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Jimmy4400nav posted:Depends on if you're looking to buy or rent. Oak Harbor is a bit cheaper but pickings can be slim. Anacortes is nice, but like tou said its a more expensive and your main commute is over Deception Pass, is not always bad but if theres a traffic snarl good luck. Yeah I have a wife who wants to start trying to have kids and 2 dogs so I think we’ll be looking to buy. Unfortunately the house prices are nearly double for a similar size/quality home as the house I own as a primary instructor at Whiting.
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TidePods4Lunch posted:Yeah I have a wife who wants to start trying to have kids and 2 dogs so I think we’ll be looking to buy. Unfortunately the house prices are nearly double for a similar size/quality home as the house I own as a primary instructor at Whiting. You're in for sticker shock on a lot of stuff.
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Houses may be expensive but at least the fishing is better compared to Kitsap county. It’s the little things in life.
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Welcome to the group, Kalessin of Selidor. This is a solid group, but understand. We're nobles. Thus, never brag or say how good you are at stupid poo poo. Because it doesn't matter at all and only makes you look like a dumbass. I hope that you're a good EDO. When we were trying to clean out the berthings on the FITZ, we had an EDO supply us with super basic PPE. When we kept running into Japanese contractors with heavy filters and thick suits, we asked why we were only given very basic masks and thin coveralls. We were told that the PPE was fine and that's all we needed to clean out the berthings. This was told to us repeatedly at meeting with the acting CO, XO, department heads, my DCC, and me present. Que my going on leave in July. I get a call at the airport from our WEPS saying that the EDO told us were never authorized to clean out the berthings with the PPE we were given. This, as you can imagine, did not go over well, and the EDO was fired by the acting CO. Because he lied. So, don't lie, and be honest about things. Anyway, welcome to the Navy chat.
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Dingleberry posted:
This should probably be the new thread title.
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The Valley Stared posted:Welcome to the group, Kalessin of Selidor. This is a solid group, but understand. We're nobles. Thus, never brag or say how good you are at stupid poo poo. Because it doesn't matter at all and only makes you look like a dumbass. Unfortunately we sometimes get folks that only lat transfer to escape SWO and sub life until they can eke out enough years for retirement. Sorry that of all times you had to run into one of our worst like that. Realistically my career is instead on the line for being honest when the Navy says to lie.
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The Valley Stared posted:but understand. We're nobles.
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Kalessin ofSelidor posted:Ok... so just gonna say here comes the candid tiredbrainposting: but ffs the “noble” label always rubbed me wrong (and yes i fell for classic trollbait trying to validate on the interwebs earlier i get that)... it’s just that i have yet to meet any officer or enlisted that grew up poorer so yeah, “noble” is a trigger and yeah constantly been living the life of trying to prove poo poo... hell, even my folks working for me that i called up west african embassies and wrote letters of recommendation to help them get their spouses approved to move here grew up with more wealth than my dirtpoor fam. so sure next time i get the urge to try to slide into a goon thread with the ultimate plan of eventually opening up as a resource for some of our at risk sailors i’ll promptly stfu instead. I think you are reading into the moniker a bit too much. Don't take getting made fun of so seriously and you will enjoy GiP more.
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Noble is like the gentlest ribbing you can possibly give an officer. I called a 4 star a noble once at an all call and he laughed his rear end off. Be more like him. If people were really trying to upset you or rag on you we’d have chased you off by now. The guys and gals on this sub forum can be the kindest most supportive people on the net- or they can just as easily write you off as an uptight tool and you can be our new m0t and be ostracized for your trouble. Just to educate you, the woman that was giving you advice earlier- The Valley Stared, she was the DCA on the Fitzgerald when it had that collision at sea. She’s a loving super hero, and if she’s being kind and generous enough to give you a little insight about GiP you should definitely listen to her. I think you’ll like it here, you just gotta lighten up a bit. You’ll always be known as a noble here, just laugh and remember you make the big bucks compared to your average petty officer. It’s like... a tiny price to pay, compared to the benefits of being an officer.
