Random thought of the moment.

[RANGER513]

Is it wrong to cause the taxpayers to spend $5K on a beer run?

Taxpayers spend $ 5K about every 5 minutes on illegals here in the U.S., so go ahead and get some more beer !!!!!

[Lefty]

Naw- I know of entire rural communities that have been doing it for generations.

...and my fraternity on football weekends....

...and Packer fans this weekend.....

[KW Driver]

Naw- I know of entire rural communities that have been doing it for generations.

...and my fraternity on football weekends....

...and Packer fans this weekend.....

yeah, but there was just four of us.

[Baseplate]

Does every gym in America have that one dork that stands around flexing in the mirror for 2 hours each day? And if so is this numbnut something that comes free when the gym buys x amount of treadmills?

[RangerX]

Does every gym in America have that one dork that stands around flexing in the mirror for 2 hours each day? And if so is this numbnut something that comes free when the gym buys x amount of treadmills?

Just one? you must go to a small gym.....

[mortar_guy78]

Does every gym in America have that one dork that stands around flexing in the mirror for 2 hours each day? And if so is this numbnut something that comes free when the gym buys x amount of treadmills?

Is he any relation to the guy who counts out his reps at a ridiculously loud volume while making faces in the mirror and trying to make sure that everyone knows how hard he is working?

[Lefty]

Does every gym in America have that one dork that stands around flexing in the mirror for 2 hours each day? And if so is this numbnut something that comes free when the gym buys x amount of treadmills?

Is he any relation to the guy who counts out his reps at a ridiculously loud volume while making faces in the mirror and trying to make sure that everyone knows how hard he is working?

Or the guy so loaded with gold chains, bracelets, and rings that he doesn't need the hand weights?

[RANGER513]

Peanutbutter and Doritoes sammwiches with a tall glass of cold milk are a good midnight snack while patrolling through the threads on ArmyRanger.com

[bandycpa]

Holy crap: I learned today that a late 20's or early 30's college grad I work with has never even heard of the book "1984". He tried to explain that the reason he probably hadn't heard of it was because 1984 was before he was in school...

Yikes.

And it gets worse as you get more aged. After so many blank stares at one of your witty references to someting old, you just tell them, GOOGLE IT!

Recently at the office everyone was talking about "facts" so I said "Just the facts, ma'am"

Blank stares

So I said, you know, like Joe Friday

More blank stares

Then I said, you know, like Joe Friday in Dragnet.

Absolute blank stares, with a little apprehension creeping in.......

Fahchrissakes, haven't any of you ever heard of Jack Webb, Dragnet, etc. etc????

Uh, no.

Slunk back to my office.

At my office, my staff mentions some kind of a catalog called a Blue Book. I have no idea what it is. They look at me like I grew horns out of my head or something. To piss 'em off, I say "Oh yeah, I heard about that...on "The History Channel". Smart ass accountants are more common than one would think.

On the flip side, the kids I coach on our soccer team and help with in the school have no idea who Lynyrd Skynyrd is (they say "I've never heard of *him*") or can't remember when Saturday mornings involved real cartoons with flattened coyotes and shot-up ducks.

Such is Age 41, the no-man's land of cultural references.

[bandycpa]

At my office, my staff mentions some kind of a catalog called a Blue Book. I have no idea what it is. They look at me like I grew horns out of my head or something...

People in your office make reference to Blue Book ? Ummmmm, unless these are meant as amusing obscure references as a part of casual office banter, I wouldn't make this public.

Ranger Lunch, apparently the Blue Book they speak of was a precursor to the Sears Wish Book Catalog. At least, that's what they tell me.....

[KW Driver]

"An Idiot Abroad" is awesome. Carl is my hero

[NeverSayDie]

Feels good to be back into ROTC. I was missing the whole routine. Joint FTX tomorrow at Cornell.