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Thanks for sharing
Merry Christmas and God bless you and yours.
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Well thanks, I guess. The article was just the first one that I found with the details about what everyone was complaining about. The cost of living increase was going to be one percent less, ie. instead of 3% it would be 2% or whatever and would only apply to younger retires, and only till they are 62, and hopefully soon those who are disabled will soon be excluded. So if you're getting $14,000 a year as was discussed earlier then 3% would be $420 and 2% would be $280 and the difference would be $140. So we're all upset and gonna throw the bastids out, ready to round us up a posse and head to Washington DC with a nice new rope to string up everybody for this travesty? BFD! Not worth all of the time and trouble to discuss it even. Who hasn't lost $140 in a poker game or spent it on safety chrome or booze?
One thing though, I do want to make it clear that if you're disabled from the fun that you've had while in the military then you deserve a pension. NOW, what about a pension at 55 years for the rest of us? What about all of those transmission poles that I galvanized and certified? What about all the roofs I tarred, shingled, and covered in sheet metal? What being a material handler, construction laborer, dock help, driver, etc. What about my time at the railroad "Building America". I really do want an answer because I'm afraid that most of you are going feel like it's alright for y'all, God given right and the sort, but a bridge to far for the rest of us to retire at 55 on a government pension. What do you say, how about we all retire at 55 just like over in Greece?
Others may think different but it's not losing the one percent that really matters it's the fact that there are so many other wasteful programs that should have been cut first. I would gladly give up part of my retirment if it would actually help anything but untill these other programs have been cut I see no point and as for you other questions I think it has been covered several times without going into very personal and gory details already.
Merry Christmas and God bless you and yours.
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Your video makes me think I should change my user name.
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Skycrusher, I really must admire you for taking what has turned out to be a rather unpopular position and sticking too it.
But I am curious about one thing. Maybe you could explain it to me.
Why did you choose the article written by Dr. Lawrence Kolb to support your argument? Dr. Kolb is a retired Naval officer, he is also drawing a pension for his time with the US Government and drawing social security. And, in addition to drawing three government pensions he is working full time as a professor at Georgetown University.
I think Flag officers do not remember where they came from.
I think his position is wrong but I too have to admire his courage to stick with it, too many people now will apologize for their beliefs just to be liked again. I also have to applaud all those that have commented and kept this thread a little heated but otherwise civilized.
May everyone have a truly blessed Christmas.
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Link is bad there Joe, it dont work. But I'm sure thats a pay for someone that retires today. I retired in late 90's as an E-6.
Syscrusher- My friend I enlisted in 1978 My base pay BEFORE taxs (yes we paid income taxs on our military pay just like your pay check) was 397.50 a month. Do you think you could live off that even back then? Because I was married at the time I did get like $60 a month towards rent, but you can only imagine the kind of housing you could get for that. I'll tell you what friend if you think you can live off my retirement pay for a year with out working full time somewhere else I'll send it to you. No I dont have a big Mcmansion, brand new cars and all that crap. Where these folks think retired military get paid all this money I have no idea. Dont get paid much when your active duty and then if your lucky you only get 1/2 of that when you retire, and they still take taxs out of that!!
I fixed the link and yes it is for someone who retires today, much more than I get also.
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After taxes an E-6 with 20 years of service gets 14,820 a year in retainer.
http://militarypay.defense.gov/mpcalcs/Calculators/FinalPayHigh3.aspx?calcType=final
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Most of the people who live through the awful conditions that Joe mentioned don't get a military retirement at all because they get out and get jobs like most of us. If we are really compensating people for being shot at then why don't those people get nice pensions? The rest of it really is just a job during the many years that the US didn't have wars to deploy to. That and it's your choice if you want to stay in as career military. I don't like that illegals get any services and the offspring of illegals should not automatically be citizens either so I'm with you there. Things are tight all over with lot's of talk about cutting benefits for people who worked until they just couldn't anymore and y'all are grousing about cutting benefits for somebody who should be in their prime earning years? That dog don't hunt.
So what you are saying is after I went through all this stuff I was stupid for staying in? I do think more get out than stay in, I believe only 15 to 17 percent retire but without those that stay in till 20 or more you would never have any senior enlisted and the knowledge base that goes with it. As for the pension I wish I got more it's nowhere near enough to live off of but we knew that when we signed up.
Also most of the stuff I mentioned still goes on in peace time, because deployments still happen, troops are forward deployed and there is always somewhere that the US sends the military into.
