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Retired U.S. Army Officer having served assignments in the various parts of the world such as southeast Asia, Korea, Germany and more recently having fun in the middle east including Baghdad, Bagram Bahrain, Kuwait, etc. Currently retired as a computer Systems Engineer as a contractor for the Army.

Recent Comments

  1. about 13 hours ago on Non Sequitur

    Somehow this whole thing reminds me of “Hunger Games”.

  2. about 13 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

    Yeah, I used to work on radios and stuff that used vacuum tubes before transistors and then later ICs. Most of their problems were because of either bad tubes or capacitors that had absorbed moisture and had to be replaced. Kept our 1960 Silvertone TV going for years beyond its nominal lifetime. After college(ROTC) I became a Signal Officer…funny thing…

  3. about 14 hours ago on Wizard of Id

    PUNKIN CHUNKIN’

  4. about 14 hours ago on Strange Brew

    Yes, but it depended on the time frame. By the time of the Renaissance, many could read and write. Earlier, especially before 1000 AD, then yes.

  5. about 14 hours ago on The Other Coast

    opponent read meal ticket…

  6. about 14 hours ago on The Other Coast

    NO. The rolled up paper reading materiel is reserved for much more egregious rule violations.

  7. about 14 hours ago on Overboard

    I take it as a Louie Dream, so no electricity needed.

  8. about 14 hours ago on Lio

    …tomorrow…

  9. about 14 hours ago on Scary Gary

    Ectoplasm?

  10. about 14 hours ago on Kliban

    Engines. PT boats had a trio of Packard 4M-2500 and later 5M-2500 supercharged gasoline-fueled, liquid-cooled V-12 marine engines in them. Top speed was over 40 kn and for some models even 50(!) kn.