THE THREAD!!!

[Grollub]

Good morning, brother comrade (non-fruitcake) Red Mouse. [:)][:'(]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Good morning, brother comrade (non-fruitcake) Red Mouse. [:)][:'(]

[&:] Haven't seen anyone meeting that description here yet this morning. [:'(]

[Chickenboy]

Good morning, dudes.

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

More snow tithe. [X(]

Ok, mother nature, I get the point. Enough already.

It was snowing here as well... it stopped now...

BTW, two days ago it was +10 degrees Centigrade...


Leo "Apolo11"

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Good morning, brother comrade (non-fruitcake) Red Mouse. [:)][:'(]

[&:] Haven't seen anyone meeting that description here yet this morning. [:'(]

Two posts up from your post. [:'(]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Thanks for the words of support chaps.  It's kind of complicated, but the short version is that since Josh was born Clare has felt a bit isolated.  I knew something was wrong but couldn't work out what and she wouldn't/couldn't tell me and we ended up retreating into our own little corners.  It was made worse by the fact that we're stuck in the arse end of Oxfordshire away from her family(and mine as well).  She knows she messed up, but things aren't beyond repair and we've both learned important lessons.  The thing is that my being in the air force is part of the reason she's homesick, if I'm not getting signed on then we've only got 1 1/2 years at most here, if I get the offer to stay on then we need to (a) decide if I should stay in the mob, and (b) if I do I need to start the ball rolling to get a posting closer to home.

Dixie,

Thanks for posting. Sorry for your difficulties, mate. The first year after a new baby is born sees some difficult adjustments in many households. Particularly so when you are isolated as you are.

I have mixed feelings about being stuck in the frozen tundra, away from most of my family in CA, AZ and TX. We don't know anyone here that we can rely on other than some friends. When you're working full time with a young family, it's very difficult to meet new friends and foster those relationships too. It must be doubly so for someone in the service.

On balance though, I think Mrs. Chickenboy and I would say that this has been a good place for us to start a family due precisely to the isolation and distance. Our children will be raised in the manner that we select (fraught with chaos and indecision as it is), not whichever inlaw happens to be vying for the child's favor at any point in time. We will be our own family unit, whatever that may be, in whatever 'post-nuclear' form that is. Although she's a fine lady-we couldn't have done this were we living next door to my MIL unit.

Anyways, not all bad, mate. Maybe some advantages to being stuck in BFE / East Gbiv and all. Sorry for your rough patch and truly hope things smooth out for you all soon.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Grollub

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Grollub

Good morning, brother comrade (non-fruitcake) Red Mouse. [:)][:'(]

[&:] Haven't seen anyone meeting that description here yet this morning. [:'(]

Two posts up from your post. [:'(]

No. That was just Onime's post. [:'(]

[Grollub]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Grollub

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy



[&:] Haven't seen anyone meeting that description here yet this morning. [:'(]

Two posts up from your post. [:'(]

No. That was just Onime's post. [:'(]

[&:]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Morning tithe... This kevlar vest sure is heavy...

Wear it with pride, big guy. It prevents a shiv to the heart, between the ribs or to the back.

Are we being literal here?[&:]

Actually, strictly kevlar vests don't stop stabbing attacks. There was at least 1 fatal demo to a salesman who thought it would. [X(] It doesn't provide good protection against cutting action. Similarly, they aren't proof against arrows with hunting broadheads which are razorsharp.

Some vests have "hard" inserts which do provide protection.

Interestingly, they ("bulletproof" vests) also provide good protection in car crashes.

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy



USS Mike,

I have some troubles too. They begin and end with no new turn in my inbox. Can you be of any assistance? [:'(]

Talk to that fellow mid-westerner. [;)]

DUDE![:-] I may be many things, a fetched up Yankee, a southern wanna-be , but I am in no ones imagination a Midwesterner. Besides, they don't want me. [:D]

You're a dude, dude. [:'(]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Libya...


Leo "Apollo11"

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

More snow tithe. [X(]

Ok, mother nature, I get the point. Enough already.

Got anywhere from 17" in the South Metro to something like 8" up here in the North Metro. Decent snowstorm, but really surprised that they have delayed opening for the University this morning 'till noon.

Not that I'm complaining or anything![8D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Morning tithe... This kevlar vest sure is heavy...

Wear it with pride, big guy. It prevents a shiv to the heart, between the ribs or to the back.

Are we being literal here?[&:]

Nope.

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Onime No Kyo

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: USS America




Talk to that fellow mid-westerner. [;)]

DUDE![:-] I may be many things, a fetched up Yankee, a southern wanna-be , but I am in no ones imagination a Midwesterner. Besides, they don't want me. [:D]

You're a dude, dude. [:'(]

Dude!

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Time to go home after work tithe...


Leo "Apollo11"

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Mac support is so much fun

no it isn't. [:'(]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Imperial War Museum, HMS Belfast, Greenwich maritime museum, RAF museum, Churchill War Rooms, Tower of London

+1

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

Time to go home after work tithe...


Leo "Apollo11"

Watch out for the yetti. [:'(]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Dixie

Thanks for the words of support chaps.  It's kind of complicated, but the short version is that since Josh was born Clare has felt a bit isolated.  I knew something was wrong but couldn't work out what and she wouldn't/couldn't tell me and we ended up retreating into our own little corners.  It was made worse by the fact that we're stuck in the arse end of Oxfordshire away from her family(and mine as well).  She knows she messed up, but things aren't beyond repair and we've both learned important lessons.  The thing is that my being in the air force is part of the reason she's homesick, if I'm not getting signed on then we've only got 1 1/2 years at most here, if I get the offer to stay on then we need to (a) decide if I should stay in the mob, and (b) if I do I need to start the ball rolling to get a posting closer to home.

Sounds like there's room for repair. I hope it works out.

[DuckofTindalos]

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