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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on April 22, 2002, 04:55:39 am

Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Sandwich on April 22, 2002, 04:55:39 am
Hey all, I can now see the light at the end of my army reserves tunnel, and boy, is it bright! HLP's been growing exponentially (well, maybe not _that_ fast.. :p ), and I'll have a heck of a time catching up on everything I missed... :doubt: Oh well.

Anyways, I should be out for good by Wednesday, with a weekend camping trip afterwards. Next week I'll be able to resume spamm-err.... posting consistantly again. :D

Real Life™ has been awaiting me for the past 2 months as well, so I don't know exactly how much time I'll be able to spare for HLP. However, it looks like my job will be moving into an office-based situation, as opposed to me working from home. This will actually be nice, as I'll be able to have nicely-defined times of work and HLP. Sleeping, eating and living can all be squeezed in wherever there's room (:ha: ) :p

I'll try to post some of the better pics I took from the past two months - some of them are cool. :)

Here's to civvie life!

Oh - here's a pic I just had my dad take of me at home - and yes, my room is a BFMess. :D ;) :lol:

(http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/qm/pub/sandwich/pictures/back_home.jpg)
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Ryx on April 22, 2002, 05:00:09 am
I forsee a renewal of Seriously puns. :D

Anyway, Good to have you back. :)
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Setekh on April 22, 2002, 05:09:17 am
Dude, it's been way too long. After Jed wipes the floor with you on Renegade (;)), come back to us quick - this place has been like a ghost town without you, man. :)

* looks around at the glaring faces of the rest of the HLP *

Uhh, Mike, I gotta run... send my regards to the boys... ;)

* runs *

PS. Here's an appropriate pic I did a while back... :D

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/tunnel.jpg)
Title: Re: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Nico on April 22, 2002, 05:41:49 am
cool :)

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Originally posted by sandwich
(http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/qm/pub/sandwich/pictures/back_home.jpg)


hey, your room's not that messy... (I can barely enter mine, sometimes...)
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Windrunner on April 22, 2002, 06:12:25 am
Is that an M16 you are holding?
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Bones on April 22, 2002, 06:20:07 am
its an M203. M16 w/grenade launcher. BTW, that room will never pass inspection private, DROP! and give me 10 :D
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Sandwich on April 22, 2002, 07:54:10 am
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Originally posted by Bones
its an M203. M16 w/grenade launcher. BTW, that room will never pass inspection private, DROP! and give me 10 :D


hehehe - Dream on. :D
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Setekh on April 22, 2002, 08:10:31 am
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Originally posted by sandwich
hehehe - Dream on. :D


Go on, get the Serious Sandwich! gun out... :D
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Styxx on April 22, 2002, 09:05:30 am
Damn, and I thought my place was a mess while Shrike was here... :D
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: delta_7890 on April 22, 2002, 09:08:28 am
:eek2: That...that's a...room?!
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: heretic on April 22, 2002, 09:13:07 am
have fun shooting people :ha:
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Darkage on April 22, 2002, 09:26:37 am
Ermm..Sandwich your room is very clean compared to mine:D

mine is a SBFmess:ha: :D

Anyway it's good to have you back dude ! :yes: we missed ya.
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Sandwich on April 22, 2002, 11:14:05 am
I must say, my room is especially messy now, since I've been living in it for 2-3 day periods at a time for the past 2 months... it'll be getting a good clean-up once I get the time/motivation. :D

Setekh: The Serious Sandwich!™ gun, you say? This one? (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,6189.0.html) :D
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Dark_4ce on April 22, 2002, 11:22:21 am
No fair, you got to take you're weapons home with you?! Here we weren't even allowed to hold them during freetime unless we were going out on exercises! :D And you're room is a palace compared to mine! Trust me, Think of a room, filled with loose paper, old clothes, and a loose ferret re-arrangeing it every 5 mintues and stealing all you're socks. The reason why I call it the "Cave"! :D Anyway, it'll be great having ya back!
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Redfang on April 22, 2002, 12:48:06 pm
Serious Sandwich will be back? :eek: Well, that's good. :nod:
 
Also, your room is quite a mess. :p ;)
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Zeronet on April 22, 2002, 01:22:04 pm
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Originally posted by Bones
its an M203. M16 w/grenade launcher. BTW, that room will never pass inspection private, DROP! and give me 10 :D


You'd make a very lenient CO.

Am i the one around here with a clean, ordered room?

Sandwich, know anything about a Merkava with a small autocannon instead of a turret? I dont think its a Merkava but it just looks like one and is a IFV.
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: phreak on April 22, 2002, 01:54:22 pm
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Originally posted by sandwich
Setekh: The Serious Sandwich!™ gun, you say? This one? (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,6189.0.html) :D


50 cals rock!
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: RoachKoach on April 22, 2002, 01:56:13 pm
that reminds me sandwich, i asked if u still use the merkava or some other tank now ?
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Corsair on April 22, 2002, 03:50:04 pm
Your almost back? Yay! And here's me about to go post something about maybe sandwich being back soon now that Sharon is scaling back the military actions in the West Bank - ah, well good to have you returning...SERIOUSLY! :D
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Sandwich on April 22, 2002, 05:23:02 pm
Zeronet: Autocannon? Like a Vulcan or something? Not on a Merkava, but we have vulcans mountd on APC's (they don't act as personel carriers anymore like that...) - our mobile anti-air defense. :D

RoachKoach: Yeah, we "still" use them - they're only the world's best desert MBT. :p We also use a much-modified British Centurion variant - we're up to Mk. 7 on those variants. :) They're ok, but not as good as a Merkava. :cool:
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Zeronet on April 22, 2002, 05:27:09 pm
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Originally posted by sandwich
Zeronet: Autocannon? Like a Vulcan or something? Not that I know of...

