Don't ask, don't tell Bucky
Psst! As of today, Don't Ask, Don't Tell is no more.
No free football
In a conversation last night about paying wives back for a Sunday of the NFL, OT observed that "there is no free football." That reminded me of receiving for 4 free Dodgers tickets in my L. A. days, and good seats at that.
It cost $5 to park at the ballpark, not bad by Los Angeles standards. Then there were soft drinks and Dodger (hot)dogs and other food, souvenirs for my stepdaughter and a friend, and of course beer for me and my now ex-Mrs. CA Stab. Those free tix cost me $121. I avoided anymore free tix after that.
Well at least at the park you didn't have the remote control issue and keeping up with two games at once.
ReplyDelete$121 for 4 people sans tickets...yep, that's just about right. When I went to see the Diamondbacks play, just a hot dog and a drink (non-alcoholic at that) was about $15. Any souvenirs I bought would definitely have pushed the total to around $30.
ReplyDeleteApparently a defunct satellite is going to plunge to Earth later this week. No one is quite sure where it might land. If it lands on your house, maybe your neighbors can post some photos along with some pertinent comments here on the Leopards Limb. Heads up.
ReplyDeleteHi WW and dotnet!
ReplyDeleteI heard on the news last night that one's chances of being hit by falling satellite debris is 3200:1. I disbelieve that number, as I think it is much less likely.
IIRC, there is one instance of satellite debris actually hitting anyone. That occurred decades ago, when space junk hit a Japanese fishing boat. I don't remember what injuries/deaths there were, but I think we paid compensation for the crashing satellite.
There is one known instance of a meteorite hitting someone, when one crashed thru a porch roof and broke a New Jersey woman's leg, again IIRC. There are other reports of cars and other property being struck.
I understand satellites do not like mobile homes... too similar I guess. So much of the South should be safe.
ReplyDeleteNo chance the satellite will come down in MS.
ReplyDeleteNope, MS is untouchable.
ReplyDeleteThe 14th Amendment will come into play in the future on the change of 'don't ask, don't tell'.
ReplyDeleteYou can't have homosexuals peeping at heterosexuals while they are showering etc., while at the same time providing 'protection' for women in the military.
Also, there's no doubt that homosexual sexual assaults will increase.
What is not known at this point is will it affect how many people actually join the military, and how will it affect the quality of people that join. Will the military get the best and brightest, or gayest of the gay?
Stab - What the news may have failed to state is that the 1 in 3250 number is for satellite debris hitting ANY human. One's personal odds are about 1 in 22 trillion. I'm willing to bet anyone that I will not be hit...takers?
ReplyDeleteThere are heterosexual 'peepers' out there, but somehow, liberals want us to believe there are no homosexual 'peepers'.
ReplyDeleteThink again.
Here's a story about heterosexual 'peepers':
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/offbeat/2011/09/19/moos-creepy-skirt-peepers.cnn
The next time you pee, particularly in a public bathroom, is a homosexual 'peeping'?
Not really something I spend a lot of time thinking about. When peeing in a public restroom I have two things on my mind: hitting the target and not dribbling on my pants afterward. Well, maybe three, the third being the hot honey at the bar who looks like she might say "yes" to an invitation to dance the next number.
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for any sad sack who spends his life worrying that someone might be peeking at his Johnson, especially in the present case, in which doing such peeping probably would require a magnifying glass.
Some years ago a friend of mine, a life long Yankees fan, was standing at a long row of urinals in a crowded Boca Raton nightclub. There was a mirror at head height running the length of the wall.
He looked to his left. Ron Guidry, "Louisiana Lightning" himself. He looked to his right. Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford. My friend did not peep at their Johnsons. As far as he could tell, they did not peep at his.
He did do something embarrassing. "Jesus, is this a Yankees reunion or what?" he blurted out, and immediately wished he hadn't.
But Guidry and Ford just laughed and said "Sort of." Turns out that my friend had walked into the middle of the Yankees' annual spring training alumni golf tournament.
The three holstered their Johnsons, still not peeping, and made for the bar, where my friend was introduced to none other than Mickey Charles Mantle, "The Commerce Comet", and his all-time favorite Yankee, Billy "Bad Boy" Martin.
The next morning, he found himself in a batting cage in Ft. Lauderdale, facing the Yankees' most fearsome pitcher, Richard Michael Gossage, known far and wide as "The Goose".
It took him three or four pitches just to muster the courage to swing his Billy Martin autograph bat. "I couldn't see the ball," he likes to say, "But I sure could hear it. I figured I was going to die anyway, so finally took a swing."
He missed on swing after swing, until, suddenly, he hit a thunderous foul tip that nearly knocked the batting cage over. "That's it," he said triumphantly, walking out of the cage alive. Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra, who was standing nearby, said "Shazam, smart move."
My friend still has that bat, autographed on the spot by "The Goose", Berra, Ford, Mantle, Martin, Guidry and others. If you offered him Bill Gates fortune and 24 virgins for it he would say "Nah, don't think so."
He is a very accomplished person, having enjoyed several successful careers in a single lifetime, but he and I and anyone else who knows him will tell you that that foul tip was the highlight of his life.