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Aug 10, 2019 06:36
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Don't worry, us ring knockers will always bear the main brunt.
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I just want to go on record that I hate all of you equally, but not as much as myself or the Navy as an institution 
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Aug 10, 2019 12:21
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I wish we weren't nobles. Having to constantly put down peasant uprisings is a real distraction from the cocktail party circuit.
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Aug 10, 2019 12:50
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ManMythLegend posted:I wish we weren't nobles. Having to constantly put down peasant uprisings is a real distraction from the cocktail party circuit. Listen, we all know that the E-4 mafia runs the military. The nobles are just figure heads. 
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Aug 10, 2019 12:53
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the figure head is the one only O-6 and above are allowed to use
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ManMythLegend posted:I wish we weren't nobles. Having to constantly put down peasant uprisings is a real distraction from the cocktail party circuit. Hey at least your peasants aren’t unionized. You ever have to deal with a grievance because the boat’s satellite TV system shat the bed?
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Kalessin ofSelidor posted:Ok... so just gonna say here comes the candid tiredbrainposting: but ffs the “noble” label always rubbed me wrong (and yes i fell for classic trollbait trying to validate on the interwebs earlier i get that)... it’s just that i have yet to meet any officer or enlisted that grew up poorer so yeah, “noble” is a trigger and yeah constantly been living the life of trying to prove poo poo... hell, even my folks working for me that i called up west african embassies and wrote letters of recommendation to help them get their spouses approved to move here grew up with more wealth than my dirtpoor fam. so sure next time i get the urge to try to slide into a goon thread with the ultimate plan of eventually opening up as a resource for some of our at risk sailors i’ll promptly stfu instead. Yes m'lord, sorry to offend m'lord, won't forget how bad m'lord has had it, always been quite kind to us down here *bows deeply at waist, shuffling backwards out of officer country* *wearing "salt and peppers" while working as a waiter in the wardroom* US Berder Patrol fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Aug 10, 2019 |
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*enlists because his family is too jacked up to fill out FAFSA and too poor to afford state college tuition*
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I'd recommend reading back a bit, it might unknot the Sir's panties.
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ManMythLegend posted:I wish we weren't nobles. Having to constantly put down peasant uprisings is a real distraction from the cocktail party circuit. You can always pay half of us to kill the other half. Cash or magic cards will be good.
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Aug 10, 2019 16:08
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Also join the discord. Or have your manservant do it for you. Either way.
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 just Hey, who else is in better shape out of the navy than in? Life is so much better post-hip surgery. Kalessin ofSelidor posted:Ok... so just gonna say here comes the candid tiredbrainposting: but ffs the “noble” label always rubbed me wrong (and yes i fell for classic trollbait trying to validate on the interwebs earlier i get that)... it’s just that i have yet to meet any officer or enlisted that grew up poorer so yeah, “noble” is a trigger and yeah constantly been living the life of trying to prove poo poo... hell, even my folks working for me that i called up west african embassies and wrote letters of recommendation to help them get their spouses approved to move here grew up with more wealth than my dirtpoor fam. so sure next time i get the urge to try to slide into a goon thread with the ultimate plan of eventually opening up as a resource for some of our at risk sailors i’ll promptly stfu instead. some of the people here grew up in trailer houses. there are people of all backgrounds here with the unifying factor that we're all a bunch of loving nerds talking on the internet on a 20 year old website. don't take things so serious.
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Aug 10, 2019 16:24
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To be clear, it's Noble as in Paris, 1793.
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Aug 10, 2019 16:38
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Here I am, heading to reserves fun times, when someone dies on the plane. I blame the Navy.
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piL posted:To be clear, it's Noble as in Paris, 1793. Speak for yourself. I'm a Noble as in Daneland, c800. 
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Aug 10, 2019 18:43
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The LPO of one of my divisions picked up CPO this year but is now injured and nondeployable thanks to chiefery. Good thing submarines usually have lots of buffer in their manning to support losing a top performer.
