USMB Coffee Shop IV

[Hossfly]

I hate this computer...I spent more than an hour trying to login View attachment 127949

Can't you stay logged in? If you can don't logout. Just close it without logging out.

 

[Hossfly]

There would be money in rats that could actually pack, just saying.

There is money in rats in China.

A delicacy there.

I used to date this Chinese babe and she told me about it.

She said Americans are just too finicky eaters !!

Yah that's you and me !!

I never thought myself as finicky eaters, but yes, I'll pass on the rat cuisine.

Rats are food here too. You can find them in many markets.
I've never eaten them because I don't think rats are food

My last tour in Vietnam was in the Delta in Bac Lieu and Ca Mau provinces. I lived with the ARVN for a year and only ate their food. In the field we would catch and eat paddy rats. They were bigger than a city rat and only ate rice, grains and fruit. I would pretend it was chicken. I ate everything they cooked but I drew the line at monkeys. I was in MACV Team 51 and our nickname was Paddy Rats.

 

[Foxfyre]

I hate this computer...I spent more than an hour trying to login View attachment 127949

Can't you stay logged in? If you can don't logout. Just close it without logging out.

What Hossfly said. I check the box to stay logged in. So when I close USMB I don't log out, I just close the window. And then when I open it again, I am automatically logged in.

 

[Sbiker]

I hate this computer...I spent more than an hour trying to login View attachment 127949

I LOVE this computer... Not this, but neighbour, I've bought yesterday... It's not expensive, but has 8G of RAM, so I can work fully at home, wiеhout stupid timelosses ))

 

[Dajjal]

I hate this computer...I spent more than an hour trying to login View attachment 127949

Can't you stay logged in? If you can don't logout. Just close it without logging out.

What Hossfly said. I check the box to stay logged in. So when I close USMB I don't log out, I just close the window. And then when I open it again, I am automatically logged in.

I stay logged on but I sometimes wonder what will happen if I die. My sister will probably auction off my computers and someone else who buys the computer will be able to post as me after I am dead.

 

[Hossfly]

I hate this computer...I spent more than an hour trying to login View attachment 127949

Can't you stay logged in? If you can don't logout. Just close it without logging out.

What Hossfly said. I check the box to stay logged in. So when I close USMB I don't log out, I just close the window. And then when I open it again, I am automatically logged in.

I stay logged on but I sometimes wonder what will happen if I die. My sister will probably auction off my computers and someone else who buys the computer will be able to post as me after I am dead.

No problem. I'll provoke them so bad they'll get a permanent ban.

 

[Foxfyre]

I hate this computer...I spent more than an hour trying to login View attachment 127949

Can't you stay logged in? If you can don't logout. Just close it without logging out.

What Hossfly said. I check the box to stay logged in. So when I close USMB I don't log out, I just close the window. And then when I open it again, I am automatically logged in.

I stay logged on but I sometimes wonder what will happen if I die. My sister will probably auction off my computers and someone else who buys the computer will be able to post as me after I am dead.

I'm willing to take that risk.

 

[SixFoot]

Everything is still a bit surreal this week. I mourned the loss of my friend Jacob Barton for 5 days, who was murdered on May 11th, 2009 by an NCO in the Camp Liberty Stress Clinic shooting... only to come back online and find that one of my close brothers from my Afghanistan deployment in 2011, Cody "Stubbs" Stubblefield, lost his war with PTSD on May 15th.

I want to share one of my war stories with you people. On a patrol back to COP (Combat OutPost) Baraki Barak in Logar Province, Afghanistan, our lead vehicle was struck by a 300 lb IED, and our friend Tnez suffered a broken back from the blast (full recovery a year later). I was a turret gunner in the rear gun truck that day and Stubbs was on the ground. Stubbs and two others captured the trigger man who set that IED off and let the Afghan Soldiers slap him around for a few minutes before hog tying him and tossing him in the back of my truck.

Not 10 seconds after we start loading our detainee up, we found ourselves on the receiving end of an ambush from a 16-man Taliban element. They led the attack with 6 simultaneous RPG launches and 12 riflemen/machine gunners charging in, firing full-cyclic, ready to kill some more of us.

