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PortDawg 07-07-2018 4:40pm

Well, this ain't Kansas anymore....
 
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I told the mods already, but I'm not in the US right now. Here are some pics of my current location and living conditions.

I have to post them up in chunks because of bandwidth limits...

PD

VetteBoy1979 07-07-2018 5:35pm

Chic-fil-a in the Dalma Mall?

tjfontaine 07-07-2018 5:37pm

I'll have a pulled pork sandwich.

PortDawg 07-07-2018 5:38pm

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Originally Posted by VetteBoy1979 (Post 1635495)
Chic-fil-a in the Dalma Mall?

Doubtful, but I'll let you know...going there on Tuesday-ish...

I'll add more pics as I get around and take some worth posting. The base itself is pretty sparse and temp was 127 the other day.


No Chick-Fil-A....but here's a link...http://dalmamall.ae/en/fast-food-2/

PortDawg 07-07-2018 5:43pm

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Originally Posted by tjfontaine (Post 1635497)
I'll have a pulled pork sandwich.

Doubtful.

snide 07-07-2018 6:01pm

Stay safe!

JRD77VET 07-07-2018 7:26pm

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Originally Posted by snide (Post 1635505)
Stay safe!

:iagree: :USA:

Jeff '79 07-07-2018 7:29pm

Wow !!!
You talk squiggly???

VatorMan 07-07-2018 8:01pm

Don’t eat any stuffed goat.

69camfrk 07-07-2018 8:18pm

What are you doing in UAE this time of year? I thought you were retired, so I'm guessing a little contract work over in the pits of hell....

VatorMan 07-07-2018 8:23pm

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Originally Posted by 69camfrk (Post 1635580)
What are you doing in UAE this time of year? I thought you were retired, so I'm guessing a little contract work over in the pits of hell....

Top Secret clearances don’t grow on trees. You get a TS, you are made for life.

snide 07-07-2018 8:34pm

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Originally Posted by VatorMan (Post 1635570)
Don’t eat any stuffed goat.

And don't **** any goats either.

69camfrk 07-08-2018 7:06am

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Originally Posted by VatorMan (Post 1635583)
Top Secret clearances don’t grow on trees. You get a TS, you are made for life.

You would be surprised at some of the whack jobs that have TS. I've known a few that I wouldn't trust to walk my mail from the street to my front door. I only have a Secret clearance, and feel no need for a TS. But you are correct that it will open doors.

VITE1 07-08-2018 7:08am

Stay safe. :angel:

mrvette 07-08-2018 7:24am

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Originally Posted by 69camfrk (Post 1635615)
You would be surprised at some of the whack jobs that have TS. I've known a few that I wouldn't trust to walk my mail from the street to my front door. I only have a Secret clearance, and feel no need for a TS. But you are correct that it will open doors.

I had a TS in the early 80's......woopie doo, took 6 months to get, from filling out the paperwork, to getting notice.....so then they sent me all over the land to the nuclear plants, the FUN sites to work.....but when the company sold south, I had no clue where to go about it, so left the electronics industry....

wish I had bought MSFT back then.....:issues:

boracayjohnny 07-08-2018 7:28am

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Originally Posted by snide (Post 1635505)
Stay safe!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JRD77VET (Post 1635532)
:iagree: :USA:

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Originally Posted by VITE1 (Post 1635617)
Stay safe. :angel:

In UAE? :Jeff '79:

That's like vacation land. They can drive themselves to a sit down restaurant downtown some where. Or they can go to a hotel and get hammered at the bar inside the pool. Yes, inside the pool. Near the pool is a man made beach with a canal of some sort.

If memory serves, this one...

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Re..._of_Dubai.html

Edit:

Nope, not that one. That's Dubai, although it is similar. We were in Abu Dhabi.

I also want to thank the European lady tourists. We had been out in the boonies for a coupla months. We went from crappy conditions to a five star hotel that served a tasty Lobster Thermador. The hotel I'm talking about handed out towels at the entrance to the pool/beach. The ladies, after receiving the towels, decided right there was good as any place to change from street clothes to bikinis. :omg: Thanks again, ladies.

mrvette 07-08-2018 7:34am

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Originally Posted by boracayjohnny (Post 1635620)
In UAE? :Jeff '79:

That's like vacation land. They can drive themselves to a sit down restaurant downtown some where. Or they can go to a hotel and get hammered at the bar inside the pool. Yes, inside the pool. Near the pool is a man made beach with a canal of some sort.

If memory serves, this one...

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Re..._of_Dubai.html

Every time I see that name, I think of Fred Flintstone.......Abe Dhabi DOO....:rofl:

09CTSV 07-08-2018 7:34am

Used to have a TS for many years. It was downgraded in the 80's after the Walker instance. Had another one later in with the LCAC's when I was one of two for the Classified Material Storage custodian. Imagine having two engineers in charge of your CMS system instead of the electronic guys. Made for about 1 year of sleepless nights worrying if we did the correct destruction and if we loaded the communication gear correct. It was fun going in at 11 PM to load the crypto for the boats.

PortDawg 07-08-2018 9:55am

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Originally Posted by Jeff '79 (Post 1635535)
Wow !!!
You talk squiggly???

No speaky squiggley....

German and American are about all I can handle

Bill 07-08-2018 10:39am

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Originally Posted by VatorMan (Post 1635583)
Top Secret clearances don’t grow on trees. You get a TS, you are made for life.

Stryzok got one, and apparently kept it even after failing his polygraph and having his text messages come to light.


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