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bd popeye · Jul 8, 2012

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You never played in the mud and rain before as a kid?

Ahh in a word no. We could not get that dirty. It was not allowed...I grew up in the '50s & '60s. My parents were strict.

Equation · Jul 8, 2012

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bd popeye said:
Ahh in a word no. We could not get that dirty. It was not allowed...I grew up in the '50s & '60s. My parents were strict.

That's why young men back then join the military to play in the mud during training and firing off guns. It's all good and builds camaraderie among your peers and plenty of fond memories.

bd popeye · Jul 9, 2012

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Equation said:
That's why young men back then join the military to play in the mud during training and firing off guns. It's all good and builds camaraderie among your peers and plenty of fond memories.

I joined the Navy because I wanted to travel the World. I did!

I'm a nerd.. I'd never do anything like that. Never. What's fun to many people is just stupid to me.

A giant panda eats bamboo shoot in an air-conditioned room at Hangzhou Zoo in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, July 9, 2012. A variety of measures, including setting up water sprayer, providing cold drinks and fruits, were taken to help animals pass the hot summer at Hangzhou Zoo. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

A city enforcement officer (2nd-L) grapples with a vendor on a street in Shanghai on July 9, 2012.

A store employee dresses a mannequin in a cloth shop on July 9, 2012. China's inflation slowed in June to its lowest level in 29 months, official data showed on July 9, giving the government more flexibility in its efforts to reboot the world's second-biggest economy.

JINAN, CHINA - JULY 08: Vehicles run along a flooded street on July 8, 2012 in Jinan, China. Torrential rainfall hit the southern and eastern parts of North China last weekend, causing flooding in low-lying areas across the region.

LIANYUNGANG, CHINA - JULY 08: People wade in a flooded street on July 8, 2012 in Lianyungang, China.

not a good idea...

LINYI, CHINA - JULY 08: A car drives along a flooded street on July 8, 2012 in Linyi, China.

A woman looks through the bars of a gate near the national stadium in Beijing on April 22, 2012.

A vendor sells bananas from his tricycle on a street in Shanghai on July 9, 2012.

Vendors selling toy buoys wait for their customers at a consumer goods wholesale market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province July 5, 2012. Yiwu, located 300 kilometres south of Shanghai in eastern China's prosperous Zhejiang province, is considered a bellwether for China's low-cost exports, especially to emerging markets. China's leaders have said the country's export sector needs to move up the export value chain towards higher value-added products - including capital goods like telecom equipment and industrial machinery - and away from low-end exports like toys and apparel. But this transition will take time.

A worker produces automobile components at a car parts plant in Shenyang, Liaoning province July 9, 2012.

Workers push a cart carrying automobile components at a car parts plant in Shenyang, Liaoning province July 9, 2012.

A Maltese wears a sapphire crystal custom dog harness, which is priced at 70,000 Taiwan dollars ($2,340), during a media preview for the 2012 Taipei Pet Show at Nangang Exhibition Hall in Taipei, July 9, 2012.

Qin Xiaohui (1st R) and his playmates sit beside a road in Banlie Village of Bansheng Township in Dahua Yao autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 5, 2012. The six-year-old Qin Xiaohui is a left-behind child, who lives in the Banlie Village with his brother, grandfather and grandmother. On July 4, Qin graduated from the preschool. He enjoys the summer vacation with playmates and helps his grandfather and grandmother to do some farm work every day. Sometimes, the intelligent boy misses his parents working in the downtown. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

Qin Xiaohui (R) and his brother catch cricket in Banlie Village of Bansheng Township in Dahua Yao autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 5, 2012. The six-year-old Qin Xiaohui is a left-behind child, who lives in the Banlie Village with his brother, grandfather and grandmother. On July 4, Qin graduated from the preschool. He enjoys the summer vacation with playmates and helps his grandfather and grandmother to do some farm work every day. Sometimes, the intelligent boy misses his parents working in the downtown. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

bd popeye · Jul 9, 2012

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A rescuer who has just returned from the flooded Qielichong colliery pit talks to his colleagues in Leiyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 5, 2012. Eight miners have been lifted to ground on Sunday after being trapped for over three days under the flooded colliery pit, rescuers said. The colliery flooding occurred at about 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) on July 4 when 40 miners were working underground. Over all, 24 managed to escape. (Xinhua/Bai Yu)

A rescuer receives medical treatment near the flooded Qielichong colliery pit in Leiyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 7, 2012.

Medical workers wait at the entrance of the flooded Qielichong colliery pit in Leiyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2012.

Rescuers wait to change shift with colleagues at the entrance of the flooded Qielichong colliery pit in Leiyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 5, 2012. (Xinhua/Bai Yu)

Rescuers wait to re-enter the flooded Qielichong colliery pit in Leiyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 6, 2012.

