February 13, 2011
— Dave in Texas Maet tells me logprof got caught in the Great Spam War of Twenty-Eleven. If you find yourself in a similar predicament, feel free to email me your IP at gooberintexas -at- gmail -dot- you know what. I'll see what I can do to help.
It's a beautiful day here in central Texas, sunny, breezy and headin close to 70. I'm wearing pants. As far as you know.
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Posted by: Krazy Kat at February 13, 2011 12:15 PM (oNphh)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at February 13, 2011 12:16 PM (Wh0W+)
Posted by: Meatyboy at February 13, 2011 12:16 PM (LhpW/)
I had to run down to the gas station to get some air for my hometown GF.
Posted by: Krazy Kat at February 13, 2011 12:16 PM (oNphh)
Posted by: ktnxbai *cough* at February 13, 2011 12:17 PM (iDAhD)
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 13, 2011 12:18 PM (qdtoY)
Speaking of spam, as a truck driver my wife occasionall packs my food bag. She tossed a can of Spam in there knowing I don't have a stove... Who the hell eats cold Spam?
Canned food. Exhaust manifold.
Some assembly required.
Posted by: Got Roadkill? at February 13, 2011 12:19 PM (0GpN4)
Posted by: Meatyboy at February 13, 2011 12:20 PM (LhpW/)
Posted by: Meatyboy at February 13, 2011 12:21 PM (LhpW/)
Posted by: Whatever at February 13, 2011 12:22 PM (piMMO)
Dave is going to get an e-mail, from an "anonymous" commenter talking about how his work and home IPs had both been marked as spam and he would really appreciate his help. And in doing this would consider him to be up among the greats like Spider-Man, Iron Man and, of course, Captain America.
Posted by: buzzion at February 13, 2011 12:22 PM (oVQFe)
But a more subtle change has to do with preparing troops, especially the combat troops, for a war against an enemy that does not wear a uniform, and often uses civilians as human shields. In effect, troops are being taught police skills, trying to equip them with "street smarts". This sort of thing is meant to instill observation skills, so that troops know when to shoot, and who to shoot at.
What was wrong with shoot them all and let God sort them out?
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 12:24 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Krazy Kat at February 13, 2011 04:15 PM (oNphh)
Next time send Chocolates, Roses do nothing for me...Thanks for the Wine, though.
Posted by: Krazy Kat's Girlfriend's other Boyfriend at February 13, 2011 12:25 PM (QU8F7)
Posted by: Jon at February 13, 2011 12:25 PM (Xt7UU)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 13, 2011 12:26 PM (7wmOW)
ON WINGS OF EAGLES
This is the story about Ross Perot sending a unit of retired soldiers to rescue his execs in Iran. I never saw it.
Posted by: Sunday Soothsayer at February 13, 2011 12:26 PM (1Ilmq)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 13, 2011 12:28 PM (7wmOW)
If it is to be eaten, Spam must be fried.
But feel free to wait another 24 hrs. before you decide eating Spam is necessary.
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 12:29 PM (QU8F7)
Grrr... in the headlines... Armys new gentler kinder bootcamp slows first 6 month attrition by 8%.. and then when those wimps get in the feild, they get others killed. Bootcamp is SUPPOSED to weed out the weak... its part of its JOB.
We have 5000 years of written knowledge of how to turn Civys into Soldiers in the only true Darwinian culture on Earth (win, or die)... and now they think they can figure out a better, kinder, way?
/facepalm
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 12:30 PM (AdK6a)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 13, 2011 12:30 PM (ud5dN)
Posted by: Vic
That died out a while ago. Like the middle ages.
Posted by: goldbricker esq at February 13, 2011 12:31 PM (S59+B)
I very much enjoyed this film.
The hottie played Madeline on the TV mini-series of John Jakes' North and South.
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 13, 2011 12:32 PM (ulSPw)
SoS? mmmm. That used to be a weekend breakfast staple, but its gotten quite expensive, at least in my part of the woods.
/But then again, what breakfast food isn't expensive these days given the sharp rise in commodity prices?
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 13, 2011 12:34 PM (c0A3e)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 13, 2011 12:35 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: lauraw at February 13, 2011 12:35 PM (DbybK)
Posted by: lauraw at February 13, 2011 12:35 PM (DbybK)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, ground-pounder at February 13, 2011 12:37 PM (UqKQV)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at February 13, 2011 12:38 PM (Wh0W+)
I have no stones to throw, just would like to keep up with the hobo gossip.
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 12:39 PM (mTqh+)
Better question is, who walks through a grocery store and decides to even buy SPAM when you can buy actual ham for just a little more?
You buy Spam in case you need to eat it. Not because you want to.
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 12:39 PM (QU8F7)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 13, 2011 04:30 PM (ud5dN)
Oh yes we had it regular on the ship and I liked it as well. You used to be able to get in an a microwavable pouch here at the grocery store but I haven't seen it in a while.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 12:40 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, ground-pounder at February 13, 2011 04:37 PM (UqKQV)
My Son just graduated US Navy Boot in November... and laughed his way through it...
He is amazed by the amount of out of shape people allowed to graduate, and move onto school, expecially when there is no organized Physical Training in the Navy School system...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 12:40 PM (AdK6a)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 13, 2011 12:41 PM (ulSPw)
You buy Spam in case you need to eat it. Not because you want to.
Or, because you are under the control of a Parasite that you picked up in Hawaii.
Posted by: Barack al Husseini Obama at February 13, 2011 12:41 PM (QU8F7)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 13, 2011 12:43 PM (7wmOW)
Spam is the backbone of America.
Along with White Castle Hamburgers.
