October 30, 2003, 15:23
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Deity
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Leaving forever.
I'm going to be in Monterey, CA for the next three weeks doing predeployment training with the US Army Reserve so here's my leaving forever thread. I'm supposed to deploy for 18 months following New Years but they still haven't told me where I'm going. The powers that be did say "it isn't to where you think" so there's hope that I won't be going to Iraq. Of course even if I don't go to Iraq that still leaves Afghanistan, the former Yugoslavia, Kuwait, or one of the former Soviet republics in either central Asia or the Caucuses.
I’ll be back at the end of Nov and I’ll be hanging out here through December. I’m also taking a trip to Turkey & Greece during the second week in December so I might be able to meet up with some of you if I have a lay over in western Europe. I’m going to be flying on Luftansa so I’ll probably be have some down time in Germany. Have fun while I’m gone.
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Christianity is the belief in a cosmic Jewish zombie who can give us eternal life if we symbolically eat his flesh and blood and telepathically tell him that we accept him as our lord and master so he can remove an evil force present in all humanity because a woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from an apple tree.
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October 30, 2003, 15:24
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Re: Leaving forever.
Sure you are.
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Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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October 30, 2003, 15:41
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Local Time: 06:33
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Good luck, Oerdin.
Be safe.
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RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-Arms
"The Borg are gay." -Drake Tungsten
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October 30, 2003, 15:50
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Deity
Local Time: 04:33
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Che: Of course I'm not leaving forever. I'm simply borrowing a tradition from counterglow.com where everyone who leaves for more then a few days posts a "I'm leaving forever" thread. 
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Christianity is the belief in a cosmic Jewish zombie who can give us eternal life if we symbolically eat his flesh and blood and telepathically tell him that we accept him as our lord and master so he can remove an evil force present in all humanity because a woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from an apple tree.
Last edited by Oerdin; October 30, 2003 at 15:57.
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October 30, 2003, 16:12
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Keep your head low, don't volunteer, don't drink the water.
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Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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October 30, 2003, 16:15
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King
Local Time: 12:33
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Good luck 
Saluti
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"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else.
The trick is the doing something else." — Leonardo da Vinci
"If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?" - Cardinal Richelieu
"In vino veritas" - Plinio il vecchio
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October 30, 2003, 16:16
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Good luck! Who else is going to troll me?   jk
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October 30, 2003, 16:18
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Civilization V News Editor
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have fun, and bring us back some presents. **evil grin**
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October 30, 2003, 16:30
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Deity
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I'm just going to be spending most of November in northern California so I'll be back here at the beginning of December. I won't be shipping out until January but at least they'll soon be telling me where I'm going to be for the next 1.5 years.
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Christianity is the belief in a cosmic Jewish zombie who can give us eternal life if we symbolically eat his flesh and blood and telepathically tell him that we accept him as our lord and master so he can remove an evil force present in all humanity because a woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from an apple tree.
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October 30, 2003, 16:34
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Deity
Local Time: 13:33
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1.5 years 
That's a long time... how can Apolyton survive without you
Have fun... where-ever you're going
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This space is empty... or is it?
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October 30, 2003, 16:39
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Deity
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Good hunting, Oerdin. 
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October 30, 2003, 21:48
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King
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Beware the tap water in Europe- it's tainted with fluoride and socialism.
Best of luck, enjoy yourself as much as possible under the circumstances, and don't run into any international incidents.
Or cause any.
Chin chin.
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I don't know what you're talking about by international law. G.W. Bush, 12/03
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October 30, 2003, 22:02
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Emperor
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remember, always carry another pair of socks.
and don't forget your towel, because if you do, you run the risk of not being considered a hoopy frood, and so people won't sass you.
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October 30, 2003, 22:11
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King
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Take care.
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October 30, 2003, 23:22
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King
Local Time: 11:33
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We like mitbringzels.
Have fun.
