Favorite Quotes

[PMEL_DEVIL-DOG]

WE LIVE LIKE SOLDIERS, TALK LIKE SAILORS, AND SLAP THE HELL OUT OF BOTH OF THEM.

[flew-da-coup]

Come on Devil Dog. You carried a set of leads and a multimeter, not Barrett 50cal.

[PMEL_DEVIL-DOG]

Come on Devil Dog. You carried a set of leads and a multimeter, not Barrett 50cal.

They're weapons nonetheless....Coup, you HATER!!!!

[docbyers]

I'm with Flynn- anybody can kill the enemy with a gun; it takes a skilled agressor to take 'em out with a Simpson (I'm thinking he takes the threaded alligator clips off the test leads so he has the nice, sharp pointed ends available for penetration...)

Of course, I'm ex-Air Force PMEL, so what in hell do I know about killing the enemy??  I just worked on the meter that worked on the test set that worked on the plane that delivered "shock and awe."

[PMEL_DEVIL-DOG]

I'm with Flynn- anybody can kill the enemy with a gun; it takes a skilled agressor to take 'em out with a Simpson (I'm thinking he takes the threaded alligator clips off the test leads so he has the nice, sharp pointed ends available for penetration...)

Of course, I'm ex-Air Force PMEL, so what in hell do I know about killing the enemy??  I just worked on the meter that worked on the test set that worked on the plane that delivered "shock and awe."

I've killed a man with less: 1 fuse, a 175k ohm resistor, and a bottle cap....
Ah hell, who am I fooling...

[docbyers]

I was a new tech in Wyoming when TSgt Ron Roe would regale us new guys on his exploits during the Viet Nam war.  "There I was, traipsing through the jungle outside of Phan Rang with an AN/USM 37 by my side..."  We would sit there, wide-eyed and slack-jawed, awe-struck at this "war hero," when we realized he was "embellishing" his wartime service just a little bit, and a good laugh was had by all...

[flew-da-coup]

I myself have killed many of VC in the jungles of Nam with just a RG-58 and a BNC to Type N adapter. I would always leave a "K" Pro or a NAVAIR behind as my calling card. Yeah, that used to scare the crap out of those little people. Let me tell ya, there is nothing more terrifiing for a VC than to come across 33K4-4-269-1 laying on top of their strangled buddy. Those were tough times for calibrators. Hell, we had a lean too for a cold room and had to actually stand up to do our job because we had no lab chairs. I remember one night me and my fellow calibrators had to do a on-site near DaNang. We HALO jumped with test equipment strapped to our backs from 40 thousand feet into the jungle. We had heavy resistance, but we calibrated like no one had ever seen before or since. Then all hell broke loose. I got shocked with 12 VDC and had to be MediVac'd out. That's how I got my Purple Heart, and that's no lie.

[docbyers]

I'm kinda scared of K4 procedures myself!  I'll stick to the K8s, thank you very much!

[Phys_dim]

You know we could use a good K8 writer up here at the AFPSL too...

ok...I know this had nothing to do with the post...just couldn't help myself

[docbyers]

You want me to move from the comfy environs of suburban Cincinnati to the wilds of Newark?  Not to mention the cut in pay...!  If Arnie Alpert and Marc Lemert were still there, I might consider it, but Arnie has retired and Marc moved on to greener pastures years ago...

[Phys_dim]

See, then there would be no preconceived ideas about why you're coming up...just for the love of the job....I'm I killing you with kindness yet?!  Or am I just giving you colon cancer!?!?

[docbyers]

Love of the job is a very important aspect, and one of the reasons I love my current job is that they pay me $40/hour to do it!  Match that, and you and I will have a more serious discussion about K8 procedures!

[Phys_dim]

Heck...if they paid that here, we'd already have filled the darn slots.  problem is no one want to make $25 to $30...and that's more than most labs pay.   

[PMEL_DEVIL-DOG]

I myself have killed many of VC in the jungles of Nam with just a RG-58 and a BNC to Type N adapter. I would always leave a "K" Pro or a NAVAIR behind as my calling card. Yeah, that used to scare the crap out of those little people. Let me tell ya, there is nothing more terrifiing for a VC than to come across 33K4-4-269-1 laying on top of their strangled buddy. Those were tough times for calibrators. Hell, we had a lean too for a cold room and had to actually stand up to do our job because we had no lab chairs. I remember one night me and my fellow calibrators had to do a on-site near DaNang. We HALO jumped with test equipment strapped to our backs from 40 thousand feet into the jungle. We had heavy resistance, but we calibrated like no one had ever seen before or since. Then all hell broke loose. I got shocked with 12 VDC and had to be MediVac'd out. That's how I got my Purple Heart, and that's no lie.

Very nice....
Reminds me when I was doing a covert recon mission in Tijuana. The mission: To infiltrate the local clubs and engage the local, young, hot chicks...hummm....I mean enemies, with automactic tequila shots and bazooka bombs while avioding the FUC's (Fat, ugly chicks). One of my Marines fell casualties to a FUC...A really big FUC....And now I'm stuck with the sad task of telling his son. That hurts....
Meanwhile, at LZ Pedro's, I encountered a VHC (very hot chick) ambush...Oh man it was intense. Alcoholic gun fire, coupled with the fact that her "uniform" revealed the fact that this was going to be a tuff battle. I was catured...Damn...And couldn't resist her vicious interragation...and when it was all said and done, I woke up on the beach, naked except for my boxers, one sandal on one foot and a footie with a fuzzy purple ball on the other, a chicken bone across my chest, along with a note saying,"I'm a chesse omlete" in spanish...No lie....got the pictures to prove it....

[flew-da-coup]

I Like Chickens.
Flew-da-Coup ( circa April 2006 )