Rod Thompson

Grumpy retired guy. Former Surface Warfare Officer, Database Architect and Developer. Still plays D&D and other RPGs. Reads history & Lovecraft

[Rod Thompson @FFG16_CSP]

@TruckenUSMC BTW, hit the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum at Whitefish Point this week. How refreshing to go to a museum that never loses its focus on it mission. Nothing but exhibits on Great Lakes shipwrecks and life at the old Lighthouse station. Pack a lunch, fill your tank and go.

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@trumplicans2024 OCS Newport RI, via JFK and figuring out how to get to LaGuardia in those pre internet days.

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@johnkonrad Been there, done that.

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@NYTimesPR You should have your lawyer review what the Pentagon Papers case actually ruled. No prepublication, but perfectly legal to prosecute disclosure of classified information. There is no exception for “journalists “.

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@cicero_mn 30 minutes on the Traeger then finish it on the grill. Bark and char.

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@Gormogons And their waterfalls, just the sheer number and beauty of them. Also, source of superior genetic material <cough>me<cough>.

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@LivingTricks_

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@trumplicans2024 Anything by Spinal Tap.

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@IndefiniteLT Some of us have good looking knees. Maybe shore duty. But not shipboard. I’m not fighting fires in short pants, or is there flash gear for that?

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@Medievalhtybuff 1071

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@jarvis_best My bank account would like to discuss your premise.

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@johnkonrad Had a discussion in the 1980s with some of my sailors who wanted a camo uniform. I pointed out no one shoots at a sailor, they shoot at the ship, so what good does it do?
The Chief did gift me a blue Navy camo cover one year, but the hat size ran smaller than my combo cover.

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@cartilagepizza Best part of retirement is I can avoid the weekends, especially Labor Day weekend. And if you get too hot, go get a shake at the Dairy Barn and stop by and see the Big Pig

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@cheesetrader1 Mitch McConnell will vote against it on the grounds that at this point he doesn’t have an hour to lose.

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@FOX9 If only they would make the professors, administrators and trustees personally liable for the settlement. Rather than the taxpayers.

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@SGTWipper1Each You picked a fine time to leave me, loop seal
With four hungry turbines
And a leak in gland seal,
You picked a fine time to leave me loop seal.
<Black gang humor>

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@LieutenantRusty @SetantaADV They aren’t? Why wasn’t I told when I separated?

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@VaughnMich124 @Johnny_Joey The current ban (from 1984) is about getting a good seal on your gas mask or OBA.
While there was some debate on the necessity for getting a seal, my experience running DCTT is you need to eliminate potential problems before it’s a real emergency.

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@RupertLowe10 New Georgia would be a lovely place for a secure confinement facility. Bet you could get the US to rent some beds to defray your costs.

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@TexSandlin So you have a name tag with a 1972 Lincoln penny stuck a drawer or box? Went through a TAO course with some of the Operations department officers during precommissioning.