A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says: ''Ugh, that's the ugliest baby I've ever seen!'' The woman walks to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: ''The driver just insulted me!'' The man says: ''You go up there and tell him off. Go on, I'll hold your monkey for you.''
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Day 11 of Mobilization
Fort Bliss, El Paso Texas
Good day today, morale remains high. Validation is ahead of schedule. Pace will pick up next week with several Staff Exercises and other collective training. Weather is outstanding, highs in the mid 70's and Sunny. Weather wise this place appears to be an ideal place to live. But I'll take the Mississippi weather any day over the desert.
Had a good workout tonight. 3 X Bench, Incline, Dumbell Presses, Butterflys, Dips, and Push Ups.
Good day today, morale remains high. Validation is ahead of schedule. Pace will pick up next week with several Staff Exercises and other collective training. Weather is outstanding, highs in the mid 70's and Sunny. Weather wise this place appears to be an ideal place to live. But I'll take the Mississippi weather any day over the desert.
Had a good workout tonight. 3 X Bench, Incline, Dumbell Presses, Butterflys, Dips, and Push Ups.
Quotes for the Day:
“There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.” Ernest Hemingway
“The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.” Colin Powell
"I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight." General George S. Patton
"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.” Napoleon
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Ben Franklin
Monday, October 10, 2011
Funny things you'll probably never hear outside Mississippi....
Hard Work and High Stress =
"Bowed up like a cut worm on a cabbage leaf."
A husband's description of his wife's reaction to a comment he made that throughly pissed her off:
"Man she bowed up like halloween cat!"
Description of a very bad situation about to get worse:
"Hey man, we done got ourselves in a 9 line bind."
Co-Worker description of how busy he'd been while his counterpart was on leave:
"I've been busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest!"
Description I once heard describing a young man's oversized new dentures after he had all his teeth pulled at Mob Station before deployment: "Damn son, you look like a brand new jackass!"
Description of someone who's either bad cold or bad scared:
"Man Bro, he was shaking like a dog shittin a persimmon seed!"
A friend once told me: "One Saturday afternoon one of those 'outta no where' Mississippi thunderstorms blew in and the wind was blowing so hard, it blew his daddy's prize fighting rooster inside a coke bottle someone had left in the yard. It scared his baby brother so bad, he killed the rooster trying to get him out!"
Signs of Extreme Hot and Dry Weather:
Catching catfish with ticks on them.
When a wormy dog can drag his rear end and set the grass on fire.
"Bowed up like a cut worm on a cabbage leaf."
A husband's description of his wife's reaction to a comment he made that throughly pissed her off:
"Man she bowed up like halloween cat!"
Description of a very bad situation about to get worse:
"Hey man, we done got ourselves in a 9 line bind."
Co-Worker description of how busy he'd been while his counterpart was on leave:
"I've been busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest!"
Description I once heard describing a young man's oversized new dentures after he had all his teeth pulled at Mob Station before deployment: "Damn son, you look like a brand new jackass!"
Description of someone who's either bad cold or bad scared:
"Man Bro, he was shaking like a dog shittin a persimmon seed!"
A friend once told me: "One Saturday afternoon one of those 'outta no where' Mississippi thunderstorms blew in and the wind was blowing so hard, it blew his daddy's prize fighting rooster inside a coke bottle someone had left in the yard. It scared his baby brother so bad, he killed the rooster trying to get him out!"
Signs of Extreme Hot and Dry Weather:
Catching catfish with ticks on them.
Seeing a coyote chasin' a rabbit and they was both walkin'.
When a wormy dog can drag his rear end and set the grass on fire.
When 2 trees begin to fight over the same dog......
West Texas Altitude Works the Ole Lungs Harder
Went for a run tonight. Running at an altitude of 4370 ft and no humidity is a little different than running at 300ft with plenty of humidity in Mississippi. The dry air and lower air pressure give you the feeling that your lungs are "drying" out. I actually felt lighter running, legs felt fresh, but my lungs were on fire.
In case you didn't know.....
The percentage of oxygen in the air at two miles (3.2 km.) is essentially the same as at sea level (21%). However, the air pressure is 30% lower at the higher altitude due to the fact that the atmosphere is less dense--that is, the air molecules are farther apart. When we breathe in air at sea level, the atmospheric pressure of about 14.7 pounds per square inch (1.04 kg. per cm.2) causes oxygen to easily pass through selectively permeable lung membranes into the blood. At high altitudes, the lower air pressure makes it more difficult for oxygen to enter our vascular systems. The result is hypoxia , or oxygen deprivation.
In case you didn't know.....
The percentage of oxygen in the air at two miles (3.2 km.) is essentially the same as at sea level (21%). However, the air pressure is 30% lower at the higher altitude due to the fact that the atmosphere is less dense--that is, the air molecules are farther apart. When we breathe in air at sea level, the atmospheric pressure of about 14.7 pounds per square inch (1.04 kg. per cm.2) causes oxygen to easily pass through selectively permeable lung membranes into the blood. At high altitudes, the lower air pressure makes it more difficult for oxygen to enter our vascular systems. The result is hypoxia , or oxygen deprivation.
Great Day to an American Soldier!
Day 10 of Mobilization, another great day in Fort Bliss, Texas. Beautiful weather today, sunshine and mid 70's. Morale is high.
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