Posted by: shibumi at February 13, 2011 12:43 PM (OKZrE)
Laura, I already got logprof's and sent it to the Pixter.
It's about time.
There's been a dearth of Rex Ryan and 'Office' Puppehts.
Posted by: Barack al Husseini Obama at February 13, 2011 12:44 PM (QU8F7)
another train movie: EMPEROR Of The NORTH with Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin.
I watched this movie a long time ago when I was a kid on a Sunday afternoon.
Posted by: Sunday Soothsayer at February 13, 2011 12:44 PM (1Ilmq)
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 12:45 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: sTevo at February 13, 2011 12:45 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 13, 2011 04:43 PM (7wmOW)
Really funny part is he is going to ET "A" school... same school I went to over 30 years ago...
And I keep getting phone calls and Emails asking Tech questions... but he is #1 in his class, so I guess having someone who used to Teach "C" schools as a private Tutor is working... LOL...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 12:46 PM (AdK6a)
I'm guessing that Obama would be much quicker to call out the National Guard against us than was Hosni.
Posted by: Whatever at February 13, 2011 12:46 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Moi at February 13, 2011 12:46 PM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 13, 2011 12:47 PM (skymQ)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 13, 2011 12:48 PM (ud5dN)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 13, 2011 12:48 PM (7wmOW)
Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 13, 2011 12:48 PM (npr0X)
We could be eating spam while camping out on the Capital, protesting Obama, Mubarak-style.
Dude, I'll bring a Grill and a Stove. We can eat way better than that...
there's gotta be a lot of Hobos in and around DC.
There's an Aquarium, nearby, too.
So we'll be able to have Surf and Turf for at least a month. Not to mention all of the crabs we can harvest from the Hobo pelts!
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 12:49 PM (QU8F7)
Hawaiians. Really. Hawaii has a strategic reserve of Spam in case they run out, or so they say. Heart Attack on Bread, I say.
Posted by: SurferDoc at February 13, 2011 12:49 PM (KzKTg)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 13, 2011 12:49 PM (K+ipT)
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at February 13, 2011 12:49 PM (K+ipT)
Posted by: Moi at February 13, 2011 12:50 PM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: RemyHair, purveyor of finest lacewigs at February 13, 2011 12:51 PM (mABIe)
Cubed Spam, sauteed mushrooms and scrambled eggs, with sourdough toast. Fine breakfast, that one.
Posted by: irongrampa at February 13, 2011 12:51 PM (ud5dN)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 13, 2011 04:48 PM (7wmOW)
LOL, if he wants to be an ET that is the wrong way to go. The recruiter all but promised me ET "A" school since I had prior experience in electronics. I scored the highest score in the company and second highest in boot camp on the ETST. But the Nuke Navy needed Machinist Mates so that is what I got because I scored high on that test as well.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 12:52 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Whatever at February 13, 2011 12:52 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: SurferDoc at February 13, 2011 12:52 PM (KzKTg)
Posted by: sTevo at February 13, 2011 12:52 PM (VMcEw)
Is that where Barry got his taste for pork?
Posted by: nickless: I'm with the banned (99.174.64.43) at February 13, 2011 12:53 PM (qdtoY)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 13, 2011 12:53 PM (skymQ)
A lot of people really like Spam.
When it comes to your options in canned proteins, Spam isn't at the top or the bottom of the list. Ever cracked open a can of - 'Whole Chicken plus Giblets'?
Check it out sometime.
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 12:53 PM (QU8F7)
Bullshit, NC leads sale of spam in the world!
In other news, Rabbi Jones declared Spam, chopped ham, Kosher in a move at getting the Palestinians to sign a peace treaty.
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 12:53 PM (mTqh+)
Posted by: nevergiveup at February 13, 2011 04:48 PM (7wmOW)
He could have done that when he enlisted, but the wait would have been about 8 months longer to get in.
Andddd.. Nucs are either on Subs, or Carriers... neither of which get to go to the really fun Ports... Destroyers, and Cruisers get to see the most 'interesting' places...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 12:53 PM (AdK6a)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 13, 2011 12:54 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 13, 2011 12:55 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: Yankee Mechanic at February 13, 2011 12:56 PM (G5qLy)
Mayo on a hot dog???? How gross.
I've witnessed someone violating a Jar of Helman's Best Mayo with a Corn Dog.
There's no going back to life as I knew it after that.
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 12:56 PM (QU8F7)
10 Who the hell eats cold Spam?
the entire state of hawaii
you know your state sucks when you have to visit chicago to see civilization
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 13, 2011 12:56 PM (uIQK6)
The stuff I saw was just the creamed chipped beef, it didn't include the biscuits.
As for the sausage gravy we get that as well canned and pour it over biscuits.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 12:57 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: SurferDoc at February 13, 2011 12:58 PM (KzKTg)
Posted by: Barbarian at February 13, 2011 12:59 PM (EL+OC)
you know your state sucks when you have to visit chicago to see civilization
It's also the birthplace of the Worst President Evah!
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at February 13, 2011 12:59 PM (vsD4r)
Andddd.. Nucs are either on Subs, or Carriers... neither of which get to go to the really fun Ports... Destroyers, and Cruisers get to see the most 'interesting' places...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 04:53 PM (AdK6a)
What ports do you consider as fun that they don't get to go to? I know a few my buddy on the Nimitz has gone to, and I could ask him if he's gone to the one you mention.
Posted by: buzzion at February 13, 2011 01:00 PM (oVQFe)
http://tinyurl.com/4tju
How does this help Michelle's children??
