heart I can be having the worst day ever but as soon as I see that smile every thing gets better. Now for a little info I am in 12th grade(16 years old) and she is in 10th grade(15 years old) she has been dating her BF for 10 months and he loves her and treats her like a queen (he is super whipped though) and he is a nice guy but she is a bad girl and likes to have fun and from what I can tell the relationship is more like a routine than a real relationship and I wanna talk to her about leaving him and going out with me but it's the guys birthday this week and she is under alot of stress and I don't wanna add to her stress by making her decide what to do. Somebody please help me before I explode!!! WHAT DO I DO..........................Oh i forgot to mention this but I know she really likes me from the way she looks at me. When I come into a room and see her and she see's me her eyes light up like a kid on xmas, and she loves to play these jokes that I thought no one but me liked to play like, The one hey you got something on your shirt and you look down then get your nose flicked I love her sense of humor she is just amazing. more

Resolved Question: My puppy suffered albuterol toxicity.. ?

:( he popped my inhaler from my last question I posted. That's now why I'm posting I'm posting for advise. He was abused and we rescued him when he was 6wks old. He is now 5 months old it's almost impossible to control him. Now I know it's the owners who control the dogs but it's hard with him. He doesn't learn. We have him in puppy classes but he seems almost unresponsive. My point is, He is potty trained but still goes in the house like his blatter isn't right. We let him out like ever 45 mins and he still goes in the house. Though he will goes days without going in the house and days where he does 4 times in one day. He also has to chew EVERYTHING. the base boarding in the halls the carpet is his favorite. We are in military housing and he tonight chewed a piece of carpet 2inches wide and 6 inches in length. He chewed an entire area in front of the bathroom carpet at our last home. He chews headphones and wires. He ate an cord to the computer that was electrocuting him and he was unresponsive just kept chewing till I heard sizzling in the next room. We watch him like a hawk and try to keep everything up but he's getting bigger and unless we staple everything to ceiling he's gonna find a way to get it. He's also always chewing on our older dog. biting him eating his eats. He eats himself. He shoves his entire foot in his mouth and just starts gnawing on it. He chases his tail till he falls over from being dizzy, eats his hip. He used to eat his ears but his heads grown so he can't reach them. He chews the blankets. phone books. shoes. ANYTHING basically. You'd think we starved him but we don't he eats Purina dog chow like the older dog and we leave it on the floor because the other dog doesn't know how to eat on a schedule and he's now 5 years old. The puppy eats when he's hungry and we take him outside when he starts to act funny. We don't know what to do anymore. He sleeps in bed with us because he gets cold being such a short haired dog but he has to be like on our faces. If I'm on the couch he has to wrap his body around my neck like a snake. He always needs to be on me. He will sit in the window like a cat and bark for hours on end at nothing. He's lost his voice a couple times from it. It's just getting unbearable and no one seems to know how to help us. He doesn't respond to us squirting water in his face he eats it. a spank on the butt he thinks your playing. If you tell him he's naughty in a forceful tone he bags up for two seconds and comes back trying to play. We have tried so much. Some please helphe is a pitbull dachshund beagle mix heres a couple pics http://i36.tinypic.com/2gw9u7p.jpg http://i38.tinypic.com/jif4ut.jpg http://i35.tinypic.com/214r41c.jpg more

Resolved Question: I was to be getting married on Friday the 22nd of August ?

After 6 yrs we got engaged on the new yr and everything seemed great then 3 months before the big day he started acting weird. Looked through the cell and he was texting girls he worked with. Yr ago we took a break when he was away on military leave but when he got home he hooked up with a girl from work. I knew about it and let it go..I had dating myself. So even?? Things worked out and we started dating again. Yr later asked me 2 marry him. He was my high school sweetheart and I loved him very much so I said yes! Things with his family got really bad. Parents got divorced after 25yrs, dad lost house. and so on! My step dad never liked the fiance and didnt appove of the wedding. My mother loved the idea of us finally getting married after so long and also living together already. One day my fiance told me that we were having a party & he didnt know how many ppl were coming. I told him that I had to leave for work the next day at 6 am for a 3 day shift. He got smashed that night and invited his ex and some new girl he had been talking 2.( i didnt know at the time) I stayed up all night taking care of all his friends. I got half an hour of sleep and woke up to find the girl that he had slept with a yr ago on one side of the couch and the other new girl on the other side of the couch! I took off that morning and didnt hear from him all day. I got a message from my roommate saying that the "new" girl was still over there at 4 in th afternoon. I got home 3 days later to find her bag in my living room. He told me that she was moving to her new aapartment the next day and didnt have anywhere to stay so he let her stay with US!! after all the texting with the girls and lying to me I woke up and looked at him & told him I wanted to hold off and the wedding and he acted numb to the whole thing. Really shocked me. Moved home and our apartment isnt up until next month. So after phones being shut off on me and taking MY credit cards, I had it! I told him the whole thing was off. I have been trying to keep my distance. Give him the ring back and key to our apartment. I havent really had to much contact with him. So Friday is the day it was going to take place and I dont know what I should do. I dont know if I should just be alone or maybe go to dinner with him one last time.....What do you think. All our friends say that he isnt himself anymore more