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Hey man CPO gently caress gently caress games are important to the integrity of The Mess.
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Aug 10, 2019 19:34
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Why can't they just teabag each other like normal people.
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FrozenVent posted:Hey at least your peasants aren’t unionized. You ever have to deal with a grievance because the boat’s satellite TV system shat the bed? I nearly had a mutiny over "no Facebook on watch." The audacity of them ensuring they produced no more and no faster than when they had Facebook gave my noble self the vapors but I gotta admit, it was some of the best coordinated teamwork the watch team had demonstrated thus far in that deployment.
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Cerekk posted:picked up CPO [...] losing a top performer.  Mutual exclusivity
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Kalessin ofSelidor posted:Ok... so just gonna say here comes the candid tiredbrainposting: but ffs the “noble” label always rubbed me wrong (and yes i fell for classic trollbait trying to validate on the interwebs earlier i get that)... it’s just that i have yet to meet any officer or enlisted that grew up poorer so yeah, “noble” is a trigger and yeah constantly been living the life of trying to prove poo poo... hell, even my folks working for me that i called up west african embassies and wrote letters of recommendation to help them get their spouses approved to move here grew up with more wealth than my dirtpoor fam. so sure next time i get the urge to try to slide into a goon thread with the ultimate plan of eventually opening up as a resource for some of our at risk sailors i’ll promptly stfu instead. Wut?
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Now I'm curious if the later diesel-electric subsmight've actually smelled better because they had to be surfaced and open to the air for extended periods. I mean probably not because the sanitary facilities were next to nonexistent by modern standards but I doubt they smelled like cat piss. The "submarine smell" is a chemical compound, specifically amine. Amine is used in the carbon dioxide scrubbers, and the smell is prevalent throughout the hull, regardless if the submarine is surfaced or submerged. If you walk on top of a submarine and and stand over/look down the hatch the smell will waft up and hit you in the face. The chemical traces permeate clothing, so if you return home after working on a submarine and toss your clothes in a pile, that pile will smell like "submarine" so much so to the extent that housemates, girlfriends, and spouses that have never been on a submarine know what they smell like. Things may have changed since I got out in '12, but I doubt it. When I was stationed at NRMD I had the opportunity to visit about 15-20 different submarines and they all had the distinct odor.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:The "submarine smell" is a chemical compound, specifically amine. Neat, never knew this. That's definitely not the aircraft carrier smell, which is a mix of paint, JP-5, lubricating oil, non-skid coating, BO, nicotine, and farts. When I was a volunteer at the Midway Museum and my mother visited me she said the smell of my work clothes reminded her immediately of the years my dad spent on the TR in the 80s. Same drat smell. Vincent Van Goatse fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Aug 10, 2019 |
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Yeah, I was on the Lincoln and then precommed the Bush, and both of those had a very distinct and same Aircraft Carrier smell. In my mind, the smell of depression.
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Aug 10, 2019 23:37
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My coveralls still smell like aircraft carrier.
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My wife sure knows what HSFO smells like you Navy guys are missing out on black oil shenanigans
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orange juche posted:My coveralls still smell like aircraft carrier. The only thing I kept when I got out of the Navy were my coveralls. I kept them so that everytime I moved, which I hate doing, I could throw away a pair and re-live, however briefly, the great and immense joy I felt the day I left the Navy. Unfortunately I have now moved enough that I no longer have any Navy uniforms to throw away, and am left only with my FTN tattoo to remind me of just how god drat good it felt to get out of the Navy. (And this post too, now, haha!)
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I spent six months on a salt boat. Hauling salt. In bulk. Salt doesn’t smell, but it makes your gear crinkle. It’s been almost ten years and my winter coveralls still don’t fold right.
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IncredibleIgloo posted:The "submarine smell" is a chemical compound, specifically amine. Thought this said anime and didn't have a second thought about it.
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