. . . although students who used computers lagged behind their peers without computers on standardized math and literacy tests, they excelled in sexual education."
I stopped reading Salon.com when they began charging for "premium" content.
But then Salon's "premium" content consists mainly of self-appointed elitists sneering at anything good and true in the world, so it wasn't much of a loss.
1 Team Leader/Software Engineer, 1 Senior Software Engineer, and 1 Senior DBA
We're a private company performing DOD contract work.
IT is a second career for me - first was 23-year career in USAF avionics maintenance.
Lots of culture shock came with this career change - from daily BS sessions about goose-hunting and truck-buying to gab-fests about scrap-booking and sticking grandma in the nursing home.
IIRC, the USAF's U-2S high altitude reconnaissance aircraft piss can held about a quart.
Sometimes, if we were turning a jet for a second sortie the same day, the crew chief would forget to empty the can (thank God I was an avionics specialist!) after the first pilot had made his contribution. The second pilot would discover this oversight when his urine would fill the can and then back up the tube to overflow in his pressure suit, where it sloshed around for the remainder of the flight. ..
There is no facility for disposing of solid waste though. Every now and then a mission would abort because the pilot was suffering from "gastrointestinal distress." In the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron's (IYAABYAS!) ops shack, there is plaque high up on the wall, with a roll of toilet paper attached, commerating all those brave U-2 pilots who joined the exclusive "Stratoshitters Club." One guy's name was on there twice. ..
You will most likely experience a greater deal of culture shock than your wife.
Reason? She expects America to be a strange and foreign place.
You will expect it to be the same as it was when you last left it. If you haven't visited in 10 years, it's going to hit you a lot harder than it will your wife.
I spent four years stationed in Germany in the mid-Eighties and loved it so much I didn't bother coming home. When I did finally return I spent a week walking around in a daze. It seemed as if I had been frozen in time and America had raced forward at her usual breakneck pace. The only thing that hadn't changed were all my high school friends still living at home with their parents. . . I suffered from some serious cognitive dissonance that week.
Thankfully, I was between assignments and two weeks later I was in England, where I stayed for another three years before returning to the U.S. again.
Prepare yourself now. Instead of looking forward to seeing everything as it was when you left it, tell yourself how excited you'll be to see all the changes since you left. This is what I did on every return visit and it helped a lot.
It's got some good resources for veterans, especially if you have a high-demand skill and it can give you a good gauge of where the jobs are at and how much they're paying.
I spent eleven years overseas and loved every minute of it, but despite her faults, America is still the country with the most freedom and most opportunity for everyone.
Thompson is accused of killing the three men in June 2003 after being brought to the Fayette police station on suspicion of driving a stolen car. Thompson allegedly grabbed one of the officer's guns, shot him and the other two, then fled in a patrol car.
So this never would have happened if those police officers didn't have easy access to guns, right?
". ..because they also have to defend themselves of American infiltration"
When you can post photos of American G.I.s forcing people to eat Big Macs, listen to Britney Spears, or watch Hollywood movies, I'll believe America is an imperialist nation.
Until then, maybe you should exercise your freedom of choice and stop purchasing or using anything the evil Americans have "forced" upon you.
Then don't buy anything from the big "evil" corporations.
And if you can convince your fellow Americans to do the same, they'll go out of business and be replaced by smaller corporations more to your liking
Really. It's that simple.
But don't think you have a right to force your choices on the rest of us.
You don't.
Societies that force choices on their citizens "for their own good" because a self-appointed ruling class "knows what's best" usually end up like North Korea - cold, starving, and blaming someone else for all their problems.
You know, there's a lot of good land left in America.
Why don't you buy yourself some in say, Eastern Oregon?
You can grow your own organic foods, you can build your own sod house to live in, and you can leave all the comforts and convienences of modern life behind
If your crops fail you can eat grass or tree bark like the North Koreans do.
It's your choice. You're free to make it. Nobody's stopping you.
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Greater access to nude celebrity pics and free penis enlargers will surely free Mankind from poverty and war.
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I stopped steaming when I figured out how to remove RealPlayer crapware from my system.
Karmic retribution at its finest!
Sounds like me in high school.
THINK
CowboyNeal Space Porn. What? This wasn't a /. poll?
Oooops!
. . . for its systemic degradation of women.
. . . for filling in the story line on the homoerotic tensions between McCoy and Spock.
A manager's first job is to shield her workers from buffoonery, not perpetuate it.
. . . although students who used computers lagged behind their peers without computers on standardized math and literacy tests, they excelled in sexual education."