Resolved Question: Have you ever served played the clarinet?

The timing is somewhat out, take it for what it is. I was a youth, not sixteen years who thought the world to see. And so overcoming all my fears I signed up for nine and three.* A foolish move some did speak to accept the old kings shilling, to take in payment five a week but I was more than willing. Enlisting in the military band of the North Stafford's Regiment. With clarinet in my unsure hand sucked and blew to resentment. For nine months I tried in vain, to produce an acceptable noise. And youthful dreams began to wane, when to Egypt I went with the boys. "Otranto" was the ship we sailed on, a converted liner I had been told. And with kit bag weighing half a ton with others I was herded to the hold. Nights of sleeping in a hammock swaying to the movement of the ship. Gun fodder ready for the breechblock, most staggered to the deck to be sick. Fed up with trying sleep down below, each evening would find me on deck using life jackets as bed and a pillow and on awaking had no twisted neck. But a change of country and of clime did not improve me as a player. A transfer was made; not before time, and I found myself in Malaya. A musician I knew I would not make, volunteered a self-imposed dismissal. I served my time, and then sent home an expert on how well I could whistle. *Nine years with the regiment Three years in army reserve more

Resolved Question: This girl lost her camera at my sleep-over and now she won't stop bugging me! What do I do?

She came for the sleep-over and left her camera on this table. When she went to leave she says she forgot to pick it up. I have looked everywhere - I can't find it. She keeps calling me and texting me saying that I have to find it and that she's broke and it's all she has to her name and that's it belongs to her military aunt and she doesn't know how she'll say she lost it. It's kind of making me mad because it isn't my responsibility is it? She's the one who just left it wherever instead of keeping it away in her bag. She's calling my house phone at midnight and waking up my 3 year old brothers. I dug through the TRASH looking for it - what does she expect me to do? My parents are getting mad and so am I! I guess I just need advice. What should I do? more

Resolved Question: I am in a typical teenager love problem, I went to this military camp for scouts and this boy i knew was there

On Sat night, we were talking (me and one of the boys) and he actually seemed nice. I knew him from school but i havn't seen him lately since my HS is big. Well it was my friend, another bs, me and him. My friend and the bs were flirting.Well at like 10PM we decided to go for a walk even though it was like 40 degrees out, With no flashlight.I was scared because we were by a lake so my friend said "Dan, put your arm around her" He did and stuff and we were like that for the night. When we went to the campsite it was 1AM and my friend and i found our tent had been almost flooded. We crashed with them and we didn't have like a sleeping bag or anything. Well i layed down next to him (he asked me to) and we were pretty close like my backside was aganist his front side. HIs hand was around my waist. And my friend told me he likes me. I dont know what i should do because i don't want any drama. We have avoided each other since then and i don't see him in school. PLEASE HELP ME :) :)I mean the guy is cute and stuff but I don't know if i'm ready for a relationship. And in their tent i was in a sleeping bag with him but with clothes on. There was no sex, no nudity, no kissing. We held hands under the covers but that was it. He was a gentleman he didn't like grope me or put his hand on my boob or anything. He was just around my waist and stuff. I think he likes me and i think i might like him but he is a great guy and i'm kinda scared to hurt him. I don't have his cell # or anything. I want to know what should i do. I mean if he liked me when i was camping and having no showers and smelling like mud then he prob. likes me when i am showered and clean and stuff lol. What should I do?? I mean should i tell him or what. I don't really want to have one of those awkard convos with him. more

Resolved Question: Long distance Military Relationship?

