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| Topic | Do you have a favorable opinion of Texas? |
| codey 02/20/21 2:29:26 PM #62 | SPE posted... Lets face it, CA > TX Texas has some really cool, varied ecosystems with a ton of national and state parks actually. Big Bend is my personal favorite, but I'm from the coastal marshlands where we have a lot of animal preserves, and the piney woods in east texas are great hiking and camping. Central Texas with the rolling hills is absolutely beautiful country, and the canyons of the panhandle are gorgeous and great camping. Plus there's the rivers which are awesome to float and get wasted on, and South Padre is a pretty awesome for the younger crowd. --- *runs out of topic naked* |
| Topic | So why do people usually not stay 20 years in the military? |
| codey 02/20/21 11:48:02 AM #45 | No lie, when I was still in I thought I had sleep apnea because I woke up not breathing 3-5 times a night and started grinding my teeth hard as shit. I just never got it diagnosed because so many oldheads told me that sleep apnea would dq me from getting an ATC job as a civilian. Turns out since I got out I sleep through the night no problem. I fell asleep constantly in briefings but I'm going to school and the only time I get tired in class is when I drank the night before. People would also ask if if ATC was stressful when I told them that was my job and I would say no because I didn't understand what was going on. Now I do and I can't imagine going back and living 11 more years of that stress. --- *runs out of topic naked* |
| Topic | So why do people usually not stay 20 years in the military? |
| codey 02/20/21 11:07:22 AM #38 | Yeah the enlisted side got more dicey recently, at least in the air force, as far as staying in 20 years. When I was getting out they were talking about removing time in service as a qualifier for promotion, and that was resulting in people getting the boot when they hit their rank limit. Basically, you used to get points added to your promotion test score that could get you promoted over people that tested better than you. The result is more (in theory) qualified people getting promoted while the people just kicking it stayed at their current rank. I say in theory because in air traffic I worked with a ton of people in air traffic that got promoted into the SNCO ranks because they could test well but couldn't keep aircraft separated to save their life. --- *runs out of topic naked* |
| Topic | So why do people usually not stay 20 years in the military? |
| codey 02/20/21 8:44:40 AM #34 | JustMyOpinion posted... Seems kinda low tbh. My wife's pension is $5k a month if she spends the next 30 years at her job and she's a speech language pathologist so her risk of death is negligible. There's a little more to it than the flat retirement rates at 20 years. For instance, I got out at nine years as an E-5 and I get around $700 for disability for the rest of my life, and my disability is only like 40%. Nobody is making it to 20 years without nearly maxing out their disability since it's so damn easy to claim bs from your history and get it approved by the VA. Also, not sure if they've changed retirement, but if you stayed in past your 20 years you could eventually higher rates that ended up being your full pay at like 25 years. --- *runs out of topic naked* |
| Topic | So why do people usually not stay 20 years in the military? |
| codey 02/20/21 8:26:54 AM #28 | It's stressful as fuck. I got 9 years in before I got out. I've known too many guys that hit that 10 year mark and only stuck it out because they "got halfway" and ended up hating life. --- *runs out of topic naked* |
| Topic | Name some PS1 games that you consider a "lost gem". |
| codey 02/18/21 6:31:46 PM #40 | I don't know how lost it is, but Ape Escape is amazing and never gets talked about among the platformers of the day. --- *runs out of topic naked* |
| Topic | Is Jax the strongest black video game character? |
| codey 02/18/21 5:18:07 PM #25 | Wasn't the dude in Crackdown black? I never played it but he seemed pretty damn strong, jumping around the city and shit. --- *runs out of topic naked* |
| Topic | Women reject me because I'm an asshole then date babies, beasts, or girls |
| codey 02/18/21 11:08:38 AM #4 | This guy sounds like an asshole. --- *runs out of topic naked* |
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