RoachKoach: Yeah, we "still" use them - they're only the world's best desert MBT. :p We also use a much-modified British Centurion variant - we're up to Mk. 7 on those variants. :) They're ok, but not as good as a Merkava. :cool:


no, its a IFV, sorta looks like a Merkava(not seen it myself, just someone on the operation flashpoint group is talking about it, i seriously doubt they'd confuse it with a Zelda, as they used to be in the US army). Merkava is a seriously good tank IMO. Designed for maximum crew survivibilty(which is good to know when your in one).
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: CP5670 on April 22, 2002, 05:58:32 pm
Your room looks somewhat similar to mine, except that mine is mostly littered with Lego models and pieces, books and scrawled math notes. :p :D
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: mikhael on April 22, 2002, 09:54:34 pm
Looking forward to seeing you back for good, Sandwich. Be careful, yeah?

PS: My wife says you look cute, but ditch the gun.
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Sandwich on April 22, 2002, 10:35:13 pm
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Originally posted by Zeronet


no, its a IFV, sorta looks like a Merkava(not seen it myself, just someone on the operation flashpoint group is talking about it, i seriously doubt they'd confuse it with a Zelda, as they used to be in the US army). Merkava is a seriously good tank IMO. Designed for maximum crew survivibilty(which is good to know when your in one).


Oh, you don't mean this (http://idfmodelling.free.fr/puma.html), do ya? ;7 ;7 ;7


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Originally posted by mikhael
PS: My wife says you look cute, but ditch the gun.


Uh.... :doubt:

;)
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Carl on April 22, 2002, 10:46:24 pm
how many palestinians has you killed?
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Setekh on April 23, 2002, 03:44:14 am
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Originally posted by CP5670
Your room looks somewhat similar to mine, except that mine is mostly littered with Lego models and pieces, books and scrawled math notes. :p :D


If there was ever a modern Leonardo da Vinci, it's gotta be you. I'm just waiting for you to make concept drawings of FTL drives. :D

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Originally posted by sandwich
Uh.... :doubt:

;)


:lol: :lol: Considered throwing in one of these, Sandwich? :D

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;7
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Shrike on April 23, 2002, 03:53:58 am
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Originally posted by Styxx
Damn, and I thought my place was a mess while Shrike was here... :D
You have got to be ****ting me, you neat freak.  You worried about a micrometer of dust for god's sake.... :p
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Setekh on April 23, 2002, 04:01:14 am
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Originally posted by Shrike
You have got to be ****ting me, you neat freak.  You worried about a micrometer of dust for god's sake.... :p


Hey, dust is bad for the lungs, okay? ;)
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Shrike on April 23, 2002, 04:15:50 am
Not when said dust is on a table and not in the air. :p
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Nico on April 23, 2002, 05:19:40 am
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Originally posted by Carl
how many palestinians has you killed?


:rolleyes:
slaps the moderator (great exemple :rolleyes: ) in the face. this was both irelevant and sick.
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Styxx on April 23, 2002, 06:53:04 am
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Originally posted by Shrike
You have got to be ****ting me, you neat freak.  You worried about a micrometer of dust for god's sake.... :p


A micrometer? We were almost drowning in it! :D
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Setekh on April 23, 2002, 07:35:39 am
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Originally posted by venom2506
:rolleyes:
slaps the moderator (great exemple :rolleyes: ) in the face. this was both irelevant and sick.


Indeed... :blah: Get it together, Carl.

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Originally posted by Styxx
A micrometer? We were almost drowning in it! :D


Hmmm... a micrometer... drowning... Shrike, I had no idea you were a microscopic life form?
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: DTP on April 25, 2002, 10:05:47 pm
I will tell you how you eventually will end up not cleaning your room.

You will be starting cleaning, and then when you find something that brings back memories you will stop and recall those sweet memories, and before you know it you a drowning in sweet memories. And whoops its time for bed. :D.

So beware of the memory trap.
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Zeronet on April 27, 2002, 01:38:23 pm
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Originally posted by Setekh


Indeed... :blah: Get it together, Carl.



Hmmm... a micrometer... drowning... Shrike, I had no idea you were a microscopic life form?


He meant it was a lot more than a micrometer.
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Setekh on April 27, 2002, 10:54:14 pm
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Originally posted by Zeronet
He meant it was a lot more than a micrometer.


Nice one, Einstein. :p
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Sandwich on April 29, 2002, 10:46:03 am
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Originally posted by Carl
how many palestinians has you killed?


:doubt: None - I didn't even fire my gun "in anger".

And it's not Palestinians per se that I would have shot - it's terrorists. The two aren't mutually exclusive, but there is a difference.
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: wEvil on April 29, 2002, 10:49:51 am
good thing none of you have seen my room at uni.

Dust isnt the problem...its empty bottles, ciggie butts and a generous helping of motherboard boxes and cables.

People just don't go in there.  ever.
Title: Light at the end of the tunnel...
Post by: Styxx on April 29, 2002, 02:04:33 pm
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Originally posted by wEvil
People just don't go in there.  ever.


Hmm... sounds like the room I put Shrike in when he came here... Now it's locked again. Never know what might try to break free from it. :D