I am 22 yrs old active duty in the Marine Corps stationed in Camp Lejeune, NC. My girlfriend lives halfway across the nation in Texas. I first began talking to her while I was in Comm school in California for about a month. Then we met and slept together the first night. There was a lot of passion, and being without for awhile made me more aggressive. So. That went well. It was fun, but then things got serious and complicated. A few things about her. She is a single mother, 21 yrs old, no GED/highschool, and is on probation for shoplifting. I love her beyond those things. Everybody makes mistakes. Hers just kinda compounded. Anyways. Lately, she hasn't been answering my phone calls very frequently, and even didn't call for New Years. It's ok. It's not like it's a special moment or anything. This has been a brutal cycle unfortunately. Everytime I address our noncommunications she gets on the defensive. She claims that she doesn't talk to me because she doesn't want to cry. She is always complaining about how we aren't together and the distance but on the flipside she keeps telling me she loves me and wants to be with me. She has cheated on me with another girl, and when she told me after awhile and offered a threesome. That would be a mixed bag. After all of this, I proposed an ultimatum. Resolution or closure. Now she isn't picking up her phone again. How should I react? What will ease my hurt, and enable me to make the definitive break that seems a necessity for my wellbeing. Or, based on the stated and perhaps even devine intuition, maybe there is hope yet in this case. I love her enough to let go but I'd rather not... Somebody. Give me insight. more

Resolved Question: Sleeping bag question - need some help deciding.?

Or feel free to make a joke at my expense, I don't mind. ;) Saw this very neat little sleeping bag for my husband, the Roman Palm, which packs away so small you can hold it on the palm of one hand. There are two to choose from - one is rated to 10-15 degrees celsius (50-60 degrees F) the other is 5 degrees C (about 40 degrees F). We live in a warm climate and night time temps only go below about 50 degrees on the coldest winter nights. My husband is in the military and does some travelling to the tropics, but other areas as well which would be colder. Should I get the warmer one? Do people bake in sleeping bags? It would be awful to overheat, but horrible to be too cold. I've never been one for camping...can you tell? :) more

Resolved Question: A Poem for our military personnel?

To those that are serving and to those who have served and for the families that love them. The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream. The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight. A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child. 'What are you doing?' I asked without fear, 'Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!' For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light Then he sighed and he said 'Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night.' 'It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me. My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December,' Then he sighed, 'That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers.' My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ', And now it is my turn and so, here I am. I've not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue... an American flag. I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat. I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.. Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall.' 'So go back inside,' he said, 'harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I'll be all right.' 'But isn't there something I can do, at the least, 'Give you money,' I asked, 'or prepare you a feast? It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son.' Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, 'Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, To stand your own watch, no matter how long. For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us. more

Resolved Question: sleeping bags?

how good is this sleeping bag Slumberjack® Military Modular Sleep System SLUMBERJACK® MODULAR SLEEP SYSTEM (MSS) COMPLETE 4 PART -30°F SYSTEM.i looking for a vary good sleeping bag that will keep me warm in -30 or more weather and i will have termo underwear and shirt and socks oninthe bagi want to go camping in montana in dead winter so i want a sleeping bag that willl keep me vary warm it can get vary cold in montanai want to go camping in montana in winter so i want a sleeping bag that willl keep me vary warm it can get vary cold in montana more

Resolved Question: Slumberjack® Military Modular Sleep System?

how good is this sleeping bag Slumberjack® Military Modular Sleep System SLUMBERJACK® MODULAR SLEEP SYSTEM (MSS) COMPLETE 4 PART -30°F SYSTEM.i looking for a vary good sleeping bag that will keep me warm in -30 or more weather and i will have termo underwear and shirt and socks oninthe bagno going to montana and go in the middle of now were and winter camp. I just belive in being the best prepared. It is better safe then sorry. the sleeping bag that is mintined is 3 diffent bags that zip to form one single bag. more

Resolved Question: Slumberjack® Military Modular Sleep System?

Resolved Question: Post Tramatic Stress Disorder?