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 01:00 PM (mTqh+)
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 04:57 PM (M9Ie6)
Dude - Sausage Gravy is so f'n easy to make it is silly. So much better, too. Why buy the processed shit?
It looks like old Latex Paint.
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 01:00 PM (QU8F7)
Posted by: Y-not at February 13, 2011 01:01 PM (pW2o8)
Steamer's paradise.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 01:01 PM (M9Ie6)
Yes. But it is only appropriate when you slice the dogs and eat them on white bread rather than a bun.
Somehow, it's different.
Posted by: Whatever at February 13, 2011 01:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Whatever at February 13, 2011 01:04 PM (piMMO)
103 ahhh, subic bay.....
where you can have a 'coke' and a 'pepsi' at the same time for $10
IYKWIMAITYD
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 13, 2011 01:04 PM (uIQK6)
Yeah, it's a place in Baton Rouge near (for anyone familiar with the city) Cortana Mall.
Which, by the way, is a really, really, really, good location for a gun shop.
Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at February 13, 2011 01:04 PM (wnVMH)
Quick and easy. But the stuff we get is Libby's Country Sausage Gravy and it is pretty good.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 01:05 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Radar at February 13, 2011 01:05 PM (8xYyJ)
Yeah, i've never seen it with a biscuit either, must be a regional thing. Just had some last weekend though, good stuff.
Posted by: booger at February 13, 2011 01:06 PM (9RFH1)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 13, 2011 01:06 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: EOTWAWKI at February 13, 2011 01:06 PM (EL+OC)
Other issues with that Basic Lite article:
"As it turned out, the new approach did work, because eventually the recruits learned how to cope with the stress, and those unable to handle it, were sent away."
Right. So instead of weeding them out in Basic, they spent the rest of the money to train them to the end of basic and then spent even more money getting them through their A school, then got rid of them.
Fucking awesome. I guess some people think military training is free.
"Everyone just got the more stressful aspect of their training later, rather than sooner."
Excellent! I want new troops to get their basic training as late as possible so as to maximize the possibility that they'll freak out under stress and cost lives.
<sarc>I imagine that criticism of this program was widely accepted and taken into account and not completely frowned upon. </sarc>
The business management approach to running our military that the leadership has taken the last 15 years or so isn't increasing effectiveness...at all.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at February 13, 2011 01:07 PM (A/oSU)
LOL, when I was there NOTHING cost $10. A beer was about 10 cents. And the other stuff was less than $10. Of course it sometimes was bad in that you got something that was hard to get rid of.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 01:08 PM (M9Ie6)
117 hmmmm, let me think back to my CC back in great lakes in 84
...hey AE2, i'm feeling really stressed over these push-ups (whips out stress card)
you know, i honestly think he would have died of a heart attack or literally killed
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 13, 2011 01:11 PM (uIQK6)
Posted by: Spam Fun Fact # 310 at February 13, 2011 01:11 PM (QU8F7)
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 13, 2011 05:05 PM (uIQK6)
We got to go to Hobart, Tasmania (Austraila) once. That was the only place I have ever been in the Asian sphere where they were actually glad to see Americans and not for just the money.
I had a hard time paying for my own beers. I paid them back though during the American Centennial celebration when one of their ships pulled into San Francisco to celebrate and we took over a large bar on Union Street.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 01:11 PM (M9Ie6)
Weaponized Spam - Used in artillery shells fuzed to airburst over targets.
Psy-Ops Spam - Directional Loudspeakers play the Spam song and Monty Python's Spam skit in a continuous loop aimed at enemy strongholds/emplacements.
Used in combination, would deliver a devasting disruption to the enemy and great entertainment to US forces.
Posted by: Count de Monet at February 13, 2011 01:11 PM (XBM1t)
118 i was refering to the 'other'
remember slim's? (my favorite bar)
they had a girl named coke and one named pepsi
and yes, the girls are still in maui...i'm safe
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 13, 2011 01:12 PM (uIQK6)
Probably kosher and probably sucks. Oven roasted? WTF, not grilled?
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 01:13 PM (mTqh+)
Ever notice that when Don Corleone is shot, he's picking out oranges and that later when he dies, he's eating oranges?
Today, watching Godfather Part II, I noticed oranges three more times (so far). Each time, they preceded death or a life-threatening situation. So I looked it up at IMDB:
The presence of oranges in the Godfather trilogy indicates that a death-related event will soon occur (even though production designer Dean Tavoularis claimed the oranges were simply used to brighten up the darkly shot film). In chronological order of such events: - Hagen and Woltz negotiate Johnny Fontane's position at a table with a bowl of oranges on it, and later Woltz discovers his horse's severed head - Don Corleone buys oranges right before he is shot - Sonny drives past an advertisement for Florida Oranges before he is assassinated - at the Mafioso summit, bowls of oranges are placed on the tables (specifically in front of those Dons who will be assassinated) - Michael eats an orange while discussing his plans with Hagen - before Don Corleone dies, he plays with an orange - Tessio, who is executed for attempting to betray Michael, plays with an orange at Connie's wedding - and Carlo Rizzi, who wears an orange suit right before Sonny beats him up, causes Sonny's death and is himself garrotted in retribution. - The only deaths in the film that don't appear to have oranges foreshadowing them are the assassinations of Paulie, Sollozzo, McCluskey and Apollonia.
More here:
The presence of oranges in all three "Godfather" movies indicates that a death or an assassination attempt will soon happen. The Senator is framed for murder after playing with oranges at the Corleone house, and Johnny Ola brings an orange into Michael's office before the attempt on Michael's life. Fanucci eats an orange just before he is gunned down and Michael is eating an orange while plotting to kill Roth. However, after the young Vito Coreleone buys oranges from a street vendor, no immediately related death occurs.