And to think that it all began at a urinal in a public restroom. Next time you are in that situation, raise your sights a little. Who knows what might happen?
Since the military has gotten rid of 'don't ask, don't tell' a reported form of discrimination , I hope it rids the military of the sexual discrimination which has resulted in hundreds of thousands of men dying, primarily because the military prohibits women from fighting in combat.
ReplyDeleteWhere are the liberals on that issue? Where are the women? Nowhere to be found. Pathetic.
Good evening, folks! I've been busy wrapping up things at my soon to be ex-job. Tomorrow's the last day, then on to something else.
ReplyDeleteOT: I'll put a dollar up at 1T:1 odds. Please arrange to have your estate ready to pony up the dough. $1T would secure my retirement, and ease the pain of your loss here. Just kidding, don't want you hit by a meteorite, even for a T.
Bucky: it is of no concern if someone peeps at me, though in my later middle age, that is indeed probably not a concern. Regardless, I am secure enough in myself not be concerned if some moron eyeballs me. What they see is their own fault.
Like OT, when I'm in the can, my thoughts are on reasonably precise targeting and getting it over with. Mrs. Stab frees me from the distraction of hot women at bars, which is just as well for all concerned, as I lack OT's dancing skills and erudition.
As for sexual attacks in the armed forces, the big problem there is predation by senior males on lesser ranking females.
Bucky, I believe women are serving in combat roles. We have women pilots, including fighter pilots. Women have served in forward units in Iraq. Women were captured in combat in the first Gulf War, and brutalized by the Iraqis. Are you happy now?
ReplyDeleteSorry, Stab, I don't recall offering odds, but if you must have them, I might go 3-1, max. I long ago quit making foolish bets, but this one seems pretty safe. My "estate", as you call it, might be able to cover a $500 bet, depending upon the fortunes of Krispy Kreme over the next few years.
ReplyDeleteAnd forget the dancing skills...as anyone who knows me could tell you, that dog won't hunt. But I have discovered that most women appreciate the effort as long as you avoid trampling their toes.
As one of my dearest female friends once said "Dancing with you is a lot of fun, if your idea of fun is playing dodge ball. Now you dance over there and I'll dance over here, OK?" OK. Whatever. Jeez.
As to this military stuff, there are already female carrier pilots flying combat missions, and there are thousands of other women ready, willing and able to mix it up on the ground, on the sea and in the air. The problem is not the women, it is the men, some of whom fear being shown up by women. But the real problem is that in infantry combat, you must be able to rely on your comrades without thinking, and until men can accept that a woman can earn that reliance, there will be no women in foxholes.
A shame, because throughout history, many women have proven themselves in just such roles. In ancient times in several cultures, women served as chariot drivers, one of the most dangerous combat jobs. In others they actually fought with, and sometimes led, infantry units. I know several women that I would not want to meet on the field of battle.
Over the last 2 years, the Navy has fired over 30 commanding officers. In some cases they have been most forthcoming in describing the reasons for their actions. In others, though, the have hidden behind "inappropriate conduct", which I am told almost always involves "inappropriate conduct" with women of lower ranks.
OT, I'll have to remember your comments re dancing. Mrs. Stab likes to dance, and I am a very reluctant (and incompetent) dancer.
ReplyDeleteI am also a reluctant gambler, so I'll decline the 3:1 odds and "invest" the dollar in a major fraction of a Stella. A left-brain was not made for a dance floor.
I noted your comment re the number of fired Navy CO's when you posted that datum, assumed some personal shortcomings along with incompetence and bad judgment.
Stab...if you and Mrs Stab will only slow dance, it is quite easy and you need not be all that good at it. Slow circles real close.
ReplyDeleteWell, WW, close dancing can be VERY dangerous because of the theory of proximity, which says that if I am proximate to her, the probability that I will step on one of her dainty toes is increased by apPROXIMATEly 10 to the power of 10, which is way too much. Kills the romantic feelings pretty fast.
ReplyDeleteBetter to stick with my friend's "You dance over there and I'll dance over here."
But I have discovered an almost foolproof method. Never pick up your feet in that show offy way they do on Dancing With The Stars. Just shuffle, slide, shuffle, never losing contact with the floor. You may be seen by others as some kind of sluggard, but at least you can get up close and smell her perfume.
OT...that's about it..lead slide turn squeeze. How one manages one's feet is not nearly as important as how one holds, turns and repeats. I don't do those sweat popping "shake some cake" dances. I never cared for them.
ReplyDeleteWell, sometimes I kind of like making a fool of myself, so I don't mind the "shake the cake" dances. But then I subscribe to the "you dance over there and I'll dance over here" approach. Avoids potential lawsuits.
ReplyDeleteOops, overlooked the "squeeze" factor. Recently strongarmed into dancing with my ex-wife at a charity fund raiser.
ReplyDeleteDidn't mean to do the squeeze part, but habit kicked in...
Jeez, it still works!
Habits can make dancing fun.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet if any of our rare female readers see all this, they will think you and I are full of it?