I've been diagnosed with PTSD after serving in Iraq. It started out with almost uncontrollable rage that just woulnt go away and would flare up at a pins drop. I was like that 3/4 of the time I was there. I got home and didnt feel right, like I am in the wrong place living in someone elses reality. The anger is still there, but now I am hypersensative to loud noices, voices, movements around me, and have alot of trouble speaking and putting thoughts into words. My nightmares are very violnent, thats why I sleep on the floor in my own room with nothing but a sleeping bag. The military kicked me out soon after I got home. The VA gives me meds and doctors who dont understand. Most nihgts I'm so physically miserable I fantasize of slicing my skin off with a straight razor. Mostly, I dont want to live or die, I just wished I could sleep in peace. Anyone have any sugjestions? more

Resolved Question: military recruiters, how do you feel when one of you recriuts comes home in a body bag?

how do you sleep at night? more

Resolved Question: If the liberals and Democrats hate the military so much, then why nearly every conservative marry liberals?

I have been reading through a variety of posts, filled with Nazi military guys who get mad everytime a liberal, independent, a Democrat, or pretty much anyone who does not engage in the slave mentality of group think has their own opinion. All I hear is conservatives saying "pack your bags, ship the liberals to Canada/France, get out, go back (go back to where you've never been?) Yet every time I travel, every conservative guy has a liberal wife. If liberals are so bad, why do those men lust for them and sleep with them, and pick them for the very important role for being the mother of their child. Like Scwharzenegger (sp?) has a liberal wife Marie, Bush has pro-choice Laura, Henry Fonda gave birth to Jane Fonda, etc.. If you ship all the liberals to Canada, wouldn't they have to ship their own wives and daughters? I thought conservatives had family "values" and were against divorce??? Listen To These People Speak The Truth! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwc5YSAc-7g more

Resolved Question: How do I camp with no tent?

How can I camp using only what I can carry on my back. I have a big wool blanket, a military-grade casualty blanket, a sleeping pad and a ground cloth. Are there any light weight, one man tents that are inexpensive I could use? I am very limited on space dedicated to sleeping arrangements, space and weight are a big issue. I just want something simple, not too big or fancy, that will keep me dry at night. Any ideas? Oh ya, a sleeping bag is too large, this wool blanket I have is warm, big and still light weight and small. I don't have to worry about freezing to death in my area, it doesn't get cold.... we might hit 30F twice in a year. If i get into trouble with the cold, I can just use the casualty blanket. My basic goal is a very small compact tent and directions on hoe to use a pad, ground cloth and blanket in a functional manner. more

Resolved Question: backpacking gear...?

Thank you for your help. The reason why we are so interested in army gear is that we have a bunch of it given to us from my friends’ family and was told we could use it if we wanted to. We have several pieces of American web gear from the 1960s and a completed (so I believe since there is no space left on it for anything else) set of Canadian p82 web gear with a 1982 Canadian army backpack and a Canadian army backpack that someone was saying was a mountain pack from the 1960s (no frame or anything and has a sleeping bag compartment in the bottom). We where thinking of using this stuff only to safe money. But if all you think we should start with a week or two and than plane for a month trip next summer/full, we will use the time this year to work and get better gear. Another reason why I wanted to use the Canadian web gear (not the pack) is everyone was saying how strong it is and how good the Canadian army is. You figure if the Canadian military sends its troops out in the bush for days on end, they give them the best. The army clothes, same reason, its here and it’s free. Though I am not sure about wear jockey under-shorts (new ones still unopened packages, just old); that are in the duffle bag. I don’t mind dressing up like a guy but not to sure about going all the way dressing like one. Someone else also said that cotton clothes rote, is this true? As for the rifle, if we have to take one, I just want something tuff and do not have to worry about it except for cleaning it. As for the imps, is there a difference between the ones from the early 1980s to now? Not using anything that old but just wondering. And two last questions that most likely can only be answered by women, would there be any problem going with out wearing a bra when camping? And lastly, female hygiene, I take it I would make more female items than needed and I do not have to worry about bringing underarm deodorant and razors, right? Thanks again more

Resolved Question: Besides exercise, proper diet, enough sleep, and doing supplements, what else will speed up weight loss?

