I'm still here, sort of....

Glad to have you back, A-58. I went through the same security problem just recently...

 

Of course urqh. Didn't you know? Where I work everyone is required to bow and reffer to me as Dear Leader. Of course I'm not a full apprentice. More like an unpaid intern.

 

Nice to see you back, I was wondering whether we had done something wrong

 

Nothing quite like holding out a cute pair of puppies for inspection!

 

A day which shall remembered with enthusiasl :A-58 is back :happy returns .

 

Someone say inspection....USMC, Jugs...A58...urqh...dress from the right...easy..easy...general salute...present....arms..up 2.3. right 2.3. down 2.3...

 

Ok ok I appreciate the well wishes, the lamely faked "Bobby who's" and welcomes back, as well as the snappy cracks along with the threats of being reported to my supervisors for violating so-called ethics protocols too. Much obliged to you all, and yes it's good to be back amongst friends after an extended walk-about. I plan on digging out my research books from the storage bins and arranging them according in my new office nook, of course GTM's (graphic training manuals, ie Playboys) will be within arms reach, then the Stanton's WW2 Order of Battle, parts 1 & 2 of Atkinson's trilogy, then the rest, with priority given to those most utilized. Then I'll be set.

Ok, what have I missed while I was away?

 

hey, glad to see ya back!!

 

urqh!!!! quit swanning about!!!

 

I've quit....I'm now ironing my best blues...cant get in em...but I'm ironing em...

 

The only piece of uniform I can still fit in are my socks

 

Yes, there's something in the attic that seems to shrink clothes I believe. I found my old Class A's and held them up to take a look at them and I said to myself "there's no way I was ever that small." I wonder how I was able to carry all my field gear plus all the air items for jumping and not burn in like an un-rigged jeep or something like that.

My steel pot still fits. I went to the surplus store in town and bought an old WW2 era one and turned it in when I got out. It looked just like the one I kept come to think of it, but it had a bullet hole in it.

 

Ya know I had to explain to my dad that HE was doing retirement wrong as well...since he is doing the same thing you are doing with the consulting business. Oh well, scratch is scratch. Nice to have you back around.

 

No doubt sold as gently used

 

I know the feeling well. I actually weigh exactly the same as I did when I got out but it redistributed. The only thing I can attribute it to, is muscle weighing more than fat. I lack 3 to 4 inches across my chest being able to button my Alphas. Seems like half a mile at the waist.
I did a similar thing with my steel pot from jump school, I turned in another one I had in my garage. I don't know why I wanted that particular one but I did. My unit used K-Pots for jumping so it was never jumped again. The Army lost the paperwork where I signed for my K-Pot, field protective mask and MOPP suit (still in the bag). I tried to turn it in and they said they had no record. I've also got my old M-1955 Flak Jacket from the Marines. When we transitioned to the K-Pot and PASGT vest I went to turn it in and I had a friend in supply that said I could keep it if I wanted to.

 

I wish the Army was that slack with pay vouchers. Those Remington Raiders never miss anything when it comes to collecting and receiving (monies that is).

Remington Raider; "We have no record of a deuce and a half and an M-60 LMG being issued to you at Ft. Richardson 21 months ago, but according to our records you owe Uncle Sam that $60.00 Casual Payment from the 2nd day of Basic Combat Training back at Ft. Leonard Wood troop. Cough it up or you'll get no clearance from us and you'll have to stay in the army until you pay us back."

dejected private; "but I have no money left, I spent it all at the titty bar last night at my ETS party"

Remington Raider: "we're calling the MPs"

 

Your old Playboys? Not much to see in there. A whole lotta hair maybe. How could you possibly gain respect with your peers, if all you got are 70's boobs and old hair styles? ..The jokes page maybe. How to choose a good red wine by it's golden cap. If you should buy the new Ford Pinto. Pick up lines etc. The letters were awesome though. Those were the days, when all you needed was a bottle of Night Train and a visible bra strap. Eh?

 

They are classics, art my boy. I sold a ton of them (six bits each) at a garage sale some years back to some dude looking to beef up his collection. It was a popular display area for the young chaps though come to think of it.