They had no idea that the way my truck was positioned at the time, that they were running straight into an "L" shaped interlacing sector of fire. Stubbs was on the ground behind my truck (with a MK-48 mounted in the turret) with his M-249. Between our ground guys and the 11 gun trucks, we slaughtered 8 of them almost instantly, and the rest tried unsuccessfully to retreat after a couple more exchanges of fire. We took 9 prisoners that day, and erased 8 terrorists; all while taking only one non-lethal casualty. Not a bad day's work for a ragtag group of Combat Engineers and Infantrymen.

Hell of a day, but for me, the most memorable part of that short but intense battle, was when one of the insurgents turned his PKM in my truck's direction, whose back hatch was wide open from being in the midst of arresting someone... Stubbs jumped 3 feet off the ground in full kit into our truck, and I shit you not, he slammed that 400 lb blast door shut with nanoseconds to spare before that back door got hit with 17 rounds (PKM rounds are more powerful than our 7.62mm NATO rounds). He saved me, the driver, and even our EPOW's lives that day.

20 years old at the time, and 145 lbs soaking wet. He's among the half-dozen or so people who are absolutely 100% directly responsible for me surviving that deployment so I could come home to my wife and meet my newborn son for the first time. If not for my brothers, I would have never existed in my son's life, and I'm bawling just trying to type that fact out.

There was an apple orchard right by where that fight happened, and he and I would always grabbed a couple out of the trees when we'd walk by. His family gave me some of his ashes and I'm going to start my own little apple orchard with him. Me and Stubbs are gonna hang out again and brew more apple wine like we did when we got back, except now we won't have to buy the Musselman's apple cider in order to do it.

Rest in Peace, Stubbs. You'll always be our family.

Stubblfield!
Cody Stubblefield!
Specialist Cody Lee Stubblefield!

 

[gallantwarrior]

There would be money in rats that could actually pack, just saying.

There is money in rats in China.

A delicacy there.

I used to date this Chinese babe and she told me about it.

She said Americans are just too finicky eaters !!

Yah that's you and me !!

I never thought myself as finicky eaters, but yes, I'll pass on the rat cuisine.

Rats are food here too. You can find them in many markets.
I've never eaten them because I don't think rats are food

It would depend on how hungry I am and what else might be offered. I might consider rat before eating a cat, or dog.

 

[Gracie]

And good morning everybody.

The window A/C isn't working in your room Gracie? 80 degrees would be miserable for me to try to sleep. Anything over 65 degrees is miserable for me to try to sleep.

Yes...but it is a small unit in a very large room..with doors that do not close due to the house sliding to one side.

 

[gallantwarrior]

Everything is still a bit surreal this week. I mourned the loss of my friend Jacob Barton for 5 days, who was murdered on May 11th, 2009 by an NCO in the Camp Liberty Stress Clinic shooting... only to come back online and find that one of my close brothers from my Afghanistan deployment in 2011, Cody "Stubbs" Stubblefield, lost his war with PTSD on May 15th.

I want to share one of my war stories with you people. On a patrol back to COP (Combat OutPost) Baraki Barak in Logar Province, Afghanistan, our lead vehicle was struck by a 300 lb IED, and our friend Tnez suffered a broken back from the blast (full recovery a year later). I was a turret gunner in the rear gun truck that day and Stubbs was on the ground. Stubbs and two others captured the trigger man who set that IED off and let the Afghan Soldiers slap him around for a few minutes before hog tying him and tossing him in the back of my truck.

Not 10 seconds after we start loading our detainee up, we found ourselves on the receiving end of an ambush from a 16-man Taliban element. They led the attack with 6 simultaneous RPG launches and 12 riflemen/machine gunners charging in, firing full-cyclic, ready to kill some more of us.

They had no idea that the way my truck was positioned at the time, that they were running straight into an "L" shaped interlacing sector of fire. Stubbs was on the ground behind my truck (with a MK-48 mounted in the turret) with his M-249. Between our ground guys and the 11 gun trucks, we slaughtered 8 of them almost instantly, and the rest tried unsuccessfully to retreat after a couple more exchanges of fire. We took 9 prisoners that day, and erased 8 terrorists; all while taking only one non-lethal casualty. Not a bad day's work for a ragtag group of Combat Engineers and Infantrymen.

