Time zones make this interesting...it's 10:00 pm here now. I'll be around for about an hour, feel free to ask me anything you want!

I am going to assume the food there sucks. You look like you lost some weight!!

If you were on the base my dad's on, would you tell him hi for me and keep your mouth shut about my TFD shenanigans?

Do you different things for the different days of Hunukkah? I are ignorant about it.

ahab: Time zones make this interesting...it's 10:00 pm here now. I'll be around for about an hour, feel free to ask me anything you want!

Did you receive enough hot cocoa samplers?

The food is...interesting. The USMC provides us with UGRs for breakfast and dinner (unitized group rations, basically a giant industrial MRE) and MREs for lunch. I usually eat in the chow hall for breakfast, eat something from care packages for lunch, and my OIC hired a local to cook dinner for us 4 nights a week. The Brits cook dinner for us twice a week usually, and the chow hall has real food one night a week. I think I've lost some weight, but I haven't stepped on a scale since I was in the US.

Happy Hanukkah, ahab!

Do MREs make you constipated.

Ceteris Paribus says: Happy Hanukkah, ahab!

Hey ahab! Hope all is going well over there.

are you getting fat because of all the sandwhiches there?

thepersonalgoddess: Do you liek mudkips?

Um....maybe?

mryoop789: If you were on the base my dad's on, would you tell him hi for me and keep your mouth shut about my TFD shenanigans?

What base is he on? I'm in Musa Qal'eh, and occasionally I go to Leatherneck.

Ender's: Do you different things for the different days of Hunukkah? I are ignorant about it.

Not really. Different number of candles each night!

Beatlefreak: Did you receive enough hot cocoa samplers?

We have so much hot chocolate that it's ridiculous.

ahab: What base is he on? I'm in Musa Qal'eh, and occasionally I go to Leatherneck.

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Are there any whales over there?

Looks cold. Temperature?

Doesn't celebrating Hanukkah offend the locals, like drinking alcohol and porn?

Are you guys still killing babies and burning opium fields

mryoop789: ahab: What base is he on? I'm in Musa Qal'eh, and occasionally I go to Leatherneck.

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I'll pay you twenty bucks to tell her dad about her donkey porn collection.

Ras-Algethi: mryoop789: ahab: What base is he on? I'm in Musa Qal'eh, and occasionally I go to Leatherneck.

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I'll pay you twenty bucks to tell her dad about her donkey porn collection.

I'll pay you fifty to tell Ras-Algethi's dad about her sexual escapades with a pack of stray dogs.

WTF Indeed: Did you get to meet any celebrities in a USO Tour?

They don't come this far out, they usually just go to Leatherneck. The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps came out on Christmas, that was nice.

Ceteris Paribus says: Happy Hanukkah, ahab!

Thanks!

rickythepenguin: Do you like spotted dick?

They usually cook steak or shrimp, but sometimes they have their local cook make chicken for us.

basemetal: Do MREs make you constipated.

Like crazy. When you're just eating MREs (out on an operation usually), you shiat maybe once every 3 days and it feels like giving birth.

thepersonalgoddess: I do like MREs. SOme are actually yummy.

They've definitely gotten better over the years, but they still get old pretty quickly.

KingoftheCheese: Hey ahab! Hope all is going well over there.

Thanks! So far, so good.

firemanbuck: are you getting fat because of all the sandwhiches there?

Not really a lot of sand here, sorry. Lots of moon dust.

Stay safe, ahab, get back as soon as you can. Again, if you see any of the Okies over there, tell em hello and we are thinking about them.

/thank you for your service!
//I know it's a major deal.

ahab: We have so much hot chocolate that it's ridiculous.

Good, it'll help you stay warm!

mryoop789: bagram

Yeah, sorry. Won't be anywhere near there.

texdent: Are there any whales over there?

Not that I've seen, but I'm always on the lookout.

hurdboy: Looks cold. Temperature?

It has warmed back up a little bit, but it was down in the 20s at night last week.

unremarkable asterisk: Doesn't celebrating Hanukkah offend the locals, like drinking alcohol and porn?

We did it inside the wire inside a classified room (had to move some things around before we could take a picture). Also, there's so much porn on the hard drives here that it's fairly ridiculous.

Hyperbolic Hyperbole: Are you guys still killing babies and burning opium fields

We're not allowed to do either one now. Also, there's no such thing as an opium field, it's a poppy field.

mryoop789: Ras-Algethi: mryoop789: ahab: What base is he on? I'm in Musa Qal'eh, and occasionally I go to Leatherneck.

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I'll pay you twenty bucks to tell her dad about her donkey porn collection.

