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Scheiss Meister

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  1. A lot of people who back vouchers think that the money is the only thing keeping Johnny or Suzy out of a good private school without realizing that private schools aren't required to accept their kids. My wife briefly taught at a private school. Only a certain type of student was accepted, and the only people included in that type enjoyed a certain amount of wealth. Many students whose families can afford the tuition to that school are turned away because their families do not fit that type. Just because they have vouchers won't automatically mean that their kids get a decent education.
  2. Shades of Jeb Stuart's letter to his father-in-law complaining about the quality of the Union mules and horses that he had captured in his ride around McClellan. His father-in-law was General Philip St. George Cooke, Quartermaster of the entire Union Army.
  3. I have some former co-workers who are all ate up with stuff like this. I think I'll wait 30 minutes after the test, then forward the message in the test to them via text, then text them 10 minutes later telling them that the [name not to be mentioned here] government-in-exile hacked my phone and used it to forward the message to make sure that it got to everyone. See where that goes.
  4. Texas 34 OU 24 201 yards rushing
  5. Sauerkraut, wurst, und bier für abendessen. Ausgezeichnet!
  6. My apologies, you are correct. Jerry was talking about Newgene Ledbetter.
  7. From near Nastysota... TEXAS!!!
  8. Reminds me of Jerry Clower's description of one of his characters, Dammit Ray: "That boy would climb a tree to tell a lie when he could stand on the ground and tell the truth."
  9. That's always been the case, and no one knows that better than Ukraine. A Ukrainian breakthrough will eventually put this line under fire, too.
  10. This could make an interesting episode of Air Diasters if there was any chance of getting a real investigation of the crash.
  11. Atomheart beat me to it. I would add that only having one line of resupply and communication is not a recipe for success. As Ukraine continues to advance, they will force more and more traffic onto this line, opening up all kinds of strike possibilities.
  12. My wife and I mailed my dad a postcard and a letter from Eugene, Oregon Monday, September 18. We left the 19th, driving back, and arrived home Saturday, the 23rd. He called today to tell us that he received the card and letter today. How the hell can I take my time and drive home in five days, and the US Mail takes 10 days? They must have gone back to ox-carts hauling the mail.
  13. This is the blessing and the curse of being a wastewater operator. The field is recession-proof because as long as people eat, they shit and will need you on the job. But in case of a hurricane or massive killer ice storm, they don't stop eating and shitting, so you still have to be on the job, even when everyone else is bugging out or home and warm. Anyway, thank you all for the great career. Now my random thought: last Saturday we went to the farmer's market in Eugene, Oregon with our daughter (no pictures ever taken). A couple of booths had Marionberry jam and jelly, so I had to get some. When I asked if it included crack, the purveyor didn't get it and was offended.
  14. From somewhere between Amarillo and Fort Worth, on the hell that is 287... TEXAS!!!
  15. Hopefully someone in that thread asked him why such an essential repair facility, occupied by two valuable naval assets, would be a soft target. Repair facilities are strategic assets that are primary targets. As such, they should have robust air defences. He's a moron writing to sway morons.
  16. Air defense systems are caught between a rock and a hard place in that they cannot effectively use their radar nor launch their missiles from a tree line or other cover. They have to be in the open to work well. The hardened drones are perfect for taking on SAM systems. They are small, so they are less detectable both visually and on radar. If they are stealthy enough, even the SAM operators may not know that they are in the area until shit starts blowing up. I love it when the missiles turn into huge, scary bottle rockets.
  17. Startled the shit out of me. C'mon, man!
  18. That's a pretty big raid, and in daylight. Seeing the guys on the bank at the end standing out in the open makes me think it's a training exercise.
  19. Well I got better.
  20. Anywhere along the Upper Arkansas from Salida to Leadville. Lots of hiking, fly fishing, and other outdoors recreation, the mining museum and Matchless Mine in Leadville rock, and scenery every direction you look.
  21. I've got a touch of the dire rear. Dehydration and my anus feeling like it's been sandblasted combine to make me very surly.
  22. Almost unbearably cute.
  23. That and not having to keep it quiet.
  24. From on the road to my in-laws in east Texas FIGHT!!!
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