Hell of a day, but for me, the most memorable part of that short but intense battle, was when one of the insurgents turned his PKM in my truck's direction, whose back hatch was wide open from being in the midst of arresting someone... Stubbs jumped 3 feet off the ground in full kit into our truck, and I shit you not, he slammed that 400 lb blast door shut with nanoseconds to spare before that back door got hit with 17 rounds (PKM rounds are more powerful than our 7.62mm NATO rounds). He saved me, the driver, and even our EPOW's lives that day.

20 years old at the time, and 145 lbs soaking wet. He's among the half-dozen or so people who are absolutely 100% directly responsible for me surviving that deployment so I could come home to my wife and meet my newborn son for the first time. If not for my brothers, I would have never existed in my son's life, and I'm bawling just trying to type that fact out.

There was an apple orchard right by where that fight happened, and he and I would always grabbed a couple out of the trees when we'd walk by. His family gave me some of his ashes and I'm going to start my own little apple orchard with him. Me and Stubbs are gonna hang out again and brew more apple wine like we did when we got back, except now we won't have to buy the Musselman's apple cider in order to do it.

Rest in Peace, Stubbs. You'll always be our family.

Stubblfield!
Cody Stubblefield!
Specialist Cody Lee Stubblefield!

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Makes me think of the first time I watched "We Were Brothers" with my SIL. He wondered why men would behave the way they did until the summation of the film observed that men don't fight so much for country, or politics, or apple pie...they fight for the guy at their side, for their brothers. He's Special Forces now with three deployments to the ME behind him. He's attended funerals, too. Last time he was here, he knew a lot more than he did when he was a greenhorn fresh out of HS.
I think, when all is said and done, we each fight for that guy in the hole with us. And you cannot see the "other guy" as someone's father, brother, son, etc. but as a threat that will cost you your life if you weaken. Shoot first, or die first.
Take care of yourself SixFoot.

 

[Gracie]

I have an ad running in CL. I just hope housemate does not connect the dots that it is us.
Too many people here have said he is charging us wayyyy too much rent for just one room and the conditions we have to live in and that we can get a 1 bedroom apartment for 550 per month. I am tending to agree with them. So...I am hunting now.
Wish I could win the lottery. I could buy a mobile home for 18K that is in a senior park and will allow Karma, space rent at 350 per month. Alas...18k will never happen. So...we need to stay here unless we find something else cuz I don't know if the unit at home will EVER come available.

 

[Foxfyre]

Everything is still a bit surreal this week. I mourned the loss of my friend Jacob Barton for 5 days, who was murdered on May 11th, 2009 by an NCO in the Camp Liberty Stress Clinic shooting... only to come back online and find that one of my close brothers from my Afghanistan deployment in 2011, Cody "Stubbs" Stubblefield, lost his war with PTSD on May 15th.

I want to share one of my war stories with you people. On a patrol back to COP (Combat OutPost) Baraki Barak in Logar Province, Afghanistan, our lead vehicle was struck by a 300 lb IED, and our friend Tnez suffered a broken back from the blast (full recovery a year later). I was a turret gunner in the rear gun truck that day and Stubbs was on the ground. Stubbs and two others captured the trigger man who set that IED off and let the Afghan Soldiers slap him around for a few minutes before hog tying him and tossing him in the back of my truck.

Not 10 seconds after we start loading our detainee up, we found ourselves on the receiving end of an ambush from a 16-man Taliban element. They led the attack with 6 simultaneous RPG launches and 12 riflemen/machine gunners charging in, firing full-cyclic, ready to kill some more of us.

They had no idea that the way my truck was positioned at the time, that they were running straight into an "L" shaped interlacing sector of fire. Stubbs was on the ground behind my truck (with a MK-48 mounted in the turret) with his M-249. Between our ground guys and the 11 gun trucks, we slaughtered 8 of them almost instantly, and the rest tried unsuccessfully to retreat after a couple more exchanges of fire. We took 9 prisoners that day, and erased 8 terrorists; all while taking only one non-lethal casualty. Not a bad day's work for a ragtag group of Combat Engineers and Infantrymen.

