I'm saying goodbye - Page 3

Sirotnikov · October 9, 2003, 17:14

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Oh I dont know, I just wanted to say something nice once in a while. What I meant was "do the right thing" "dont lose your heart in the insanity of war" something like that

Oh ok.

I thought you meant something like this, I just wanted to bug you

I know people like to use "keeping it real" without having a clue to what it really means. I assume usually it means not letting high status go up your head.

Hmm... actually sound advice

Sirotnikov · October 9, 2003, 17:16

I think somebody deserves a kiss

Traianvs · October 9, 2003, 17:24

the army... not quite my choice of career but whatever you want dude...

Hueij · October 9, 2003, 17:32

Take care Siro and mazzeltov...

laurentius · October 9, 2003, 17:34

So who wants Siro to kiss him?

I know i dont. But next time you come visit Finland let me know and I might just bug you with a pint

Sirotnikov · October 9, 2003, 17:38

It's not a career move at this stage. Rather a duty. It may develop into a career later.

And it's not the army - it's the military.

Sirotnikov · October 9, 2003, 17:43

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So who wants Siro to kiss him?

I know i dont. But next time you come visit Finland let me know and I might just bug you with a pint

ROFL

That next time will be a long time from now... you'll forget. You should write it down or print this thread or something.

Wittlich · October 9, 2003, 19:05

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Originally posted by Eli

I'm having a major deja-vu now. Starchild's and Wittlich's posts, combined with something else i'm doing now are the "source" and I also remember that something really depressing should be happening too. And since nothing happened yet, i'm bracing myself.

You know, I don't want to know what the "something else I'm doing now" is .... but if I use my imagination - NO! Stop it, don't go there....think of dead kittens instead!....

But I am rather curious about the "I also remember that something really depressing should be happening too" part ... could it be shame?

Sirotnikov · October 9, 2003, 20:13

edited!

Joseph · October 9, 2003, 20:27

Good luck on your tour.

Sirotnikov · October 9, 2003, 20:36

thanks.... where am I heading?

Jaguar · October 9, 2003, 20:45

Goodbye Siro.

Sirotnikov · October 9, 2003, 20:54

Wha... don't be sad. I'm gaining a world of opportunities.

Be happy for me.

Wittlich · October 9, 2003, 21:52

You're being deployed to U.S.! God knows we need dome international intervention!

TCO · October 9, 2003, 22:05

Good luck. work hard. Take care of your men. Don't let the bullshit paperwork piss you off too much...and accomplish the mission.

Have fun and collect seastories.

Sirotnikov · October 10, 2003, 11:41

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Take care of your men

I'll be sure to give them enough biscuits and tea breaks

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Have fun and collect seastories.

I'll try to meet enough seamen to do that.

Ok that came out wrong...

I'll try to meet enough people serving in the navy to do that

Stuie · October 10, 2003, 12:01

I'm not often in the OT forum (it seems like a disease I'm trying to avoid), and usually just lurking when I am here. But I must say I appreciate all of our Israeli posters for opening my eyes to their world view (even when I disagree). Thanks for that Siro, and best of luck!

Sirotnikov · October 10, 2003, 15:05

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I'm not often in the OT forum (it seems like a disease I'm trying to avoid), and usually just lurking when I am here.

Yeah right

You can run but you can hide from the OT

The Mad Monk · October 10, 2003, 16:10

Good luck Siro, you will be missed!

Um...how long has your avatar been winking?

vlad · October 10, 2003, 16:36

Dasvidaniya Siro, good luck in all things, and keep your head down when the shotting starts :-)

Sarxis · October 10, 2003, 16:38

Cya. Come back soon.

Mercator · October 10, 2003, 16:53

Very inspiring first post there...

Good luck!

Sirotnikov · October 10, 2003, 17:09

thanks everyone

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and keep your head down when the shotting starts :-)

eh, if the shooting starts where I will sit, we'll all be glowing

Sirotnikov · October 10, 2003, 17:10

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Um...how long has your avatar been winking?

I have no idea what are you talking about

errr.... I mean

TCO · October 10, 2003, 17:17

Go Navy. Beat Army.

Chemical Ollie · October 10, 2003, 17:29

Now you will finally learn to jog wearing a gas mask

I remember you complaining about the inconvenience of wearing a gas mask six months ago.

Now it is time to prove that you are a man.

When I was your age, we did not consider a man a MAN if he had not yet been in the military. Now only a 3rd of the Swedish men are conscripted, so those rules don't apply to us any more.

Sirotnikov · October 10, 2003, 17:36

TCO I'm neither in the navy nor the army.

It's its own thing.

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Now you will finally learn to jog wearing a gas mask I remember you complaining about the inconvenience of wearing a gas mask six months ago. Now it is time to prove that you are a man.

That will only happen with my basic training in 6 months from now.

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When I was your age, we did not consider a man a MAN if he had not yet been in the military. Now only a 3rd of the Swedish men are conscripted, so those rules don't apply to us any more.

hehe you couch potatos

Btw, you were and still are the only person in my ignore list, after you thought what your friend did in Israel was funny. But I keep perssing the button to read your posts, so I may change that.

laurentius · October 10, 2003, 18:08

Are you going somewhere near the nuclear silos?

Eli · October 10, 2003, 18:14

I think he was talking about Tel Aviv, or any other major population center.

Chemical Ollie · October 10, 2003, 18:15

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Originally posted by Sirotnikov

Btw, you were and still are the only person in my ignore list, after you thought what your friend did in Israel was funny. But I keep perssing the button to read your posts, so I may change that.

I have no problem to understand my buddie's love-hate relationship with Israel. Whenever he got shot at, it was your army who were the bad guys. Israel has no respect at all for blue helmets and UN flags. I remember one time when a Swede and a French foreign legionerie on food delivery service to an outpost was taken hostage by some terrorists. Israel took care of the terrorist by killing both them and the hostages. I heard it on the radio news and called my buddies' mother to ask if he was safe. She did not know yet. 4 months later he came home and told us what had happened.

Only the French guy survived with a severe wound through the thorax. My buddy was in the UN team who arrived to pick up the casualties. He personally put the Swedish body bag in the freezer.

On other occations, whenever some lunatics fired some shots at Israeli border posts, they went berzerk with heavy machine guns and did not differ between foes and neutrals. Numerous UN personnel lost their life that way. My buddy had photos of the pools of blood left by several such events.

A month or two ago, a UN resolution stated that it is a crime of war to attack personnel under UN flag (a consequense of the bombing against the UN office in Baghdad). Despite this, Israeli soldiers fired blindly across the border to Lebanon as late as this week, hitting UN vehicles.

On the other hand, Israel was the only Western-oriented country in the region where the UN soldiers could go on leave, party at discos, drink their brains out and pick up local chicks. So they developed a love-hate relationship with the country. It is easy to understand their mixed emotions, given your army's lack of respect for the UN.