The scariest job you ever had?

[MongGrel]

an admin job?

apparently.

 

[dmcowen674]

what did I say that was so wrong?

I'm sorry I don't like military.

Of all days you post this crap?

Ban Ban Ban

 

[moonbogg]

I had to make a drawing of a giant aluminum extrusion press, while it was still hot. Standing on slippery guide rails around a 900 degree hunk of metal gave me visions of slipping and watching my skin stick to the hot metal around me.

Also, people removed my foreskin without my permission. I'm not upset or anything, just saying. Doesn't bother me one little bit.

 

[alkemyst]

Yes I did, I went in open contract at the time.

I worked in S1 in headquarters in VMFA-232 starting out, which is the oldest Marine Fighter Squadron.

Red Devils.

You know that from previous posts, is where they put me as I had the aptitude.

All Marines go through the same boot camp, and have to go through the same physical/rifle training for promotions.

I was a sharpshooter, should have been a expert, but I never did get the 500 yard line down well with open sights I guess.

My secondary MOS was a door gunner on a chopper.

The last 30 years I've been a Journeyman Tool & Diemaker supporting military for all branches of the service for Equipment/R&D development in various machine shops for the most part.

I don't keep track of you, bro at least not like you and others keep track of me.

Boot camp is just boot camp, that doesn't count. I am pretty much the only one in my family not to go military. I pretty much aced the ASVAB and they called me all the time until my mid 20's. When I say "aced" it was not just the high score on the paper they give you, it was based on what was behind the scenes...I scored perfect.

Sharpshooter is a challenge, many just don't care about it. It's not that hard to get. You excuse on 'expert' is everyone's excuse. "I needed a better gun" "I could do it with a scope!" lol, etc.

I respect veterans, but so many that brag about being one, were hardly a soldier...just served some time.

My exes husband is a 100% combat disabled vet because he got hit by a truck during a training exercise he was screwing around on. Gets a nice $75k equivalent paycheck annually due to not having taxes. He used to like to claim he was both a SEAL and RANGER meanwhile only an E4 after 8+ years and both Navy and Army experience.

One of my friends that is a lifer and served in many fire fights had his doubts based on how much Call of Duty type games that guy played. Apparently if you have really seen firefights and killed people those games are not fun at all.

He did some research and gave me all the info on her ex. Guy was just a Quartermaster at best. Closest thing he came to a SEAL or RANGER was probably handing them a map.

 

[olds]

So tell me Mongrel. What was so scary about your time in Iraq? Worried your SO was fucking your best friend back home?




Jesus, you don't learn do you?

You troll own own damn thread.

You ask posters what was the scariest job they ever did. Mongrel posted Marines and you post two bullshit anti-service posts to troll your own thread.

You're going way out of your way to be an asshole and that's what's going to get you kicked off this forum.

Coming down on the people that served this country on Veteran's Day, no less, shows unmitigated gall.

Take another couple weeks off and learn some manners.



esquared
Anandtech Forum Director

Dear Mr. e,
I am a vet. I vote for permaban. Any other vet, votes?
:biggrin:

 

[IronWing]

Driving on logging roads in northern California at night. The roads are one lane wide and on one side is a mountain and on the other side Death keeps swooping by on his hang glider. A moment of inattention and it's 1500 ft straight down.

 

[MongGrel]

I don't keep track of you, bro at least not like you and others keep track of me.

Boot camp is just boot camp, that doesn't count. I am pretty much the only one in my family not to go military. I pretty much aced the ASVAB and they called me all the time until my mid 20's. When I say "aced" it was not just the high score on the paper they give you, it was based on what was behind the scenes...I scored perfect.

Sharpshooter is a challenge, many just don't care about it. It's not that hard to get. You excuse on 'expert' is everyone's excuse. "I needed a better gun" "I could do it with a scope!" lol, etc.

I respect veterans, but so many that brag about being one, were hardly a soldier...just served some time.

My exes husband is a 100% combat disabled vet because he got hit by a truck during a training exercise he was screwing around on. Gets a nice $75k equivalent paycheck annually due to not having taxes. He used to like to claim he was both a SEAL and RANGER meanwhile only an E4 after 8+ years and both Navy and Army experience.

One of my friends that is a lifer and served in many fire fights had his doubts based on how much Call of Duty type games that guy played. Apparently if you have really seen firefights and killed people those games are not fun at all.

He did some research and gave me all the info on her ex. Guy was just a Quartermaster at best. Closest thing he came to a SEAL or RANGER was probably handing them a map.

And I still really don't care about your personal opinions of me, I guess that hasn't really registered yet I guess.

I have many flaws of yours I could throw out there, but I don't bother.

I'm not even sure what acing an ASVAB would even be I had a 148 GCT.

I had many pilots in the squadron had lower scores than mine, even the CO I believe, as I had access to every ones records at the time.

I made no excuse for the 500 line, in fact I stated flat out I did not shoot well at 500 yards with open sights.

You seem to know very little about what you are talking about in reality.

You talk a lot of bullshit about things you do not seem to have done from second hand experience.

 

[Mai72]

Bye Mayne.

Nope. I don't feel bad anymore. You crossed the like you SoB.

 

[jlee]

Dear Mr. e,
I am a vet. I vote for permaban. Any other vet, votes?
:biggrin:

Not a vet, but if six years in the USAF Auxiliary counts for anything, throw my vote in too.

 

[MongGrel]

I'm leaving the other alone, touchy subject.