Hell of a day, but for me, the most memorable part of that short but intense battle, was when one of the insurgents turned his PKM in my truck's direction, whose back hatch was wide open from being in the midst of arresting someone... Stubbs jumped 3 feet off the ground in full kit into our truck, and I shit you not, he slammed that 400 lb blast door shut with nanoseconds to spare before that back door got hit with 17 rounds (PKM rounds are more powerful than our 7.62mm NATO rounds). He saved me, the driver, and even our EPOW's lives that day.

20 years old at the time, and 145 lbs soaking wet. He's among the half-dozen or so people who are absolutely 100% directly responsible for me surviving that deployment so I could come home to my wife and meet my newborn son for the first time. If not for my brothers, I would have never existed in my son's life, and I'm bawling just trying to type that fact out.

There was an apple orchard right by where that fight happened, and he and I would always grabbed a couple out of the trees when we'd walk by. His family gave me some of his ashes and I'm going to start my own little apple orchard with him. Me and Stubbs are gonna hang out again and brew more apple wine like we did when we got back, except now we won't have to buy the Musselman's apple cider in order to do it.

Rest in Peace, Stubbs. You'll always be our family.

Stubblfield!
Cody Stubblefield!
Specialist Cody Lee Stubblefield!

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So sorry for those you loved that you have lost Sixfoot and for those most likely yet to lose. And thank you for your service. Like GW said, take care of you too.

 

[Sherry]

There has been MUCH new info on cancer treatments, WelfareQueen . They inject something that targets cells...to only attack the cancer cells. And certain veggies can help too. With my cancer...they just cut it out. With lung cancer....what can you do? But chemo kills ALL your good cells. So my question is..prognosis of 2 months is what...to LIVE? And its only 20% chance of remission if she poisons her body with chemo and radiation? Cannot the percentage be better with other treatments?

What I did was google the HELL out of the internet. I learned. I argued with doctors. And made my decisions on what to do. If she only has 2 months to LIVE, then...I will pray extra hard. 20% chance of remission, I will pray. But study all aspects, you and Sherry. Read. Hunt. Prowl. Learn. And go from there along with our prayers.

And you might wanna talk to xotoxi. He helped me A LOT, even though he doesn't think so.

Hello everyone. Been offline a couple of weeks, and responding to this post before catching up with the most recent posts. My Mom had stem cell treatment for her advanced COPD in February. She was discouraged at the lack of results, even though she was told it could take 3-6 months for significant signs of improvement, and it's not proven to work on everyone. She begin to feel like she was getting worse. Her pulmonologist ordered a CT scan, which led to a Pet scan, which led to a biospy. The Pet scan showed a mass in the lung, as well as lymph node. The biopsy showed it was small cell cancer. With no treatment, maybe a couple months. WQ had it backwards and the oncologist said an 80% chance of remission with treatment if it doesn't spread further. It is not really a "curable" cancer, and at some point would likely return somewhere in the body. However, small cell lung cancer is very aggressive, and there is a 40% chance it has moved to her brain. She has an MIR on Wednesday. If it's in her brain, then she will have to decide if she wants to continue treatment. She has lots of support, and I have my wonderful WQ. I do appreciate all of the well wishes sent our way.

 

[Foxfyre]

There has been MUCH new info on cancer treatments, WelfareQueen . They inject something that targets cells...to only attack the cancer cells. And certain veggies can help too. With my cancer...they just cut it out. With lung cancer....what can you do? But chemo kills ALL your good cells. So my question is..prognosis of 2 months is what...to LIVE? And its only 20% chance of remission if she poisons her body with chemo and radiation? Cannot the percentage be better with other treatments?

What I did was google the HELL out of the internet. I learned. I argued with doctors. And made my decisions on what to do. If she only has 2 months to LIVE, then...I will pray extra hard. 20% chance of remission, I will pray. But study all aspects, you and Sherry. Read. Hunt. Prowl. Learn. And go from there along with our prayers.

And you might wanna talk to xotoxi. He helped me A LOT, even though he doesn't think so.

