Very Interesting

[critmonster]

i don’t frequent espresso shops and only go out occasionally (feeding children) but as my wife used to be a waitress i generally tip 15-20%

[Jennifer]

I live on coffee.  But I get the sinking feeling that caffiene effects metabolism and causes your body resistance when trying to loose weight, which might explain why the US Army has a policy against caffiene and outright forbids you to have any during combat training (even prior service.)

So i’m planning on no caffiene next year til I loose 35 pounds.

[Jermofoot]

@Jennifer:

I live on coffee.  But I get the sinking feeling that caffiene effects metabolism and causes your body resistance when trying to loose weight, which might explain why the US Army has a policy against caffiene and outright forbids you to have any during combat training (even prior service.)

So i’m planning on no caffiene next year til I loose 35 pounds.

Your body is actually attuned to a small amount of caffeine.  But too much can put stress on many things (heart, adrenals, etc.).

[Jennifer]

Would 12 cups of coffee in the morning, 1 Venti Mocha on the way to work, 12 cans of diet coke at work and 2 Monsters on the way home from work count as “too much” ?

[Jermofoot]

@Jennifer:

Would 12 cups of coffee in the morning, 1 Venti Mocha on the way to work, 12 cans of diet coke at work and 2 Monsters on the way home from work count as “too much” ?

OMG, Jenn, I think that qualifies you as comatose!  :-o

[Guest]

With that load, I think your kidneys are HOPING to be sliced out as part of a Kidney Heist :-P

[Jennifer]

@Jermofoot:

@Jennifer:

Would 12 cups of coffee in the morning, 1 Venti Mocha on the way to work, 12 cans of diet coke at work and 2 Monsters on the way home from work count as “too much” ?

OMG, Jenn, I think that qualifies you as comatose!  :-o

Uhm, isn’t comatose what you are when you are asleep and can’t be woken up?  With that load, it’s hard to get to sleep. :)  On the plus side, I’m always awake when my kids try to get in trouble!

[dezrtfish]

I don’t know about that Caffeine policy, I have the NSN for caffeinated chewing gum somewhere.  I tried to order some when I was in Iraq, but the order is probably getting there now.  “Nonessential” take a while to get there.

[Guest]

Ya know, we didnt get to drink cofee in basic. I went from 5 cups every morning to none. Talk about Withdrawal.

[Imperious Leader]

Hey M36 you got any good war stories ?

[Jennifer]

@M36:

Ya know, we didnt get to drink cofee in basic. I went from 5 cups every morning to none. Talk about Withdrawal.

You don’t get to drink any if you are prior service in basic either…which is really flubbed up.  After that, I really didn’t drink any while I was in uniform, figured I already had the habbit kicked, why get back into it.

Then I got injured and could only fight the narcotics drowsyness with caffiene.

[Guest]

Sadly no Imperious Leader, I have no war stories worth mentioning. :-(

[Imperious Leader]

:x

[Guest]

I could get some from the rest of my platoon if you want. Most of them have seen some action.

[Imperious Leader]

Then what did you do?

garrison duty?

Id like some story of a patrol that went into combat or took out a few targets.something

[frood]

I have a friend who stayed in Baghdad during the Allied bombing as a human rights observer. She belonged to the same organization that later had three members kidnapped. If any of you right-wingers want to get really riled up, go check out their website at http://cpt.org - which incidentally was the first website I ever designed.

[Guest]

We beat our DIs in war games once.

[frood]

What are DIs?

District Investigators?

Dastardly Imps?

Dungaree Inspectors?

[Imperious Leader]

drill instructor

How i know this?

I do watch my gomer pyle USMC every night as my nightcap

i have season one on dvd. its awesome!

[Guest]

All of my “War Stories” are about idiot trainees “playing crazy” to get out.

Like the guy who wrapped the buffer cord around his neck while standing on the thrid floor of one of the Starships in Ft. Benning. 
But the guy was not too bright, tied the plug end around his neck.  And the cord was long enough to reach from one end of a platoon bay to the other.  So when he pushed the buffer off the railing, it fell and smashed all over the concrete below.  Smashed buffer on the ground, cord going up to the 3rd floor, and him stanidng there wondering “WTF?”.  About that time the Drill Sergeant got to the top of the steps and tackled him.

10 minutes later the MP’s took the trainee away.  The next day his locker was emptied.  Rumor has it he was charged with destruction of government property (the buffer), attempted destruction of government property (himself), served 2 weeks incarcerated on Main Post, and was then discharged dishonorably.

Then there was the guy who took the Ibuprofen overdose…
The guy who went AWOL, stole his old mans vehicle (an Army officer of course, stationed on post) and was caught AT HOME in Texas.

And then their is the Battle Buddy Battle.  Myself and my “battle buddy”, a guy with the last name Eyer.  I was in dual leg imobolizers, he was recovering from a punctured lung.  In line at the DFAC, and another COMPANY decided to start shite with us.  I STILL have the scar on my forehead today from that encounter.  Bled like hell.  But I kept Eyer out of the fray, held off the other guys, and earned the nick “Duke” after that one… and a hell of a lot of respect from the DS’s for this “former Academy puke”.

:mrgreen: