"What did you do in the Navy?",,,,,,,,,well, lol,,,,,,,,,,"I did whatever the other Jarheads told me to do"
Couldn't resist typing it that way.
I was USMC from '75 to '79,,,,,,,aviation ground support equipment,,,,,,but, not as good as it sounds because I was active duty at a MARTD,,,,,,,Glenview NAS for almost all my 4 years,,,,except temporary detachments all over the Conus
which means we died of loneliness most of the time,,,,,,,,and were overrun by Reserves on weekends and for their summer weeks (I still managed to like our Reserves through it all, ha)
so, most of my time was spent fixing equipment,,,,,,and towing stuff around,,,,,,since the Gunny knew I was "born a tractor driver"(farmer's son),,,,,that's how he used me, lol (note to kids thinking of joining the service,,,,,,serving under your Uncle is NOT a good idea,,,,,trust me)
the TDY's were fun, though,,,,,going out to Yuma for two weeks to be the newbie,,,,or El Torro, etc,,,,,,,I used to volunteer to pull the duty in the new Hangar guard shack, to spend 48 hours watching out for Michigan to invade across the lake,,,,,and build models uninterrupted
anyway,,,,,,about agreement/disagreement,,,,,,on the net,,,,it seems as if almost no one agrees with anyone, but,,,,,I don't think it's really true,,,,,,,it's just hard to "have a discussion" without opposing views in text format,,,,,,,,,in person,,,,,say, at the Nats,,,,,,it's easier,,,,,if we agree, we change the subject,,,,and go on,,,,,,,,in text, we try to "stay on topic" in a thread,,,,,,,,,,so, from the outside it looks like "he doesn't like him", or etc,,,,,,when really,,,,,,tanks, ships, planes, cars,,,,,,we're all part of a pretty small group overall,,,,,,that gets lost when discussing things like "Hasegawa messed up by molding both the AF and Navy refueling panel lines on it's Phantom models"
talking to people on the net in two ohh ten is a lot different that what we had in '69 when I was 12 with 4 years modeling experience,,,,,,back then, we never dreamed there would be a place to ask for and receive color shots of the "chaff/flare buckets firing on an F-4B Phantom",,,,zapped right into our email inboxes.
If the "net negativity" ever seems to get you down some,,,,,,just remember you get to talk to people like one in this thread, that has the best paint line for natural metal out there for our hobby,,,,,or shake hands at the Nats with the reviewer that either made you want a kit,,,,or saved you money by telling you it's faults
and I've gone on the "rant tangent" again, haha
keep gluing and typing
Rex