Hello everyone. Been offline a couple of weeks, and responding to this post before catching up with the most recent posts. My Mom had stem cell treatment for her advanced COPD in February. She was discouraged at the lack of results, even though she was told it could take 3-6 months for significant signs of improvement, and it's not proven to work on everyone. She begin to feel like she was getting worse. Her pulmonologist ordered a CT scan, which led to a Pet scan, which led to a biospy. The Pet scan showed a mass in the lung, as well as lymph node. The biopsy showed it was small cell cancer. With no treatment, maybe a couple months. WQ had it backwards and the oncologist said an 80% chance of remission with treatment if it doesn't spread further. It is not really a "curable" cancer, and at some point would likely return somewhere in the body. However, small cell lung cancer is very aggressive, and there is a 40% chance it has moved to her brain. She has an MIR on Wednesday. If it's in her brain, then she will have to decide if she wants to continue treatment. She has lots of support, and I have my wonderful WQ. I do appreciate all of the well wishes sent our way.

So sorry Sherry. I know how this is tearing at your heart. I had 3 months with my mom after the diagnosis. I often wonder if her quality of life would have been better during that time if she had not had the aggressive treatment. But without it, we would have wondered if it would have been successful. There are no easy choices

 

[Foxfyre]

I have an ad running in CL. I just hope housemate does not connect the dots that it is us.
Too many people here have said he is charging us wayyyy too much rent for just one room and the conditions we have to live in and that we can get a 1 bedroom apartment for 550 per month. I am tending to agree with them. So...I am hunting now.
Wish I could win the lottery. I could buy a mobile home for 18K that is in a senior park and will allow Karma, space rent at 350 per month. Alas...18k will never happen. So...we need to stay here unless we find something else cuz I don't know if the unit at home will EVER come available.

I was just reading an article this morning--in Forbes I think but not sure--that listed the 20 least affordable places to live in America. Three of them were in NY state, two in Hawaii, and the other fifteen were all along the California coast. Your beach community or that area was #3 on the list I think.

And then I look at so many small towns here in New Mexico and probably other states around here that you can rent a 2 bedroom apartment with a/c, stove, refrigerator, and often washer/dryer furnished for what you are paying for that single bedroom. But you don't have the amenities of an ocean or your Medical and all that. It just seems so unbalanced.

 

[Hossfly]

There has been MUCH new info on cancer treatments, WelfareQueen . They inject something that targets cells...to only attack the cancer cells. And certain veggies can help too. With my cancer...they just cut it out. With lung cancer....what can you do? But chemo kills ALL your good cells. So my question is..prognosis of 2 months is what...to LIVE? And its only 20% chance of remission if she poisons her body with chemo and radiation? Cannot the percentage be better with other treatments?

What I did was google the HELL out of the internet. I learned. I argued with doctors. And made my decisions on what to do. If she only has 2 months to LIVE, then...I will pray extra hard. 20% chance of remission, I will pray. But study all aspects, you and Sherry. Read. Hunt. Prowl. Learn. And go from there along with our prayers.

And you might wanna talk to xotoxi. He helped me A LOT, even though he doesn't think so.

Hello everyone. Been offline a couple of weeks, and responding to this post before catching up with the most recent posts. My Mom had stem cell treatment for her advanced COPD in February. She was discouraged at the lack of results, even though she was told it could take 3-6 months for significant signs of improvement, and it's not proven to work on everyone. She begin to feel like she was getting worse. Her pulmonologist ordered a CT scan, which led to a Pet scan, which led to a biospy. The Pet scan showed a mass in the lung, as well as lymph node. The biopsy showed it was small cell cancer. With no treatment, maybe a couple months. WQ had it backwards and the oncologist said an 80% chance of remission with treatment if it doesn't spread further. It is not really a "curable" cancer, and at some point would likely return somewhere in the body. However, small cell lung cancer is very aggressive, and there is a 40% chance it has moved to her brain. She has an MIR on Wednesday. If it's in her brain, then she will have to decide if she wants to continue treatment. She has lots of support, and I have my wonderful WQ. I do appreciate all of the well wishes sent our way.

We're pulling for your mom and you, Sherry. And you'll find that WQ will be a pillar of strength. Also a lot of people here have prayers coming at you.

 

[Foxfyre]

Good night darlinks. I really do love you guys.