The oranges did it!
Posted by: rdbrewer at February 13, 2011 01:14 PM (Y4Xd+)
122 hobart rocked! got there in 89
same thing with us, people refused to take our money
good times, good times
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 13, 2011 01:14 PM (uIQK6)
Posted by: Spam Fun Fact # 297 at February 13, 2011 01:15 PM (QU8F7)
People have it way too easy in basic today. We did our 1st 8 at Fort Dix, and my reg't was housed in temporary wooden barracks--temporary from WORLD WAR 2. You could look outside from damn near any corner of those buildings, and NOT by using a window. All that fun in December.
Posted by: irongrampa at February 13, 2011 01:16 PM (ud5dN)
127 as per the annual spam jam in waikiki, there are 7 different types of spam
7
looking foward to the meteor in '12
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 13, 2011 01:16 PM (uIQK6)
133 it was about halfway down the strip on a side street on the right
turn just after where the bar with the mechanical bull was
Posted by: navycopjoe at February 13, 2011 01:19 PM (uIQK6)
Posted by: Radar at February 13, 2011 01:19 PM (8xYyJ)
"What are you gonna' do if the death meteor comes in the middle of the night?"
"I'm going to make sure the kids are awake."
"What good is that gonna' do?"
"Ain't going to do no good at all but they ain't never gonna see another wreck as big as that one!"
Posted by: Beto at February 13, 2011 01:22 PM (H+LJc)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at February 13, 2011 01:23 PM (btzPD)
Airhead votes, think about that!
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 01:24 PM (mTqh+)
LOL. Er, did you mean Bicentennial?
Posted by: Retread at February 13, 2011 01:26 PM (okCHU)
I send my long distance GF in FL a bottle of wine and roses via FTD.
Posted by: Krazy Kat at February 13, 2011 04:15 PM (oNphh)
Thanks Kat, the wine was good, who cares about the roses, and your girlfriend was fantastic excepting that little mustache thingy.
Fish
Juno Beach, FL
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 01:26 PM (ZHsNw)
It's NOT kosher.
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 01:28 PM (mTqh+)
Naples was great the first 120 times I saw it.
Where is ET "A" school?
Rugby on NBC! Hope it becomes regular.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 13, 2011 01:28 PM (DLxD/)
Boy that woman made us eat some crap.
The last time Carter was in the White House we were fed baked filet of sole two nights a week for three years.
My olfactory sense has never recovered completely.
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 01:28 PM (QU8F7)
Posted by: melvin at February 13, 2011 01:29 PM (3OCZw)
Don't remember that one.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 05:16 PM (M9Ie6)
Shark's Cove... bout 2/3rds down the strip on the left... we were getting our DD worked on after Desert Storm, and knew we would be there for about 6 weeks... so first night in I made a deal with MamaSan to take care of my boys... LOL... kept more than one out of trouble with the Police, even in other places on the strip.
orrr... crap... can't remember the name of the Bar with the FirePole out front, and Hot tub in the rear.... down towards the end of the strip on the right...
But other small ports? Phuket Thailand... Taormina Sicily... places like that which are too small to let thousands of sailors loose in...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 01:30 PM (AdK6a)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 13, 2011 01:31 PM (gZVTR)
Posted by: Georgia Redneck at February 13, 2011 05:25 PM (EL+OC)
With soda crackers, yum yum and mabey wash it down with an RC cola
Posted by: Former GA Redneck at February 13, 2011 01:31 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 13, 2011 01:32 PM (ud5dN)
Posted by: Retread at February 13, 2011 05:26 PM (okCHU)
LOL, yes, 1976 to be clear.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 01:33 PM (M9Ie6)
Where is ET "A" school?
Rugby on NBC! Hope it becomes regular.
Posted by: USS Diversity at February 13, 2011 05:28 PM (DLxD/)
ET "A" is in Great Lakes... so he is going to be in the Chicago area for at least a year...
Things are really backlog'd right now... they took ATF school (basic electronics) and turned it from computer based self paced, to where you can only test out when your class is ready... EVERY class is now weeks behind, which is messing up the Pipeline...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 01:33 PM (AdK6a)
Vienna sausages are the best bait food ever whilst bass fishing for Catfish.
I think this is what you meant.
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 01:34 PM (QU8F7)
where you can have a 'coke' and a 'pepsi' at the same time for $10
IYKWIMAITYD
I do not know what you mean. The urban dictionary says "pepsi" is slang for lower-class French Canadian, and then continues on for 40 pages with slack-jawed idiots' "clever" definitions of the soft drink. Your definitions of the actual product don't belong anywhere in a slang dictionary, you fucking retards!Posted by: Waterhouse at February 13, 2011 01:34 PM (0mf+9)
Breitbart tweeted a piece by Andrew Sullivan on Pigford. It's eternally long and appears to say, "Everything Brietbart says was right but he's so weirdly obsessed with it. He's full of errors and sloppiness that I won't list here and he's just so so icky, it's so unfortunate that he's so correct."
What? I'm going to read Sullivan?
The title, in Andrew's inimitable style is "The Pigford Case, And How To Talk About It." You know, like you wouldn't know what words to use if Andi didn't spell them out for you.
The funniest thing is his last line: "And although it's in no way obligated to do so, it would be awesome if NR put this one piece online for the sake of the conversation."
Or, translated, "Waaaahhh, I am totally irrelevant and nobody pays attention to my nutcase ramblings but I wrote something very long and thoughtful here and I think it would be really awesome if somebody with some traffic would repost this. Maybe on a mainstream conservative site? Sure I've burned my bridges with the right, but I'm totally with you guys now. And I'm so much more fashionable than that icky Breitbart."