July, 7th, 2012 Paris FR.. Chinese actress Zhang Yuqi make an appearance at Paris Fashion Week

Teens from China's Macao attend a starting ceremony of a military summer camp at the battalion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Macao Garrison in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, July 9, 2012. A military summer camp organized by the PLA Macao Garrison and the Macao Special Administrative Region government kicked off here on Monday, with the participation of 150 Macao students. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

Dancers from China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe, perform a show called "My Dream" during the last day of Palestine International Festival in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 8, 2012. (Xinhua/Fadi Arouri)

Yi Jianlian (L) of China drives during the match against Russia at the Stankovic Continental Cup in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on July 8, 2012. China won 73-67. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

Yi Jianlian (R) of China goes up to the basket during the match against Russia at the Stankovic Continental Cup in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province on July 8, 2012. China won 73-67. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

bd popeye · Jul 10, 2012

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BEIJING, CHINA - JULY 10: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (L) meets with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People on July 10, 2012 in Beijing, China. Fabius stated prior to the visit that relations with China were a 'priority' and that focus should fall particularly on co-operation across sectors such as nuclear power and aerospace.

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) shakes hands with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing on July 10, 2012 on the sidelines of the EU-China Strategic Dialogue. The third EU-China Strategic Dialogue will help pave the way for the next top-level summit in Brussels this year, and comes as European countries struggle to find answers to end their financial woes.

A truck driver waits to unload a container on his vehicle at the Shanghai Container Port in Baoshan district of Shanghai on July 10, 2012. China's trade surplus expanded in June as demand for imports fell more sharply than expected, stoking concerns about a slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy, official data showed.

An employee drives a crane to transport a container at a port near Yangtze River in Wuhan, Hubei province July 10, 2012.

A woman knits while another sleeps near a promotional advertisement showing discounted items outside a super market in Beijing Tuesday, July 10, 2012. China's inflation fell to a 29-month low in June, giving Beijing more room to fight a deepening economic slowdown.

Spring Airlines founder and chairman Wang Zhenghua poses for a portrait during a interview with Reuters at the Spring Airlines training facilities in Shanghai July 3, 2012. Wang employs a simple philosophy for surviving in China's state-dominated aviation sector. "You have to take it a bit slowly, rather than being too aggressive and making enemies everywhere," Wang, founder and chairman of the Shanghai-based airline, says of the approach that has enabled him to successfully carve out a piece of the $56 billion-a-year Chinese airline industry. Wang has come a long way since his start in 1981 running a tourist agency out of a tiny stall in central Shanghai, beating the odds to build up not just one of the country's most prominent travel agencies but also its biggest private budget carrier, with nearly 60 routes in China and seven overseas. Picture taken July 3, 2012.

A crew member of Spring Airlines talks with travelers onboard an Airbus A320 aircraft at Hongqiao airport in Shanghai July 6, 2012.

Captain David Lausman, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington, right, walks past the Chinese-born U.S. Navy sailors on the aircraft carrier's deck in Hong Kong for its port call Tuesday, July 10, 2012.

Coast guard sailors introduce shipboard equipment to students aboard a ship in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 10, 2012. A detachment of the coast guards in Qingdao invited students of some primary schools and middle schools to get onboard to learn about the sailing equipment and science on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

Chinese actress Liu Xiaoqing (C) performs in the drama "Fenghua Juedai" at the Hubei Opera House in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, July 9, 2012. Liu Xiaoqing, who was born in 1955, was one of the leading actresses in China in the 1980s and later became a successful businesswoman in the 1990s. She became one of the richest people in China, appearing at 45 on Forbes' list of the 50 richest Chinese businessmen and businesswomen in 1999. But she was also a controversial figure as she was arrested for tax evasion in connection with her company in 2002 and was imprisoned for a year. Liu returned to acting in the mid-2000s and the "Fenghua Juedai" is her latest stage drama, which tells the life story of famous courtesan Sai Jinhua, a legendary but very controversial figure in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). (Xinhua) (lfj)

bladerunner · Jul 11, 2012

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I joined the Navy because I wanted to travel the World. I did!

If Equation was aware that sailors had a reputation of having a girlfriend in every port , he would have joined the navy rather than the army

or the airforce and hitch a ride around the globe, maybe the antartic even, get out of that Austin 100 degree heat

bd popeye · Jul 11, 2012

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Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Fu Ying is mobed by media as she walks out from the ASEAN-China meeting held on the sideline of the 45th Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s Foreign Ministers on July 11, 2012 in Phnom Penh. China and Southeast Asian countries struggled to ake progress on July 11 on a code of conduct designed to ease tension in the flashpoint South China Sea, diplomatic sources said.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks as he co-chairs with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (not pictured) the ASEAN-China meeting held on the sideline of the 45th Annual Ministerial Meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s Foreign Ministers in Phnom Penh on July 11, 2012.

