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Looks like a great SPL event. Where's the chicks in little to no clothing though? J

Odd you mention SF. I had an NCO who was ex SF. His prefered child rearing device was one thing and one thing one. Parachute cord. Grab about 5 feet of it and flod it over, and over again in about 7 inch folds. He claimed it took one or two smacks across a clothed ass for the child to get the point, and it was rare the did the same action again. J

You needed it without a doubt. I was a nasty little shit! Word. All my sister has to do is take out a wooden spoon to stir something in a pot and her husband gets hella nervous. It's hilarious to watch. Just like Duron I too am the child of a single mother. Dad lived a few towns over, but I didn't see him alot and when I did we rarely did shit just 'us'. But thats another story. I know I was a little fucker. But I'll be damned if it didn't help me learn to be-fucking-have. I swear when I see some of 'parenting' that I encounter on base I just want to beat the parents and show that child a loving home. Love never lacked in my household. You just have to realize love sometimes comes in the form of a backhand, wooden spoon, or other device. J

Eh, I've never thought you were an ass. Blunt maybe, but thats it. I'll take blunt over sugar coated bullshit anyday. J Here is my editoral of why people react the way they do. In todays culture people are coddled from the truth. lets face it most of the time the truth sucks! I see this very often when I have to work with interns. These kids come from school thinking they know everything only to find out what humility really is. The sad part is they don't know how to suck it up and learn a lesson, but rather become bitter and angry. The reason I am given these interns is I am good at teaching and communicating tring to help them get the knowledge they are in need of. How many times are you going to close your hand in the door before you say hey dumb ass there is a better way to close this door? So I don't believe it is a matter of being blunt, but rather the culture that has been created by coddling the young. I couldn't agree more. Now I am not 'shitting' on anyone's parenting, or how their children are turning out by saying the following, but reflecting on society as a whole. We reward mediocrity. We don't just say 'Hey you got first!!' or 'Hey you got third. Good job kid', instead we give awards for partisipation. Or for the hardest attempt, or just for getting out there and trying. Yes positive reinforcement is a good thing, but only to a point. Kids are having a hard time accepting that their shit, does infact stink. They cannot understand why writing a half assed paper is worth as much as busting their ass, and writing in depth to properly cover the topic. We instead coddle their precious ego's and make sure they cannot become depressed. Additionally now if a kid says 'I'm going to beat the shit out of you' to another child he is a criminal and needs to be arrested, his parents are shit bags, and he needs to go into a foster home and learn to be sensitive to other people's feelings. Its a crock of shit. The world chews you up, spits you out and lets YOU figure out how to recover. It doesn't hold your fucking hand and promise you that your going to find better days. Personally I blame 2 major parts of society for this coddle state of child rearing. 1) The government. If I cannot paddle my childs ass in the supermarket (within reason) for acting like a spoiled little shit, throwing a tantrum beacuse I won't get him 'Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs' then how is he to learn? I hate to say it but words only go so far. ACTIONS scream over words at least ten fold. I remember being a kid and being a little shit while my mom was on the phone. I got my ass BEATEN with a wooden spoon. It was hit to the point that the goddamned thing broke. Guess what? I sure as shit was better behaved when it happened again. 2) The school system. If you don't give your child mind altering drugs beacuse he won't sit still in class your a shitty parent. This is beacuse every single drug peddling phamacutical company wants to see their profit go up. They overfill the media with tales of how their 'wonder drug' cured this child of his in ability to sit still and how his grades went up and how proud mommy and daddy are now. What they didn't tell you is that the school psychologist pushed the kid to get them. Even went so far as to write the child's doctor a note recommending this new drug so the child would calm down. Granted mommy is a stay at home watch soaps and wear her nightgown till dinner all day lazy piece of shit. Dad works his ass off to take care of junior, but he's never home and when he is he's a VERY abusive drunk. This makes the child act out when he can without fear of reprisal. The school psych pushed the drug, and the kid got settled, but he will forever be dependent on this drug dut to its 'reprogramming' effect on his little mind. So in effect not a goddamned thing changed. J

Brother Chop enjoy your birthday. Looking forward to finally being able to listen to that CD on a real stereo. What I have out here just doesn't work. J

Sneaky T0P J

Well hello there J

Trust me I can feel his pain. I am learning more tact..........Its a slow process but I am learning it. My career has been stalled for far too long. Now if I can just get a fix on my inability to wake up, I'd be good. J

I am being told to use more tact.............I really just do not care if my honesty and saying how I feel bothers people. Do I come up and tell people they are a wase of fucking oxygen and should carry around a small garden to replace the air they steal from the rest of us? No, but I want to. J

Eh, I've never thought you were an ass. Blunt maybe, but thats it. I'll take blunt over sugar coated bullshit anyday. J

My father had a funny way of quitting smoking. Last year in January he said 'I'm done with smoking', he hasn't smoked even one since then. And now he complains about cigarette smoke It's going to take some will power, I wish you luck ! I should of been more clear. It was the last cig before bed aka last of the day. In 10 weeks or so the no smoking starts.................Lets see if I can do it.l J

Ugh last smoke and then bed. Goal is to quit smoking within the next 10 weeks. Lets see how it goes. J

How does the name matter? If its for a 2004 300m you should know if you have it or not without the name. I am finding DC going further down the tubes with C/S J

X2, 80lbs loss is no joke Damn straight. Keep it up Matt!!!! As has already been said, set small goals along the way to help!!!! Just a word of advice, don't 'over-reward' yourself for making thouse goals though. J

Benefit, I like it and it helped me kick my 12 pack of Mt. Dew a day habit. I now drink no soda. Goes great with food, wonderful with espresso, and is downright refreshing. Disadvantages is that it is expensive if you buy it, but I make my own. Cost me about $0.01 more per 2 liter than tap water. I need to commission you to build me one Sean. Not having to haul it would be heaven Uber easy if you aren't hiding it in the basement and piping it upstairs. Even then, I just sweat copper pipe together. If necessary and people want to move forward, I will put a how to guide on HAF. I may be interested. Does it flavor the water any? Not really, easy to add flavor though. Just squeeze some fresh lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit etc. into it. *note if you let it go back to flat it will taste slightly different than normal water but the idea isn't to drink water that is flat I am going to have to join HAF so I can see this log. Both the wife and I enjoy carbonated water. J

Couldn't agree more. Getting kinda fed up with the people I work with and their stupidity. J

Trade ya a case of Samoa's for a 3 brownies. J

Goddamn I fucking LOVE E-Thuggin. J

Congrats to her. I'm sure she will spell her butt off!!! J

Glad your enjoying the DD meat. Oh and the H motor is already out. Has been for a while. J

Even if it involves a missing. Those are evil. Ok I am lost as hell. J I thought it would be implied since the end of the sentence contains a certain punctuation mark that is the same thing as the evil joke. . . the missing period. . . Well played. Reading 'Army English' as I call it makes reading proper English a pain in the ass at times. J

Hand made in Hawaii. Thought it would fit well in the sun room. It definatly does. I am in awe of your house. Wasn't expecting you to have 'longer' hair or sideburns. Then again I am used to military cuts. J

Even if it involves a missing. Those are evil. Ok I am lost as hell. J

I find myself wanting to piss away money on wants not needs. J

I always enjoy a good scare.