I'll pay you fifty to tell Ras-Algethi's dad about her sexual escapades with a pack of stray dogs.

Tempting!

Keep your head down and your powder dry, ahab, and get back home real soon.

basemetal: Stay safe, ahab, get back as soon as you can. Again, if you see any of the Okies over there, tell em hello and we are thinking about them.

/thank you for your service!
//I know it's a major deal.

Will do, and you're welcome!

/I'm kind of a big deal

thepersonalgoddess: Okay, real question:
When my ex-fiance was over there, there was always issues of "blackouts" where you couldn't use the phone or computers.
Does that still happen or is there less occurrence for this?
/This was like YEARS ago so it may be better.

Still happens. Generally speaking, any time there's a casualty in the battalion, all communication to the outside world gets locked down until they can notify the family. They REALLY don't want people finding out about these things on Facebook before they're officially notified.

Beatlefreak: ahab: We have so much hot chocolate that it's ridiculous.

Good, it'll help you stay warm!

I could drink 32 ounces of hot chocolate with every meal for the rest of our time here and we'd still have a lot left over.

ahab: We're not allowed to do either one now.

kind of defeats the purpose of joining the military

ahab: I could drink 32 ounces of hot chocolate with every meal for the rest of our time here and we'd still have a lot left over.

Ok, that's a ridiculous amount of hot chocolate.

Old_Chief_Scott: Keep your head down and your powder dry, ahab, and get back home real soon.

That's the plan!

rickythepenguin: ahab: They usually cook steak or shrimp, but sometimes they have their local cook make chicken for us.


Bleedin' poofters, chip chop cheerio old boy, stiff upper lip. Roight. I 'aven't spent a penny in days, I'm just busting for a proper Gladys, ya bahooky-freezin' shelter belter. Now sod off you tossin' wanker. Lookin' to 'ang wiv me mates, yeh?

We have almost everyone on this FOB saying, "'Ello Poppet!" every time one of the Brits walks in.

What, if anything, have you heard about the Canadian hiker boy who is being held hostage there?

Hyperbolic Hyperbole: ahab: We're not allowed to do either one now.

kind of defeats the purpose of joining the military

Different people join for different reasons. :)

Beatlefreak: ahab: I could drink 32 ounces of hot chocolate with every meal for the rest of our time here and we'd still have a lot left over.

Ok, that's a ridiculous amount of hot chocolate.

Yep, it's insane. Awesome, but insane.

mryoop789: I'll pay you fifty to tell Ras-Algethi's dad about her sexual escapades with a pack of stray dogs.

Lemme tell you sumpin...Rin Tin Tin is packin' but Spuds MacKenzie has serious whiskey dick.

stay safe, good luck and get home soon

Who is the most attractivece of the dudes out there?

ahab: hurdboy: Looks cold. Temperature?

It has warmed back up a little bit, but it was down in the 20s at night last week.

Honestly, I think the elevation would fark with me more than the temperature. One family member spent all his time in the best OCONUS comfort the Air Force can provide at Bagram. Another said he was really glad he was ordered to grow a beard prior to leaving.

some.old.lady.: What, if anything, have you heard about the Canadian hiker boy who is being held hostage there?

Not a thing. From a quick google search, it's nowhere near where I am (Helmand province, SW Afghanistan).

Should I make an appointment with my doctor? I can't seem to shake this cough...

some.old.lady.: What, if anything, have you heard about the Canadian hiker boy who is being held hostage there?

Who in their right mind would go hiking there?

MNguy: stay safe, good luck and get home soon

Thank you!

angrymacface: Who is the most attractivece of the dudes out there?

As if you even have to ask.

hurdboy: ahab: hurdboy: Looks cold. Temperature?

It has warmed back up a little bit, but it was down in the 20s at night last week.

Honestly, I think the elevation would fark with me more than the temperature. One family member spent all his time in the best OCONUS comfort the Air Force can provide at Bagram. Another said he was really glad he was ordered to grow a beard prior to leaving.

Most units aren't allowed to grow beards here. Our AO doesn't have much elevation, which is nice. The mountains sound brutal.

ahab: WTF Indeed: Did you get to meet any celebrities in a USO Tour?

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps came out on Christmas, that was nice.

/obligatory nttawwt

Al_Ed: Should I make an appointment with my doctor? I can't seem to shake this cough...

It's probably an incurable STD. Sorry about that.

Cyberchp: ahab: WTF Indeed: Did you get to meet any celebrities in a USO Tour?

The Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps came out on Christmas, that was nice.

/obligatory nttawwt

Heh, hadn't even considered the phrasing there.