Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

[Fx51LP308]

I disagree with this. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, and should be treated as much. With that being said, we veterans should not bash out against others for enjoying this weekend, but we should remember what our brothers and sisters said when it was their time. “Do non’t worry about me where I am, for I am in Valhalla, rejoice my name and live for me!”

That is what I will be doing this weekend. This weekend should be about drinking, eating and being with friends. Take a moment to hold a cold one in the sky and say “thank you” and rejoice in their name as to not live one tirany!

Airborne all the way!

My sister retired from the Army Reserves an O-6 (Full Eagle). She had one active deployment for 1 year at what was FOB Speicher, near Tikrit. Came home with a Bronze Star (not with "V" device, but a Bronze Star, nonetheless). She was an O-4 at the time and had a full command.

I learned a long time ago, never to wish her, a "Happy Memorial/Veteran's Day!" I always wish her a "safe/peaceful" day and I thank her for her service.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Girl needs some sunshine and a couple of burgers

The sunshine will only turn her a dark shade of light pink.

Of course, then you'll need the aloe

 

[cas6969]

 

[GBMaryland]

My sister retired from the Army Reserves an O-6 (Full Eagle). She had one active deployment for 1 year at what was FOB Speicher, near Tikrit. Came home with a Bronze Star (not with "V" device, but a Bronze Star, nonetheless). She was an O-4 at the time and had a full command.

I learned a long time ago, never to wish her, a "Happy Memorial/Veteran's Day!" I always wish her a "safe/peaceful" day and I thank her for her service.

I find it embarrassing when someone says "Thank you for you service," or any of the other stuff. People mean well... I just wasn't brought up to seek praise for stuff like that. I dunno, and it's not like I retired, got blown up, etc. - Just a normal person doing life like everyone else.

 

[Barneybdb]

 

[ironpony52]

Girl needs some sunshine and a couple of burgers

The sunshine will only turn her a dark shade of light pink.

Of course, then you'll need the aloe

She is tan compared to my middle daughter...............after a week in the Caribbean my daughter might be that dark.

 

[Fx51LP308]

I find it embarrassing when someone says "Thank you for you service," or any of the other stuff. People mean well... I just wasn't brought up to seek praise for stuff like that.

You're not "seeking" it. It's being given to you voluntarily. It's how "respect" is supposed to work. One cannot "command/demand/seek" respect from anyone. True, meaningful, worthwhile respect (the kind people who need it "seek,") is something that must be given voluntarily. Otherwise, it's meaningless.

I dunno, and it's not like I retired, got blown up, etc. - Just a normal person doing life like everyone else.

But you did a job and took risks with your life (and, by extension, the lives of your loved ones) that very few others would do. And you did it for your country and its people. That's worth a shit ton of voluntary respect and gratitude.

 

[Fig]

I agree, but still. It’s weird to me too, but maybe that’s because I’d almost never heard it when I served before GWOT. People in towns near bases treated us like tourists. We’ll take your money, but you ain’t one of us.

We got more respect and recognition overseas than we ever did at home.

That’s why even if it’s gratuitous and/or insincere it’s better even that people feel obligated to say it than the converse.

My favorite is when it’s used in lieu of, “With all due respect…”.

I won’t be toasting the sky, but pouring some whisky on the ground. RIP “Will The Thrill” and others.

 

[Maple One]

 

[Edsel]

I disagree with this. Memorial Day is a day of remembrance…

That meme, or poster, or whatever it’s called…

…reeks of a misplaced sense of entitlement trying to clothe itself in facetious modesty.

 

[Garvey]

I find it embarrassing when someone says "Thank you for you service," or any of the other stuff. People mean well... I just wasn't brought up to seek praise for stuff like that. I dunno, and it's not like I retired, got blown up, etc. - Just a normal person doing life like everyone else.

Four guys in uniform, with a Fire Engine parked nearby. When people would say that, I finally came up with the correct (to me) reply. "Well, thank you. But we are overrated."

Just some dudes doing a job.

 

[tinker]

 

[Maple One]

 

[Snake-Eyes]

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Just like those Gucci boys to FOD out a runway with A-10’s holding short.

 

[BurtG]

 

[mtwarych]

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I had 5 partial slabs of granite fall over from the A frame and make my left leg do the same thing. I ended up breaking the knee joint portion off of my tibia.