Since hearing from my recruiter that military is about to select me for OCS in about a month, I'm now in a hurry to lose 20-30 pounds or 8% body fat to make the cut or else they'll change their mind on picking me. I already know about mixing in even amount of lifting and cardio days each week. I hear better to do cardios on empty stomach cuz your body will fuel up on some of your body fat rather than calories you may have taken in from eating first. With the dieting, I know I gotta lay off foods that are junk, got flour, starch, or sugar. I heard it's ok to indulge one day a week; should I even keep those cheat days moderate as well? So far I've been eating 5-6 portioned meals/day (spread out by 1.5-2 hours apart): fruits/veggies, soy protein powder mixed with milk, protein RTDs, protein bars, etc... Recruiter suggested I double (or even triple) the cardio workouts to double (or triple) the calorie-burning, even wear a trash bag on me.I also hear trying to get enough sleep helps with a speedy weight loss as well. What if I have some scheduling conflict (summer classes in morning and work in late night)? On top of proper diet and exercise, would I lose weight faster working out first thing for the day on empty stomach and not enough sleep, or get enough sleep by another hour or two, eat first, and then workout some time later?I know definitely good idea to stick with water for fluids. Will drinking diet soda on cheat days interfere with the weight loss effort?I've heard from this one Army guy (I'm trying out for Navy) that besides proper diet and exercising regularly, he sometimes lay an iron (low heat) on his stomach. Does that really help in the weight loss or burning fat? Nobody still answered this question. Which way is faster in losing weight? a) Not enough sleep, workout on empty stomach, and then eat after b) Enough sleep, eat first, workout after more

Resolved Question: How do I wash a military sleeping bag?

Says do not dry clean. i think it is made of down. more

Resolved Question: Is fire really priority number one in the subarctic survival excercise?

My girlfriend did this team building excercise where you had to rate 15 items by their importance for survival in the wilderness of Newfoundand Canada in October. The students then were graded on the difference between their ratings and the ratings of a survival expert. Here are the expert's ratings: 1. waterproof matches 2.hand axe 3. heavy duty canvas 4. sleeping bag 5. gallon maple syrup 6. braided nylon rope 7. snowshoes 8. inner tube 9. shaving kit and mirror 10. flashlight 11.bacardi rum 12.alarm clock 13.compass 14.celestial navigation book 15.water purification tablets Some of the students disagreed with fire being the number one priority. Any opinions? There were more details about the situation and a map included but it would be too lengthy to include here. I just don't think that you must have fire. Additional Details 1 second ago I think I would always put the sleeping bag and tarp first and second. I might even take the axe before the matches. You cannot warm yourself externally. You can only slow down heat loss. Body heat must come from metabolization of calories. Eating and excercising is the only way to make body heat. After that, you just need to insulate yourself and stay dry. I think that alot of survival training comes from a military standpoint. They are taking defense into account. Build a stronghold, defend it, and wait for support troops. The fire seems like more of a mental thing and a way to pass time. I guess if I knew there were polar bears around, I might make matches number one, but then there might not be any wood to burn in polar bear habitat, right? Anyone with experience? more

Resolved Question: How do you clean a military "mummy" sleeping bag?

I have a mummy bag that smells and the tag is wore off. Does it need to be dry cleaned or can I just throw it in washer? Thanks more

Resolved Question: plz. help me to write the main idea of this article in the NY Times. in two pages.?

Resolved Question: Sign Humor. And I dont want to hear about how long it is. I can see it myself. Or about how much time i have.?

