for a photogallery see http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/09/military-pit-crew-chalenge-is-down-to-2.html
Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Interesting things that caught my eye at Speedfest in the pits and car show
the above is an Alpine Tiger... it had a Shelby 289 shoehorned into a tiny english car... sounds familiar huh?
the above seems to be a method of cooling the intake charge... must work, it's this 1917 Chevrolet race car
Monday, October 10, 2011
Toyota/Scion... What the fuck? A college grad gets a 1000 dollar discount, an active duty military servicemember only gets 500 dollars off
That pisses me off.
Why should some kid who's done nothing useful for his country, comrades, squadron, ship, aircrew, brigade, platoon, or company
get a bigger courtesy discount from a car company?
Did some college group head over to Japan to help during the tsunami, free Kuwait from Hussein's hostile takeover, helped Haiti after their earthquake, etc etc? No.
Toyota/Scion is now on my shitlist
Why am I pissed off? I like military people, always have. Most of my uncles, cousins, grandfathers were in the military... and I was in the Navy crewing on 2 submarines and doing a tour as an MP. I worked on the USS Midway, aircraft carrier museum, and met thousands of Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf war vets... liked them all.
College grads on the other hand? Not much I've seen from them to respect. The high school to college types haven't saved lives, risked their own lives for their fellow soldiers/sailors/Marines, and they haven't accomplished a damn thing I think is useful by getting through 2 years of college classes. I did 2 years of mechanics and electronic classroom training before going to sea, and those classes didn't have general electives to waste time and get credits toward a diploma.
Why should some kid who's done nothing useful for his country, comrades, squadron, ship, aircrew, brigade, platoon, or company
get a bigger courtesy discount from a car company?
Did some college group head over to Japan to help during the tsunami, free Kuwait from Hussein's hostile takeover, helped Haiti after their earthquake, etc etc? No.
Toyota/Scion is now on my shitlist
Why am I pissed off? I like military people, always have. Most of my uncles, cousins, grandfathers were in the military... and I was in the Navy crewing on 2 submarines and doing a tour as an MP. I worked on the USS Midway, aircraft carrier museum, and met thousands of Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf war vets... liked them all.
College grads on the other hand? Not much I've seen from them to respect. The high school to college types haven't saved lives, risked their own lives for their fellow soldiers/sailors/Marines, and they haven't accomplished a damn thing I think is useful by getting through 2 years of college classes. I did 2 years of mechanics and electronic classroom training before going to sea, and those classes didn't have general electives to waste time and get credits toward a diploma.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Idea of the day... parking lots with parking reserved for combat wounded
Some parking lots have pregnant mother parking... it's not enforced by police, but it's marked with pink signs. I'm fully opposed to this nonsense. Preganancy isn't a disability, it's not even debilitating.
Most parking lots have reserved parking spots close to a business's front door for anyone with a DMV recognized disability, normally related to walking problems.
But I just heard the concept of getting the state or nation to set aside parking for military wounded in combat... I think that is a damn good idea. About time too.
Most parking lots have reserved parking spots close to a business's front door for anyone with a DMV recognized disability, normally related to walking problems.
But I just heard the concept of getting the state or nation to set aside parking for military wounded in combat... I think that is a damn good idea. About time too.
Jensen Sutta photography of the US Marine Corp National Museum
Saturday, September 24, 2011
The military Pit Crew Challenge is down to 2 teams for tomorrows final match, USMC helo mechanics vs USN helo mechanics
See Tere's post of the finals: http://justacargal-s.blogspot.com/2011/09/coronado-speedfest-pit-challenge.html
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