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Sep 9, 2007

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Naked Bear posted:

The especially funny thing about this is that O6 would not be even remotely good pay for the actual, no-poo poo experts (with those years of experience) they want to attract. "Competitive" pay would mean direct commissioning them as an MG, and :lol: you know that's not gonna happen.

I don't know about other fields, but the bulk of medical pay comes in the form of annual/monthly bonuses. While it makes sense that most of your pay is not tied to rank, it has a major drawback if you retire, as retirement pay is based off of base rank pay only. For comparison, a GS physician gets a single salary and thus a higher pension; they have to work longer to get it, though.

The other downside of bonus pay is that you have to go through multiple sets of paperwork for each bonus, watch AFPC like a hawk as they will randomly disappear and they will never pay you back if you don't catch their mistake in time. And if you have a question, I hope you called Karen on the third Thurdsay in May after the chicken bones AND a Magic 8-Ball both said "Signs point to yes" or you will never get a straight answer.

The only point of rank is 1) a slight pay increase and 2) fewer people whose poo poo I have to put up with. I would be much happier if they would just make doctors and nurses G.S. or Public Health Service or something with a straight salary like GS. This would also help with the glut of godawful Nurnels (Nurse Colonels) turning everything they touch to poo poo.

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Sep 9, 2007

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LtCol J. Krusinski posted:

OMFG PTSD LOL PBUH Is my primary account but I don't wanna pay $10 to reactivate it. Original username is Shimazu and that acronym about a homo motard hurts deep down. :(

Your best name was, by far, "Cisnazi Weedhitler".

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Sep 9, 2007

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anatoliy pltkrvkay posted:

is shim truly a single poster or more a state of being?

Historians debate whether "Shim" was one man, many men, or a myth altogether. But those who know such things say that 7 rabbis assembled on Yom Kippur beheld the Almighty himself, who gave them the formula for a new version of the legendary golem. This one would be created from 200 lbs of weed with the magic inscription on his forehead: "SMDFTB", which Jewish tradition holds as the name of the angel of marijuana and intricate fakeposts.

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Sep 9, 2007

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Evil SpongeBob posted:

Drawings of penises (penii?) or drawings done with a penis. You gotta be specific here as I'm sure there are a lot of both kinds.

That av. :stare:

In English, it's "penises". In Latin (from the word for "tail"), it would be "penes" (two syllables).

This has been your penis education minute. Tune in tomorrow for an in-depth discussion of the right way to suck them (hint: it's not from the front).

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Sep 9, 2007

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Loden Taylor posted:

They also make their ranks small as poo poo and wear them on an already dark uniform so good loving luck as to what it is you're supposed to be enunciating if the dude is above E6.

http://terminallance.com/2010/03/02/terminal-lance-17-the-stare/

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Sep 9, 2007

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Since the Army decided to put everyone's rank on their chest, can they finally get rid of the stupid specialist rank? At the joint hospital I used to be at, it was a pain in the rear end telling them from an O5 in the dark when the long walk from the parking lot was unlit.

"Looks kind of old and worn down...probably Lt Col."

"Looks young and clueless...probably enlisted."

"Black...doesn't crack...gently caress can't tell..."

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