1. For What
It’s Worth
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198 Days and counting
Lockdown
Yesterday at 2PM local time, the Air Force Base I work on
had a real world lockdown situation. According to our boss who was at the gym,
apparently, some woman over at the base gym saw suspicious guy wearing camo
gear with a backpack with wires protruding from it and she reported it to the
base security police. The gym front desk
attendant refused to call the cops when she requested because they knew that
guy was a regular and they knew it was just someone ignorant overreacting to a
non-event situation. So she decides to take matters into her own hands and
calls the cops herself.
Now, please understand that the description of a guy in camo
gear with a backpack on base basically describes about 50% of the folks here on
base. So when the cops promptly showed
up and took her statement, they apparently spoke to the front desk attendant
and he stated that it was a regular customer that he recognized.
Unfortunately they had to follow their established protocol
and procedures and do a base-wide search for this guy. They apparently called
this guy at home and asked for him to come back to the base and show them his
camo gear and backpack. This did not stop them from keeping the entire base
locked down nor did it deter them from searching each and every office they
could get into in all of the buildings.
Over four hours later we were finally released and free to go home.
The stupidity and the lack of common sense displayed is
remarkable and embarrassing, which reflects on each and every USAF employee and
contractor supporting the mission. It
was a huge fiasco and extreme waste of many hours of productivity. I just shake
my head and wonder what the heck are we doing here anyways?
Personal Protection
For our road trip, we will need some kind of personal
protection beyond whet we already have. I have several survival knives
available, a small caliber rifle, and a few other odds and ends, but no real
protection that states, “Don’t mess around with us!” I have decided to purchase
a 12-gauge pump shotgun with a pistol grip pump action that will hold 5+1
ammunition. I doubt anyone would mess around with us and it may help if we run
across a bear that needs an attitude adjustment using a slug round. Not sure if
it will stop or deter a bear, but it is better than allowing him to run me down
and maul then eat me or Snoopy. I’m sure Snoopy could out run the bear, and
definitely outrun me, so if push comes to shove, one of us might have to take
one for the team. Don’t mention this scenario
possibility to Snoopy… J
Simple Joys of Life &
Words of Wisdom (A New Blog Feature)
Be so busy loving your life you have no time for hate,
regret or fear.
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2. Famous Quotes (New
Game)
Who
is credited for saying the following quote?
Quote:
“The dumbing
down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the
enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds
or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on
pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.”
Answer:
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Famous
Quotes (Previous Game)
Who
is credited for saying the following quote?
Quote: “Don’t
pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.”
Answer: Bruce Lee
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3. Television
Trivia
Clues:
Bo
Luke
Daisy
Boss Hogg
Answer:
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Previous
Post’s Television Trivia
Clues:
Lamont
“I’m coming to
see you Elizabeth”
Grady
Watts junkman
Answer: Sanford and Son
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4. How Well
Do You Know Us?
Question: What was the first Rock & Roll
concert Michael ever attended?
Answer: ?
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Previous
Game of How Well Do You Know Us?
Question: Michael rarely drinks pop (soda). If he
does, what kind (flavor) will he prefer?
Answer: Root Beer, specifically A&W Root Beer
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Snoopy begs
that you please, “Bark Less and Wag More!”
Until next
time… Be Good!
- cb
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