The adrenaline along with the fight/flite thing allowed me to walk back into the shop before we decided we should go to the hospital.

I'll bet most of you out there know that when you don't feel any pain after something like this, you have hurt yourself BAD! I honestly believed that I got away with just a sprain or something like that.

 

[91Eunozs]

Like being a cat lady, but less cats

 

[Maple One]

 

[TonyTheTiger]

I had 5 partial slabs of granite fall over from the A frame and make my left leg do the same thing. I ended up breaking the knee joint portion off of my tibia.

The adrenaline along with the fight/flite thing allowed me to walk back into the shop before we decided we should go to the hospital.

I'll bet most of you out there know that when you don't feel any pain after something like this, you have hurt yourself BAD! I honestly believed that I got away with just a sprain or something like that.

Did something similar in 2018 hand unloading a pallet of tractor parts off a gooseneck. One of the parts rolled to my corner and down went the pallet with my leg underneath. I felt a pop but for the first 30 seconds didn't feel anything. Then the nausea came on strong and I realized I wasn't walking this one off.

Last weekend at the park with the family.

 

[Fx51LP308]

 

[CheStadium]

You're not "seeking" it. It's being given to you voluntarily. It's how "respect" is supposed to work. One cannot "command/demand/seek" respect from anyone. True, meaningful, worthwhile respect (the kind people who need it "seek,") is something that must be given voluntarily. Otherwise, it's meaningless.



But you did a job and took risks with your life (and, by extension, the lives of your loved ones) that very few others would do. And you did it for your country and its people. That's worth a shit ton of voluntary respect and gratitude.

When I check out at Lowes and take my discount, the register screen prompts the cashier to say "Thank you for your service". My favorite response is THANK YOU for a college education.

 

[Dirty D]

Fitting your wienis in my mouth is like throwing back a handful of tic tacs

Your test results came back from the lab

 

[Dirty D]

Douchebag!

 

[JerkyFreak]

 

[brianf]

I find it embarrassing when someone says "Thank you for you service," or any of the other stuff. People mean well... I just wasn't brought up to seek praise for stuff like that. I dunno, and it's not like I retired, got blown up, etc. - Just a normal person doing life like everyone else.

I didn’t serve so my opinion counts for nothing.

But everyone who “served”..joined
This last time around there wasn’t a draft.

If you joined the military you expected you might “serve”. And if you joined between 9/11 and 2015 you expected to go to some shit country and get shot at.

Never understood thanking someone for doing what they chose to do. Saying thanks as in good job is different than thank you for your service.

Flip side is our gov does a shit job of taking care of combat vets, which I do think of differently than an Air Force guy in North Dakota …right or wrong.

 

[BG94591]

 

[Fx51LP308]

Never understood thanking someone for doing what they chose to do.

Because, in this (and some other) case(s), "what one chooses to do" involves a high level or risk to your own life and to your family. Furthermore, you're doing it for your country and society in general... not just to collect a paycheck. There are a lot of easier, less risky ways to do that if that's all you want.

Saying thanks as in good job is different than thank you for your service.

How so? I'm just trying to learn.

Flip side is our gov does a shit job of taking care of combat vets, which I do think of differently than an Air Force guy in North Dakota …right or wrong.

Until that first strike missile hits its target coming over the North Pole. Hopefully, that silo crew got their 2nd strike missile off before they got hit. After all, the"Golden Dome" isn't going to be up and running for a while. Hopefully, soon enough.

But, yes, combat crews (including air and sea combat) deserve greater pay and benefits (i.e. "Hazardous Duty" pay). Especially if they are KIA'ed. The Federal Govt. should do what "Tunnel to Towers" is doing for 9/11 victims.

 

[The D]

Your test results came back from the lab
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Excuse me, sir! My vagine is very stable. It’s the neurotransmitters in my brain that are a little…wonky

 

[143lrsd]

That meme, or poster, or whatever it’s called…

…reeks of a misplaced sense of entitlement trying to clothe itself in facetious modesty.

 

[cas6969]

 

[Aussie Joe]

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Name?

 

[91Eunozs]

Name?

Yandex says it’s mattress actress Gia Paige, or maybe Gai Page Zishy but not sure myself…

Yandex Images

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[91Eunozs]

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Fantastic…

 

[ironpony52]

I didn’t serve so my opinion counts for nothing.

But everyone who “served”..joined
This last time around there wasn’t a draft.

