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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 3:48:35 AM   
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Good heavens....I think Onime and I are about the only civvies around here anymore.....

what's a civvie?


Just my term for someone with no military experience. Seems the vast majority on the AE forums have some at some point.

No military experience here.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 3:50:12 AM   
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Yes they do deserve them. I agree mostly heartily. So do you.

For me CP = cerebral palsy. It effects my right side (eye, arm, and leg)

I did get my draft card in the early 70's but they never pulled the numbers for my year

Really? CP? Damn, I didn't know that. Gosh, that would make you like Stephen Hopkins and the Emperor Claudius, yeah? Woof! Well, the Lord take a liking to ya Bro.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 3:50:37 AM   
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Any threadsters out there fancy a game of AE as the Japanese?  I'm feeling an urge to be the good guys in a PBEM 

I would love to but, I think 3 Evil ones going on is the limit for me.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 3:55:37 AM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 5:00:32 AM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 7:06:01 AM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 7:30:50 AM   
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Good morning!


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 7:34:15 AM   
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Just ordered an IPhone 4. It's nice to be a brainwashed sheep...


Great!

I have iPhone 3G for 2 years now... best smartphone I ever had (and I had SonyEricsson P900, P910, P990 and P1)...

BTW, I will order iPhone4 in the fall (as soona s my T-Mobile here starts selling them)!


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 7:35:38 AM   
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Hi all,

23 posts till page 1000...


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 8:16:55 AM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 8:17:14 AM   
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I like my iphone 3 too

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 8:21:53 AM   
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I like my iphone 3 too


I have mine Jailbroken (some pretty nice apps are there which are not allowed / available on official Apple iTunes)...


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 8:36:56 AM   
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Morning chaps 

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 9:15:33 AM   
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I went for the HTC Desire. Apple piss me off too much...

I'm with goodboyladdie on this one. Ordered my own HTC Desire yesterday.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 9:25:45 AM   
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I went for the HTC Desire. Apple piss me off too much...


I'm with goodboyladdie on this one. Ordered my own HTC Desire yesterday.


I tried almost all (including new HTC makes) non Apple touchscreen smartphones and all I can say is that they are still way way way behind Apple iPhone in user interface, speed and responsiveness... once you see and feel how intuitive and fast iPhone works everything else seems like snail crawl... it is simply not that...


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 9:55:40 AM   
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I watched Kick Ass with my wife tonight I was pleasantly surprised a great movie

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 10:20:07 AM   
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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 10:20:20 AM   
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-34...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 10:30:52 AM   
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Hi all,

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I went for the HTC Desire. Apple piss me off too much...


I'm with goodboyladdie on this one. Ordered my own HTC Desire yesterday.


I tried almost all (including new HTC makes) non Apple touchscreen smartphones and all I can say is that they are still way way way behind Apple iPhone in user interface, speed and responsiveness... once you see and feel how intuitive and fast iPhone works everything else seems like snail crawl... it is simply not that...

Leo "Apollo11"

Oh, I agree that the iPhone is an excellent phone. I have tried a couple of my friends' iPhones. I simply won't buy it because I not a fan of either the Apple marketing methods or the "Maciban" mentality that is, sadly, too common among Apple users. No offense indended ...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 10:41:45 AM   
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"Maciban"? I assume it's a form of fanboyism?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:02:02 AM   
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Me too. They don't let people with CP in the military. Of course if I had been drafted I would have been 4F

Ah, poo, Bruce. Steve is the Pro from Dover, I sure as hell ain't. It was a 1st Sgt at Fort Homer Hesterly in Tampa that told me how to work it. I had 2 years of college and scored up on the AGCTs and they said - "Oooh, you get to go to OCS and be an Infantry officer." and I said - "Oooh, bite the mighty magilla. I can add, subtract, and even do long division, so I qualify for Arty, Eng, or Signal Corps." and they said "Oooh, but that means you'll just be a private." and I said "Oooh, okay."

So, I get Arty and smoke the inputs and go to OCS anyway - har, har, hardy, har. Well, that adds a year and 4 months to my durance vile, and then they go and send me to where people shoot at me, for Chris' sake, without asking me or anything - yeah, har, har, hardy, har, on me.

I mean, I did all that Army stuff, and signed up to jump out of perfectly functional airplanes, but all that got me was an assignment to the Airborne Field Artillery and a trip to some God forsaken, humid, 'fragrant', place where everybody talks like Miss Vera (a Belgian novitiate at St Dominics, that taught me French) and while the wine was really good, they .. do .. not .. have .. ice .. for .. the .. gin. Their martinis sucked, and the beer was warm; but I gotta say the bar and pool on the top floor of the Saigon Continental, made up for certain other deficiencies.

Oh, no, no, no, Bruce. I was just a, you know, a puke. It's guys like Steve and them such as deserves all the kudos.


While I often don't understand you John, this time I really don't understand what you are getting at. I'm not sure if I'm being ragged on,insulted,over praised or what. Let me say this about my military service, (since that seems to be part of the issue here). I served in the way I did , because that's the way the cards fell. I certainly didn't plan my service to pan out the way it developed, in fact I've always been very dissatified. Since I was a child I'd always wanted to be a naval officer, particularly a naval aviator. My grades,poor vision (belive it or not , my eye sight got better, not worse as I got older) and thyroid disease put paid to the naval academey and pilot training.

