Author Topic: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur (Read 178139 times)

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #630 on:** 10 August 2011, 16:14:56 »

Quote from: Caesar Steiner for Archon on 10 August 2011, 15:20:54

And as the icing on the cake, I understand nobody pounced on your totally drunk sister?

Well, about 90% of the attendees were blood relatives, so yes, that was definitely a bonus.

Caesar Steiner for Archon · « **Reply #631 on:** 10 August 2011, 16:56:44 »

Quote from: Arkansas Warrior on 10 August 2011, 15:31:13

Just try not to toss her around too much. Spiking in the end zone is probably also not recommended.

It's actually customary in my family for relatives to kidnap the bride from the reception and pour a bunch of liquor down her before returning her. Not sure what that is a metaphor for.

Neko_Bijin · « **Reply #632 on:** 10 August 2011, 17:09:29 »

You're Spartan?

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #633 on:** 10 August 2011, 17:10:25 »

Quote from: Neko_Bijin on 10 August 2011, 17:09:29

You're Spartan?

You only say that because he walks around wearing a small leather posing pouch and half a bottle of baby oil

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #634 on:** 10 August 2011, 17:11:22 »

Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 10 August 2011, 17:10:25

You only say that because he walks around wearing a small leather posing pouch and half a bottle of baby oil

Oh, so he's from Fort Collins.

Charlie 6 · « **Reply #635 on:** 10 August 2011, 18:10:14 »

Quote from: boilerman on 10 August 2011, 15:25:35

That USN never has trusted sailors with firearms.

Marines don't either.

Caesar Steiner for Archon · « **Reply #636 on:** 10 August 2011, 18:23:56 »

Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 10 August 2011, 17:10:25

You only say that because he walks around wearing a small leather posing pouch and half a bottle of baby oil

Well I AM the Khan of Clan Homoerotic Panther. Or at least my porn name is.

boilerman · « **Reply #637 on:** 10 August 2011, 18:33:43 »

Quote from: Charlie 6 on 10 August 2011, 18:10:14

Marines don't either.

Good thing too.

Consider the amount of training the USN is willing to give sailors I'm surprised they ever let them handle firearms.

Charlie 6 · « **Reply #638 on:** 10 August 2011, 18:49:39 »

Quote from: Caesar Steiner for Archon on 10 August 2011, 18:23:56

Well I AM the Khan of Clan Homoerotic Panther. Or at least my porn name is.

I'm disappointed that didn't make into WoR.

Quote from: boilerman on 10 August 2011, 18:33:43

Good thing too.

Consider the amount of training the USN is willing to give sailors I'm surprised they ever let them handle firearms.

Ship handling is unsurpassed but I spent an uncomfortable live fire shoot on the back of DDG-51 with two very dangerous JGs.

Moonsword · « **Reply #639 on:** 10 August 2011, 18:50:42 »

More dangerous to themselves than the enemy, were they?

boilerman · « **Reply #640 on:** 10 August 2011, 18:56:30 »

Pretty much.

Charlie 6 · « **Reply #641 on:** 10 August 2011, 19:14:42 »

Quote from: Moonsword on 10 August 2011, 18:50:42

More dangerous to themselves than the enemy, were they?

Muzzle awareness was not the order of the day.

nerd · « **Reply #642 on:** 10 August 2011, 19:31:26 »

Total firearms training at RTC Great ~~Mistakes~~ Lakes: One day class room/simulator, a single session on the range. Annually, one range day per weapon.

And Officers some how get out of having to clean guns, and portions of the training. We don't arm them anyhow unless something special happens where they NEED to be armed. I'd much rather give the Duty Chief the supervisor's pistol anyway.

Charlie 6 · « **Reply #643 on:** 10 August 2011, 19:43:15 »

Quote from: nerd on 10 August 2011, 19:31:26

Total firearms training at RTC Great ~~Mistakes~~ Lakes: One day class room/simulator, a single session on the range. Annually, one range day per weapon.

And Officers some how get out of having to clean guns, and portions of the training. We don't arm them anyhow unless something special happens where they NEED to be armed. I'd much rather give the Duty Chief the supervisor's pistol anyway.

Hear, hear said the former (unarmed) Landing Force Officer of the Day (LF OOD).