And we continue to pray and/or send good vibes and/or positive thoughts and/or keep vigil for:

Harper (Save's granddaughter),
Pogo’s friend Pat and special comfort for Pogo,
Nosmo's mom,
Rod, GW's partner,
Foxfyre's friend Dana and Aunt Betty,
Kat's sister,
GW's daughter, her friend Sachendra, and Sachendra's husband Bob and son Gary in what is probably Sachendra's last days.
Mrs. Saveliberty with her knee surgery.
The Gracies just because,
Special prayers and/or positive thoughts for Mr. Peach and Peach143 in the coming days and wellness for them both.
Ernie!!!
Boedicca, her dad, brother, and family,
Kat & Mr. Kat in transition,
Hossfly's knee surgery,
Sherry's Mom for treatment to be successful,
All of us and those we care about who are looking for work,
The Ringels in difficult transition and wellness for Ringel,

And the light is left on for Noomi, Freedombecki, Oddball, Spoonman, SFC Ollie, AgainSheila, 007, and all others we hope will return.

 

[Gracie]

I have an ad running in CL. I just hope housemate does not connect the dots that it is us.
Too many people here have said he is charging us wayyyy too much rent for just one room and the conditions we have to live in and that we can get a 1 bedroom apartment for 550 per month. I am tending to agree with them. So...I am hunting now.
Wish I could win the lottery. I could buy a mobile home for 18K that is in a senior park and will allow Karma, space rent at 350 per month. Alas...18k will never happen. So...we need to stay here unless we find something else cuz I don't know if the unit at home will EVER come available.

I was just reading an article this morning--in Forbes I think but not sure--that listed the 20 least affordable places to live in America. Three of them were in NY state, two in Hawaii, and the other fifteen were all along the California coast. Your beach community or that area was #3 on the list I think.

And then I look at so many small towns here in New Mexico and probably other states around here that you can rent a 2 bedroom apartment with a/c, stove, refrigerator, and often washer/dryer furnished for what you are paying for that single bedroom. But you don't have the amenities of an ocean or your Medical and all that. It just seems so unbalanced.

I know. We had a choice before moving here:

1) Stay homeless living in our cars but have great health care.
2) Move north, have a room, kitchen privileges, a bathroom, warmth...but wait 3 months to get on medi-cal here.

Obviously we took option 2. Both of us are finally covered. Even dental.

 

[gallantwarrior]

There has been MUCH new info on cancer treatments, WelfareQueen . They inject something that targets cells...to only attack the cancer cells. And certain veggies can help too. With my cancer...they just cut it out. With lung cancer....what can you do? But chemo kills ALL your good cells. So my question is..prognosis of 2 months is what...to LIVE? And its only 20% chance of remission if she poisons her body with chemo and radiation? Cannot the percentage be better with other treatments?

What I did was google the HELL out of the internet. I learned. I argued with doctors. And made my decisions on what to do. If she only has 2 months to LIVE, then...I will pray extra hard. 20% chance of remission, I will pray. But study all aspects, you and Sherry. Read. Hunt. Prowl. Learn. And go from there along with our prayers.

And you might wanna talk to xotoxi. He helped me A LOT, even though he doesn't think so.

Hello everyone. Been offline a couple of weeks, and responding to this post before catching up with the most recent posts. My Mom had stem cell treatment for her advanced COPD in February. She was discouraged at the lack of results, even though she was told it could take 3-6 months for significant signs of improvement, and it's not proven to work on everyone. She begin to feel like she was getting worse. Her pulmonologist ordered a CT scan, which led to a Pet scan, which led to a biospy. The Pet scan showed a mass in the lung, as well as lymph node. The biopsy showed it was small cell cancer. With no treatment, maybe a couple months. WQ had it backwards and the oncologist said an 80% chance of remission with treatment if it doesn't spread further. It is not really a "curable" cancer, and at some point would likely return somewhere in the body. However, small cell lung cancer is very aggressive, and there is a 40% chance it has moved to her brain. She has an MIR on Wednesday. If it's in her brain, then she will have to decide if she wants to continue treatment. She has lots of support, and I have my wonderful WQ. I do appreciate all of the well wishes sent our way.

How devastating, Sherry! All my best coming to you, WQ, and you mom, most of all. Hoping that things will all come out for the best.