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We usally do not have an issue with people parking in the actuall spaces but we do have an issue with bikes parking in the blue stripped area that is supposed to be kept clear for van access. Did not know about the app will have to check it out, thanks.
In SC they are now putting your picture on the placard.
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I forgot I did read the article in the link and for the most part the facts are there but not all of them are correct. One thing I do like is the idea of a retirment for all veterans as long as it does not give any of them the shaft. It is true most of us can absorb a 1% loss and I would be all for it if other programs that support those that are here illegally or just have no desire to work and can don't were cut first. In addition Flag officers have a tendency to forget where they came from when it comes to these kind of issues.
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For those that served or want to know what Navy life is like.
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Research this stuff people!
Don't just read an email someone sent you, look it up for yourself. Here, I did the tuff stuff for you:
This effects 20 year people who retire from military at say 40 and only until they reach 62. So as a taxpayer I have to pay this guys pension for 25 years, five years longer than they actually worked, BEFORE they are old enough to collect Social Security? Do away with that altogether!
I got no sympathy for people who get a full gubberment (taxpayer) sponsored pension before 62. The rest of us have to keep working till at least 65 for a full pension or for AT LEAST 30 years, what gives?
If you want to really know the truth there is no such thing as a 20 year military retirement you can leave the military at 20 with retainer but you do not retire until 30 years.
I believe most people on here are aware of the terms of military retirement and for that retirement the ones that make it to that point have had the luxury of being shot at, spending years away from their families, taking cold showers or none at all, eating MREs or none at all, missing their kids grow up, spending days awake because they don't know if that low hanging cloud is dust from a wind storm or nerve gas, being awaken in the middle of the night by a mortar attack, standing watch in all kind of conditions and more horror and sacrific than most will ever know, I forgot to mention a good portion of retirees never live past their first year of retirement.
Even without the things mentioned above I believe the single fact that these men and women served our country for a good protion of their lives and were willing to sacrifice those lives for the good of this country deserve the small of retirement they get.
A military memebr does not serve for the money they serve for their country and I know this must be true because why would
anyone work in a job that paid half or less of what they would make in the civilian world?
I do not hold your comments against you but do me a favor research the things I have said and if after that you still think the way you do so be it you have that right and the right to speak it thanks to those that served.
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From the subject I thought it was going to be something bad. Glad you got them changed I did one today and cannot find the torque specs for the fake fins. What did you tighten yours down to?
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I was getting these before I had a PayPal account
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Hope you remember all of this come November...
Some people have short memories....
WE NEED:
Two term limits for our congressman and senators... (was never intended to be a career)
Re-instate Draft: everyone must serve like in Israel... (we're gonna need it as no one is going to stay in)
PS.
10,9,8,...
Sounds like good ideas to me.
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Don't forget the IRS got to keep 10 Billion dollars for illegals so I now know where those of us that served stand in the order of things.
I looked this morning and at least all of my elected officals voted against it.
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Great write up of the procedure.
I'll point out that removing the carbs should be optional. You can adjust the valves without doing that.
One does need to remove the spark plugs as you documented. One needs to be very careful that the top of the engine is very clean prior to removing the plugs, and that nothing falls in the plug holes. A fine screen to fit over the plug holes would be a wonderful invention if someone hasn't made something like that already.
I pluged mine with a shop rag and it still let me turn in it but a screen would be great wonder if you could cut a spark plug off, drill it out solder a tube in it and cover the tube with screen. I may have to try that out.
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Our prayers go out to you all.
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Dion/dhj3 was speaking of doing it. Any extra tips you can share let him/ us know...
I put pictures to the procedure if you want to check it out:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxBL5EDtSvNdb253MWlYQS1XLXc/edit?usp=sharing
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There was some dude with a video camera that kept asking peoples name, never saw him before that day but he was right there every time someone won something in the auction or raffle.
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So
How about this cold weather we are having
I know I can wait to back out and do some Riding and Camping with some of you
YES I AM CHANGING THE SUBJECT .....
It was a little nippy on the ride in to work this morning, should be nice riding home.
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Just a reminder to not be stupid
in Watering Hole
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Thanks for posting, maybe it will be a lesson for someone to take away with and hopefully y'all learned yours. I will say I do miss being young and stupid at times well I still have the last part sometime. Hope all works out and you have a merry Christmas despite all that happened.