the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[phattymatty]

http://thesmokinggun.com/buster/west-virginia/woman-utters-line-never-previously-recorded-police-report

[Tomahawk]

That's farging hilarious

[smeags]

http://poorlydressed.failblog.org/





sarge leaving nashville ?

[Sgt PSN]

Here is the dumbest thing I've seen in 16 years of service:

Young kid (E2 or E3) got in trouble with a couple credit cards, missed some payments, bounced some checks, etc etc.  Stupid kid, it happens.  Bouncing checks is punishable by Non Judicial Punishment (NJP).  So this kid bounced a check at the PX on base, the manager called the commanding officer and next thing you know, the kid gets NJP.  He tells the CO of his financial problems and the debt that he has accumulated (about $5000, which was about 5 months woth of his salary). 

So what does the CO do for punishment?  Reduction in rank to E1 (which now means he's taking a pay reduction) and then forfeiture of 1/2 months pay for 2 months....so basically, docked him 1 month pay.  Now tell me how any of that would help this kid get out of debt. 

Thats messed up, but I have to wonder why anyone in the military would still be writing checks when you can get a debit card. Best way to keep from overdrawing your account is by having a dc because if the money isn't there then the card gets denied. Makes you wonder if he was writing bad checks knowingly, and if thats the case he deserves the punishment because imo, thats the same as stealing.

I didn't say this happened within the last couple of years.  It actually happened circa 1997-98 before check cards were the norm.  As for him knowingly writing bad checks, I'd say probably not.  He didn't know how/was too lazy to balance his check book, spent his money poorly, etc etc.  Fairly typical 18-20 year old behavior I suppose.  Took a little time but he went to a financial management class on base, learned a few things and eventually he was able to balance his budget and pay off his debt.  The point was that the punishment he got in the first place only made his situation worse and set him up for more failure rather than success. 

[mussa]

Balls were touching, that makes it gay. Get rid of all of 'em.

It's only gay if you make eye contact

[charlie]

It's a simple formula, is the number of sets of twigs and berries is equal to or greater than the number of boobs. it's gay.

[ice grillin you]

this is awesome

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101105/ap_on_re_ca/cn_canada_disguised_passenger

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I've heard rumor that they have a form of VD called "black syphillis" that is so virulent and incurable that if you catch it, you can't get back in the USA.

Total B.S. Urban legend.

[PhillyPhreak54]

A tidbit of MA fact for Havas

I was watching Modern Marvels on super stores and they showed the Bass Pro Shop superstore in Missouri. They average $4 million visitors per year and its marketed as a tourist attraction.

MA!!

[ice grillin you]

the mall near me that is getting a casino has a bass pro shop

dont tell anyone but sometimes i sneak in and look at the big fish tank which is pretty cool

place should be blown up tho

[MMH]

Why?  Because all fisherman/hunters are redneck iceholes who deserve death?

You really amaze me.

[Munson]

IGY auto-response: "not all but some if not most or all are MA hicks"

[ice grillin you]

Why?  Because all fisherman/hunters are redneck iceholes who deserve death?

You really amaze me.

not death but cohabitating with them at a mall would be on my reverse bucket list

[General_Failure]

A list of things you'd like to do beyond the pail?

[MMH]

Well played sir.