What are you...

[Elessar]

Ahh, gotcha.

[Navigator]

I find US Navy BDUs even funnier than USAF ones, actually.
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And some of us agree with you.

[Elessar]

I find US Navy BDUs even funnier than USAF ones, actually.
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And some of us agree with you.

Uh oh, were you in the Navy?

No I don't think it's funny because of lack of respect for the Navy. I think it's funny because Navy corpsmen and SEALs of course wear BDUs out in the desert and they just look out of place b/c it says US NAVY out in the desert, hehe.

[enterprikayak]

Well he *is* a Navigator.

[Entilzha]

KTR I think you are wrong about the NCO thing in the Russian military because Russians have a lot of special forces units and they would not fill them with conscripts (paratroopers ain't special forces my uncle was one in Afghanistan when the Soviet Union was fighting there) because the training takes too long. In my country after you serve your time as a conscript you may be offered a contract and I think it's the same in Russian military because we were once part of the USSR and our military evolved from that.

[Elessar]

When you guys say "conscript" in the modern use, do you mean basically a draftee? Or do your military actually ride into town and capture people to conscript?

[Entilzha]

Draftee. I didn't pass the medical because of my eyesight.

[Kevin Thomas Riley]

It's a draft. It used to be so that almost any young male had to do military service for about a year. But now, after the cold war, it's down to maybe 10-15 per cent.

And we do train conscripts/draftees as rangers. They probably serve longer than normal grunts though.

We don't have a standing army, so to fill the ranks for our overseas units, we allow soldiers who have finished their service to sign a contract for a certain amount of time.

And the Russian army do not have employed NCOs. They might not fill their special forces with draftees, but I know that one of their problems with discipline and excessive hazing ("dedovshchina") in the regular army stems from having no professional NCO corps. They may be in the process of changing that, though. I know it has been talked about.

And Soviet/Russian paratroopers may not be counted as special forces. But the paratroop rangers we have in Sweden are considered special forces.

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OK, back to "what are you..." watching?

Today they showed Can't Buy Me Love on TV. Whoa, 80s flashback! I was taken back in time to when I was that age. The fashions, the hairstyles, everything! Gah! How did we survive that age? Yup, I'm dating myself here!

Anyway, I thought the young kid brother looked vaguely familiar so I checked on IMDB.com and it turns out it was Seth Green at age 12 (he looked younger). You know, Oz from Buffy.

[evcake]

Watching: An episode of TOS. Scotty is drinkig a Kelvin under the table. Kirk is smooching another into submission.
Humanity is a virus.
Making: earrings.
Avoiding: housework, laundry, ironing,ect.

[Navigator]

I find US Navy BDUs even funnier than USAF ones, actually.
----

And some of us agree with you.

Uh oh, were you in the Navy?

No I don't think it's funny because of lack of respect for the Navy. I think it's funny because Navy corpsmen and SEALs of course wear BDUs out in the desert and they just look out of place b/c it says US NAVY out in the desert, hehe.

To answer your question, yep. It's funny (that's funny strange not funny haha) because it's so far away from what we were doing in the 80's and 90's. You'd be surprised at the number of Navy people in Iraq and Afghanistan.

PS Have you launched off the stern of an amphib in an LTVP7? Nothing like hitting the water riding in a rock.

[Linda]

The Coast Guard has ODU's which I think might be like the BDUs you are talking about? The Coast Guard uses the Air Force uniforms because of the cost, being too small a service to have a special set of uniforms designed just for them. We in the Coast Guard Auxiliary (civilian volunteer part of the Coast Guard) get to wear our old uniforms until they wear out, then we have to get the ODUs.

[Reanok]

I've been watching Mission impossible season 3 great series very talented actors. Also watching McGyver season 2.

[enterprikayak]

So my fellow protestors found out I like Star Trek, and a couple of the older guys are all: Why'd they cancel Enterprise? Season 3 and 4 were sooo good! And I'm all : YES! THANK YOU!

Anyway, next they go, so what about Battlestar Galactica? And I go, oh well, I haven't really......

And they go: THAT'S IT. I AM LENDING YOU THE FIRST DVD!!!

I mean, they sound like you guys.

So I'm capitulating. DVD #1 will be forced into my paws today after I go to the head protester guy's house today and help him with protest video.

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

[Elessar]

Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Thats. Awesome.

[enterprikayak]

Jim says it on the Office when he's impersonating Dwight (who owns a beet farm).

It's my favourite line ever off of that show.

Jim:
Question. What kind of bear is best?

Dwight:
That's a ridiculous question.

Jim:
False. Black bear.

Dwight:
That's debatable. There are basically two schools of thought--

Jim:
Fact. Bears eat beets.
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.

Dwight:
Bears do not---
What is going on?
What are you doing???
You know what? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so I thank you.

Jim places a bobble head on his desk just like Dwight's.

Dwight:
Identity theft is not a joke Jim! Millions of families suffer every year!

Jim:
MICHAEL!

Dwight:
Oh that's funny. ... MICHAEL!!!!


Here's the youtube of it:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=sgJC9l1vyH0




Bears.

Beets.

Battlestar Galactica.