Actually, given the way the iTunes bug plays out, it doesn’t appear to be a legitimate problem. What I left out is that it’s been a multi-month effort. After the first time it just stopped working, upgrading iTunes fixed it (and added Ping!–blech, but that was only 10 minutes of searching to disable). A week or so later, it just stopped working again. I built up a few dozen bookmarks on suggested fixes, which would sometimes work, before finding the one that worked consistently. I’m about to consider other MP3 players as having to fix iTunes every other week or so is really getting on my nerves. But I wouldn’t be surprised that less stubborn people would’ve have given up on it long since.

So you sent the poor guy out to ask the First Sergeant if he knew where to find a prick 1st sergeant.

You know, it’s kind of sad, but that never really does get old, does it?

I’m the maintenance manager of my branch of the company here, but the maintenance manager of the Cincinnnati branch is actually one of our old instructors from 29 palsm, from the Crypto cage. We started comparing notes one day after I mentioned the Marines, and it’s just a small damn world, man.

I’m ashamed to say that I was never the one sent for frequency grease of an antenna key or flight line or a BA1100N… I was the one that was mean enough to do the sending.

My favorite was in both the armor unit I was in and the Mechanized infantry (we had Bradlys and other vehicles) we had jumper cables so the tower could here the crew during gunnery. You would always get at least one crew that would bad mouth the commander or the communications section.

I learned to dread the words when I ask how did this happen. Umm…well…you see…