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Jm_

Jm_

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for F-22s and humvees.

Had to fly out tomorrow to a class in OKC for work. Looks like that's not happening now. Can't say that I wanted to be in OKC at all, but I was planning to head out to Bentonville one day to check out the trails and to that extent, I did get my XC bike all packed here. I'm also in one of the positions that can and probably will be called back next week regardless of if we have money to operate, but all travel is off.

I say shut it all down, shut down all government when this happens, all air traffic, all traffic lights, electricity, etc. Bet shit would get fixed real quick then...

I also get to avoid getting the flu by not taking 5 plane-rides.
 
eric strt6

eric strt6

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I must say I am enjoying the Cheetos fluster at not being able to bully the Democrats to do what he wants. That and the GOP getting a bad taste in their mouths when the opposition uses their own tactics on them. It's fun to hear them whine after they pulled the same shit for the past 8 years, they don't much like it:clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping:
 
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Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

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Trump spoke to “Fox & Friends” in 2013 and was asked who would be fired during a government shutdown, as shown in a clip posted by "Morning Joe."

“Well, if you say who gets fired it always has to be the top,” Drumpf said. “I mean, problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top and the president’s the leader. And he’s got to get everybody in a room and he’s got to lead.”

He said that further down in history, “when they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time.”

“They’re not going to be talking about who was the head of the House, the head the Senate, who’s running things in Washington,” Drumpf said.

“So I really think the pressure is on the president,” he added.
 
JohnE

JohnE

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Front Range, dude...
Jm_ said:
for F-22s and humvees.

Had to fly out tomorrow to a class in OKC for work. Looks like that's not happening now. Can't say that I wanted to be in OKC at all, but I was planning to head out to Bentonville one day to check out the trails and to that extent, I did get my XC bike all packed here. I'm also in one of the positions that can and probably will be called back next week regardless of if we have money to operate, but all travel is off.

I say shut it all down, shut down all government when this happens, all air traffic, all traffic lights, electricity, etc. Bet shit would get fixed real quick then...

I also get to avoid getting the flu by not taking 5 plane-rides.
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Mehh, by now there isnt a HMMWV in the inventory that is worth a shit...try for a CUCC-V, a MTV-R or a LMT-V.
 
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StiHacka

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In hell. Welcome!
Jm_

Jm_

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What really sucks is for people on TDY. I was all set to leave, but if you are already on TDY and it shuts down, all of a sudden you are not authorized hotel, not authorized per-diem, not authorized to be there basically, so you can either stay there on your own dime, which won't be reimbursed (unlike paychecks, which most likely will be) or you can pay on your own dime to buy a plane ticket back to where your normal duty station is. So if you are somewhere taking a class, doing some function which requires travel, and it "runs out" while you are there, things become significantly more complex than "paid vacation".
 
JohnE

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Jm_ said:
What really sucks is for people on TDY. I was all set to leave, but if you are already on TDY and it shuts down, all of a sudden you are not authorized hotel, not authorized per-diem, not authorized to be there basically, so you can either stay there on your own dime, which won't be reimbursed (unlike paychecks, which most likely will be) or you can pay on your own dime to buy a plane ticket back to where your normal duty station is. So if you are somewhere taking a class, doing some function which requires travel, and it "runs out" while you are there, things become significantly more complex than "paid vacation".
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Tell me about it. The Frau was working an event at Copper Mt this weekend. Her idiot boss calls Saturday morning and says to come home. I say no...the trip was approved, began and $$ was allocated BEFORE the shutdown...so its all good and hang out to the bitter end (Clearly I am more familiar with gubbmint travel than her jefe...but I digress.). But she says no, gotta do what the boss says, even if what he says is f@cking wrong. I say damn the man, I want to stay for free and ski cheap (Did I mention I was tagging along?). Since its all about me, I only got to ski one day, and had to drive her loser cruiser home in a wicked cool snow storm whilst watching all the west bound idjyets head to the slopes...sometimes it just dont pay to be a righteous mofo...
 
JohnE

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Front Range, dude...
Toshi said:
Re: LMT-V. Check this out

http://www.govplanet.com/Light+Medium+Tactical+Vehicle+(LMTV)

It absolutely boggles the mind how many of these have super low (< 5k) miles on them. We probably spent $100k on each to start, then they were used for 200 hours, and now they're up for auction for $5k. Amazingly wasteful.
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I forget the ratio, but I think it was something like 4 hrs of maintenance to every one hour of operation. You can and most do run them harder than that, but when they break, they break hard. If you dont know what you are doing MX wise, you will soon own a really expensive and heavy paperweight.
 
Adventurous

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Toshi said:
Re: LMT-V. Check this out

http://www.govplanet.com/Light+Medium+Tactical+Vehicle+(LMTV)

It absolutely boggles the mind how many of these have super low (< 5k) miles on them. We probably spent $100k on each to start, then they were used for 200 hours, and now they're up for auction for $5k. Amazingly wasteful.
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$124,607 to be exact for a 1998 model.

Gonna have to find the link, but I read something recently about politicans appropriating money for vehicles the military has literally said they do not want or need, so they just end up sitting in massive parking lots in the NV/AZ/UT desert.
 
JohnE

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