Photo taken on July 10, 2012 shows a gold colored Ferrari 458 Italia parked on a street in Shanghai. Vehicle sales in China rose 9.9 percent year on year in June

Delivery men ride motorcycles as they deliver a packages in Shanghai July 11, 2012. China's 35,000 express delivery companies can ship packages hundreds of miles for less than the cost of a standard U.S. letter, pricing out global players such as FedEx and UPS who control just 3 percent of the fast-growing market. Backed by an e-commerce boom, China's express delivery market more than doubled to $13 billion in revenue in the five years to 2011, and is expected to overtake the $70 billion U.S. market to become the world's biggest within two decades. But with so many local companies vying for business, a crushing price war that has already driven Deutsche Post's DHL out of the domestic market may trigger a massive wave of consolidation that eliminates thousands of small firms. Picture taken on July 11, 2012.

Vehicles queue up at an intersection in Shanghai on July 11, 2012.

A Chinese fishery patrol ship sails near the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan or Diaoyu in China, in this handout photo taken by the Japan Coast Guard July 11, 2012. Japan lodged a protest with China on Wednesday against the entry of Chinese patrol ships into waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, an issue that has long been a cause of friction between Asia's two biggest economies.

A young visitor stands at Sheshan seminary Wednesday July 11, 2012 on the outskirts of Shanghai, China. Newly ordained Chinese bishop Ma Daqin has been placed in isolation after announcing he's quitting his government posts in a challenge to Beijing's control over the Catholic clergy, a Hong Kong church activist and Catholic websites said Tuesday. Ma was being confined at the seminary without contact with others, according to the sources.

A protestor holds a placard during a protest over religious freedom on mainland China, in Hong Kong on July 11, 2012. The demonstrators staged the protest following reports of the disappearance of a Chinese bishop and a priest amid a new row with the Vatican.

Chinese Cardinal of the Catholic Church and former bishop of Hong Kong, Joseph Zen Ze-kiun (2nd L) prays during a protest over religious freedom on mainland China, in Hong Kong on July 11, 2012.

Blackburn Rovers striker Yakubu Ayegbeni (C), Chinese Super League team Guangzhou R&F team manager Zhang Bin (R) and Guangzhou R&F vice chairman Lu Yi (L) hold Ayegbeni's new team shirt after signing him for Guangzhou R&F in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province on July 11, 2012. The Nigerian forward is the latest foreign talent to be snapped up by big-spending Chinese clubs.

An employee (L) confirms the price with a customer as she fills the tank of a car at a Sinopec gas station in Huaibei, Anhui province July 11, 2012. China, the world's second-largest user of fuel, will cut retail prices by around 5 percent from Wednesday, its third reduction in just over two months and a move that leaves refiners in the red but may lure consumers back to the pumps.

KUNSHAN, JIANGSU - JULY 06: Song Zhenghuan, the President of Goodbaby Group poses in front of the children's bicycles in the exhibition hall of Goodbaby Group Co. , Ltd. on July 6, 2012 in Kunshan of Jiangsu Province, China.

SHENGZHOU, ZHEJIANG - JULY 03: A worker controls the production line of textile at Babei Group Co. , Ltd on July 3, 2012 in Shengzhou of Zhejiang Province, China.

In this photo taken Tuesday July 10, 2012, a Chinese boy helps another to exercise during training at the gymnastics team of the local sports school in Jiaxing in east China's Zhejiang province. (AP Photo)

bd popeye · Jul 11, 2012

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American girls Kylie Zhang (1st L) and Jessie Zhang (2nd L) teach children English songs in the Heyuan community in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province, July 11, 2012. Kylie, a Chinese orphan adopted by an American couple, and her younger sister Jesssie came to China with their mother who is on a visit study. The sisters will provide voluntary community services in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces for two weeks. (Xinhua/Guo Chen)

Rescue vessels search for the missing passengers where a cargo ship with 24 people on board capsized and sank, at Zhenjiang Port, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 11, 2012. Two children died while seven others remain missing after a cargo ship capsized and sank at the port early Wednesday. The cause of the accident is being investigated. (Xinhua/Tao Chun)

Photo taken on July 7, 2012 shows a piranha with sharp teeth in Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Recently, two people were bitten in the Liujiang River by piranhas originating from South America. The number of piranhas in the Liujiang River is under investigation and relevant departments will soon take corresponding measures. (Xinhua/Qing Yaolin)

Photo taken on July 7, 2012 show wounds on the palm of a citizen casued by the sharp teeth of the piranha in Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Local officers search for trapped victims with devices after an under-repair house collapsed, in Xixin Village of Shuozhou City, north China's Shanxi Province, July 10, 2012. The accident happened here on Tuesday with 12 people trapped at the site. Eight people have been confirmed dead and four have been out of danger so far. (Xinhua/Sun Jiang)