Posted by: AmishDude at February 13, 2011 01:35 PM (BvBKY)
Dude - Sausage Gravy is so f'n easy to make it is silly.
The stuff I saw was just the creamed chipped beef, it didn't include the biscuits.
Don't know what military you men served in, but back during the dark ages it was known as SOS and coupled with about 10 slices of fatty bacon and a couple cups of black coffee, the day was made.
Official nomenclature: SOS
Pussified nomenclature: Chipped Beef on Toast
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 01:35 PM (ZHsNw)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 13, 2011 01:36 PM (0mf+9)
NO NO NO
That would be "race pate" on a saltine.
AKA Underwood's deviled ham or if you be poor, Armour's potted meat.
PLEASE we are upscale here.
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 01:36 PM (mTqh+)
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 13, 2011 05:34 PM (0mf+9)
Yes, because Urban slang, and NAVY slang, are Identical.... NOT...
Heck,,, wonder if the "smiles" game is even in the Urban dictionary...
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 01:36 PM (AdK6a)
Posted by: Meatyboy at February 13, 2011 04:20 PM (LhpW/)
Dude...if you can bring yourself to eat Spam in the first place, whether or not the jelly stuff is "natural" should be immaterial...
Posted by: antisocialist at February 13, 2011 01:38 PM (Rwudm)
So last night we go to Home Despot to get some masking tape and the like. My wife, ever hopeful, said, "I'm gonna go see if they have any paint thinner left." She came back with not only paint thinner, but a whole gallon of brush cleaner! WTF? My wife pointed to a sentence on the back of the can: "For maintenance of industrial coatings only."
So I guess it's an Emily Latella situation, at least for the time being. The funny thing is that on the brush cleaner label there is a callout in red saying, "WARNING: Increased Flammability due to CARB and SCAQMD regulations."
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at February 13, 2011 01:38 PM (fjoLg)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 13, 2011 01:38 PM (gZVTR)
I have forgotten the names of most of the bars when I was there between 1972 and 1977. I'm sure they are all gone now though that the base has been shut down.
Was the alligator pit still there when you were there? You paid a peso for a baby chick that the guy would let you throw in with the gator. One guy we had decided to bite the head off the chick instead of throwing it and the Filipino got really mad started screaming cuss words in tegalog at us so we split.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 01:39 PM (M9Ie6)
I just can't bring myself to eat cold Spam that weird jelly stuff it's packed in can't possibly be natural. Posted by: Meatyboy at February 13, 2011 04:20 PM (LhpW/)
Actually Meatyboy, it's recycled Cosmoline. Eat it and you'll never rust your gut.
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 01:40 PM (ZHsNw)
Fish, I'm gonna take a guess, and say you were in during the 60's.
Close?
Posted by: irongrampa at February 13, 2011 05:39 PM (ud5dN)
Entered 1958 and separated in December 1969.
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 01:41 PM (ZHsNw)
Posted by: eman:The People's Front of Logprof at February 13, 2011 01:41 PM (gZVTR)
I was talking about the Stouffers stuff in the civilian stores. And yes, we called it SOS in the Navy.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 01:42 PM (M9Ie6)
If I were sitting behind Miss Germanotta and having my view blocked by that shit, I'd be seriously tempted to set it on fire.
Posted by: Waterhouse at February 13, 2011 01:42 PM (0mf+9)
And yes, we called it SOS in the Navy.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 05:42 PM (M9Ie6)
Thanks for the clarification, and I will return your man card by FedEx versus the Post Office.
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 01:43 PM (ZHsNw)
Not me; I have a whole gallon of brush cleaner!
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at February 13, 2011 01:43 PM (fjoLg)
Posted by: Otis Criblecoblis at February 13, 2011 01:45 PM (fjoLg)
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 05:39 PM (M9Ie6)
Missed that one... I was there a few times from 89-91 (did two Westpacs in 24 months, incluing Storm)... before the base closed in ... 92?
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 01:45 PM (AdK6a)
People who can pop in an Anthony Bourdain DVD and skim the gelatinous stuff off the top with a long handled spoon and pretend really, really hard that they are eating chilled bone marrow at a trendy yet "undiscovered" bistro in NYC?
(Sorry. That's all I got.)
Posted by: Deety at February 13, 2011 01:46 PM (Jb3+B)
What is this thread, the best food mom ever served?
Fried Spam with mashed potatoes and friend green tomatoes. It was fashionable after the Big One in '45.
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 01:46 PM (ZHsNw)
Makes a mess of the pan, so use a non-stick.
Posted by: Adjoran at February 13, 2011 01:46 PM (VfmLu)
Who the hell eats cold Spam?
Makes a good samich with mustard
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 04:22 PM (M9Ie6)
Only a worldly deprived squid could come up with sum such shit.Fried? Okay. Raw?
It'll clog your arteries.
Posted by: Ed Anger at February 13, 2011 01:47 PM (7+pP9)
As a Virginian, my mom made it pretty often with gravy. We also had herring roe with eggs pretty often.
The East coast has a lot of old English foods.
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 01:47 PM (mTqh+)
Posted by: Moi at February 13, 2011 01:50 PM (Ez4Ql)
Jimmy Buffett said the best meal he ever had was munching down on a can of Beanie Weenies, (while asea running the blockade to Florida?)
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 01:50 PM (ZHsNw)
Course, shoe leather would probably have been good too, but we had Spam.