If you joined the military you expected you might “serve”. And if you joined between 9/11 and 2015 you expected to go to some shit country and get shot at.

Never understood thanking someone for doing what they chose to do. Saying thanks as in good job is different than thank you for your service.

Flip side is our gov does a shit job of taking care of combat vets, which I do think of differently than an Air Force guy in North Dakota …right or wrong.

Because, in this (and some other) case(s), "what one chooses to do" involves a high level or risk to your own life and to your family. Furthermore, you're doing it for your country and society in general... not just to collect a paycheck. There are a lot of easier, less risky ways to do that if that's all you want.



How so? I'm just trying to learn.


Until that first strike missile hits its target coming over the North Pole. Hopefully, that silo crew got their 2nd strike missile off before they got hit. After all, the"Golden Dome" isn't going to be up and running for a while. Hopefully, soon enough.

But, yes, combat crews (including air and sea combat) deserve greater pay and benefits (i.e. "Hazardous Duty" pay). Especially if they are KIA'ed. The Federal Govt. should do what "Tunnel to Towers" is doing for 9/11 victims.

So along the same lines, I never served and I have a question .

My BIL served around 1980, my cousin did 6 or 7 tours in the sandbox are they equal ?? I do not think so.

 

[ironman56]

Fantastic…

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Looks alot like my next ex wife

 

[ironman56]

I find it embarrassing when someone says "Thank you for you service," or any of the other stuff. People mean well... I just wasn't brought up to seek praise for stuff like that. I dunno, and it's not like I retired, got blown up, etc. - Just a normal person doing life like everyone else.

I'm a vietnam Era veteran and we would have loved to hear , thank you for your service, instead all we got was looks of despise and hate , consider yourself lucky, although I prefer thank your for your sacrifice, sounds better to my old ears.

 

[akmike47]

@Dirty Ds summer secret

 

[mi650]

I'm a vietnam Era veteran and we would have loved to hear , thank you for your service, instead all we got was looks of despise and hate , consider yourself lucky, although I prefer thank your for your sacrifice, sounds better to my old ears.

I'm a 'Cold War' vet, mid 80s. I generally got indifference and sideways looks after I got out. Not great, but a lot better than what you dealt with.

I still haven't gotten used to 'Thank you for your service', and I really don't know how to respond. I didn't even sign up for .mil discounts until a couple years ago.

 

[Fx51LP308]

So along the same lines, I never served and I have a question .

My BIL served around 1980, my cousin did 6 or 7 tours in the sandbox are they equal ?? I do not think so.

No, they're not. But they could have been, depending on what was going on in the world at the time. Point being, when one signs up for the Military, they accept the risk that they could be deployed to active combat, even if it's not happening at the time they join.

I think GySgt. Foley from "Officer & a Gentleman" said it best.

 

[Edsel]

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In 2018, Australian military veterans strongly opposed a government-backed policy where Virgin Australia would offer priority boarding and inflight announcements acknowledging their service. Many veterans found the policy to be a political stunt and criticized it as being out of line with Australia's egalitarian national ethos, describing it as "American" or "tokenism". The airline eventually reconsidered the policy after the backlash.

• "Americanism" Criticism:
  Some critics described the policy as "American," suggesting it was overly theatrical and not in line with the more understated Australian approach to expressing appreciation.
• Focus on Practical Support:
  Many veterans felt they needed practical support, not public acknowledgements or gestures, according to one statement.

Nice summary from an AI bot.

I share the same sentiment as these guys.

We all make life choices (well, many of us didn’t during the draft), and we all live with the consequences.

Take this as another nice example.

Nobody noticed.

Nobody cared.

Which is probably how it should be.

Why make such a big deal over it?

I’m saying this as a drafted combat veteran (yes, I’m old and terribly cynical) who’s sick of all the political and commercial theater behind all of this, and all of these militocratic Col. Jessup fantasies we often spew.

 

[WaywardSon]

 

[nockhunter]

 

[theLBC]

Blaming “women” is a deflection away from the real and much deeper cause and it’s a convenient narrative pushed by those who would rather you not start asking questions about WHY we were severed from our roots.

 

[nockhunter]

that log is gonna smell like fish

 

[Zap_Rowsdower]

 

[mikeinfwa]

 

[Zap_Rowsdower]

 

[nockhunter]

 

[nockhunter]

 

[nockhunter]