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EBB posted:The carbon footprint of that sandwich would make Greta scream Yeah it’s bad, especially how costly and dull it was. I think there was something about needing enough miles within a certain timeframe, which made it like trying to reach level 99 in a game you don’t like before it had to be returned to Blockbuster.
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A Bad Poster posted:This also goes with the narrative of him taking Eric or Don Jr. to a Yankees game when they were in college, and then smacking them around for wearing a jersey and telling them "go put on a loving suit."
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Bored As gently caress posted:It's that and also because the ball wouldn't make it 15 feet, and he'd probably trip and fall while throwing it It's also that no one ever asked him to throw the first pitch
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Hyrax Attack! posted:Yeah it’s bad, especially how costly and dull it was. I think there was something about needing enough miles within a certain timeframe, which made it like trying to reach level 99 in a game you don’t like before it had to be returned to Blockbuster. Right, you generally need to fly a certain amount each year. It could actually save money because depending on levels they could be going from waiving same day change fees or baggage fees or even a club membership.
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Buttcoin purse posted:The fact that rats are stressed at all is news to me, am I supposed to be giving them meds? I'm pretty sure that the takeaway of the study is that having hobbies creates chemical changes in the body affecting stress and also increasing cognitive function.
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Flikken posted:It's also that no one ever asked him to throw the first pitch I think the white members of the Red Sox might.
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Tyro posted:I had a coworker who did that, except she flew from DC to Bangkok, ate a sandwich, and came back. I did the same thing like two years ago when I was 2 segments off a status tier. Miami to tampa, poopd in a lounge and drank beer for an hour, tampa to miami. It's often not worth doing so any more and mileage runs are nearly extinct in biz travel now apart from very narrow circumstances.
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Anyone ever have lionfish? Kinda curious if they taste good.
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hobbesmaster posted:Right, you generally need to fly a certain amount each year. It could actually save money because depending on levels they could be going from waiving same day change fees or baggage fees or even a club membership. And the flight somewhere and right back is generally called a mileage run. But the airlines are shifting away from status based on distance travelled. Right now it's a combination of distance travelled and amount spent and the trend is moving more toward straight spend. In a few years it will likely just be about total dollars spent and distance won't be a factor. That shift however is eliminating the mileage run as a thing. When it was just distance, people would try to find a super cheap fare with a long distance and go for it. Right now, the people who are likely to end up a bit short on mileage are likely to be travellers who will be way short on the spend requirements. There are still some tricks to work around this but almost all of them involve international travel and higher fare classes. It used to be something where someone might spend $100 or $200 to do it, but now it's going be more likely to cost $1000 to $2000 to do it. I'm sure there will still be some weird edge cases where the $100 flight still gets it done for someone but the number of people doing those flights has generally been trending downward.
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BigDave posted:Anyone ever have lionfish? Kinda curious if they taste good. I have. They're tasty  I cooked them up in vegetables and sauces/spices like a stir fry, but they're supposed to be really good in ceviche too. The intern I work with grinds them up and makes taco meat out of them, she says its really good. There was a place I drove by in Bonaire earlier this month that makes burgers out of them, but we didn't get there before closing any of the days I was there 
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BigDave posted:Anyone ever have lionfish? Kinda curious if they taste good. I've seen restaurants advertising lion fish soup before but I've never tried it. And yeah, gently caress lion fish in non-indian ocean oceans
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My fiancée (soon to be wife in a few hours hooooly poo poo lol) says her backup plan if her career goes to poo poo is to open a restaurant where all the dishes are based around invasive species. Lionfish sorbet anyone?
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pantslesswithwolves posted:My fiancée (soon to be wife in a few hours hooooly poo poo lol) says her backup plan if her career goes to poo poo is to open a restaurant where all the dishes are based around invasive species. Lionfish sorbet anyone? 
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Thomamelas posted:And the flight somewhere and right back is generally called a mileage run. But the airlines are shifting away from status based on distance travelled. Right now it's a combination of distance travelled and amount spent and the trend is moving more toward straight spend. In a few years it will likely just be about total dollars spent and distance won't be a factor. That shift however is eliminating the mileage run as a thing. Yup, it will screw government travelers too, with the mandatory city pair rates. Glad I got off the 100K+ mile a year travel train when I did.
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Hell you had people who made a profit just flying obscene mileage runs and getting multipliers from rewards cards and programs and then using them all for free vacations. It was insane.
