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[M_Six]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

Wow! You guys are going to make me switch back to FULL FAT whole milk just to offset all of this other stuff!! Just a quick little thought on almond milk for anyone drinking it. Are you aware that growing almonds requires an ungodly amount of water and a very large percentage of them are grown in California? If there’s one thing California doesn’t need it’s to be using tons of water on almonds.

Is that any more eco-unfriendly than dairy farming? At some point you have to set your "footprint" or you'll starve to death.

The big thing now is to stop counting calories and start avoiding as much ultra-processed food as possible. Then you find out that the definition of "ultra-processed" fits a hell of a lot of food we eat. Even stuff that is supposed to be healthy, like almond milk.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Is that any more eco-unfriendly than dairy farming? At some point you have to set your "footprint" or you'll starve to death.

I’d have to look into that, but off the top of my head I think it probably is, because it also takes an ungodly amount of almonds to get an equivalent amount of “milk” that you get from cows. Of course, cows are worse for the planet than cars with all their farting!

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

I’d have to look into that, but off the top of my head I think it probably is, because it also takes an ungodly amount of almonds to get an equivalent amount of “milk” that you get from cows. Of course, cows are worse for the planet than cars with all their farting!

It also takes a great deal of water to keep the trees going. Maybe nothing wrong with that, except the San Juaquin Valley aquifers are already over taxed.

[Esteban]

Whole milk, fat-free, 1%, almond milk, oat milk, etc. Nice to have choices. We all get to drink what we want.

[Buug959]

FS

[vreihen16]

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[Artemis]

Lisa Fonssagrives - Swedish supermodel:

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[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Lisa Fonssagrives - Swedish supermodel:

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And today we live in a world devoid of class. I guess you know you’re old when you have a really pissy attitude about the state of the current world situation.

[M_Six]

47 years ago today I raised my right hand and got sworn into the US Army. I know there are 'Nam vets here who pre-date that by a decade or more. I'm still a 'cruit on their lawns.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by M_Six

47 years ago today I raised my right hand and got sworn into the US Army. I know there are 'Nam vets here who pre-date that by a decade or more. I'm still a 'cruit on their lawns.

Hooah!!!

[Boomer 2019]

5/25/1966 US Navy. We refer to the new guys as Boots. But young or old, Navy /Army/Marines/AF/or CG, all my military brothers are welcome on my lawn at any time. Assistance within my capabilities will always be extended. Well, maybe with a few exceptions.

[Buug959]

I thought of posting this to the "LOL Pic thread" but decided it was more suitable to this one. LOL

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by M_Six

47 years ago today I raised my right hand and got sworn into the US Army. I know there are 'Nam vets here who pre-date that by a decade or more. I'm still a 'cruit on their lawns.

Salute!

Where did you do BCT? I reported for duty 8/1/67 and did basic at Ft. Bliss, TX. I've hated Texas ever since.
Did AIT at Ft. Sill.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

Salute!

Where did you do BCT? I reported for duty 8/1/67 and did basic at Ft. Bliss, TX. I've hated Texas ever since.
Did AIT at Ft. Sill.

Ft. Bliss in August? That must have been a shock to the system.

I did One Station Unit Training (OSUT) at Ft. Knox, June-Sept, 1977. BCT and AIT in 13 weeks. Same drill sergeants the whole time. And that was hot enough. Not nearly as hot as Ft. Bliss, though.

[Llarry]

USMCR Platoon Leader Candidate February 1966 (while in college)
PLC Junior Course (6 weeks) July-August 1966, Quantico, VA
(as a Lance Corporal for pay purposes AKA "maggot")
PLC Senior Course (5 weeks) July-August 1966, Quantico
(now a lofty Corporal for pay purposes, but still AKA "maggot")
Dropped the program just before finishing to become a Marine officer by my own request; I saw my military career going in another direction (having started taking Chinese courses in university)

USNR 90-day delay program September 1969
Active duty USN January 1970-1995 (with a four-month lapse in January-June 1974 when I studied Chinese in Taiwan on my own dime)

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Llarry

USMCR Platoon Leader Candidate February 1966 (while in college)
PLC Junior Course (6 weeks) July-August 1966, Quantico, VA
(as a Lance Corporal for pay purposes AKA "maggot")
PLC Senior Course (5 weeks) July-August 1966, Quantico
(now a lofty Corporal for pay purposes, but still AKA "maggot")
Dropped the program just before finishing to become a Marine officer by my own request; I saw my military career going in another direction (having started taking Chinese courses in university)

USNR 90-day delay program September 1969
Active duty USN January 1970-1995 (with a four-month lapse in January-June 1974 when I studied Chinese in Taiwan on my own dime)

How many stints at DLI? Did you attend the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey? I’ve never actually known what was taught there.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

How many stints at DLI? Did you attend the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey? I’ve never actually known what was taught there.

DLI as a Chinese-Mandarin student April 1970 - Feb 1971 (it was a 47-week course but I got set ahead six weeks due to my prior exposure to the language.)

Some folks went back to DLI and took intermediate and advanced courses; I never did.

DLI as a staffer (a "Technical Language Assistant") in the Chinese-Mandarin Department August 1977 to September 1980.

Our pay and personnel records were kept in the Naval Post Graduate School since it was larger and close by. I never attended any PG education in the Navy. The NPGS grants (to my knowledge) master's degrees in a wide variety of subjects like computer science, space operations, ocean sciences, operations research, etc.

[vreihen16]

Is it just me, or is glass cleaner becoming more wimpy these days? I was trying to clean the inside of my windshield yesterday, and might as well have sprayed the glass with WD-40 judging by how bad it smudged even after three rounds and half a roll of blue shop towels.....

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Is it just me, or is glass cleaner becoming more wimpy these days? I was trying to clean the inside of my windshield yesterday, and might as well have sprayed the glass with WD-40 judging by how bad it smudged even after three rounds and half a roll of blue shop towels.....

I discovered SONAX glass cleaner a few years ago; seems to work better than the more widely available glass cleaners. I actually ended up ordering a monster 5-liter jug of the stuff and refill the spray bottle as needed.

I no longer use glass cleaner on the exterior of my vehicles as I've had all of them ceramic coated, including the glass.

[3798j]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Is it just me, or is glass cleaner becoming more wimpy these days? I was trying to clean the inside of my windshield yesterday, and might as well have sprayed the glass with WD-40 judging by how bad it smudged even after three rounds and half a roll of blue shop towels.....

Experienced the same frustration. Mr Clean Magic Eraser pads were the cure.

[UncleWede]

I switched to InvisiGlass a few years ago.

The other issue is that the inks they used to use on newspaper that made it such a great glass tool, have been replaced with something more eco-friendly : (

whippersnappers

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Llarry

I discovered SONAX glass cleaner a few years ago; seems to work better than the more widely available glass cleaners.

"Ammonia and phosphate free" on the label. Sounds like a shopping list for the missing items to brew my own glass cleaner that actually works.....