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[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You can tell a lot about that site, since Texas and New Hampshire are empty.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

This was a while back, so not the last time but probably one of my biggest wtfs.

Anyway, In Iraq, in a tower surrounded by sandbag and hesco walls. The night guard shifts kept pissing in bottles and tossing it over the walls instead of just pissing anywhere else or just throwing the piss bottles in the trash so at the change over the Sergeant of the Guard said that we had to make the guys getting relieved stand by because they're gonna have to go clean all that up. Mind you this is outside of the wire in Iraq - not that it's particularly dangerous but we were still getting bombed nightly. Anyway, I rock up to the tower and let them know to standby and the SOG rolls up behind me and tells them what's up.

I kid you not, this dude looks at him and says "Can we at least downgrade our gear?" You could probably hear my laughter across the whole FOB. He just said "Can I take off my vest and helmet before I head out of the wire?"

I shouted down "I can cover you but that won't stop any rounds that come your way," and the SOG just said "What? No, fuck, are you kidding?"

Then I baked in the 100+°F sun while I watched adults pick up piss bottles in the desert.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This was a movie that I'd seen one day and promptly forgot the name of it. I tried in vain to find out years later. I asked my mom and she had no idea what I was talking about. I asked everyone and no one even knew. I was convinced it was a fever dream or something.

Until I heard Tech N9ne's Everybody Move and he said "Falling Down like Michael Douglas" and it was a core memory unlocked and I finally got to watch it again.

It was every bit as good as I remember.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Is that why I see all those "I have too many ThinkPads, I just bought three more." Posts, or is that just what part of the Internet I'm hanging out in?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I have shorts, made by a company Pistol Lake that's unfortunately no longer in business, that has a phone pocket inside the pocket with a snap closure.

Now, one, it perfectly fits my G100 and, two, the rest of the pocket is gigantic. Like, full size Nintendo Switch in there with wiggle room but my phone doesn't move.

So, this may be silly but, see a tailor about adding a pocket if your clothes are baggy enough for it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Plus, he had "concept of a plan" in his front pocket. He had that think ready. If nothing else, his debate prep got that in his head.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I've watched that movie too many times. I was about to comment "The line is supposed to be 'Tommy' since he's talking to Tommy, The Tit"... Oh wait, it says Donny because Trump... Yeah.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

It says there's a single speed and a ten speed variant.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

Every American has to do one season of farm work but all food is now free. Monkey's paw curls and all that.

Farmers can't just have free labor and still get all the profits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Plus, if you're using indoor plumbing, build it in place you ducks. That's how shower trailers are almost always done - just put it together on site.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From my experiences it goes more like this "In an ideal world, we'd behave this way. We're not in an ideal world though and your competitors have no problem doing this so you should know what to do, in case the market determines it's the best course." with a knowing wink thrown in.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

They come wired and wireless.

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