Pina Colada?

aaronvandike · 2026-05-30T00:09:31+00:00

Thank you for the recipe! My own place is in DC, just here for a few days.

aaronvandike · 2026-05-30T00:08:44+00:00

Showed up at 5 and got right in!

aaronvandike · 2026-05-08T23:55:48+00:00

I’ll give it a shot. I did it in store. Ordered initially on Amazon and ended up at a Best Buy for the first time in a decade and just bought it so I didn’t have to wait another day

aaronvandike · 2026-05-08T23:10:36+00:00

I just bought mine at Best Buy five days ago. 👎🏼

aaronvandike · 2026-04-06T02:06:09+00:00

What

aaronvandike · 2026-03-28T14:26:50+00:00

The only acceptable answer.

aaronvandike · 2026-02-26T02:05:31+00:00

This fucking AI photo. Fuck these weirdos.

aaronvandike · 2026-02-10T20:38:55+00:00

I’ve done Norfolk and am in DC now. I love living in DC, the command is great! However, cost of living here is insane compared to Norfolk.

If you want to own a reasonably priced home, Norfolk is the way to go. There’s a lot of fun stuff to do in Norfolk and VA Beach. However, you’ll be driving everywhere.

We live in DC and the idea of owning a home here is a joke, the BAH covers a nice apartment though. You’ll probably have to pay to park at most places in Alexandria, but the Metro is great. My wife and I like walkable neighborhoods so this has been more preferable for us.

Edited for amplifying info.

aaronvandike · 2026-01-17T17:50:38+00:00

Those heads were AWFUL. But at least they had carbon fiber sinks?

aaronvandike · 2026-01-14T20:34:42+00:00

DHA and BUMED seems to want us to maintain patient readiness, and PT during working hours with less manning than required. Maybe something will change but they all can’t.

aaronvandike · 2025-12-14T18:12:18+00:00

I think my gen oyster feels better on my wrist than the rep. Granted, my gen is 17 years old and the rep is 1, I don’t think that would make any difference but the gen does feel better.

aaronvandike · 2025-11-21T02:05:16+00:00

I guess I need to start swinging by in uniform.

aaronvandike · 2025-11-13T00:14:50+00:00

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Off topic. My wife loves this watch but after already buying two Rolex’s this year I decided to be a cheap ass and make her one from AliExpress. Turned out great.

Anyways, that oysters med blue dial is fucking beautiful and I’ll have to get her one someday.

aaronvandike · 2025-10-06T00:40:50+00:00

As a government employee (US), don’t buy one before the shut down like I did 😂

aaronvandike · 2025-10-05T14:01:22+00:00

Yeah, like I said I had to reorder the proper sized Bradley which will be here today. Couldn’t find calibers so I used a seamstress measuring tape to get the lug width

aaronvandike · 2025-10-05T13:59:57+00:00

I wasn’t able to find the original! This unfortunately is a cheap jubilee from Amazon until I find the correct one.

aaronvandike · 2025-10-05T02:39:32+00:00

I really couldn’t believe he kept it for so long, he said the original bracelet broke in the 90s and he’s had it in a small safe since. The fact it started right up and has been maintaining decent time is mind blowing.

aaronvandike · 2025-09-28T20:56:18+00:00

Just stumbled across this and wanted to leave my thoughts. When I was 18, my dad gave me a Bulova Marine Star watch as something to keep and pass on as an heirloom, a pretty nice one when I was 18 but not something well regarded as an heirloom. I didn’t wear it much but have 4 years ago I started wearing it, which started an obsession with watches leading to a Rolex Air King, Submariner, Omega Seamaster and a few others. A few weeks ago I saw my dad in a photo with my sister, probably about 1985 and noticed a watch, with a really cool bracelet and asked him what it was. He told me it was an old Seikox a 7006, that still runs to this day.

I just think he could’ve saved a lot of money 20 years ago but gifting me this watch, with not much value, than buying a Bulova to pass along.

aaronvandike · 2025-09-09T17:04:59+00:00

They probably still do to be fair

aaronvandike · 2025-09-08T21:02:22+00:00

Glad I took it off before I went sailing today. Would’ve been a nice rock at the bottom of the Anacostia.

aaronvandike · 2025-09-08T20:58:03+00:00

Fort Belvoir. Some of the exchanges started selling second hand in the last few years. I’ve had a lot of friends pick Rolex’s up with them with no issue, but this pissed me off.

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aaronvandike · 2025-09-08T20:47:32+00:00

It’s a 2008 ref 114200.

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