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"DURRRRR, YOU'RE EITHER UNINFORMED OR MISINFORMED, NEWS IS BAD!!" I hate when idiots want to talk politics at drill.
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Casimir Radon posted:"DURRRRR, YOU'RE EITHER UNINFORMED OR MISINFORMED, NEWS IS BAD!!" Well there's your problem
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:Well there's your problem
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pantslesswithwolves posted:My fiancée (soon to be wife in a few hours hooooly poo poo lol) says her backup plan if her career goes to poo poo is to open a restaurant where all the dishes are based around invasive species. Lionfish sorbet anyone? Congrats man!
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At a yellow ribbon event and there’s always one doofus asking ten thousand “what if” questions.
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LingcodKilla posted:At a yellow ribbon event and there’s always one doofus asking ten thousand “what if” questions. I hope you at least traveled somewhere you wanted to go for it or it is close enough to not be a hassle. We were able to visit friends and see a nearby city where'd wanted to go see
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Nick Soapdish posted:I hope you at least traveled somewhere you wanted to go for it or it is close enough to not be a hassle. We were able to visit friends and see a nearby city where'd wanted to go see No, utter bullshit trip to Spokane. Who the gently caress wants to fly to Spokane? We dropped a bill at ClinkerDagger for dinner last night, it was delicious. Try the wagu meatloaf Wellington if you get a chance. Other than that we could have watched this from VTC and spoke with people on the phone.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:My fiancée (soon to be wife in a few hours hooooly poo poo lol) says her backup plan if her career goes to poo poo is to open a restaurant where all the dishes are based around invasive species. Lionfish sorbet anyone? Grats! Bowties are the best traditional fidget spinner to occupy you for the 45 minutes before you walk down to the aisle
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Nick Soapdish posted:I hope you at least traveled somewhere you wanted to go for it or it is close enough to not be a hassle. We were able to visit friends and see a nearby city where'd wanted to go see I skipped the one for my last mobilization because lol no I'm not going to goddamn Fort Worth. Gonna skip this one too because lol Fort Worth again? Or Norfolk as the next option? gently caress you.
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It's good to meet people in person, assign faces to names, and so forth, but the military has spoiled this by making many offices so min-manned that most of the time on the road it's just like "welp I wonder how high the endless pile is right now." Also mandatory fun on business trips. Just give downtime and people will figure it out. pantslesswithwolves posted:My fiancée (soon to be wife in a few hours hooooly poo poo lol) says her backup plan if her career goes to poo poo is to open a restaurant where all the dishes are based around invasive species. Lionfish sorbet anyone? Congratulations! I hope she throws a bouquet of wisteria and Japanese honeysuckle 
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As an aside, “just give downtime to people and let them figure it out” is, in hindsight, the dumbest loving directive you can give a bunch of enlisted combat arms idiots.
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LingcodKilla posted:Didn’t think I had an option. My option is not loving going to any yellow ribbon events. They didn't make me last time and this time I'm a terminal O4.
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Stultus Maximus posted:My option is not loving going to any yellow ribbon events. Oh well E5. So yeah
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Congrats PWW!
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Kesper North posted:I love diving. This was super interesting to read about, just saying
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colachute posted:As an aside, “just give downtime to people and let them figure it out” is, in hindsight, the dumbest loving directive you can give a bunch of enlisted combat arms idiots. good lord, you let them leave the base?
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The coolest thing I ever saw diving was Whale Sharks in Thailand. They loving rule and are easy to keep up with as long as you don't try to follow their changes in depth Also got caught in a pack of bull sharks. I pretty much pissed and poo poo myself at the same time when I realized those long dark shapes in the blue were 2-3m long sharks.
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MA-Horus posted:The coolest thing I ever saw diving was Whale Sharks in Thailand. They loving rule and are easy to keep up with as long as you don't try to follow their changes in depth I dove with whale sharks once and it was amazing. Didn't have to worry about depth changes because it was at the Georgia Aquarium.
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While we're on the subject The Last Dive is one of my favorite books
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I don't know how the hell you get the stones to dive. It always sounds cool, but when I get to really thinking about it, no. That would be terrifying.
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BigDave posted:Anyone ever have lionfish? Kinda curious if they taste good. Lionfish is supposed to be really tasty but I dunno if I want to eat lionfish when apparently they are a concentration point for ciguatera, which is pretty nasty.
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