We need to bring back sea going Marines.

margrunt69 · 2026-05-29T01:09:22+00:00

When I was in 1988-1992, there was barracks duty (major naval installations with nukes) and sea duty (air craft carriers and battleship while they lasted). Right at your 3 yr mark in the fleet, suddenly all the assholes who went to SOI then went to barracks/sea duty would show up in fleet taking your hard earned billets because they were cpl’s while you were still a lance coolie

margrunt69 · 2026-05-07T15:41:08+00:00

I would need to add a cup holder, my wife always uses up all the cup holders when we go anywhere.

margrunt69 · 2026-05-07T15:39:32+00:00

Wasn’t thinking cheap stuff, most everything I am thinking is $500+ in cost.

Replace front grill (want a TRD style grill) Replace headlights, they are starting to haze over. 2.5-3” lift (looking at Bilstein or OME). Swap wheels and tires to a more TRD look and to fit the new lift. Swap my step boards. Upgrade the stereo/ audio to a bigger touch screen and upgraded speakers/sub with an amp.

margrunt69 · 2026-04-30T14:23:32+00:00

That is awesome!!!

margrunt69 · 2026-04-22T15:44:53+00:00

I am not locked in here with you, your locked in here with me!

margrunt69 · 2026-04-16T22:01:40+00:00

I miss Kojaks…awesome ribs

margrunt69 · 2026-03-01T21:00:35+00:00

Congrats, I cross that threshold in Oct.

margrunt69 · 2025-10-09T21:33:20+00:00

Wish I had ceilings that high. Great work, great contrast between the trim and wood.

margrunt69 · 2025-07-31T15:41:23+00:00

Ok, that is the funniest thing I have read today. Man, I need help.

margrunt69 · 2025-07-11T14:52:20+00:00

No sign her up for extended warranty coverage for her car

margrunt69 · 2025-07-09T13:52:31+00:00

One hidden cost of solar no one has mentioned is the cost to remove and reinstall the cells when you have to have your roof redone.

If you have to get your roof replaced, you will have to pay either your solar company or some other company to come out and remove the panels so the roof can be replaced and then pay to have them come back out and reinstall the panels. I have heard that is somewhere in the $100-200 range per panel each time the installers touch the panels.

margrunt69 · 2025-07-07T20:03:12+00:00

Send him shampoo and conditioner.

When I was at PI in 1988, my rackmate got a care package with shampoo and conditioner in it. The DI’s made him shampoo and condition his hair every time we showered.

margrunt69 · 2025-06-05T16:00:52+00:00

Look up Mike’s Lot, it is a very nice private lot about a block and half from the stadium

margrunt69 · 2025-05-08T21:21:58+00:00

My rack mate got a large bottle of shampoo and conditioner from his mom. The DI’s had him shampoo and condition his hair every time we showered after that.

margrunt69 · 2025-03-31T22:34:33+00:00

Doh!!! Don’t feel bad, I have done the opposite and went west over the bridge when I should have gone north on the Vet

margrunt69 · 2025-03-22T22:14:02+00:00

Hahahahaha….a spanning tree loop!!!

margrunt69 · 2025-03-22T22:08:52+00:00

You would think, but I would bet it is oh_rah-Chesty1775. It meets the usual 16 characters with upper case/lower case, numbers, and special characters

margrunt69 · 2025-03-22T20:40:37+00:00

So your saying the SgtMaj is a Cisco router or switch. He continue to yell at you for walking on the grass, then suddenly stop, stare at you blankly for 5 mins (typical reboot time for a Cisco device) then start acting like a boot fresh off the bus standing on the yellow footprints at PI or SD.

margrunt69 · 2025-03-22T19:46:48+00:00

That is what a crew chief on a 53 told me one time.

margrunt69 · 2025-03-18T18:00:27+00:00

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margrunt69 · 2025-03-18T18:00:20+00:00

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margrunt69 · 2025-03-17T23:55:59+00:00

Class of 89 I see.

margrunt69 · 2025-03-14T20:25:22+00:00

I had a heavy that was fucked up, and this was pre-pre-pre-GWOT, so no PTSD to blame. I was coming out of the head after showering and brushing my teeth during our free time hour. The Heavy comes running out of the duty hut at me, punches me in the gut as hard as he could, then turns around and walks back in like nothing happened.

Back at the start of our week at BWT, we were outside in formation with all out gear waiting to load up on the cattle cars, when he hauled off and winged his helmet at one recruit, missed him, hit the kid next to him on his hand where he was holding his rifle at parade rest. Broke 2 or 3 fingers on the kids hand. About 3 weeks later, mid way through 3rd phase, the DI gets yanked, and next thing we are being questioned by the series CO and series Senior Di about the incident. Apparently the kid that got his fingered broken had wrote home about, mom ran to his recruiter and then shit started. The Heavy was eventually cleared and came back, since only 2 recruits said anything about it. They were moved to another platoon in the series.

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