97jedi · « **Reply #644 on:** 10 August 2011, 19:52:53 »

Oh, friends, the ballad of Awsum the Elemental shall crush your apprehensions and cure your diseases simply by being waved before your nose.

Neko_Bijin · « **Reply #645 on:** 10 August 2011, 20:17:53 »

Charlie 6 · « **Reply #646 on:** 10 August 2011, 20:40:23 »

Quote from: Neko_Bijin on 10 August 2011, 20:17:53

Qua?

What he said.

Stormcrow · « **Reply #647 on:** 10 August 2011, 23:15:43 »

Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 10 August 2011, 17:11:22

Oh, so he's from Fort Collins.

HUH? I'm less than 2hours away from Fort collins and I've never heard of that particular culltural phenomenon.

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #648 on:** 10 August 2011, 23:21:40 »

Quote from: Stormcrow on 10 August 2011, 23:15:43

HUH? I'm less than 2hours away from Fort collins and I've never heard of that particular culltural phenomenon.

I was not particularly impressed with the array of buff quasi-hippie yuppie twentysomethings infesting that town when I visited.

Stormcrow · « **Reply #649 on:** 10 August 2011, 23:29:11 »

Must have been some bleed over from the nearby People's Republic of Boulder or the city is an advanced stage of being Californicated.

boilerman · « **Reply #650 on:** 11 August 2011, 22:36:51 »

24 hours, you guys are slackin'.

greatsarcasmo · « **Reply #651 on:** 11 August 2011, 22:39:57 »

I taught my cat to play fetch today. She's a Siamese and I read that they could do that. And viola! She can. For awhile. then she gets bored and wants to be petted. But hey, it counts!

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #652 on:** 12 August 2011, 07:47:20 »

Quote from: greatsarcasmo on 11 August 2011, 22:39:57

I taught my cat to play fetch today. She's a Siamese and I read that they could do that. And viola! She can. For awhile. then she gets bored and wants to be petted. But hey, it counts!

My cat comes when you call his name. Generally. Unless he doesn't want to.

My wife drove me to the train for work today. First time ever! I suspect the novelty's already worn off for her, as I woke her up at five.

Moonsword · « **Reply #653 on:** 12 August 2011, 09:59:04 »

Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 12 August 2011, 07:47:20

My wife drove me to the train for work today. First time ever! I suspect the novelty's already worn off for her, as I woke her up at five.

I can see where that might be a problem for the ol' enthusiasm.

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #654 on:** 12 August 2011, 10:18:06 »

Quote from: Moonsword on 12 August 2011, 09:59:04

I can see where that might be a problem for the ol' enthusiasm.

She's not, to put it mildly, a morning person. I'm not one either, but if I want time to run, I need to get to work early.

Neko_Bijin · « **Reply #655 on:** 12 August 2011, 13:56:10 »

What kind of birds did she study? The ones around here are up at dawn or earlier.

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #656 on:** 12 August 2011, 13:58:30 »

Quote from: Neko_Bijin on 12 August 2011, 13:56:10

What kind of birds did she study? The ones around here are up at dawn or earlier.

Shorebirds. Also, the alarm woke her cockatiel, which made absolutely nobody happy.

Neko_Bijin · « **Reply #657 on:** 12 August 2011, 14:30:55 »

The laziest birds of them all. The pelican treats the ocean as an all-day, all-you-can-eat buffet and uses that big pouch for browsing smugly while the other birds work twice as hard. Pity the cormorant, with its lesser pouch and reduced wings.

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #658 on:** 12 August 2011, 14:36:11 »

Quote from: Neko_Bijin on 12 August 2011, 14:30:55

The laziest birds of them all. The pelican treats the ocean as an all-day, all-you-can-eat buffet and uses that big pouch for browsing smugly while the other birds work twice as hard. Pity the cormorant, with its lesser pouch and reduced wings.

Melanie has many scars from pelican bites. They're apparently rather aggressive.

Moonsword · « **Reply #659 on:** 12 August 2011, 14:41:08 »

Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 12 August 2011, 13:58:30

Also, the alarm woke her cockatiel, which made absolutely nobody happy.

What's the cat's opinion on the cockatiel?

Author Topic: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur (Read 178139 times)

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