 

[olds]

And I still really don't care about your personal opinions of me, I guess that hasn't really registered yet I guess...

Stop engaging him in intercourse then.

In fact, if the whole forum stopped responding to anything he says, he'd eventually go away.

 

[MongGrel]

Stop engaging him in intercourse then.

In fact, if the whole forum stopped responding to anything he says, he'd eventually go away.

Yeah, but that won't happen.

:biggrin:

Youks and away.

 

[olds]

Yeah, but that won't happen.

:biggrin:

Youks and away.

It's but one small step for man...
It'd be the AnandTech effect. Ignore people and they go away. Jut think of the Internet cred!

 

[Perknose]

Christ, what a clusterfuck of a thread. I have my own stories. I volunteered for what turned out to be the seventh circle of hell. Naive young kid, I was. I'm lucky to be alive, this I know.

That's probably why, years later, when I sort of fell into being a PI, I just didn't feel any fear when I should have. I'd go up into the high rise housing projects in North Philly at 2am with no escort, and I flat out refused to carry a weapon. You carry a gun, especially in those circumstances, you'd better be damn well prepared to shoot to kill. I'd had enough of that for all time. I'm not saying my decision was smart, but it was mine, and it worked for me for 14 years. So there.

The protocol for going into the high rises was to call the Philly PD and wait for an escort of TWO uniforms to accompany you. The one time I did, they took over an hour to show up. And, time was money for me, so never again.

The high rises were the least of it. The streets were dicier. But for whatever reason, I never felt afraid, and I thoroughly believe that helped. Fear can be smelled, plus body language conveys it.

Also, I always gave genuine respect to whomever I came across. That's the basic thing most anyone wants, from the get go. Respect engenders respect.

The other thing working in my favor was that coming across a solo white guy at three in the morning in the middle of the very worst of North Philly gave pause to the jamokes. I think they figured I must be some sort of super bad ass or I wouldn't be there in the first place. And, most of those guys have been in the system already, and none of them wanted to go back.

Anyway, kids, don't try this at home.

 

[alkemyst]

I'd go up into the high rise housing projects in North Philly at 2am with no escort

Silly Perk at 2am in a housing project you should have been able to find an escort on-premises and that late probably at a discount.

 

[alkemyst]

It's but one small step for man...
It'd be the AnandTech effect. Ignore people and they go away. Jut think of the Internet cred!

having a conversation about me doesn't contribute either.

 

[T9D]

Driving on logging roads in northern California at night. The roads are one lane wide and on one side is a mountain and on the other side Death keeps swooping by on his hang glider. A moment of inattention and it's 1500 ft straight down.

Why were you on logging roads at night? Is that where you dump the bodies? :whiste:

 

[Tweak155]

You're a fucking moron. Your parents need to cut your AOL connect off. I'm not saying anything you already don't know.

Let me repeat, please kill yourself.

While I don't appreciate what Mayne said either, how is this appropriate? You're just as bad if not worse.

 

[Perknose]

Why were you on logging roads at night? Is that where you dump the bodies? :whiste:

Give him a break. He was young, and the internet was new . . . so he fundamentally misunderstood the concept of "logging on." :biggrin:

 

[etrigan420]

I worked in the Boiler rooms of 3 different US Navy ships...didn't seem too dangerous or scary at the time.



Not my image...but they all pretty much looked like that.

The scariest job I ever had was a bricklayer. The owner of the company was a fucking degenerate. Had a guy almost go down from 13 stories up the old Portsmouth Naval Hospital, and the things we did in, on, and around this building:



(Hampton, VA. City Hall) would have given OSHA a heart attack.

 

[MongGrel]

I worked in the Boiler rooms of 3 different US Navy ships...didn't seem too dangerous or scary at the time.



Not my image...but they all pretty much looked like that.

The scariest job I ever had was a bricklayer. The owner of the company was a fucking degenerate. Had a guy almost go down from 13 stories up the old Portsmouth Naval Hospital, and the things we did in, on, and around this building:



(Hampton, VA. City Hall) would have given OSHA a heart attack.

My father used to do boilers in the Navy, he used to bust my ass for going in the Marines

He was pretty proud of it, on the side.

/Salute

 

[allisolm]

Worked as a census taker doing follow-ups on people who hadn't sent in their forms. Was met twice by people with guns who didn't want any gubmint paper pushers on their property. Interviewed people who, when asked where they were residing on such and such a date, responded with things like "Oh, I was in the penitentiary then - for attempted murder." More than a little scary at times for an unaccompanied woman.

 

[T9D]

What the flip I never knew you were a chick :$

 

[IronWing]

Why were you on logging roads at night? Is that where you dump the bodies? :whiste:

Installing radio repeaters for wildland firefighters.

 

[etrigan420]

My father used to do boilers in the Navy, he used to bust my ass for going in the Marines

/Salute

Back at you man. At least the Marines are known to fight the enemy, the number 1 fight in being a Boiler Technician was boredom...we'd light and secure the boilers *maybe* 6 times on a 6 month deployment. The rest of the time (usually 6 hours on, 6 hours off, ad nauseum), the main function of the Burnerman (guy in the picture with the torch) was to sit on a stool watching through a porthole into the furnace looking for flame pattern deviations...yay.

Hell, my wife did 20 years as a Corpsman. Deployed once (at the 18 year mark to Kuwait), and the only time she ever saw the inside of a ship is when she came to see me! :biggrin: