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notprop wrote:
I was pleasantly suprised by this thread I thought it would be full of Yanks saying that they were Scots/Irish/Viking etc. Which they probably are not
Yeah, I have noticed that some people over here in the states are really big on saying that they are Irish, or Italian, or whatever other nationality, when in reality, they are something like 4th generation American and have never set foot outside the continental United States. I'm half Irish, half Latvian, but don't particularly identify with either. It's rather silly actually, when you think about it.
Amaya wrote:Abiline, Texas -> El Paso, Texas -> Mienz, Germany -> Arizona ->Ft. Lewis, Washington -> Seoul, South Korea -> Leavenworth, Kansas -> Ft. Wainwright, Alaska -> San Antonio, Texas.
something Tells me you are or were a member of the military! or child of one. based on the the Korea visit, i'd say it was you!
Why couldn't it be both? Certainly Seoul implies that he was in the military (considering the Ft. Lewis, Ft. Wainwright, and Leavenworth references, I would say U.S. Army), but that doesn't mean that he went to all those places as a member of the military. Coulda gone to the first few places w/ his parents. After Mienz, parents/dad retires from the military, moves to Arizona. Amaya joins the Army, and carries on from there.
Usually deployments to places like S. Korea are what they used to call "Remote Tours" or "Remotes". that meant military members only, no family.
Read my post again. Seoul was the 6th place on the list, and the only unaccompanied tour on the list.
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notprop wrote: I was pleasantly suprised by this thread I thought it would be full of Yanks saying that they were Scots/Irish/Viking etc. Which they probably are not
Yeah, I have noticed that some people over here in the states are really big on saying that they are Irish, or Italian, or whatever other nationality, when in reality, they are something like 4th generation American and have never set foot outside the continental United States. I'm half Irish, half Latvian, but don't particularly identify with either. It's rather silly actually, when you think about it.
Now thats some drinking heritage right there. I'm guessing you are immune to hangovers or too drunk to notice.
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Amaya wrote:Abiline, Texas -> El Paso, Texas -> Mienz, Germany -> Arizona ->Ft. Lewis, Washington -> Seoul, South Korea -> Leavenworth, Kansas -> Ft. Wainwright, Alaska -> San Antonio, Texas.
something Tells me you are or were a member of the military! or child of one. based on the the Korea visit, i'd say it was you!
Why couldn't it be both? Certainly Seoul implies that he was in the military (considering the Ft. Lewis, Ft. Wainwright, and Leavenworth references, I would say U.S. Army), but that doesn't mean that he went to all those places as a member of the military. Coulda gone to the first few places w/ his parents. After Mienz, parents/dad retires from the military, moves to Arizona. Amaya joins the Army, and carries on from there.
Usually deployments to places like S. Korea are what they used to call "Remote Tours" or "Remotes". that meant military members only, no family.
Read my post again. Seoul was the 6th place on the list, and the only unaccompanied tour on the list.
i may be right, and/or you may be right. i don't see how it really matters. i was trying to spark conversation, and be friendly. not start some kind of post war over their possible service.
i'm not trying to be rude, but i don't see how us revisiting this over and over helps the thread. i'm through discussing part of it.
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Hmm, seems a little redundant since we have this country locator tied to our User ID...not to mention the fact that you can enter the exact city and state/providence you reside in.
I know not everyone is from the state/country that is listed....nonetheless, redundant
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not to mention the fact that you can enter the exact city and state/providence you reside in.
Which would be fine if the question was 'Where are you currently living?' but since it isn't, and only people who've lived in the same place for their entire lives will have it listed there, it's still a very valid question.
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I'm from a little harbor town in LA called San Pedro. Pretty chill place and I have come to appreciate it since I started school up north in San Jose. Another place though that I kind of consider my home, even though I've never lived there, is Oahu, Hawaii. I have family there and have gone back and fourth between there 8 times in my life and I know the Island inside and out and I absolutely love it! It's my dream place to live in and as far as I'm concerned it'll always be my home away from home =). Here's one song I have always liked about Hawaii:
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notprop wrote:
I was pleasantly suprised by this thread I thought it would be full of Yanks saying that they were Scots/Irish/Viking etc. Which they probably are not
Yeah, I have noticed that some people over here in the states are really big on saying that they are Irish, or Italian, or whatever other nationality, when in reality, they are something like 4th generation American and have never set foot outside the continental United States. I'm half Irish, half Latvian, but don't particularly identify with either. It's rather silly actually, when you think about it.
Now thats some drinking heritage right there. I'm guessing you are immune to hangovers or too drunk to notice.
the east of tenneesee, were a biscuit covered with gravy is considered the breakfast of kings (seriously, you get in peoples way to get this at the local hardee's in the morning and you might get pocket knifed by somebodies grandfather)
people have probably died for slowing someone down trying to get a plate of this.......maybe.......
IAmTheWalrus wrote:I was born in Mississippi, but didn't stay long. Over my life I've lived in Germany, Arkansas, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Kentucky and California.
I've been in Connecticut the longest, so I call it home.
Sounds as though your from a military family, were they perhaps at Keesler AFB in Mississippi?
You're correct, and they were for a time. They were also stationed at Columbus AFB, which is where I was born.
IAmTheWalrus wrote:I was born in Mississippi, but didn't stay long. Over my life I've lived in Germany, Arkansas, Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Kentucky and California.
I've been in Connecticut the longest, so I call it home.
Sounds as though your from a military family, were they perhaps at Keesler AFB in Mississippi?
You're correct, and they were for a time. They were also stationed at Columbus AFB, which is where I was born.
I lived on the Gulf Coast for a time and met a lot of good people from KAFB.
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greenskin lynn wrote:the east of tenneesee, were a biscuit covered with gravy is considered the breakfast of kings (seriously, you get in peoples way to get this at the local hardee's in the morning and you might get pocket knifed by somebodies grandfather)
people have probably died for slowing someone down trying to get a plate of this.......maybe.......
I see no biscuits nor gravy?
Our biscuits are like this
and our gravy like this
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Asherian Command wrote:I was born in Highland park. But 3 days later I moved to Australia and lived there for 6 years. Then I came back to the states. Then 3 years later I went back to australia and stayed there for 2 months.
Then Came back to America. Then When I was 13 I went back to australia for 1 week. Then been in the states ever since. Still consider myself an aussie. Even though I lack the Aussie accent, but the culture sorta stuck on me. As People didn't understand me as a kid, so I had to get rid of it.
My dad was a health care insurance guy. But his dad (my Grandpa) was a naval lituentat and worked for AT'T for a while then became a pastor.
Wow, quite a few of us from Chicagoland. I'm from Evanston originally, ended up moving to Vernon Hills (both Northern suburbs of Chicago), school at U of Illinois - Urbana, now I live in Uptown (neighborhood of Chicago). Not a whole lot of distance covered there, only 180 miles at the two extreme locations. But, I have traveled quite a bit! That counts for something, right?
And, no one is going to beat our song posting (unless someone from New York shows up)
greenskin lynn wrote:the east of tenneesee, were a biscuit covered with gravy is considered the breakfast of kings (seriously, you get in peoples way to get this at the local hardee's in the morning and you might get pocket knifed by somebodies grandfather)
people have probably died for slowing someone down trying to get a plate of this.......maybe.......
I see no biscuits nor gravy?
Our biscuits are like this
and our gravy like this
Well...I see the gravy Corpses...but you seem to have replaced your biscuits with a plate of cookies.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
I am from Middlesbrough, like the craggy slopes of Cimmeria, It has made me the hard fighting man I am today.
When my company fought in Afghanistan, i was so impressed with the wonderful laid back lifestyle I was the only person who wanted to stay.
We are arming Syrian rebels who support ISIS, who is fighting Iran, who is fighting Iraq who we also support against ISIS, while fighting Kurds who we support while they are fighting Syrian rebels.
Cookies are one specific type of biscuit, not a catch-all.
But meh, I'm talking to people who walking around in pants, rather than trousers
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Pretty sure that is the right hospital. I went back there to see what it was like when I was visiting the country a few years ago and it seems vaguely familiar
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