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 01:51 PM (mTqh+)
Posted by: Moi at February 13, 2011 01:51 PM (Ez4Ql)
Romeo 13 when I went thru ET A school in 1984 they were still teaching the radar section on 1944 vintage SPS-10 radars. Have they upgraded yet?
My specialty was RSSPS so that was the only radar I ever saw until I went to the fleet.
I was ammazed that real radars used transistors and chips.
PS. Tell your son an old time sailor said thanks for his service.
Posted by: Spad 13 at February 13, 2011 01:52 PM (ctvKN)
Posted by: MarkD at February 13, 2011 01:52 PM (6CLxP)
Posted by: Dave in Texas at February 13, 2011 01:53 PM (Wh0W+)
Posted by: Moi at February 13, 2011 05:50 PM (Ez4Ql)
Yup! Never had a Christmas stocking without an orange in it. And bowls of nuts all over the place, with nutcrackers.
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 13, 2011 01:53 PM (zxpIo)
Posted by: Navin Johnson at February 13, 2011 01:54 PM (oNphh)
Posted by: CMU VET at February 13, 2011 01:57 PM (5svd7)
Posted by: Yankee Mechanic at February 13, 2011 01:57 PM (G5qLy)
How about all the Brazil Nuts and what they used to be called.
Don't see them too much now because they are "radioactive".
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 01:58 PM (M9Ie6)
Is anyone else completely satisfied with the Gubmint's mandatory rule for dishwasher powders to be phosphate free, and unable to clean the dishes properly?
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 01:59 PM (ZHsNw)
Posted by: Navin Johnson at February 13, 2011 02:00 PM (oNphh)
Don't see them too much now because they are "radioactive".
Toes? Yeah, Scandi Toes, that's it, AoSHQ approved!
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 02:01 PM (mTqh+)
How about all the Brazil Nuts and what they used to be called.
Can't look a t one without hearing my grandfather...
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 02:01 PM (QU8F7)
Posted by: sTevo at February 13, 2011 02:01 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: CMU VET at February 13, 2011 02:01 PM (5svd7)
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 13, 2011 02:04 PM (zxpIo)
Er, check out the thread I posted that about an hour ago!
Correction: Ye Olde and Tired Monty Python!
Posted by: Krazy Kat at February 13, 2011 02:06 PM (oNphh)
Posted by: Soothsayus Vindictus at February 13, 2011 02:06 PM (2O5Hd)
Posted by: Ronster on hunger strike 'til nickless is unbanned at February 13, 2011 02:10 PM (1F/m8)
They have that here on the coast of North Carolina, too, Kemp. Not herring, but mullet roe. Gaaaakkkkk.
Posted by: antisocialist at February 13, 2011 02:10 PM (Rwudm)
Posted by: Spad 13 at February 13, 2011 05:52 PM (ctvKN)
He has not gotten to that part of the course yet... but it'll be interesting.
I was in on the Transition from SPS-40 Radar to Solid State.... went from Gold Plated final PA Cavitys, with Lucite rods to tune it... to banks of power transistors working in Parrallel...
Problem was they took all the Art out of the Radar... where I could War tune it to get 1 MegaWatt out... they knocked it back to a bit less than half that..
Posted by: Romeo13 at February 13, 2011 02:11 PM (AdK6a)
Fried spam w/ maple syrup = win.
I have emergency backpacks made up for my immediate family that each contain (among other essential things) two cans of Spam.
Posted by: Gem at February 13, 2011 02:11 PM (zw+pb)
Posted by: Soothsayus Vindictus at February 13, 2011 02:11 PM (2O5Hd)
You used to be able to get carburetor/parts cleaner that actually cleaned something.
Isn't that the truth. The stuff they sell now is as effective as cold water.
Posted by: Ronster on hunger strike 'til nickless is unbanned at February 13, 2011 02:12 PM (1F/m8)
Back in the damned 1980's those were special treats! (For some of us, at least).
I remember just being amazed at the Christmas packages that our Aunt and Uncle from California would ship to us.
Oranges, Grapefruits!, Almonds, oh my!
Oh, and the preserves?
Little tiny jars of different magics to open up well into July..
(No. It's not Jelly! Sunday mornings, buttering up the corner of your toast just right and spooning some of the "new jar" on top...Wow!)
I think that this was before Fed-Ex...
Hmmm.
I wonder now, how much time and effort it must have cost them to put these packages together and ship them off to their little brother and his family back in Chicago...
A bit more substantive than a "basket" and a bit before that era, I think.
Posted by: Deety at February 13, 2011 02:12 PM (Jb3+B)
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 13, 2011 02:12 PM (l3g1A)
How about all the Brazil Nuts and what they used to be called.
Can't look a t one without hearing my grandfather...
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 06:01 PM (QU8F7)
My mom still calls 'em that, er, other name. My girls are appalled. I think it's pretty funny.
Wait...does that make me raaaaaacist?
Posted by: antisocialist at February 13, 2011 02:13 PM (Rwudm)
Posted by: Moi at February 13, 2011 02:14 PM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 13, 2011 02:16 PM (skymQ)
I have emergency backpacks made up for my immediate family that each contain (among other essential things) two cans of Spam.
Posted by: Gem at February 13, 2011 06:11 PM (zw+pb)
And that's what Spam is for - emergencies. Like, after I've already eaten my immediate family.
Posted by: antisocialist at February 13, 2011 02:16 PM (Rwudm)
We had SOS regularly when I was a kid--dad liked it. And spam--he liked that too. He came from an extremely poor family from the rural south and probably was thrilled by the abundance of the army WWII food. I know he had eaten squirrel and wild duck eggs and would clean out a barn for a glass of milk.
