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“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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If Sparky is coming on board as a Mod then I think we need to extend an invitation to Terrance Jones. Former Strategy Page folk will remember with fondness his remarkable insights into all things military. I seem to recall Shek was a particular fan. Jonesy & Sparky would make quite the pair. :-DLast edited by Bigfella; 01 Apr 16,, 00:18.sigpic
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Originally posted by astralis View Postso I invited Mike Sparks onto WAB, I'm going to list him as a Military Professional/Defense Professional for now thanks to his indepth knowledge of the M-113.
starting next week I'll give him Administrator privileges.
have fun!"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
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Originally posted by TopHatter View PostThat poor guy...why'd he have to be stuck with that name?
http://www.public.navy.mil/necc/crg2/Pages/cobio.aspx"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
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Originally posted by Bigfella View PostIf Sparky is coming on board as a Mod then I think we need to extend an invitation to Terrance Jones. Former Strategy Page folk will remember with fondness his remarkable insights into all things military. I seem to recall Shek was a particular fan. Jonesy & Sparky would make quite the pair. :-D"There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge
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Originally posted by Stitch View PostWell, if you're going to do that, then you'd might as well invite Carlo Kopp, too!sigpic
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Originally posted by Bigfella View PostIf Sparky is coming on board as a Mod then I think we need to extend an invitation to Terrance Jones. Former Strategy Page folk will remember with fondness his remarkable insights into all things military. I seem to recall Shek was a particular fan. Jonesy & Sparky would make quite the pair. :-D
I think he is the reason I abandoned that place. I was having a discussion with him about his "We should train soldiers to enemy soldiers while Australian rapelling onto rooftops"
When Shek turned me on to this place. A smarter more mature board. Haven't been back since
There was one other really crazy poster over there. Can't remember his user name though.
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Originally posted by Bigfella View PostIf Sparky is coming on board as a Mod then I think we need to extend an invitation to Terrance Jones. Former Strategy Page folk will remember with fondness his remarkable insights into all things military. I seem to recall Shek was a particular fan. Jonesy & Sparky would make quite the pair. :-D
From his resume...
"I have interacted with and been taught by a U.S. Marine Colonel, a U.S. Air Force Colonel and a U.S. Army Special Forces Captain and other representatives from DOD, intelligence and law enforcement agencies. I have successfully completed a significant amount of coursework."
Let me translate....
I stayed awake long enough in class to recognize that the guys teaching these classes had a day job and was just doing this to raise money to feed their drinking habits.
That is like my claiming...Because I studied U.S. Grant, George Thomas, William T. Sherman, Braxton Bragg, A.S. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, George G. Meade and Robert E. Lee I could have commanded and won with any Civil War Army.
Dude has SERIOUS delusions of adequacy“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
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Originally posted by Gun Grape View PostOh yea, you had to bring him up huh?
I think he is the reason I abandoned that place. I was having a discussion with him about his "We should train soldiers to enemy soldiers while Australian rapelling onto rooftops"
When Shek turned me on to this place. A smarter more mature board. Haven't been back since
There was one other really crazy poster over there. Can't remember his user name though.
I remember the early days where Shek was telling war stories of his Stryker company kicking doors and using hooligan bars to pop them open. He then posted a photo like this.
I had to correct him on that it was called a Haligan bar, named for the FDNY guy who invented it. Firemen use it to gain entry into buildings. And then a bunch of asshats jumped in telling me how wrong I was!
Never mind that upon his retirement from the Boston Fire Department after 50 years my grandfather was given an engraved Haligan Tool from his buddies and it sat on the mantle in his house until after he died.
What did I know!“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
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Originally posted by Albany Rifles View PostDude has SERIOUS delusions of adequacy
Found this on Wiki, do any of these apply to Sparky?
According to the DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for delusional disorders, grandiose-type symptoms include grossly exaggerated beliefs of:
Self-worth
Power
Knowledge
Identity
Exceptional relationship to a divinity or famous person (Exhibit A)
“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by Albany Rifles View PostYeah....that place was Soldier of Fortune meets SpongeBob SquarePants.
I had to correct him on that it was called a Haligan bar, named for the FDNY guy who invented it. Firemen use it to gain entry into buildings. And then a bunch of asshats jumped in telling me how wrong I was!
Never mind that upon his retirement from the Boston Fire Department after 50 years my grandfather was given an engraved Haligan Tool from his buddies and it sat on the mantle in his house until after he died.
What did I know!
Seems I used the words "Snack Bar" instead of slopchute, and called a "Dittybag" a "UA bag" in a post where Me and another Marine who spent time at CLNC were discussing Swoop circle and other goings on back in the 80s. I was in 10 Mar he was in 6th Mar. Lived 1 block over and we were trying to figure out if we had run into each other
I had to be a fake because the person calling me out read a web page that said that slopchute and ditty bag are the terms Marines use.
I never heard anyone use those terms in the fleet. The other former Jarhead told him the same thing. Then we both were fakes and he was going to report us to HQMC . Cause although he had never been in service, he could spot a fake a mile away.
Crazy place.
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Originally posted by Gun Grape View PostI never heard anyone use those terms in the fleet. The other former Jarhead told him the same thing. Then we both were fakes and he was going to report us to HQMC . Cause although he had never been in service, he could spot a fake a mile away.
Crazy place."There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge
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Originally posted by Gun Grape View PostOh yea, you had to bring him up huh?
I think he is the reason I abandoned that place. I was having a discussion with him about his "We should train soldiers to enemy soldiers while Australian rapelling onto rooftops"
When Shek turned me on to this place. A smarter more mature board. Haven't been back since
There was one other really crazy poster over there. Can't remember his user name though.
Strange, strange place.sigpic
Win nervously lose tragically - Reds C C
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