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cIV list: cheats
Now watch this drive!
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October 30, 2003, 23:32
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Emperor
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gl oerdin
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October 30, 2003, 23:37
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King
Local Time: 05:33
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Good luck
Hopefully you'll stay far away from anywhere where there's actually fighting, and you won't have the risk of being injured.
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meet the new boss, same as the old boss
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October 30, 2003, 23:39
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Emperor
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Wow. Goodbye.
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Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005
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October 31, 2003, 02:03
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King
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Remember to sew a Canadian flag on the back of your uniform. 
The locals will like you better while the odds of being killed by friendly fire remain about the same.
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There's nothing wrong with the dream, my friend, the problem lies with the dreamer.
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October 31, 2003, 02:09
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Local Time: 13:33
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Good luck
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"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis
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October 31, 2003, 02:20
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King
Local Time: 07:33
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Good luck and stay safe.
Oh, and feel free to PM me if you have any questions about visiting Turkey.
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October 31, 2003, 04:56
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Deity
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Take care, mate.
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Come along and take that ride
And it’s all right, baby, it’s all right #
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October 31, 2003, 05:42
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King
Local Time: 05:33
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Put that digital camera to use and give us pictures 
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"I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."
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October 31, 2003, 06:02
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King
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Thanks in advance for your service to our country. I hope you have a good tour and return intact with a lot of interesting experiences.
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He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!
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October 31, 2003, 07:33
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King
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I left forever once...
Good luck in everything that you do. Hopefully you get put on duty in Alaska keeping the USSR from crossing the water
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I dont see "Markos can suck my *****" threads here...
--MarkG sarcastically on another Ming flaming thread.
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October 31, 2003, 07:39
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I'm envious of you Oerdin. You at least have some idea what your future holds. My guard unit is stuck in limbo for another month. Our last deployment was cut short for some reason and now we are waiting to see if we get a homeland security assigment, get sent to Iraq with a few thousand of our fellow arkansas guardsmen who are leaving in the next month, or wait here for the next round of deployments. And to think i signed up for three more years of this. 
It's all together fitting that when I wanted to go overseas we stayed in oklahoma, and that I figure that since I have met someone that I can see myself getting married to, I will end up going.
Anyway, you have my army ako email address so keep in touch. Who knows, we may end up in the same fanatic filled funland sometime. 
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October 31, 2003, 14:49
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good luck oerdin
funny to see how there are lotsa people leaving Poly these days. I think we're all getting old. Soon there'll be only the owners and old museum items like Ming or rah or AH.
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October 31, 2003, 17:11
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King
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Man, that sucks! 
18+1 months from the best years of your life wasted for no good reason, just because some moron cheated in the last Presidental election.
One army deployment around the age of 20 is something every man should go through, as long as it's in peace time or a volontary peace keeping mission. But being re-deployed at 25 (or whatever age you are) just because your country is wasting resources on a war of agression is totally crazy. 
Stay safe, and don't shoot any innocent civilians just because they don't speak English (such things happen quite often). If you kill a man, his ghost will come back to haunt you in your nightmares even if he was a terrorist who was really asking for it, not to mention the agony you will go through if you later find out he was innocent.
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So get your Naomi Klein books and move it or I'll seriously bash your faces in - Supercitizen to stupid students
Lord know, I've made some judgement errors as a mod here. The fact that most of you are still allowed to post here is proof of that. - Rah
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October 31, 2003, 17:26
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King
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Out of the fire and into the frying pan, so to speak.
I wish you luck.
A lot of luck.
Ned
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October 31, 2003, 17:52
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King
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Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
18+1 months from the best years of your life wasted for no good reason, just because some moron cheated in the last Presidental election.
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Be quiet man.. the last thing this thread needs is leftist crap. Of course leftists don't give a **** about the military. Or anybody but themselves for that matter.
Well good luck, Oerdin... I hope all is safe for you.
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