Needless to say, if I said "yuck" there was a lot of stunned disapproval.
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 13, 2011 02:16 PM (l3g1A)
Like UnBan-me-pixy@gmail.com or something.
Just a suggestion.
Posted by: toby928™: Popular Front for the Liberation of Logprof at February 13, 2011 02:17 PM (GTbGH)
Your gubmint doesn't trust you to be careful . . . now put that fuckin' safety helmet back on before we take you into custody, for your own good and that of society.
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 13, 2011 02:17 PM (zxpIo)
Just think the Brazil Nut's thread means nothing to Yankees, I am guessing.
Tangerines not Oranges were always in the stocking.
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 02:18 PM (mTqh+)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 13, 2011 02:19 PM (SJ6/3)
Perfect Thanksgiving Sammich
Wonderbread (Tee, hee)
Mayonaise
Turkey
Dressing
Cranberry sauce
Salt
Pepper
Pepto Bismol?
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 02:21 PM (ZHsNw)
Posted by: Radar at February 13, 2011 02:21 PM (8xYyJ)
With all the certified geniuses at State, how long could it take for Farsical hilarity to ensue?
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 13, 2011 02:21 PM (zxpIo)
We had SOS regularly when I was a kid--dad liked it. And spam--he liked that too. He came from an extremely poor family from the rural south and probably was thrilled by the abundance of the army WWII food. I know he had eaten squirrel and wild duck eggs and would clean out a barn for a glass of milk.
Needless to say, if I said "yuck" there was a lot of stunned disapproval.
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 13, 2011 06:16 PM (l3g1A)
Same here, but Mom didn't use chipped beef; she used hamburger, hence the family recipe called "hamburger gravy". The saltier, the better. I hated it as a kid - now, I get a hankerin' for it once in a while, and my kids just love it.
As for Spam, Fate has seen fit to pair me with a husband who thinks Spam is one of the four basic food groups. One Christmas, I had our youngest pack up some canned goods to donate to the local food pantry. A few days later, hubby wanted a Spam sammich - only, there was no more Spam. That, according to youngest, was the first thing to go in the bags.
Posted by: antisocialist at February 13, 2011 02:22 PM (Rwudm)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at February 13, 2011 02:22 PM (skymQ)
My family was rural southern, too. We had fried Spam and hominy and potatoes fried in used bacon grease. (Kept in a coffee can under the sink.)
Dad liked to snack on Vi-eenies, too. I did as well, until I shared a can with the dog and the dog vomited. Never ate them again.
Posted by: argie at February 13, 2011 02:23 PM (SRfKu)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 13, 2011 02:23 PM (SJ6/3)
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 13, 2011 02:24 PM (zxpIo)
There's a moron connection to the San Diego taxi crash story. The "unidentified off-duty military paramedic" mentioned for treating wounded before the ambulances got there was DBS Jr. He was there with a bunch of his Marine buddies when the crash happened.
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at February 13, 2011 02:24 PM (C6OjH)
The Elvis Sammich
Bread
Banana
Peanut Butter
Fried Bacon
As a boy and less the bacon, I knew this as a Bockwinkle supposedly named after a seaman from WWII.
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 02:25 PM (ZHsNw)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 13, 2011 02:28 PM (SJ6/3)
I've always labored under the assumption that SOS was creamed chipped beef on toast.
You are correct Peaches.
Posted by: Ronster on hunger strike 'til nickless is unbanned at February 13, 2011 02:28 PM (1F/m8)
We had SOS regularly when I was a kid--dad liked it. And spam--he liked that too. He came from an extremely poor family from the rural south and probably was thrilled by the abundance of the army WWII food. I know he had eaten squirrel and wild duck eggs and would clean out a barn for a glass of milk.
Needless to say, if I said "yuck" there was a lot of stunned disapproval.
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 13, 2011 06:16 PM (l3g1A)
Dagny, sounds like you have "gotten grand" .
Posted by: Kemp at February 13, 2011 02:29 PM (mTqh+)
It is creamed chipped beef on toast.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 02:29 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: Moi at February 13, 2011 02:30 PM (Ez4Ql)
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 13, 2011 06:24 PM (zxpIo)
Mom and I have always used toast for our version of SOS. Here in the South, "biscuits and gravy" are...well, just that. You can order them just about anywhere they serve breakfast. I don't care for them, but Mom and I are both (technically) Yankees, so to us, biscuits are supposed to be buttered, not drowned in white sauce.
Posted by: antisocialist at February 13, 2011 02:30 PM (Rwudm)
For the same reason we can't have lemon scented dishwashing liquid, found in the cleaners aisle NOT the drinks aisle, without a warning on the label not to drink the stuff.
Posted by: Retread at February 13, 2011 02:31 PM (okCHU)
Posted by: irongrampa at February 13, 2011 05:32 PM (ud5dN)
Oh man does that bring back memories, funny your nic is irongrampa because when me and my grandpa went fishing for stripers grandma always put a jar of vienna sausages in our lunch cooler.
Posted by: booger at February 13, 2011 02:32 PM (9RFH1)
Toby, he's pretty good about gettin back to me within a day, intn'l date line and all.
But, NOTED. Good suggestion.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at February 13, 2011 02:32 PM (Wh0W+)
LOL, I have seen all kinds of stuff spread/put on biscuits. Everything from honey and jelly to ham, steak, sausage, gravy, and you name it.
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 02:33 PM (M9Ie6)
Biscuits and gravy to me are light fluffy handmade morsels of baked perfection for dipping in red eye gravy and a side order of salty ham. Bitchin', but bad for your heart!