A sign seen on a restroom dryer at O'Hare Field in Chicago: Do not activate with wet hands. At a car dealership: The best way to get back on your feet? Miss a car payment. At A Laundry Shop: How about we refund your money, send you a new one at no charge, close the store and have the manager shot. Would that be satisfactory? At a Music Store: Out to lunch. Bach at 12:30. Offenbach sooner. At a number of US military bases: Restricted to unauthorized personnel. At a pizza shop: 7 days without pizza makes one weak. At a Santa Fe gas station: We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container. At a tire shop in Milwaukee: Invite us to your next blowout. At a Towing Company: We don't charge an arm and a leg. We want tows. At a Used Car Lot: Second Hand cars in first crash condition. At an Auto Body Shop: May we have the next dents? At an optometrist's office: If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place. At the electric company: We would be delighted if you send in your bill. However, if you don't, you will be. At the entrance of the large machinery plant: Warning to young ladies: If you wear loose clothes, beware of the machinery. If you wear tight clothes, beware of the machinist. Billboard on the side of the road: Keep your eyes on the road and stop reading these signs. Car Lot: The best way to get on your feet....Miss a car payment. Church sign: To remove worry wrinkles, get your faith lifted. Door of a plastic surgeon’s office: Hello. May we pick your nose? English Sign in German Cafe: Mothers, Please Wash Your Hands Before Eating. Gym: Merry Fitness and a Happy New Rear! In a Beauty Shop: Dye now! In a cafeteria: Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria. Socks can eat any place they want. In a cleaner’s window: Anyone leaving their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of. In a counselors office: Growing old is mandatory, growing wise is optional. In a dentist office: Be true to your teeth or they will be false to you. In a department store: Bargain Basement Upstairs. In a dry cleaner's emporium: Drop your pants here. In a dry cleaner's window: Anyone leaving their garments here for more than 30 days will be disposed of. In a farmer’s field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but be aware that the bull charges. In a Florida maternity ward: No children allowed. In a health food shop window: Closed due to illness. In a hotel during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn’t know it, there is day care on the first floor. In a Laundromat: Automatic washing machines. Please remove all your clothes when the light goes out. In a Los Angeles clothing store: Wonderful bargains for men with 16 and 17 necks. In a Los Angeles dance hall: Good clean dancing every night but Sunday. In a Maine restaurant: Open seven days a week and weekends. In a New York medical building: Mental Health Prevention Center In a New York restaurant: Customers who find our waitresses rude ought to see the manager. In a non-smoking area: If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action. In a Pennsylvania cemetery: Persons are prohibited from picking flowers from any but their own graves. In a Podiatrist's window: Time wounds all heels. In a restaurant window: Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed up. In a safari park: Elephants please stay in your car In a Tacoma, Washington men's clothing store: 15 men's wool suits - $100 - They won't last an hour! In a Texas funeral parlor: Ask about our layaway plan. In a toilet: Toilet out of order. Please use floor below. In a veterinarian’s waiting room: Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay! In an office building washroom: Toilet out of order. Please use floor below. In an office: After the tea break, staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board. In an office: Would the person who took the step ladder yesterday kindly bring it back or further steps will be taken. In downtown Boston: Callahan Tunnel - NO END In front of a New Hampshire car wash: If you can't read this, it's time to wash your car. In the front yard of a funeral home: Drive carefully. We’ll wait. In the offices of a New Jersey loan company: Ask about our plans for owning your home. In the vestry of a New England church: Will the last person to leave please see that the perpetual light is extinguished. In the window of a Kentucky appliance store: Don't kill your wife. Let our washing machine do the dirty work. In the window of an Oregon general store: Why go elsewhere to be cheated, when you can come here? Inside a bowling alley: Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin drop. Maternity Clothes Shop: We are open on Labor Day. Message on a leaflet: If you cannot read, this leaflet will tell you how to get lessons. Notice in a field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges. On a butcher's window: Let me meat your needs. On a church door: This is the gate of Heaven. Enter ye all by this door. (This door is kept locked because of the draft. Please use side entrance) On a desk in a reception room: We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just left. On a display of "I love you only" Valentine cards: Now available in multi-packs. On a fence: Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive. On a local plumbing company's trucks in NE Pennsylvania: Don’t sleep with a drip. Call your plumber. On a Maine shop: Our motto is to give our customers the lowest possible prices and workmanship. On a maternity room door: Push. Push. Push. On a Music Teacher's door: Out Chopin. On a New York convalescent home: For the sick and tired of the Episcopal Church On a plumber's truck: We repair what your husband fixed. On a repair shop door: We can repair anything. (Please knock hard — bell out of order.) On a restaurant: Try our fish just for the halibut. On a roller coaster: Watch your head. On a Scientist's door: Gone Fission On a taxidermist's window: We really know our stuff. On a Tennessee highway: Take notice: when this sign is under water, this road is impassable. On an electrician's truck: Let us remove your shorts. On an established New Mexico dry cleaning store: Thirty-eight years on the same spot. On an United Airlines emergency