Gray Ghost
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The post is here: [ame=http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=20987]VentureRider Caps - VentureRider.Org[/ame] or go to: http://www.c-edesign.com/venturerider.htm
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Glad this phase is over for you. I hope the healing process goes well for you all.
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Thanks Boomer. My "movie" was a lot drier than Nam. I have to tell you though, when someone says Welcome home, I think about the line from the movie where they are about to deploy. I can't phrase it right but it was about home being with your fellow soldiers. Guess that I kinda agreed with that. Spent the first couple months back in the states PO'ed that I wasn't still with my team. But thanks for the welcome, and welcome home to you as well. The Army has a program now where they allow some of the guys that were badly wounded, amputees, etc. go back to the places they were at when they had to be evacuated so that they can get some closure by leaving on their own.
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If you aren't familiar with the IA Drang valley and the actions of men like Freeman watch the movie, We Were Soldiers Once, and Young. Or better yet, read the book. I have a tough time watching some of the movie but I think it is one of the better movies I have seen.
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Glad you are back on a bike.
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knowledgable computer people..need your opinion
Gray Ghost replied to Cinderella's topic in Watering Hole
Ditto on everyone having their own opinion. I have had very good luck with HP. Took an older one to Iraq fully expecting it to die from the heat, but it never missed a beat. I carted it many miles traveling for work before going over, and of course it got some rough travels there. I have replaced it with a bigger HP, have a 17" now. Suggestion. If you plan on traveling with it on the bike and are not doing any resource intensive work on it, go with a netbook. I see a lot of folks traveling with them now and the ones who have them at work are very pleased. And in the space saved you can carry more bon-bons and crumpets. -
Every time I ride in Florida it seems to be monsoon season. The last time I was there on a bike we were riding on a poker run, and it started raining so hard that we couldn't see the side of the road to pull off. Our only choice was to ride slowly forward until it let up. It is a beautiful state, but y'all really need to get a switch on the old rain maker.
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I rode a KLR up in Alaska. Was good to go some places that I darn sure wouldn't have gone on the Venture. Pretty bike, enjoy your rides.
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In 1919 the Army sent a convoy from Washington D.C. to California. There is a group retracing the route. More information can be found here: http://www.army.mil/convoy/. I wish I was close enough to see this and that I had found out about it sooner.
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Is that kinda like buying something "Made in China" here in the US? :>
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I have been aware for some time that our Canadian friends have done more to stand with us than they sometimes get credit for. There was a Canadian forces major stationed here as a liaison just before I deployed. He spent a lot of off duty time working with the USO at the Atlanta airport, meeting troops coming in on R&R and in general being more supportive than most of us. He even asked permission, but was denied, to deploy to Iraq alongside some of our folks. And since this is Canada Day, thanks to all our Canadian vets out there. Your sacrifices are appreciated and respected.
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Happy Canada Day. That means it's only 30 days till summer, right:snow: Hope it was a good one for you all.
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I won't be there, but don't forget that the Hofbrauhaus is in Newport. Good German beer and decent german food.
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Old style military motorcycles had a scabbard, much like the cowboys in the old west (and probably Australia also), had on their horses. Seems like something like that would work. Actually as I think of it, the Iraqi army had some Kawasaki bikes set up for their scouts that had a plastic "bucket" for that purpose. Wish I had taken photos of it but I didn't. Anyway it is a sweet looking ride. Hope you get many miles on it.
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No, only one stake per rope. A couple of links for you. The first is an extract of a manual showing graphically how to set up the tent. http://www.olive-drab.com/archive/fm21-15_p68-71.pdf. The site that contained the link above that has photos: http://www.olive-drab.com/od_soldiers_gear_shelter_half.php.
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It looked to me like you had your lines staked a little too close to the tent. A little further out should give you a little more tautness. We didn't have a ground cover, dug a small trench around the outline so that any water would run around rather than through. But sometimes that didn't work so good. The overall tent is waterproof, but don't touch the inside when it is raining or you would get a leak. I have stayed in one set up in the German mountains in November, snow piled up against the sides. Waterproof, but definately lets in the cold. Alternative method is to make a tanker roll. Lay a shelterhalf out on the ground, put down the air mattress (which never held air), then poncho, then sleeping bag. Get in bag and pull the rest of the poncho over the top and you have a pretty decent sleep arrangement without having to put up with a tentmate.
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I didn't think Canada had roads. I mean it is always snow season up there, so how can they have any real roads?
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Thanks for posting this, Rosebud. I appreciate the way you look after the troops. BTW, for Superbowl, the troops got to have beer - the real stuff. I believe that they are going to have beer for them on the fourth as well.
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Lewis, is it possible to register just for the weekend?
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I cannot complain about the treatment I am getting from the VA. I have read the stories about the OIF/OEF vets having to fill out reams of paper and prove their finances before being treated, etc. I think the form I filled out was about two pages, and as an OIF vet I get treatment for 5 years at the highest priority without proving any financials. My hearing is service connected so I will get treated for that for life. The hearing aids I have been issued appear to be top of the line from what I read online. Cost between 5,000 to 6,000 for the pair, not counting the bluetooth adaptor and remote control. Things are a lot better now than they were a few years ago, and the new head of the VA, retired Gen Shinsheki is a man that I greatly admire. I believe that things are gonna continue to improve with him driving the train.
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For those of you with VA issued hearing aids. Today they issued me a hands-free "necklace" for my hearing aids. It is bluetooth and connects well with my cell phone (also has an audio jack on it for MP3 players, etc). I thought I was hearing pretty well on the phone until now. BIG difference. Now this thing has a square box about 1/2 inch thick that hangs around my neck. The microphones are about a foot from my mouth. I had the wife call me while I was out on my bike and she was able to hear me even over the wind noise. Don't plan on using it for long conversations while riding, but at least now I will be able to answer the phone and get pulled over to the side for the conversation instead of having to try and figure out who it was after I finally get pulled over. And the music piece is pretty nice too. I can listen to my jams at work without the headphones giving away my secret. The device is called an Icom and came in a Phonak box.
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It is possible that the armory was hit by a BRAC action. The Army closed a lot of armories in small areas. The one my Dad served out of for years is now used for offices of other organizations. I did a search on a National Guard site and found these armories listed in a 50 mile radius of Semmes. 9055 Tanner Williams Rd, Mobile; 1630 South Broad Street, Mobile; 550 Fairwood Blvd, Fairhope; 315 East Jessamine Ave, Foley. None of them were listed as being a Signal unit. If it isn't listed there, it was probably closed. You could also call a local National Guard recruiter and get the straight scoop.
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You would have to send him a PM or email. I know he gets busy sometimes.
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The set that Beer30 makes would be hard to beat, no matter what the price. It has made my life easier since I got them.
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I took Under Armour and a brand called merino (I think) that I bought in Target over to the sandbox. Both worked fairly well, but I think the Under Armour work better on a long ride. Any wicking material should do well as long as any seams are not on a pressure point.