In basic training we had the stupidest drill sergeant possible. I think it was done on purpose because fourth platoon was derided by the rest of the company as “the aighead platoon.” All of us were bound for language training and/or the Army Intelligence Center, which of course to a combat engineer or truck driver [...]
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My brother answers the question orginally posed here. Note the tablesaw injury. Use a push-stick, man! My brother is named for our late maternal uncle. I am named after our late paternal grandfather. In fact, in my generation all of us are named to honor or remember some forebear. Quite the opposite is true in the [...] I don’t even know whether they ask you this anymore at grocery store checkouts in the U.S. Maybe this is now a quaint archaism, but it used to be emblematic of decision-making between X and Y. Other examples I can think of quickly are boxers or briefs?, dogs or cats?, smoking or non-?, window or [...] When I first moved here my apartment came equipped with a creaky old TV that got three channels well, two badly, and several not at all. I could watch shows in Slovene, Italian, German, and very occasionally in English. I wasn’t spending too much time in front of the TV because I was [...] |
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Pétards with avatars
13th Oct 11
19 months? Dude. I stopped by hoping you'd have something here for Sandwich Week. Alas, it was not to be...
7th Apr 10
hey! i saw one of these hanging off a tree down the block the other day. i kind of love ...
6th Apr 10
Fascinating. I saw these pictures pop up and wondered what bizarre hazing ritual you were being subjected to by your ...
6th Apr 10
It is a really interesting and charming tradition, and I am nowhere near as cynical about it as this post ...
6th Apr 10
What an interesting tradition. Thanks for sharing. They're biodegradable, I hope. Or do some trees still have their paraphernalia from Martenitsi ...