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Vet 0369

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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from kimbosbread in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Ah ha! I just determined the cause of all those “careless smoking incidents.” The “NO SMOKING”signs are in English, not Russian!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from chris talpas in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from Kinophile in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from JonS in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from acrashb in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from Teufel in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from Panserjeger in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from sburke in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from dan/california in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from Phil003 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Question: How can you tell an extroverted Engineer from an introverted Engineer?
     
     
    Answer: An extroverted Engineer stares at “your” shoes when talking to you!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from CAZmaj in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    LOL! We share that dislike of lobster. After my sister and I had polio in 1955, our Father worked two jobs just to pay the medical bills. He also had a small boat and some lobster pots, so we ate lobster all the time. My Mother told me that one time I came home from elementary school and asked “why do I have to have lobster sandwiches all the time, why can’t I have peanut butter and jelly like the the other kids?” I will eat it, but only if I’m a guest and someone serves it to me.
    Massachusetts actually had a law that prisoners and servants couldn’t be fed lobsters more than a certain number of times per week!
     
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from chrisl in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    LOL! We share that dislike of lobster. After my sister and I had polio in 1955, our Father worked two jobs just to pay the medical bills. He also had a small boat and some lobster pots, so we ate lobster all the time. My Mother told me that one time I came home from elementary school and asked “why do I have to have lobster sandwiches all the time, why can’t I have peanut butter and jelly like the the other kids?” I will eat it, but only if I’m a guest and someone serves it to me.
    Massachusetts actually had a law that prisoners and servants couldn’t be fed lobsters more than a certain number of times per week!
     
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from paxromana in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I must take exception to most of this. It just isn’t true except in an extremely small number of circumstances. Most of the issues with replacements isn’t that they are not trained or inexperienced, but that most units train as a unit and are very familiar with how each operates. Replacements are new members of the unit, and as such are “unknowns.” It is a matter of “trust.” The reason the WW2 “vets” appeared to “shun” replacements is much more related to the the causality rate of the replacements themselves. Almost no one wanted to “get to know” or “befriend” a replacement who was likely to become a major casualty in the next fight and be gone. After surviving the first fight, the replacement had shown that he had either the “luck” or “skill” to survive and was accepted.
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from Butschi in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I must take exception to most of this. It just isn’t true except in an extremely small number of circumstances. Most of the issues with replacements isn’t that they are not trained or inexperienced, but that most units train as a unit and are very familiar with how each operates. Replacements are new members of the unit, and as such are “unknowns.” It is a matter of “trust.” The reason the WW2 “vets” appeared to “shun” replacements is much more related to the the causality rate of the replacements themselves. Almost no one wanted to “get to know” or “befriend” a replacement who was likely to become a major casualty in the next fight and be gone. After surviving the first fight, the replacement had shown that he had either the “luck” or “skill” to survive and was accepted.
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from JonS in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I must take exception to most of this. It just isn’t true except in an extremely small number of circumstances. Most of the issues with replacements isn’t that they are not trained or inexperienced, but that most units train as a unit and are very familiar with how each operates. Replacements are new members of the unit, and as such are “unknowns.” It is a matter of “trust.” The reason the WW2 “vets” appeared to “shun” replacements is much more related to the the causality rate of the replacements themselves. Almost no one wanted to “get to know” or “befriend” a replacement who was likely to become a major casualty in the next fight and be gone. After surviving the first fight, the replacement had shown that he had either the “luck” or “skill” to survive and was accepted.
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from warrenpeace in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    I must take exception to most of this. It just isn’t true except in an extremely small number of circumstances. Most of the issues with replacements isn’t that they are not trained or inexperienced, but that most units train as a unit and are very familiar with how each operates. Replacements are new members of the unit, and as such are “unknowns.” It is a matter of “trust.” The reason the WW2 “vets” appeared to “shun” replacements is much more related to the the causality rate of the replacements themselves. Almost no one wanted to “get to know” or “befriend” a replacement who was likely to become a major casualty in the next fight and be gone. After surviving the first fight, the replacement had shown that he had either the “luck” or “skill” to survive and was accepted.
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from sburke in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Because he’s South African?
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from Huba in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    This attitude is not surprising at all, and has probably occurred for millennia. My Father. Who was also a Marine told me that when the MarineCorps 5th Division was formed, and Veterans from the battle for Guadalcanal were transferred in as a core group, most of them would find ways to get out of training for the “next” operation because they were already highly experienced at jungle war fair. Unfortunately for them, the training was for a relatively barren island named Iwo Jima! Many died because of the skipped training since it wasn’t the jungle fight they knew.
    s.
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from CAZmaj in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    Because he’s South African?
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from CAZmaj in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    This attitude is not surprising at all, and has probably occurred for millennia. My Father. Who was also a Marine told me that when the MarineCorps 5th Division was formed, and Veterans from the battle for Guadalcanal were transferred in as a core group, most of them would find ways to get out of training for the “next” operation because they were already highly experienced at jungle war fair. Unfortunately for them, the training was for a relatively barren island named Iwo Jima! Many died because of the skipped training since it wasn’t the jungle fight they knew.
    s.
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from dan/california in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    This attitude is not surprising at all, and has probably occurred for millennia. My Father. Who was also a Marine told me that when the MarineCorps 5th Division was formed, and Veterans from the battle for Guadalcanal were transferred in as a core group, most of them would find ways to get out of training for the “next” operation because they were already highly experienced at jungle war fair. Unfortunately for them, the training was for a relatively barren island named Iwo Jima! Many died because of the skipped training since it wasn’t the jungle fight they knew.
    s.
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from Kinophile in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    This attitude is not surprising at all, and has probably occurred for millennia. My Father. Who was also a Marine told me that when the MarineCorps 5th Division was formed, and Veterans from the battle for Guadalcanal were transferred in as a core group, most of them would find ways to get out of training for the “next” operation because they were already highly experienced at jungle war fair. Unfortunately for them, the training was for a relatively barren island named Iwo Jima! Many died because of the skipped training since it wasn’t the jungle fight they knew.
    s.
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from G.I. Joe in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    LOL, actually, the typical Norwegian can speak English better than most native speakers. Fun fact, Norway and Japan require English language classes from the first grade to secondary school for all students. All Airline Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers are required to use English to communicate. France once tried to require pilots in French airspace to use French instead of English. The International Aviation Community put a stop to that attempt real fast!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from Raptor341 in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    LOL, actually, the typical Norwegian can speak English better than most native speakers. Fun fact, Norway and Japan require English language classes from the first grade to secondary school for all students. All Airline Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers are required to use English to communicate. France once tried to require pilots in French airspace to use French instead of English. The International Aviation Community put a stop to that attempt real fast!
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    Vet 0369 got a reaction from dan/california in How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?   
    It could also be infrared sensors on the drone picking up the hot exhaust from the stacks.
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