tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post4072623310834018270..comments2024-03-28T18:36:50.250-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: FUBAR¹OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22051072783848590702023-02-10T16:44:06.162-08:002023-02-10T16:44:06.162-08:00Brilliant!Brilliant!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24604430775356808452023-02-10T15:40:36.356-08:002023-02-10T15:40:36.356-08:00(I may have posted this before) The original Mercu...(I may have posted this before) The original Mercury astronauts were put through every medical and psychological test the docs could think of. One was being given the Rorschach test. In the pack of ink blots is a blank white sheet as a control. The astronaut studied it carefully, then said "but it's upside down". The shrink looked at it himself and turned it around. Gotcha!Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40134053500765829452023-02-10T05:59:30.052-08:002023-02-10T05:59:30.052-08:00Oh yeah.Oh yeah.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38500654432031631332023-02-09T21:49:18.265-08:002023-02-09T21:49:18.265-08:00Sometimes I feel like the dead guy in rigor, behin...Sometimes I feel like the dead guy in rigor, behind the no effs guy!Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72087477812954771902023-02-09T20:54:04.703-08:002023-02-09T20:54:04.703-08:00Sometimes a cigar ...Sometimes a cigar ...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9532452237689074452023-02-09T20:53:37.615-08:002023-02-09T20:53:37.615-08:00"An inkblot on a folded piece of paper."..."An inkblot on a folded piece of paper." Heh.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22164368573725813722023-02-09T20:53:12.974-08:002023-02-09T20:53:12.974-08:005 page rant? Yes, please!5 page rant? Yes, please!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75507559962564162832023-02-09T20:52:49.080-08:002023-02-09T20:52:49.080-08:00I'll have to track that down!I'll have to track that down!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27252773662457606362023-02-09T20:23:32.282-08:002023-02-09T20:23:32.282-08:00Anonymous - that is exactly my thought. In fact, i...Anonymous - that is exactly my thought. In fact, it is where I find myself today. In something like 15 years I have gone from someone with some level of investment in the system to not caring if it continues in many ways. For any culture or society, such a development is not a healthy thing. In H.Beam Piper's Space Viking, two characters are talking about how societies fall apart. One, of course, is war. The other is settling out as people become less and less interested in keeping the civilization they have going.<br /><br />The book, if you have not read it, is one of the best political statements masquerading as a science fiction novel (as are many of Piper's works).Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80113825023651140942023-02-09T19:16:01.006-08:002023-02-09T19:16:01.006-08:00Re: the last. Yes, I have said that when talking...Re: the last. Yes, I have said that when talking to a shrink. Pissed him off to no end. Makes me wonder what was wrong with him that he could see something in an inkblot.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33262237938545061812023-02-09T19:14:53.067-08:002023-02-09T19:14:53.067-08:00Or just repeat, "An inkblot on a folded piece...Or just repeat, "An inkblot on a folded piece of paper."Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55460171244700404632023-02-09T19:14:20.679-08:002023-02-09T19:14:20.679-08:00And I'll go off on a 5 page rant about modern ...And I'll go off on a 5 page rant about modern art.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32124147586283596312023-02-09T15:15:41.420-08:002023-02-09T15:15:41.420-08:00Stands to reason. 😎Stands to reason. 😎OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-64705240121772256722023-02-09T15:14:40.834-08:002023-02-09T15:14:40.834-08:00Crusty Old TV Tech here. And Crusty will say it b...Crusty Old TV Tech here. And Crusty will say it belongs on the wall in some BAOR regimental headquarters somewhere...or, it looks like an antenna. All I ever see in those ink blots is antennas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40868443683729921502023-02-09T10:03:31.586-08:002023-02-09T10:03:31.586-08:00Heh, now I'm really excited!Heh, now I'm really excited!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45880114466348928002023-02-09T10:02:55.358-08:002023-02-09T10:02:55.358-08:00Anon - Another good point.Anon - Another good point.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22241914484131573812023-02-09T10:02:29.811-08:002023-02-09T10:02:29.811-08:00Beans the 2nd - Moi aussi ...Beans the 2nd - <i>Moi aussi ...</i>OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84564189787627031242023-02-09T10:01:39.736-08:002023-02-09T10:01:39.736-08:00Beans the 1st - Good point, they DID have them.Beans the 1st - Good point, they DID have them.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74253948718164079062023-02-09T10:00:08.656-08:002023-02-09T10:00:08.656-08:00They still aren't doing so. (Die Deutscher ......They still aren't doing so. (<i>Die Deutscher</i> ...)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69943568423869322832023-02-09T09:57:13.904-08:002023-02-09T09:57:13.904-08:00That's it- "No investment in the system&q...That's it- "No investment in the system" or perhaps, no investment LEFT- Maybe people are walking away from their sunk costs. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63745503265469116372023-02-09T09:52:47.467-08:002023-02-09T09:52:47.467-08:00And deeply troubling analysees coming in 3... 2......And deeply troubling analysees coming in 3... 2... 1....<br /><br />juvat will say everything looks like a target.<br /><br />LL will say everything looks like the aftermath of targeting.<br /><br />scottthebadger will say everything looks like the aftermath of a hung-over badger.<br /><br />and so on and so forth...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-53403843994534675362023-02-09T09:50:40.400-08:002023-02-09T09:50:40.400-08:00As to 'The person with nothing to lose' co...As to 'The person with nothing to lose' concept, I've been waiting since Barky the Lightbringer's reign of terror for some old fart who has lost family and is now alone to go postal. Apparently so has the FedGov because they firmly believe that some old fart et al is much more of a threat than illegal immigrants, drug cartels, street gangs, Red China or Iran or the Norks or, well, just about anything else.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32685525822861307872023-02-09T09:48:36.808-08:002023-02-09T09:48:36.808-08:00They had them. In America, during the Rev War, Co...They had them. In America, during the Rev War, Committees of Correspondence. Other groups did the same, disseminating information (some good, some bad) through letters, through church meetings, through fraternal organizations and other groups. There were even people printing and posting evil memes, of course printing on paper and gluing the pages up on walls and anything slow moving.<br /><br />Teh Interwebs just made it faster and easier.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21500247745153384792023-02-09T09:46:05.525-08:002023-02-09T09:46:05.525-08:00Which we paid for with our hard earned tax dollars...Which we paid for with our hard earned tax dollars while some countries (cough, Germany, cough cough) slacked off and didn't meet their commitments...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19660744737199294342023-02-09T09:43:22.254-08:002023-02-09T09:43:22.254-08:00Now that sounds like a capital idea. Stay tuned!Now that sounds like a capital idea. Stay tuned!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com