Rescuers work at the collapse site in Xixinzhuang Village of Shuozhou City, north China's Shanxi Province, July 10, 2012. The accident happened on Tuesday when a new house was built on the base of an old one, trapping 12 people. Eight people have died and four others injured. (Xinhua/Sun Jiang)

Vehicles and pedestrians pass the flooded Xuanwumen crossroads in downtown Beijing, capital of China, July 10, 2012. Beijing was hit by a torrential rain on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

Firemen and villagers carry sand bags to build dams against flood in Shuangliusuo Town, Heishui County of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 9, 2012. More than 2,500 people have been relocated after a rain-triggered mudslide blocked the Heishui River and formed a barrier lake on the river in Aba prefecture on late Monday. (Xinhua)

A driver prepares to fill his car with fuel just after fuel price cut in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, July 11, 2012. China slashed the benchmark retail price for gasoline by 420 yuan (66.46 U.S. dollars) per metric ton (tonne) and the price for diesel by 400 yuan per tonne starting from Wednesday. The decreases mark the third fuel price cut in two months, as crude oil costs have continued to fall since China's most recent price cuts in June. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)

Equation · Jul 11, 2012

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bladerunner said:
If Equation was aware that sailors had a reputation of having a girlfriend in every port , he would have joined the navy rather than the army or the airforce and hitch a ride around the globe, maybe the antartic even, get out of that Austin 100 degree heat

LOL...no worries, there's always a strip joint outside the gate of every Army bases I've been to. Plus unlike the Navy, I don't have to wait for months for the ship to dock in port to see gorgeous women.

bd popeye · Jul 11, 2012

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^^ Nowadays about 40 days is the maximum you would be at sea..

On the USS America we had an at sea period of 78 days in 1981. The record for consecutive days at sea by a CV/CVN is unknown as far as I'm concerned because I see so many different figures posted by sailors just ..well posting BS. The record is some where between 105 days and 169 days. In 1980,CVN-69 USS Dwight D Eisenhower second extended deployment tallied 254 days at sea with only a five-day stopover in Singapore. Yikes..now that's official. From mid July to December 22 they were at sea. About 150+ days. [h=3]

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Cabin crew members (from left) Song Jia, Lu Hui and Wang Wanyu, who helped foil a hijack attempt on a flight from Hotan in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on June 29, hold ownership certificates of properties that were given to them at a ceremony in Hainan province on Monday in reward for their heroism. Provided to China Daily

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Hainan Airlines Group has defended its decision to give cash, property and free flights to the crew and passengers who foiled a mid-air highjack attempt in June.

Concerns have been raised that the high-profile rewards could encourage passengers to confront dangerous hijackers in the future.

The company announced on Monday it was rewarding the nine-member cabin crew and 22 passengers that were on a Tianjin Airlines flight that flew from Hotan to Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on June 29. The crew and passengers are believed to have stopped an attempted hijack.

At least 10 people were injured during the fight according to information provided at a news conference held last week by airline officials and local government.

The reward includes cash and property worth 4 million yuan ($628,500) for each of the two safety officers and the chief purser, while the rest of the crew will receive property, cars and cash worth 2.5 million yuan.

Hainan Airlines Group, which owns Tianjin Airlines, has also decided to grant the 22 passengers who participated in the fight free lifetime air travel.

Li Jun, a staff member from the general office of Hainan Airlines Group, said the company will publish instructions for the passengers to help them claim the reward. The names of the passengers have not been released due to security concerns.

The generous rewards have prompted fears passengers could be encouraged to put their lives at risk in any future hijackings.

A netizen who uses the online handle Wanyanluo wrote on micro-blogging site Sina Weibo that he is worried the reward could make passengers believe they too could stop a hijacking.

"It requires professionalism and experience to deal with a hijacking. The high profile reward will be negative in the long-run because it encourages untrained passengers to carry out actions that they are not trained to do," he wrote.

A staff member of the Flying Corps of Air China, who wished only to be identified by his surname Zhang, said the thinking on whether passengers should be involved in fighting hijackers has changed after the infamous Sept 11, 2001 attacks, when passengers on one of the planes prevented hijackers from reaching Washington DC, instead crashing the plane into a field killing all on board but injuring no one on the ground.

Zhang said there were several failed hijackings during the 2000s in China, and the airline companies offered spiritual support to the crew who helped stop the hijack attempts, instead of providing large cash bonuses.

He said that although he does not believe the high-profile reward will lead to potential unprofessional fights between passengers and hijackers, he suggested airline companies and media should not publicize reward, but focus on informing the public on the best way to deal with a hijacking.

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