Dear Nrchy,
I am a 20-year Retired Navy Man myself. Spent most of my time deployed in the Pacific or West Coast. Used to shop in Worlds largest shopping Mall in Hong Kong, before it became part of China. Remember my ship visiting a U.S. Navy Base in the Phillipines, when there was still a Navy Base there. Remember being stationed on a Ship off of the coast of Somalia during, "Black Hawk Down". I was there in the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War. I just wanted to thank everyone for the opportunity to serve this great Nation of ours. Every other place that I have been, is a very nice place to visit, but only makes me appreciate our own great Country even more! |
Finsup. My Stepfather was a TechSargent in the U.S.A.F. He worked on ICBM's at McConnell A.F.B. in Wichita, Kansas. He was also stationed at Ellsworth A.F.B. in Rapid City, South Dakota. I enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1982, Retired in 2002. Spent most of my Naval Career in the Pacific. Stationed at Pearl for a while. Visited the Phillipines, Hong Kong, South Africa, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, while on deployment. Loved getting a chance to visit other Countries, miss that about the Service. |
Still can't get over just how lucky we really are in this Country, Finsup. Even with a Recession, Unemployment, Housing Market the way it is. Most of the people in this World get by with 1/10th of the Living Standard that we Americans have. We are truly Blessed in this Country. |
Welcome to the Audiogon Audio Club, Rok2id. Your experiences in real and exciting advancements in Audio will be greatly appreciated here. Feel free to submit your Input anytime. I am not being sarcastic at all, I am being sincere as a Vet can be. The more that I learn about this Hobby, the more I discover how much more I have yet to learn. The Man who made my PS-1000 Headphones, Joe Grado, was a Sonar Man in the U.S. Navy. It is a small World where Veterans are concerned, welcome to the club. So what kind of Stereos are they using in Germany? Are you still in contact with any of your old freinds from Germany? |
Well, I suppose that the issue of War was eventually going to come up on this Thread. The reason I believe that we have been at war so long, is because we have a tendency to go and fight for those who can't fight or defend themselves. Jews in Nazi Concentration Camps, Koreans- Chinese-Philipinos enslaved by the Empire of Japan. We do this even to a fault (Vietnam). I don't think that there shouldn't be any misunderstanding, there are always going to be those who interpret our reluctance to fight as weakness. They will use this as a tool or excuse to torture, enslave, conquer, commit genocide against those too weak to defend themselves. Lest we forget the lessons of one of the most important Wars in U.S. History, the American Civil War. As horrible as War is, it was decided that accepting slavery for peace is way too high of a price to pay. How many gave their lives for that principle. I think that they believed the monetary cost was the least of it. |
Leaving out the Politics of War, sure. Leaving out the Politics of Slavery? How can you do that to something that is just wrong on so many levels, and transends Politics on all levels? Slavery still continues even till this day, unfortunately because of that, War is not far behind. The only way to prevent the horrors of War is to eliminate Slavery. Just wasn't done soon enough prior to the Civil War, and damn if this Country didn't pay for that. Have we learned anything from that History? O-kay, I will keep it on Stereo's from now on-Sorry! |
I think that the Coup D'etat is the one that Coltranel, and Macrojack are proposing. Of course with them conveniently in charge, instead of that interfering Constitutional Mandate! I will take a Constitutional Mandate any day over a Coltranel/Macrojack Mandate, perhaps I might have just a little bit more Freedom that way. You guys want to rule over people, perhaps I can recommend you overthrowing a Caribbean Island somewhere! Just leave me with my Constitutional Rights that I served 20 years to protect! I think that I have EARNED it! |
Don't be a stranger, Contranel. We can live with your Politics, to each his own. We are just more curious about what kind of Stereo System you have, at the risk of souding a little materialistic. I counter that it is more about the Music, than the material. I don't think that is a bad character flaw. I suggest that we stop looking for character flaws, and converts, and just appreciate the Music we have. Its getting tougher in an aggressively Politically split Society, but we definitely need a Music Vacation from all of the noise. |
Six Month Restoration in Guam, when Homeported at Pearl? It sounds like you were already on WestPac. Been to those exact same locations on deployment, still remember the best place was Hong Kong. You could get your Nakamichi, Pioneer, Teac, Sony, Stax, Esoteric half price of what you would pay for same back in U.S. Endless shopping for these at the Worlds Largest Mall there in Hong Kong, not to mention the other exotic stuff there. The latest and greatest Technology was readily available there at 1/2 price! Nakamichi was the brand to go for back then, damn good value for the money! |
Sorry-I feel different! I always concidered it an honor to work defending my Country. Never expected anything in return, certainly never expected to become a
millionare. Worked my Butt off, but had the priveledge to
work with some of the most professional people that I ever met. We were too busy focusing on our jobs, and never let
Politics come between us. Hell, the Navy never asked who I
voted for to send to Washington D.C., they just bent over backwards making sure that my Vote counted. That was the
type of Democracy that I defended, and would gladly do again! MM2-USN-1982-2002. |