I stopped reading Salon.com when they began charging for "premium" content.
But then Salon's "premium" content consists mainly of self-appointed elitists sneering at anything good and true in the world, so it wasn't much of a loss.
Work with three of them, all senior to me.
1 Team Leader/Software Engineer, 1 Senior Software Engineer, and 1 Senior DBA
We're a private company performing DOD contract work.
IT is a second career for me - first was 23-year career in USAF avionics maintenance.
Lots of culture shock came with this career change - from daily BS sessions about goose-hunting and truck-buying to gab-fests about scrap-booking and sticking grandma in the nursing home.
Plus, now I get cramps every full moon.
What's up with that?
. . . by reading Microsoft Visual C++ .NET examples.
I wonder how big his piss can was?
IIRC, the USAF's U-2S high altitude reconnaissance aircraft piss can held about a quart.
Sometimes, if we were turning a jet for a second sortie the same day, the crew chief would forget to empty the can (thank God I was an avionics specialist!) after the first pilot had made his contribution. The second pilot would discover this oversight when his urine would fill the can and then back up the tube to overflow in his pressure suit, where it sloshed around for the remainder of the flight. . .
There is no facility for disposing of solid waste though. Every now and then a mission would abort because the pilot was suffering from "gastrointestinal distress." In the 5th Reconnaissance Squadron's (IYAABYAS!) ops shack, there is plaque high up on the wall, with a roll of toilet paper attached, commerating all those brave U-2 pilots who joined the exclusive "Stratoshitters Club." One guy's name was on there twice. . .
You will most likely experience a greater deal of culture shock than your wife.
Reason? She expects America to be a strange and foreign place.
You will expect it to be the same as it was when you last left it. If you haven't visited in 10 years, it's going to hit you a lot harder than it will your wife.
I spent four years stationed in Germany in the mid-Eighties and loved it so much I didn't bother coming home. When I did finally return I spent a week walking around in a daze. It seemed as if I had been frozen in time and America had raced forward at her usual breakneck pace. The only thing that hadn't changed were all my high school friends still living at home with their parents. . . I suffered from some serious cognitive dissonance that week.
Thankfully, I was between assignments and two weeks later I was in England, where I stayed for another three years before returning to the U.S. again.
Prepare yourself now. Instead of looking forward to seeing everything as it was when you left it, tell yourself how excited you'll be to see all the changes since you left. This is what I did on every return visit and it helped a lot.
As far as work goes, take a look at America's Job Bank.
It's got some good resources for veterans, especially if you have a high-demand skill and it can give you a good gauge of where the jobs are at and how much they're paying.
I spent eleven years overseas and loved every minute of it, but despite her faults, America is still the country with the most freedom and most opportunity for everyone.
Good luck and welcome home!
JimUSAF 1980-2004
For God's sake - three days choosing the ringtone that best expresses your personality?
I wonder if the Romans were this self-absorbed as the barbarians approached the gates?
Man, is that a classic or what? I wonder which homeless shelter Johnathan lives in these days?
Thompson is accused of killing the three men in June 2003 after being brought to the Fayette police station on suspicion of driving a stolen car. Thompson allegedly grabbed one of the officer's guns, shot him and the other two, then fled in a patrol car.
So this never would have happened if those police officers didn't have easy access to guns, right?
Right.
". . .because they also have to defend themselves of American infiltration"
When you can post photos of American G.I.s forcing people to eat Big Macs, listen to Britney Spears, or watch Hollywood movies, I'll believe America is an imperialist nation.
Until then, maybe you should exercise your freedom of choice and stop purchasing or using anything the evil Americans have "forced" upon you.
Really. You're free to do it.
So do it.
Then don't buy anything from the big "evil" corporations.
And if you can convince your fellow Americans to do the same, they'll go out of business and be replaced by smaller corporations more to your liking
Really. It's that simple.
But don't think you have a right to force your choices on the rest of us.
You don't.
Societies that force choices on their citizens "for their own good" because a self-appointed ruling class "knows what's best" usually end up like North Korea - cold, starving, and blaming someone else for all their problems.
You know, there's a lot of good land left in America.
Why don't you buy yourself some in say, Eastern Oregon?
You can grow your own organic foods, you can build your own sod house to live in, and you can leave all the comforts and convienences of modern life behind
If your crops fail you can eat grass or tree bark like the North Koreans do.
It's your choice. You're free to make it. Nobody's stopping you.
Except yourself.
You only have to look at those poor, suffering Japanese and Germans to know that America wants to rule the world.