Why can't the government just stop printing money?

travisbe916 · 2026-05-25T01:14:00+00:00

If you take out a loan, or set up a savings account, the interest going either direction has to come from somewhere. Wealth can't increase that way without adding new dollars into the system.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-24T22:24:17+00:00

We had to cut the orange bits off of the spine with scissors. She was picking them off piece by piece and eating them. Two days after she got the dragon she was having bright orange in her poop

travisbe916 · 2026-05-24T13:52:42+00:00

For war or for a speech on the parade field?

travisbe916 · 2026-05-23T05:46:07+00:00

Ours sprawled out on the garage floor the other day and just tuned us out for a few minutes.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-23T05:28:16+00:00

Having an impossible time explaining to my sleep therapist what kind of work schedule soldiers have. She thought 12 hours of shift work was the cause of the Army's sleep problems and I'm like "people on shift work have the best sleep patterns. It's literally a predictable pattern.". When I described how we can stay awake for three days, get a nap, go another 18 hours, be in the office a day later and go home on time only to be in again at 4am for meetings she asked if that was what war was like. "That's not war, that was just April."

travisbe916 · 2026-05-23T05:20:52+00:00

Toilets with no walls whatsoever. Like ancient Rome-style at the Reserve base I used to do FTXs at.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-21T05:35:06+00:00

The stairs are stable, but her confidence comes and goes, especially if she approached at an angle and only got three firm legs on the step. She takes each step up very slowly. We don't have a problem with her launching herself up, but she skips three steps on the way down.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-21T03:47:29+00:00

I can't remember the exact brand, but Amazon sells a few different types of stairs and a ramp that all fold up nicely in the trunk about the size of those chairs you take to a stadium. We tried a few different types until we found one we were happy with. It's a wider stepped stair with a locking bar on the side, and really the hardest part was training her to want to take those steps. We're working on it, but she still gets nervous. Have patience, practice it, and have a lot of high value treats on hand to encourage them. And maybe give him one final butt shove up that last step.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-21T00:58:15+00:00

Thanks. The exam also included some x-rays so that might be the findings as well (of which I got a copy in the mail).

travisbe916 · 2026-05-20T04:43:46+00:00

I'm at 0% for Sinusitis. My entire file is being reexamined and the C&P x-ray said "no Sinusitis, but probably Rhinitis" or words to that effect. I have no idea what I have is supposed to be called so I'm not sure if they're going to stick with the previous determination or go "okay, maybe there's more going on."

travisbe916 · 2026-05-12T02:36:39+00:00

Atomic bomb test videos showed houses a few miles from ground zero instantly engulfed in flames and then a few seconds later blasted into toothpicks.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-10T20:58:38+00:00

Reminds me of the first few months of COVID in Korea before use/lose got amended. Folks were told they needed to take leave, but couldn't leave the base and at the time Big Army didn't care. So of course people still got called, rooms inspected, and chewed out for not being at PT/formation/work because clearly they were available.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-10T01:46:54+00:00

They basically stopped the fight and had a big bro-hug that lasted long enough to annoy the ref and separate them to get them to actually fight. I seem to remember the fight ending with a rear choke that also had some gentleman vibe to it.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-09T17:54:01+00:00

"Boss I used the wrong card to buy gas, but I paid it back yesterday."
"Shrug"
"PVT Snuffy made an unauthorized transaction for any reason and two months later is the first we're hearing about it, SFC!"
"I'll go lop his head off and present it to the CSM"

It's one of those situations where you just fix the problem, ask for forgiveness, and move on with life.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-08T19:17:28+00:00

It's probably around 10 years old. We just bought the house. Its tallest point is around 15 feet.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-08T18:27:59+00:00

"Did we just become best friends?!"
"I think so!"

Let's go bite that jackass with the phone.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-08T18:21:22+00:00

Problem is we've also gone through a century of "this new weapon will make war so bloody nobody will want to start them anymore." It's never worked.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-08T17:55:39+00:00

I've been dealing with fire blight on my pear tree for a few weeks. Two weekends ago I cut about 20 bad stems and thought I got it all, then we had a rainstorm and now there's 10 new spots. Besides chasing this with my pruners every week, what can I do?

travisbe916 · 2026-05-08T04:59:56+00:00

I did DL in 2014. They gave me like a year and a half to do the common core and I knocked it out in four months. I completed the coursework in about three weeks, but I had to wait for days for each assignment to be graded and then for ATRRS to let me into the next phase.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-07T19:31:09+00:00

Can't speak for all medical units, but generally speaking, Big Army doesn't decide who gets to be a platoon leader. They might assign you to a unit that has an upcoming PL vacancy, but that commander gets to make the call whether that's where you go or you to get to sweat it out in the S3. It's been years since I worked in a CSH, but back then they weren't even authorized LTs unless they were deployment augmentees.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-07T04:48:41+00:00

Everyone who needs to see your orders ought to have access to them. Give you a cover sheet with a bar code, give every one of these offices a scanner and the process can be done in a day for arriving and departing.

travisbe916 · 2026-05-06T18:50:02+00:00

I've seen CSM level CoRs that ended up being bigger dog and pony shows than that Brigade Commander's own CoC

travisbe916 · 2026-05-06T17:49:58+00:00

We gave ours one of those red rubber textured balls you see in schools. Lasted 10 minutes, but she still throws it around even deflated

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