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How is everyone. I see that there are some new ones on the list, and
OFP2 is still on schedule to get released sooner than Duke Nukem Forever.
Got to see Rota, Spain(very little, tho) in my travels. Then it was off
to Tabuk, SA for a while. On the way back, we stopped in Budapest,
which I must say, looked nice, mind you the domino style apartments were
a little strange.
But, since the State Department didn't see a need for US troops on the
ground, we could not even get off the plane. So, our experience to
Hungary was very limited.
After that, was my personal favorite stop, Shannon, Ireland. I must
say, I loved that place. It reminded me how much I think that the US is
too stuffy and unfriendly, sometimes. Whenever I can walk into an
airport, and everyone there is nice, and you can drink a pint (in a
glass, no less) while walking around, man, that was fun.
Saudi was alright. I met a couple of fun guys, one Wanker and one Chain
dragger
Both were awesome, and outright courteous. They went out of
their way to make our stay entertaining, to include driving for an hour
to get us some pizza (we were not allowed off base, probably didn't want
us taking over
). They would not even take money for their troubles.
They had been there for 3.5 and 10 years. Making good money there,
but lonely.
Now the Saudis... I was there in 90-91, and didn't like them then, and
now, I still don't trust 'em. I tried to get along with them, and at
first everyting was fine,... well, I will leave that for another time.
Great to be home, and with the schedule coming up, I might actually have
some time to get back online with you all.
I will post some pics on my site soon, and let ya see what we did over
there, which was not much. Hope to talk to you guys soon.
Shawn
Amarak
How is everyone. I see that there are some new ones on the list, and
OFP2 is still on schedule to get released sooner than Duke Nukem Forever.
Got to see Rota, Spain(very little, tho) in my travels. Then it was off
to Tabuk, SA for a while. On the way back, we stopped in Budapest,
which I must say, looked nice, mind you the domino style apartments were
a little strange.
But, since the State Department didn't see a need for US troops on the
ground, we could not even get off the plane. So, our experience to
Hungary was very limited.
After that, was my personal favorite stop, Shannon, Ireland. I must
say, I loved that place. It reminded me how much I think that the US is
too stuffy and unfriendly, sometimes. Whenever I can walk into an
airport, and everyone there is nice, and you can drink a pint (in a
glass, no less) while walking around, man, that was fun.
Saudi was alright. I met a couple of fun guys, one Wanker and one Chain
dragger
Both were awesome, and outright courteous. They went out of their way to make our stay entertaining, to include driving for an hour
to get us some pizza (we were not allowed off base, probably didn't want
us taking over
). They would not even take money for their troubles. They had been there for 3.5 and 10 years. Making good money there,
but lonely.
Now the Saudis... I was there in 90-91, and didn't like them then, and
now, I still don't trust 'em. I tried to get along with them, and at
first everyting was fine,... well, I will leave that for another time.
Great to be home, and with the schedule coming up, I might actually have
some time to get back online with you all.
I will post some pics on my site soon, and let ya see what we did over
there, which was not much. Hope to talk to you guys soon.
Shawn
Amarak
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