OT: The "Let's buy Abram a Leica Fund!"

[Byuphoto]

Ouch! When I joined the german navy in 1980 this was an option. After seven from eight years I had the 8th with full pay for my education and a another 18 month at 2/3 pay. Plus an allowance for books and a typewriter (hey, that was 1988).

But the german navy was pretty safe then, just one crash with a british destroyer at Portland Bil.

Whe met a US frigate, the USS Glover, since retired, first in Germany and a year later in Charleston. I had a chance to serve two weeks on that ship. They had a sign hanging in the First Class Mess
"Join the navy,
see the world,
meet different people
.
.
and kill them."

The seabees where even worse 🙂

Should have hung around the SEALs or the Marine force recon Like I did ;-)

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Just so you guys know, I thought about it last night and I may consider enrolling in classes for the summer or fall of this year. Community college won't be as great as a university, but it'll get me through the basics that I need.

 

[ch1]

Ouch! When I joined the german navy in 1980 this was an option. After seven from eight years I had the 8th with full pay for my education and a another 18 month at 2/3 pay. Plus an allowance for books and a typewriter (hey, that was 1988).

But the german navy was pretty safe then, just one crash with a british destroyer at Portland Bil.

Whe met a US frigate, the USS Glover, since retired, first in Germany and a year later in Charleston. I had a chance to serve two weeks on that ship. They had a sign hanging in the First Class Mess
"Join the navy,
see the world,
meet different people
.
.
and kill them."

The seabees where even worse 🙂

Socke,

I think the sign was meant to be an "ironic" joke on the usual motto. Unfortunately, ironic humor is not well understood and often mis-perceived as literal.

 

[Frank Granovski]

Stephanie, what are you going to study? 😀

 

[Socke]

Socke,

I think the sign was meant to be an "ironic" joke on the usual motto. Unfortunately, ironic humor is not well understood and often mis-perceived as literal.

Oh, I'm sure it was ironic.

I had a couple of T-Shirts which I consider bad taste now but funny then.
One had the Iowa sailing into a sunset with some mushroom clouds on it. The caption read "24 empty missile tubes, some mushroomclouds, it's MILLER time."
Thank God those missiles have never been used and I don't think anybody aboard a warship wants to launch a nuclear attack on anybody.

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

I'm sure Socke understood the irony. He did after all serve on that vessel. I'm also sure he developed some insight from that very sign.

I even think he has a sense of humor about it. I did catch a glimpse of a smiley.

Bob H

 

[Nick R.]

Go for it, Stephanie. Part of higher education is learning how to learn. Community college is a great place for that.

 

[JimG]

Poco a poco

Poco a poco

Abram- How about if just each of us donates our spare Leica parts and you can assemble your own. I got an Elmar filter I'm not using. You know a camera strap here a shutter there? Good luck anyway. 🙂

 

[Socke]

I'm sure Socke understood the irony. He did after all serve on that vessel. I'm also sure he developed some insight from that very sign.

I even think he has a sense of humor about it. I did catch a glimpse of a smiley.

Bob H

Some smiles and some tears, those years in the navy weren't totaly bad 🙂

My concern is, if you join the armed forces only to get an education you make a big mistake! It takes more reasons to serve.
You can get seriously injured and even killed without getting into a battle, working on a ship is riskier than frying burgers!
Your civil rights are reduced, you're away from your family for weeks if not month, and last but not least, you may be sent to a place were they don't shoot you with a rangefinder but a rifle :-(

So IMHO the education one gets in the service is an added benefit over the other reasons to join said service.

 

[cp_ste.croix]

wow...this has strayed waaaay off topic.


Depending on what you take at College, you can always transfer to University later with 2 years of credit. It's what I did to save cash while I wondered about what to take. Most University graduates, unless very specialized, don't work in their field of study, so study what you want. As someone else said, it's about learning and learning to learn, as well as countless other skills as well as a fair bit of cultural cache (unfortunately).

 

[dostacos]

Just so you guys know, I thought about it last night and I may consider enrolling in classes for the summer or fall of this year. Community college won't be as great as a university, but it'll get me through the basics that I need.

two years at a community college, and transfer to a 4 year school and the degree is the same but you don't pay as much for the first two years 😉

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

wow...this has strayed waaaay off topic.

I wonder how that happened...

 

[agoglanian]

Abram- How about if just each of us donates our spare Leica parts and you can assemble your own. I got an Elmar filter I'm not using. You know a camera strap here a shutter there? Good luck anyway. 🙂

that would be a fun project!

i could call it the leica Mx 🙂 do they come with assembly instructions??? lol.

seriously though, that would be incredibly fun if i could make it work. but im no engineer.

 

[JimG]

There's an old country & western song about a guy that worked in a ford plant for like 20 years and smuggled out a whole car one part at a time from different models. What he ended up with was one unique car.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

There's an old country & western song about a guy that worked in a ford plant for like 20 years and smuggled out a whole car one part at a time from different models. What he ended up with was one unique car.

That's fantastic, Jim. What's the name/singer? I like a bunch of real Country music (pre 1970s) songs, btw. (I'm serious, what's the song?)

You know Abram, the parts alone fetch more money (a body back can fetch at least $200, it's ridiculous).

How's this?: you get some Frequent Flyer miles; enough to go either to Solms...ok, somewhere in Portugal, or Germany or Japan. You hang around the RF manufacturer's plant of your choice, get to know the trash, you know, dig around. Collect parts...

OK, it's a ridiculous plan; but we're brainstorming! 😎

 

[ch1]

There's an old country & western song about a guy that worked in a ford plant for like 20 years and smuggled out a whole car one part at a time from different models. What he ended up with was one unique car.

Actually it was a Cadillac and it was by Johnny Cash....

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Was it really? I'm so not up in my Cash. 😀

An aunt of mine had tons of records of his. My mom Hated with a capital J (yes) country music, so we didn't hear it at home. I'm surprised my dad was ever able to sneak Everly Brothers records in the house, but you can debate where their music belongs.

So, what's the title?

 

[ch1]

Further info for you "assembly-line bandits":

http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/cash-johnny/one-piece-at-a-time-767.html

BTW: His daughter, Roseanne, has a new tribute albumn out called: Black Cadillac

And, no, I am certainly NOT an expert in country music.