June life thread - Page 13 - Politics and Economics

NeBlis · 06-22-2012, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by DblBarrelJ

JFC, that's my Bday weekend.

You're also missing South River.

**** you.

yep... its the big anual match

I actually leave for Chicago on monday but I have family in town from texas and am not shooting this weekend.

in other news I shot a club match tonight and sucked monkey balls... shot too fast I blew a box drill and an El Prez of all ****ing things... arg

NeBlis · 06-22-2012, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by NeBlis

Hai Chicago livin politards. I will be in your town Mon 25 & Tues 26 next week PM for drinking schedule.

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Originally Posted by pokerbobo

Where are you staying? I'm in northern burbs.... love to have you buy me a few beers.

Downtown, PM'd you. Load up Ikes & Iron lets get a brew!

NeBlis · 06-22-2012, 12:05 AM

general.. best of luck w/ your dad and dealing with all the family drama bro its gonna be tough. Be a good son, love your family even when they suck.

**ElliotR** · 06-22-2012, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by NeBlis

general.. best of luck w/ your dad and dealing with all the family drama bro its gonna be tough. Be a good son, love your family even when they suck.

+1 mirrion

Mayo · 06-23-2012, 05:16 AM

The Peace Corps needs people with practical experience information communications technology in spartan environments, which is basically exactly what my job is in the Air Force entails. I'm really interested in volunteering for a stint when my enlistment ends in 2014.

Do any of y'all happen to know anything about the Peace Corps? I thought there might well be a real diversity of opinion in this forum.

zikzak · 06-23-2012, 05:37 AM

I've known a couple PCVs (that's the jargon Peace Corps Volunteers use to describe themselves) stateside, and I've met a few out in the field. They tend to be pretty interesting people.

Most of them get thrown into 3rd world ****holes with dubious job descriptions and inadequate resources. Because of this, the ones that don't wash out in the first 6 months tend to have certain characteristics in common. First, they can put up with a lot of **** that would make most soft 1st worlders go crying to their mommy; and second, they are usually very cynical.

They usually start out as idealistic hippies bent on saving the world, but after a few months in the field where their assigned task is to plant trees in a village in Africa where trees are somewhere near the bottom of the list of what locals actually need, they lose that idealism pretty quick. Despite this, they often maintain a firm belief that the pathetic little good they are actually accomplishing is, nevertheless, still worth doing. They are also very aware of the fact that they are a part of the State Department, and essentially front-line propaganda troops for USA#1.

Most of the ones I've met quickly earned my respect. They do difficult **** in difficult environments, and have no grandiose delusions about what they are doing or how much good it will do.

LirvA · 06-23-2012, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Mayo

The Peace Corps needs people with practical experience information communications technology in spartan environments, which is basically exactly what my job is in the Air Force entails. I'm really interested in volunteering for a stint when my enlistment ends in 2014.

Do any of y'all happen to know anything about the Peace Corps? I thought there might well be a real diversity of opinion in this forum.

JayTeeMe · 06-23-2012, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Mayo

The Peace Corps needs people with practical experience information communications technology in spartan environments, which is basically exactly what my job is in the Air Force entails. I'm really interested in volunteering for a stint when my enlistment ends in 2014.

Do any of y'all happen to know anything about the Peace Corps? I thought there might well be a real diversity of opinion in this forum.

One of my exgf's college roommates was a PCV. She got sent to the Dominican Republic. Friends went to visit her thinking they'd be hanging out in a cool tropical place, maybe with a beach, but found out she lived in a 1-room ****hole invested with tropical bugs and rodents. And there was a community shower you had to draw your own water for. So it wasn't a vacation spot.

She ended up marrying a local guy and bringing him home. He speaks no English and had never seen an oven before when he got here, so there was a bit of a learning curve. Another friend went to Honduras and married a local guy. So it appears to be an excellent way to bang and marry locals while working off some first world guilt.

timotheeeee · 06-23-2012, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by NeBlis

Hai Chicago livin politards. I will be in your town Mon 25 & Tues 26 next week PM for drinking schedule.

I drove up here yesterday and I'll be here for a week, but my wife literally has an itinerary for every moment we are here. You going to Circ de Soleil next week? Or my cousin's wedding?