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Sexist? Not by the furthest stretch of imagination - I'm pretty sure every father tells his daughter pretty much the same thing, and they know he doesn't mean it. [Most are fine with dating at 21;)] Everyone makes dumb jokes. I could accept that Capt Honors was just making dumb jokes, [if...

The larger ones [Superior, Michigan, & Erie] do have tides. I once read of a machine calibrated to measure the tide in a cup of tea - probably just to see if it could.

Ignoring it is maybe the best approach to bickering between family, or old married folks, but here - uh uh. If we cannot resolve disagreements as they occur, shouldn't we at least make an effort? BTW: I don't see where bringing God into it 'cheapens' it either - lots of folks do that, and are...

Witness was right: you're out of line and owe him an apology for posting a hit and run insult with no provocation. Same as you did in your comments about my daughter: simply ignore the reaction, pretend it didn't happen, move on, everyone forgets, right? I gave up expecting the 'moderators' to...

Adding to the props for Cal of C&M - I had a chance to chat with him not long ago [picked up a load at his place, was hoping I could see it in the darkness of rural Painesville, was pleasantly surprised to spot Gottago's unmistakable KW backed to the dock, lol] and I was very favorably...

See, I knew it'd be some kind of insult, [that you could smirk over until I asked you to explain, when you could post it, because I asked.] Insulting people [even my daughter!] is the number one defense mechanism for those who have no excuse for immaturity, having passed the age when that's...

With all due respect, I believe she should have been free to choose for herself, which she did - but I'll tell her you said so, maybe she'll be impressed.

So, we haven't any right to comment on Congress, the Senate, or the White House either? :confused: And btw: why do you refer to me as 'the blossomed one'? No really, I want to hear this...

I almost hate to bust the warm & fuzzy bubble, but no mention was made of the man resolving his drug & alcohol problems - if he hasn't, he'll just blow every chance he gets. Here's hoping he's got it under control, and makes folks proud.

Re: Jan Location Hobo: the bad news is that I sat in Memphis [Olive Branch] from New Year's Eve until yesterday. Accepted several offers, didn't get one till then. The good news is that there weren't many vans there [you're in a van, right?] at all.:)

Treating fellow humans, particularly subordinates with respect and civility is 'feminization'? If you say so, but I wouldn't get your undies in a bunch over it, cos our Founding Fathers promoted the bejeebers out of the concept, and we're nowhere near feminized, even after 230 years.

LOSer, fyi: my daughter already knows how to shoot a rifle, and has the trophy to prove it. I expect her skill will be improved even more, and she'll appreciate that. :)

In medical terminology, a cabbage isn't dead - just their brain. Much like those who find nothing wrong with humiliating undeserving people, for no good reason, even. Had any one who could have been hurt, upset, or offended heard me say such things, and complained, I'd have been fired...

This isn't the first [or second, or third, etc] time you've "replied" to a statement I never made, nor implied. If you can't take the time to read and comprehend what someone else says, please don't respond, because you've got it WRONG AGAIN. I understand the purpose of the military, but that's...

Even if I agreed with your description of the military's job, [which I emphatically do not], it wouldn't matter: whatever the job is, the goal of civilized people [and the military is still that, I hope] is to accomplish it without deliberately heaping humiliation on people who do not deserve...

Of course - gallows humor is a coping mechanism, and outsiders would undoubtedly have found the nurse's description of their loved one as a cabbage offensive. So we were very careful about where exactly such humor was used, because disrespect to those who would be offended was not tolerated.

But attitudes, knowledge, and understanding have.

You are free to attack my words, opinions, whatever - but when you cast dishonorable aspersions on someone you know nothing about, you are way out of line. If you understood the difference between demanding respect and commanding it, I'd reply to your asinine conclusions, but you don't, and...

Mistrust those who handle classified material? Nope, what I mistrust is a climate of fear that keeps knowledge of wrong quiet. [As it kept quiet who knows how many who could have prevented so many disgraceful events from continuing - from Tailhook to Captain Honors.] If my daughter were required...

Captain Honors also said "Over the years, I've gotten several complaints - never directly, but gutlessly, through other channels." A Captain who doesn't see that complaining about a video he made & starred in would take not guts, but a death wish, for anyone under his command, has no business...