I had six months to a year to kill, so I went into the Navy Reserve (in those days a few people were allowed to directly enlist). The Navy screwed up and let me in (people with tyroid disease were not allowed to enlist). I became a aircrewman cause it was the closest that I could be to be a pilot. I then spent the next few years fighting to stay flying as the Navy realized it's mistake, and when they couldn't kick me out, at least could try and keep me from flying. I intended to finish college and get an officers commission as a Naval flight officer (not a pilot, but flew in the back seat--think "Goose in Top Gun).

The 80's were a turblent period for Naval Patrol aviation , and the reserves were no different. I was constantly being called up, not for war , but to do drug interdiction, or fill in for some active duty guy due to deploy who popped positive the week before. So it took me seven years to graduate from college (Sort of like Bluto in Animal House, but with no partying). So when I finally did get that diploma, I was too old for a commission. Besides, there was still that damned tyroid thing (although by this point the Bureau of Medicine was letting me stay as an aircrewman through a "giunea pig waiver"--a test case).

So I spent the rest of my time on active duty/recalled reserve/active reserve till the Navy had yet another big draw down and sent a bunch of us with over 20+ years time home. End of story. No great plan (or at least not one that even remotely worked out) , no great experince, lots of time in places I didn't want to be, doing work that I didn't want to do, always playing the "wooda-shooda-coulda game". In other words, like almost anyone else who's served, I served. Where and when they wanted me, and doing what they wanted me to. No "pro from Dover", or anywhere else. I made a lot of bad decisions, took some poor choices , had good and bad luck, and in general, had a normal military (Naval) career. Not much different than anyone else, certainly no better, and no worse. Regrets? Of course! But it was my poor choices that I regret, not the service. No matter how much I might have hated any particular moment, I would not have traded it for anything.

Now I'd appreciate your explaining what you meant. Because I really don't get what your getting at.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:02:52 AM   
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"Maciban"? I assume it's a form of fanboyism?


Sounds like a lowland single malt scotch.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:04:49 AM   
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JWE,
I grew up in Steve's current home state and a couple of years ago we had a mountain range (by Nebraska standards) made entirely of composted cow dung that caught fire and burned for months. Can California match that for interesting scenary?

Now you've done it John! You've angered a GENUINE cornhusker! Watch out that the great corn spirit doesn't turn your cheese into popcorn and your wine into beer!

Composted cow dung ? Woof !! There was this hill in Michigan built out of garbage that even has a lift, iirc. Cow dung.. dang! Gives a whole new meaning to mashing the face of a mogul.

Yeah, them genuine cornhuskers been breakin our little Cali bones for a bit now, but we've been either too stoned or too busy to care much. Now, popcorn ain't bad, it's a real good munchie. But don't be messing with Napa, or I'll have to get medieval upon some boo-tocks.


Nebraska also sports a trash heap turned into a ski slope between Lincoln and Omaha. The cow dung mountain range on fire was just for its esthetic beauty, special fragrance, and a little winter heat.
I will not say anything evil about Napa, however.


You'll have to give me directions to this place. I missed the testicle festival this year. I'll put both on the "Things to do next year!" list.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:06:16 AM   
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Good heavens....I think Onime and I are about the only civvies around here anymore.....

what's a civvie?


Just my term for someone with no military experience. Seems the vast majority on the AE forums have some at some point.


It not surprising that people who greatly enjoy military history and war games might have tried the service.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:07:59 AM   
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Good morning tithe....

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:09:43 AM   
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Good heavens....I think Onime and I are about the only civvies around here anymore.....

what's a civvie?


Just my term for someone with no military experience. Seems the vast majority on the AE forums have some at some point.


It not surprising that people who greatly enjoy military history and war games might have tried the service.


Civvies also means non-military clothing.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:11:28 AM   
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"Maciban"? I assume it's a form of fanboyism?


Exactly. The term is very frequently used in Sweden when talking about Apple fanatics. I assumed that the term was international, but maybe it isn't?

Edited: Grammar.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:11:48 AM   
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Hi all,

Just 5 more posts till page 1000 Tithe!


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:13:11 AM   
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I went for the HTC Desire. Apple piss me off too much...


I'm with goodboyladdie on this one. Ordered my own HTC Desire yesterday.


I tried almost all (including new HTC makes) non Apple touchscreen smartphones and all I can say is that they are still way way way behind Apple iPhone in user interface, speed and responsiveness... once you see and feel how intuitive and fast iPhone works everything else seems like snail crawl... it is simply not that...


Oh, I agree that the iPhone is an excellent phone. I have tried a couple of my friends' iPhones. I simply won't buy it because I not a fan of either the Apple marketing methods or the "Maciban" mentality that is, sadly, too common among Apple users. No offense indended ...


What is "Maciban" Per?


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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 9/1/2010 11:13:24 AM   
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Shall we start THE THREAD v2 then? Was there any consensus on that?

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