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10-07-2005, 07:45 PM
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#316 | | World Traveler
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10-08-2005, 09:31 AM
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#317 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I have this amazing instinct to get home no matter how drunk I am. I might take a few miles of a detour but I always manage to get home. It's quite impressive.
And I'm going out tonight ...watch out road, I'm going to kick your ass!
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10-08-2005, 10:30 AM
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#318 | | World Traveler
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Originally Posted by plan_D I have this amazing instinct to get home no matter how drunk I am. I might take a few miles of a detour but I always manage to get home. It's quite impressive.
And I'm going out tonight ...watch out road, I'm going to kick your ass! | I find the same thing pD I almost always get home (just can't remember how!  )
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10-08-2005, 11:45 AM
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#319 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | I had one time where I didn't make it home. I was coming back from the airmen's club at Lakenheath and a buddy shoved me into the bushes. I was so drunk I couldn't get out of the bushes. I woke up at dawn still in the bushes!  I didn't even go to the barracks at that point, I headed straight to the chow hall for some coffee.
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10-08-2005, 01:29 PM
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#320 | | IP/Mech THE GREAT GAZOO
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Country: | Well at least you were smart enough to go for the coffee!!!
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10-08-2005, 03:07 PM
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#321 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Well, not sure it was smart enough. I had a punding headache and a need for coffee. I think I was pretty much on auto-pilot to the chow hall!
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10-09-2005, 02:47 AM
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#322 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Oh ...I went out last night. I'm always up early after a long night out, it's a miracle. But I went out and didn't fight the road ...but I helped a girl who did! I was stood there waiting for my friend to get some money out and just across the road a girl falls face first into the road. It took my like half a hour to sort her out and I offloaded her on to the police. They were unhappy and wouldn't take her at first until I told 'em I only 'know' her 'cos she collapsed in the street.
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club. | |
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10-09-2005, 07:40 AM
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#323 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | I'm assuming they carted her off to the drunk tank? That's something I've always managed to avoid. I'd sooner sleep on a roof somewhere than spend the night in that hole! | |
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10-09-2005, 07:42 AM
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#324 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Nah, they took her home 'cos it was only like two minutes away by car. She was telling me she was going to walk home while she was still face first on the ground ...which by the way was soaking wet 'cos it'd just finished raining like fifteen minutes before. And she thought someone had stolen her shoes until I picked her up and found them underneath her. The thing is she's very lucky I was there most people would either just leave her ("It's not my problem") or they'd steal her stuff ...or worse case scenario they'd escort her somewhere and rape her. What a silly moo she is... 
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club. | |
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10-09-2005, 08:58 AM
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#325 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Scary. I have to admit I don't miss those days. I did have some fun, but I don't miss the hangovers or the odd cuts, scrapes and bruises.
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10-09-2005, 09:01 AM
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#326 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I enjoy 'em. The cuts and bruises don't bother me, they're all stories. But she's very lucky there are still people with some decency around. The bad thing is I might have helped her but how many other women got themselves in the same state and something bad did happen to them. If you can't handle alcohol ...don't drink it!
__________________ "When you go home tomorrow, don't expect anyone to know what you have been through. Even if they did know, most people probably wouldn't care anyway. Some of you may get the medals you deserve, many more of you will not. But remember this, all of you are now members of the front-line club, and that is the most exclusive club in the world." - Lt. Col. Matthew Maer CO 1st Battalion, the Princess of Wale's Royal Regiment. Camp Abu Naji, Oct. 2004 To those in that club. | |
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10-09-2005, 09:24 AM
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#327 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Or at least don't go out alone like that. SHe could have ended up in far worse shape.
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10-09-2005, 12:33 PM
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#328 | | Senior Member
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Country: | Yes...getting some friends would be helpful.
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10-11-2005, 05:57 AM
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#329 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | For the beer conversation there is now a Thread on Beer continue that there. 
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01-05-2007, 01:46 AM
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#330 | | Junior Member
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Country: | Zero relevance
People are free to bring up various faults of the Zero but this is not relevant to the abilities of the best Japanese aircraft because the Japanese had planes that were superior to the Zero. The F2A Buffalo is not regarded as one of World War II's best fightes but analysis of this plane says nothing about the abilities of the best American aircraft. | |
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