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Old 11-06-2005, 10:52 AM   #13
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Jack Burton
 

Join Date: May 15, 2001
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 41
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Originally posted by Felix The Assassin:
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Originally posted by Link:
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Originally posted by Felix The Assassin:
That has got to be a true bummer! What if anything, can be done to petetion?
Well you're a big help. The guy comes in here to ask a question and all you do is fuel the fire. Sorry, mate, but it seems that everywhere I see your replies they're either about "The army is the only place to be, and I served in the army so give me some kudo's" or this sort of crap. As if we're all waiting for that to happen. [/QUOTE]I did offer help, but you were to predisposed on another vignette to fully see it. "Kudos" That is what my 14 yr old likes for snacks after a 15Km hike!
But, if you feel obliged to jump into the fire, then by all means jump! Just understand, Zebo and I share a vision, thou they were different times and era's, the vision is still the same!

What help have you offered?
[/QUOTE]Let me start by saying that I don't give a rat's ass about me making spelling errors. The fact that I actually try to type grammatically correct English as a non-native speaker makes your abbrevations ("thou"?!) seem even worse than mine. I have yet to come across a single American who comes to the Netherlands(*) trying to talk Dutch(*).
(*)=insert random European country and language here.

On our little discussion-topic; I mentioned before that it irks me to see people who glorify the army, the service to their country and the likes. Just two days ago I was watching this program on Discovery Channel about the top-10 of 'Most Powerful War Machines / Weapons". They even bothered to illustrate the destructive force of one of the Apache's missiles (costing over 40,000 USD a piece). Don't take me wrong, though, I don't bear any grudge to you personally. It's just because you are Ironworks shining star when it comes to this matter that I turned to you.
The fact of the matter is (in my opinion, anyway) that your posts seem to contain a black and white vision most of the times, never settling (quite enough) for the large grey area in between. Frankly speaking, I'm beginning to think you don't believe in compromises.

Thought you'd like to know.
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