Never, Ever, Ever....

[Snaggletiger]

Thought that was SOP for this crowd.

Oh, you must have met Wiregrass Tiger.

[War Damn Six]

I had some good gas station chicken livers this past weekend. 

I also love me some calf fries or lamb fries, speaking of balls in the mouf. 

[Snakebite]

Thought that was SOP for this crowd.

You got your tab, 12? Or does the prefix have alternate meaning?

[Ranger12]

May I just say, long time, no see....and you are a sick, deranged man.

May you be force fed a  12 ounce liver sammich, with spinach.

Yeah, been a minute since I have been on the boards. I have looked in from time to time to check if the collective intelligence level of the board has gotten any better. Good to see nothing has changed.

[Snaggletiger]

Yeah, been a minute since I have been on the boards. I have looked in from time to time to check if the collective intelligence level of the board has gotten any better. Good to see nothing has changed.

Obviously, you're not very observant.  The collective IQ on this board has most certainly dropped by a good 25-30%.

[wesfau2]

Yeah, been a minute since I have been on the boards. I have looked in from time to time to check if the collective intelligence level of the board has gotten any better. Good to see nothing has changed.

Ranger shows up: board IQ dips, he observes, Ranger leaves, board IQ rises.

Curious.

[CCTAU]

Liver, beef or chicken. My grandfather and uncles all loved fried chicken livers and used to try to make me eat them. Liver has this strange, almost metallic taste, to me that I cannot get past. However, chicken livers are good for catching some decent sized catfish.

For a very long time I could not eat anything with spinach. Several years ago, I ate some spinach dip at a restaurant and then ended up with a stomach virus later that night. Spinach was vegetabillis non grata for quite some time.

Give me coconut in any form. My favorite cake is a good homemade coconut cake. My two favorite holiday deserts are a pistachio/watergate salad loaded with coconut and homemade Almond Joy balls.

I was never a spinach lover. However the spinach dip became a favorite of mine. And here lately I have been ordering the grouper piccata at The Grand Marlin here in PCB. It sits on a bed of mashed potatoes with spinach and capers. And it’s delicious. So now I can say, “I eats me spinach”!

[Ranger12]

You got your tab, 12? Or does the prefix have alternate meaning?

Yup, slummed around Benning, Rudder, and Merrill for a little bit back in the early 90s. You?

[Snakebite]

Yup, slummed around Benning, Rudder, and Merrill for a little bit back in the early 90s. You?

Chair Force at Pope/Bragg in the 2010's.  Worked with a lot of your kind, though @ McCall and in the compound. 

[Ranger12]

Chair Force at Pope/Bragg in the 2010's.  Worked with a lot of your kind, though @ McCall and in the compound.

Nice. My son is an F-15E crew chief stationed at Seymour-Johnson.

[wesfau2]

Seymour-Johnson.

You serious, Clark?

[Snakebite]

You serious, Clark?

It’s a real place. Had to go to Seymour-Johnson quite a few times, just out of curiosity.

[Ranger12]

You serious, Clark?

Well sure Eddie.

And to quote another great Christmas movie…
“He just won an award!”

[WiregrassTiger]

Yup, slummed around Benning, Rudder, and Merrill for a little bit back in the early 90s. You?

I was in the Webelos in the late 70’s around camp Alaflo. I did not go special forces but would have likely completed Ranger training pretty quickly due to my background in scouting.

Jarhead claims to be a marine. He would be more readily accepted today than when he served. Don’t ask don’t tell was not an easy period. That’s what fucked Sani up so bad, mentally.

You may remember Dallas.  They were using Dallas to interview Isis combatants that we caught but they had a 100% suicide rate after less than an hour with him. Just say “military” around Dallas and sit the fuck down. You’re in for some stories that mostly never happened but he truly believes that Rambo was based on his life experiences.

On a serious note, what is the difference between Rangers and Green Beret? I have a friend who was green beret . I asked him but I don’t recall his explanation.

[Snaggletiger]

On a serious note, what is the difference between Rangers and Green Beret? I have a friend who was green beret . I asked him but I don’t recall his explanation.

I had a girl once who wore a raspberry beret.  The kind you find in a second hand store.  Come to think of it, if it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more.

[WiregrassTiger]

I had a girl once who wore a raspberry beret.  The kind you find in a second hand store.  Come to think of it, if it was warm, she wouldn't wear much more.

I promise with my hand up and as the Good Lord is my witness, I am not starting out 2024 like this.

[Jumbo]

You never go ass to mouth.

Better listen to him, he's in pre-med.

[War Damn Six]

Better listen to him, he's in pre-med.

I thought he was pre-law.

[War Damn Six]

On a serious note, what is the difference between Rangers and Green Beret? I have a friend who was green beret . I asked him but I don’t recall his explanation.

I am neither but I will take a stab at this…

Rangers are an elite military branch of mostly infantry grunts that specialize in early insertion missions, covert ops and general badassery. 

Green Berets (or Special Forces, SF for short) are an eliter military branch of all sorts that specialize in early insertion missions, covert ops and general badassery. 

Bottom line, Ranger school breaks you mentally and physically and makes you learn small unit ops and leadership.  SF Qualification Course breaks you mentally and physically (just not quite as much) and makes you learn all sorts of cool shit. 

If you ever run into either and they don’t say much, they’ve seen some shit.   

[Snakebite]

I am neither but I will take a stab at this…

Rangers are an elite military branch of mostly infantry grunts that specialize in early insertion missions, covert ops and general badassery. 

Green Berets (or Special Forces, SF for short) are an eliter military branch of all sorts that specialize in early insertion missions, covert ops and general badassery. 

Bottom line, Ranger school breaks you mentally and physically and makes you learn small unit ops and leadership.  SF Qualification Course breaks you mentally and physically (just not quite as much) and makes you learn all sorts of cool shit. 

If you ever run into either and they don’t say much, they’ve seen some shit.

Green Beret missions have heavy focus on training/developing guerrilla forces consisting of local nationals to fight authoritarianism, whether in government, cartel, or extremist form. All of ‘em are badass. I wanted to be a PJ. I couldn’t even fake pass the Ishihara test. I’m Ray Charles on seeing red or green.