exit row instruction card: If you cannot read this card... On another Butcher's window: Pleased to meat you. On the door of a Computer Store: Out for a quick byte. On the door of a Music Library: Bach in a min-u-et. On the grounds of a private school in Connecticut: No trespassing without permission. On the menu of a New Orleans restaurant: Blackened bluefish On the wall of a Baltimore estate: Trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. - Sisters of Mercy Outside a country shop in West Virginia: We buy junk and sell antiques. Outside a disco: Smarts is the most exclusive disco in town. Everyone welcome. Outside a farm: Horse manure, pre-packed bags, $10. Or, do-it-yourself, $1. Outside a Hotel: Help! We need inn-experienced people. Outside a muffler shop: No appointment necessary. We heard you coming. Outside a photographer’s studio: Out to lunch; if not back by five, out for dinner. Outside a radiator repair shop: Best place in town to take a leak. Outside a second-hand store: We exchange anything - bicycles, washing machines etc. Why not bring your wife along and get a wonderful bargain. Pizza shop slogan: 7 days without pizza makes one Weak. Plumber: We repair what your husband Fixed. Quicksand warning: Quicksand. Any person passing this point will be drowned. By order of the District Council. Seen during a conference: For anyone who has children and doesn't know it, there is a day care on the first floor. Sign at the psychic's Hotline: Don't call us, we'll call you. This was seen on a car being towed by a large motor home: I go where I'm towed to. Trucks of a local plumbing company in NE Pennsylvania: Don't sleep with a drip call your plumber. ======================================== International Signs (Mis-Translations) ======================================== Acapulco hotel sign: The manager has personally passed all the water served here. Athens Hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 daily. Athens, Greece hotel: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily. Austrian hotel catering to skiers: Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension. Bangkok dry cleaners: Drop your trousers here for best results. Bangkok temple: It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man. Belgrade hotel elevator: To move the cabin, push botton for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more persons, each one should press a number of wishing floor. Driving is then going alphabetically by national order. Bucharest hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable. Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty. Copenhagen airline ticket office: WE take your bags and send them in all directions. Czechoslovakian tourist agency: Take one of our horse-driven city tours--we guarantee no miscarriages. Denmark: in a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions. Finnish washroom faucet: To stop the drip, turn cock to right. German/Austria: a sign in a hotel catering to skiers read Not to perambulate the corridors in the hours of repose in the boots of ascension. German/Germany: in a Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up. Germany's Black forest sign: It is strictly forbidden on our black forest camping site that people of different sex, for instance, men and women, live together in one tent unless they are married with each other for that purpose. Hong Kong supermarket: For your convenience, we recommend courageous, efficient self-service. Hong Kong tailor shop: Ladies may have a fit upstairs. Istanbul hotel corridor sign: Please to evacuate in hall especially which is accompanied by rude noises. Japanese hotel room: Please to bathe inside the tub. Japanese hotel: You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid. Japanese information booklet about a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of war in your room, please control yourself. Kyushi, Japan Detour sign: Stop: Drive Sideways. Leipzig elevator: Do not enter the lift backwards, and only when lit up. London department store: Bargain basement upstairs. London office: After tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board. Majorcan shop entrance: English well talking. Majorcan shop entrance: Here speeching American. Moscow hotel lobby across from a Russian Orthodox monastery: You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists and writers are buried daily except Thursday. Moscow hotel room door: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it. Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar. Paris dress shop: Dresses for street walking. Paris hotel elevator: Please leave your values at the front desk. Rhodes tailor shop: Order your summers suit. Because is big rush we will execute customers in strict rotation. Roman doctor's office: Specialist in women and other diseases. Rome laundry: Ladies, leave your clothes here and spend the afternoon having a good time. Sweden: in the window of a Swedish furrier: Fur coats made for ladies from their own skin. Swiss mountain inn: Special today -- no ice cream. Thailand: an ad for donkey rides asked Would you like to ride on your own ass?. Tokyo bar: Special cocktails for the ladies with nuts. Tokyo hotel: Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not person to do such thing is please not to read this notice. Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you’ll find they are best in the long run. Vienna hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter. Vienna, Austria hotel: In case of fire, do your utmost to alarm the hotel porter. Yugoslavia: a sign in a hotel read The flattening of underwear with pleasure is the job of the chambermaid. Turn to her straightaway. Yugoslavia: in the Europa Hotel, in Sarajevo, you will find this message on every door: Guests should announce the abandonment of theirs rooms before 12 o'clock, emptying the room at the latest until 14 o'clock, for the use of the room before 5 at the arrival or after the 16 o'clock at the departure, will be billed as one night more.. Zurich hotel: Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedroom, it is suggested that the lobby be used for this purpose.I know they repeat themselves. I got this off of a web site and i copy and pasted it!!! more