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 02:34 PM (ZHsNw)
Agree! Whenever I've been in flyover country, I mostly live on biscuits & gravy. Absolute heaven . . .
Posted by: Peaches say Free the AoS Two!! at February 13, 2011 02:34 PM (zxpIo)
Romeo 13 yeah things were changing alot even when I was in. I fell out of electronics when I got out (selling electrcal equipment was more lucrative that fixing burglar alarms) I don't ven know if radar antennas go round and round anymore or if everything is phased aray(sp?) now.
And I am still pissed off that I never got to go to Australia.
Posted by: Spad 13 at February 13, 2011 02:34 PM (ctvKN)
Posted by: booger at February 13, 2011 02:35 PM (9RFH1)
But, NOTED. Good suggestion.
Posted by: Dave in Texas at February 13, 2011 06:32 PM (Wh0W+)
What about the possibility that someone who got banned on purpose tries to unban himself/herself ?
Posted by: Ronster on hunger strike 'til nickless is unbanned at February 13, 2011 02:35 PM (1F/m8)
I really meant an address that WE could send to. Cut out the middleman, as it were.
Posted by: toby928™: Popular Front for the Liberation of Logprof at February 13, 2011 02:38 PM (GTbGH)
1.) Pecans (Always, they are the Prize!)
2.) Walnuts (Almost as good as Pecans but not easily distinguishable in the scrum. Tasty nonetheless)
3.) Almonds (Smoked)
4.) One Filbert (with 2 Spanish peanuts, if you can leave their papery skins in the bowl for the next jerk to deal with.)
5.) Okay, a Brazil nut. Feels kind of cool to score it but you will be bored less than halfway through actually eating it. One a year will do.)
6.) Whatever papery Spanish peanuts are left. (They taste bitter like that because they come all the way from Spain. On boats. Means they are rancid.).
7.) Fucking Cashews. Can't believe any of these greasy weird, anti-freeze tasting things are left. Some people just snatch them up (because they are aliens, including Uncle Mike) Don't touch them! They are wrong! What, you are hungry? Shaddup, and chaw on this Brazil nut for a while. Go get some punch first though, kid!
Posted by: Deety at February 13, 2011 02:39 PM (Jb3+B)
In Egypt they conveniently skip the part about representation by a competent attorney for the artifact thieves, and simply proceed to the ass stomping. And impaling!
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 02:39 PM (ZHsNw)
Only Jimmah Cartah called his peanuts goobers, and we members of the proletariat called Jimmah Cartah a goober. It's settled.
Posted by: Fish the Impaler at February 13, 2011 02:41 PM (ZHsNw)
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 02:42 PM (M9Ie6)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 13, 2011 02:44 PM (SJ6/3)
Dagny, sounds like you have "gotten grand" .
Indeed. I am standing in comparitively "tall cotten".
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 13, 2011 02:48 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: FlaviusJulius at February 13, 2011 02:49 PM (SJ6/3)
I mostly live on biscuits & gravy. Absolute heaven . . .
...and Chicken Fried Steak.
My yankee boyfriend (now husband) went to a beach in the south and ended up in some diner with other frat buddies. He was introduced to Chicken Fried Steak. There was a while there where I thought he had thrown me overboard for his new love. He was quite stunned by his "discovery". I'd grown up on it and wouldn't touch it (calories). Funny as hell. He's also a huge grits aficianado.
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 13, 2011 02:52 PM (l3g1A)
Posted by: dagny: Free Logprof damnit! at February 13, 2011 02:53 PM (l3g1A)
How about all the Brazil Nuts and what they used to be called.
Don't see them too much now because they are "radioactive".
Posted by: Vic at February 13, 2011 05:58 PM (M9Ie6)
BZZZT!YOU ARE BANNED FROM THE INTERNET MR. RACIST.
Posted by: Eric Holder at February 13, 2011 03:08 PM (7+pP9)
I like my breakfast right now, that's why God invented cereal (the Cap't. Peanut Butter Crunch and Wheat Chex kind).
Nah. Cereal is way overpriced. When you factor in cost per realistic serving size, you can do way better.
Breakfast is at a minimum; 1 -Salty/Cured Meat, 1 Eggs or Dairy, 1 Starch, + Coffee.
This gives you a lot of kick ass and easy options. Variety is usually dependent on what is on sale in the local grocer and what is dumb enough to wander under the treestand.
Posted by: garrett at February 13, 2011 03:13 PM (QU8F7)
How about all the Brazil Nuts and what they used to be called.
Can't look a t one without hearing my grandfather...
Well, if the skins are only half off you can always call them "vitelligo toes".
Posted by: effinayright at February 13, 2011 03:43 PM (CfQ+e)
I have emergency backpacks made up for my immediate family that each contain (among other essential things) two cans of Spam.
Posted by: Gem at February 13, 2011 06:11 PM (zw+pb)
And that's what Spam is for - emergencies. Like, after I've already eaten my immediate family.
Posted by: antisocialist at February 13, 2011 06:16 PM (Rwudm)
But does your immediate family come with a pull tab?
Posted by: Gem at February 13, 2011 05:17 PM (zw+pb)
This^
We are so pussified that the welfare slobs can't be bothered to pick up trash around their free dwellings- people used to have pride and a willingness to work.
Screwed, we are.
Posted by: all the best at February 13, 2011 05:24 PM (e0TtL)
Who it's cold spam?
I used to when I was out in the field w/ the Army. That's pretty much what the Ham C-Rat was....spam. Running a mortar platoon we usually set up a command tent with a stove during training and heated it on the stove.
Posted by: Lurkin'no'mo at February 14, 2011 12:49 AM (6zvrq)
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