the random musings not worthy of new thread thread

[SD_Eagle5]

SD, I've heard from the recruiter, but mabey you can tell me what training and job skills will go with a 'internal communication electrician?

http://usmilitary.about.com/library/milinfo/navyjobs/navyjobs2/blicatf.htm

It's currently a creo group 3 up to E-4, which means he should advance right away. IC was overmanned big time when I was in.  My old roommate was an IC, it's a good rate and the best thing about it is they don't stand underway watches. The above link pretty much hits the nail on the head of what the job entails. The 'A' school is also located at Great Lakes and is approx. 6 months long meaning he'll be there a while if that's what he chooses.

[Sgt PSN]

http://www.recruiting.forces.gc.ca/v3/engraph/jobs/jobs.aspx?id=284&bhcp=1

The Canadian Navy?

The description should match up fairly well with the US version.  It was the first link that came up and I'm lazy.  

[Feva]

tell your kid to watch his cornhole.

I don't think he has to worry much. He's 17, 6'2" and still growing. He still works out every day at the high school. He benches 300lb. in a very controlled lifting environment. I imagine he'll just get bigger and stronger in the Navy than he would anywere else.

Exactly why he should watch his cornhole.

[rjs246]

Sounds dreamy.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Daily News Columnist's Remark On SportsNet Stirs Controversy


A comment made by Daily News sports columnist Bill Conlin raised some eyebrows, NBC 10's Vince DeMentri reported.

It was made during Tuesday night's broadcast of Daily News Live on the local sports network.

Conlin was reacting to someone named Raul from Vineland, N.J., who sent in an e-mail commenting on the Philadelphia Eagles.

Regarding a question posed to coach Andy Reid on Tuesday about quarterback Donovan McNabb's shoulder injury, the question from Raul read aloud by the host was: "Are you serious? It was a stupid question. It's tendonitis. Way to go Philly media. You guys do a great job over-analyzing everything."

"Amazing that guy would leave the blueberry harvest to send that off," Conlin said a short time later.

"OK, don't mock the blueberry harvest, mister," Michael Barkann replied.

 
Comcast SportsNet reacted to Conlin's comments at the top of its 5 p.m. sportscast Wednesday.

"Columnist Bill Conlin made a remark that may have offended some of our viewers. His comments (do) not reflect the views of our network, and Bill issued the following statement: 'The comment was not meant to be controversial and certainly not meant to disparage anyone.' Bill will not be on air, pending further review," anchor Neil Hartman read.

NBC 10 reached Conlin for comment, and he deferred to Pat McLoone, assistant managing editor of sports for the Daily News.

"I've known Bill Conlin for 28 years. I know he would never say anything racist," McLoone said.

[Phanatic]

HA I worked in Vineland NJ for a few years at the Progresso plant. He would never say anything racist but... oops!

[Father Demon]

God damned pussification of America continues.

Guess what - people get offended.  Don't feel it's necessary to apologize to everyone, every time someone makes a comment.

farg.

[Seabiscuit36]

THE USA =

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Speaking of the USA, some Eurotrash wants to buy Budweiser.

[Father Demon]

Speaking of the USA, some Eurotrash wants to buy Budweiser.

I can totally understand it from a business perspective, but from a St. Louis perspective, it sucks ass.  AB is a landmark here, and does amazing things for the local charity and business community.  I hope it doesn't go through, but because it's an all cash offer it most likely will.  The Busch's own a combined total of <4% of the company stock, with institutional companies holding the majority.  With AB's stock price languishing between the 40s and low 50s for the better part of three years, this is an immediate BANG on the investment that few will be able to pass up.  Sucks.  Although I did make 17% by buying on the rumor a couple weeks ago and selling on the news yesterday.

[Father Demon]

I got this from a friend of mine following the talks very closely. 

It's a great read for what might happen if the acquisition goes forward:

• Name of Combined Company to Evoke Anheuser-Busch Heritage;
  
• Budweiser to Expand Globally
  
  • North American Headquarters and Global Home of Flagship Budweiser Brand in St. Louis, MO
    
  • Fully committed to support wholesalers and three-tier system
    
    • No Closure of U.S. Breweries; Commitment to communities where Anheuser-Busch operates maintained

As part of its proposal, InBev envisions making St. Louis, MO the headquarters for the
North American region and the global home of the flagship Budweiser brand. In addition,
InBev has proposed to name the combined company to evoke Anheuser-Busch's heritage,
reflecting the strong history of Anheuser-Busch's key brands. InBev would invite a
number of Anheuser-Busch's directors to join the board of the combined company and
would seek to retain key members of Anheuser-Busch's management team across the
organization. Given the limited geographical overlap between the two businesses and the
efficiency of Anheuser-Busch's brewery footprint in the United States, InBev would
maintain all of Anheuser-Busch's U.S. breweries.

There's more good stuff, too.  After seeing this, as a (current) St. Louisan, this isn't nearly as bad a deal as all the speculation made it out to be.

[Phanatic]

Well hopefully they don't stop giving me free beer. Outside of that it at least looks like I'll have a job anyways.

[Yeti]

Everybody knows I like the Weather Channel Ladies.  The best one was Hillary Andrews because she never wore a bra.   She used to wear this shirt a couple times a week that when she turned sideways and pointed at the map you could she boob.  I wondered what happened to her and then I found this.....

Hillary wins sex harassment payday

She also claims that Stokes..........stared at her breasts

What the farg Hillary, I can see your boobs on TV, I wonder what your co anchor was geting an eyeful of.  No wonder he went nuts.

[Father Demon]

NEW YORK (AFP) - Security scanners which can see through passengers' clothing and reveal details of their body underneath are being installed in 10 US airports, the US Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday.

A random selection of travellers getting ready to board airplanes in Washington, New York's Kennedy, Los Angeles and other key hubs will be shut in the glass booths while a three-dimensional image is made of their body beneath their clothes.
The booths close around the passenger and emit "millimeter waves" that go through cloth to identify metal, plastics, ceramics, chemical materials and explosives, according to the TSA.
While it allows the security screeners -- looking at the images in a separate room -- to clearly see the passenger's sexual organs as well as other details of their bodies, the passenger's face is blurred, TSA said in a statement on its website.
The scan only takes seconds and is to replace the physical pat-downs of people that is currently widespread in airports.
TSA began introducing the body scanners in airports in April, first in the Phoenix, Arizona terminal.
The installation is picking up this month, with machines in place or planned for airports in Washington (Reagan National and Baltimore-Washington International), Dallas, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Miami and Detroit.
But the new machines have provoked worries among passengers and rights activists.
"People have no idea how graphic the images are," Barry Steinhardt, director of the technology and liberty program at the American Civil Liberties Union, told AFP.
The ACLU said in a statement that passengers expecting privacy underneath their clothing "should not be required to display highly personal details of their bodies such as evidence of mastectomies, colostomy appliances, penile implants, catheter tubes and the size of their breasts or genitals as a pre-requisite to boarding a plane."
Besides masking their faces, the TSA says on its website, the images made "will not be printed stored or transmitted."
"Once the transportation security officer has viewed the image and resolved anomalies, the image is erased from the screen permanently. The officer is unable to print, export, store or transmit the image."
Lara Uselding, a TSA spokeswoman, added that passengers are not obliged to accept the new machines.
"The passengers can choose between the body imaging and the pat-down," she told AFP.
TSA foresees 30 of the machines installed across the country by the end of 2008. In Europe, Amsterdam's Schipol airport is already using the scanners.

[Geowhizzer]

Come on, glasses that could do that were available in mail order when I was a kid for $1.