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The Doe Network: Case File 789UMCO Notebook Unidentified White Male The victim was discovered on September 8, 2004 in the Flat Tops, White River National Forest, Garfield County, Colorado Estimated Date of Death: No longer than 5 years prior to discovery Skeletal remains -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vital Statistics Estimated age: Late 40s to late 50s, but could have been anywhere from 35 to 65. Approximate Height : 6'0" Distinguishing Characteristics: Forensic examiners say he suffered some discomfort from degeneration in his back and neck. Dentals: The man had extensive dental work, including gold work, crowns, bridges and fillings in almost all his teeth, suggesting the man had money. Clothing: A pair of size 9M Timberland brown-and-black hiking boots. Possessions: Located was fragments of sleeping cushion, fragments of blue backpack, a yellow-green plastic poncho, parts of a brown sleeping bag, blue hairbrush, two plastic zipper bags, Six $100 bills, one $10 bill, one $5 bill, five $1 bills , green Eureka dome tent, blue-and-black Jansport backpack, green camping pillow, black belt with clinging long underwear fragments, Slumberjack sleeping bag, empty Tylenol bottle, eight multicolored butane lighters, one magnifying glass, one compass, fingernail clippers, bell, spoon, pepper spray, 20 packages of Camel unfiltered cigarettes, Butane stove with two fuel cans, sweetwater water-filtration kit, pocket-sized Battleship game, round red-and-blue canteen, two green plastic military-style canteens, pair of sunglasses, pair of reading glasses, silver Sharper Image binoculars, "4 in 1" Radio Shack game, two drinking cups, aluminum cooking pot, pair of tweezers, package of foam earplugs, package of razor blades, tent repair kit, pair of blue wool socks with duct tape around the toes, roll of duct tape, two National Geographic trail maps of the Flat Tops. Other: A pocket-sized, spiral notebook with a green cover with hand-drawn artwork depicting a heart and some figures inside the heart, including what appears to be a cat. The first page, addressed to "Lib," begins, "I should wait in case my situation here doesn't improve. This may be the end of my journey." "Would like for you to claim the body . . . services or memoreal. Cremation." The CBI found the next section illegible, although individual words such as "I" and "thought" and "favor" or "flavor" could be made out. On another page, more text could be discerned, but the CBI analysts said the writer's point is not clear. That sections reads, "Third choice take them up in a glider (I promise not to get sick on you," before becoming illegible. Some common words - "this," "you" and "not" - are identifiable. On yet another page, the writing apparently goes, "ar on the . . . would you call her...d have it sent...you because I . . . want it to . . . where." Analysts also interpreted a recovered fragment to read, "be . . . er . . . my . . . s are going." Possessions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Case History The victim was located September 8, 2004, by bow hunters in a remote area north of Glenwood Springs. The site is in the drainage of No Name Creek at about 9,700 feet elevation, about 6 miles as the crow flies from Glenwood Springs, but 12 miles by the Transfer Trail out of town. The skeleton revealed no cause of death and the sheriff's office has been assuming it probably was natural. The man was found in a tent at a campsite in a wooded, remote location. His trousers had rotted away, but the date of currency found at his campsite indicates he apparently had been there no longer than five years. The letter leaves open the possibility the man was suicidal, although there is no reason to believe he killed himself. Perhaps he was terminally ill and chose to take his life. The man also could have succumbed to unexpected illness or injury while on an outing in the Flat Tops. Much about the case is conjecture, including a theory that the man entered the Flat Tops Wilderness at a trailhead on the north and hiked four or five days across elevations of 11,000 feet before setting up his tent on a southern drainage at about 9,700 feet. That theory is supported by two moisture-proof National Geographic trail maps of the Flat Tops with a route drawn across them to the area where the remains were discovered. But it's possible the man picked up the maps someone else had marked and left behind. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Investigators If you have any information about this case please contact: Garfield County sheriffs Office 970-945-1377, Ext. 1025 Or Crime Tips 970-384- 3625 You may remain anonymous when submitting information. NCIC Number: N/A Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case. Source Information: Glenwood Springs Post Independent Rocky Mountain News more

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